Literacy at Marlwood School

An exciting two terms for our first ever set of Literacy Ambassadors. there are 64 students leading this exciting project to develop the literacy skills of all students. Literacy Ambassadors have been testing their own knowledge, through teaching staff how to punctuate accurately in after school sessions! They have also been sharing the Word of the Week (WOW) with their tutor group. Students are busy gearing up for Marlwood's first Spelling Bee on March 19th. The heats will be held in tutor groups and the best from each group will take part in the event. Family and friends will be able to come along, cheer and even join in. A music and lyrics competition will also be part of the evening. This will be led by the Music Department. Alongside all of this there will be a book sale to support Marlwood's continuing and successful involvement with the Concorde Book Award. The Poetry of Remembrance competition won by Fred Wakefield in Year 9 who became our first 'Poetry Star': I REMEMBER YOU I remember you I remember your soul Your happiness Your life, your everything Here you are not forgotten Your grave with secrets beneath A body of hope Your life shouldn’t have ended You should be here today Just remember we love you Do not be afraid We are still close By Fred Wakefield Year 9 Berkeley House B4. All prize winners will receive a book of their collected poems, which is illustrated by Art pupils. A longest sentence competition containing all the WOW words from Term 1 drew in some fantastic responses. there were a number of prize winners but the overall award went to: The optimism of the student was waning as the scarcely sonorous voice of the art teacher rang out; his far-from-abnormal penchant for leaving the class-room stood liminally teetering on the edge of his mind, his ambulance soon to be restored by the prudent and timid sound of the bell that could transfigure a class of well-behaved children into a pack of feral, wild beasts. By Ben Baldwin K4 Kingsley House All winners will receive a 'Sentence Star' badge at the end of term assembly.