Students' Comments on English

• Learning English at Collingwood College is so inspiring. There are so many intriguing lessons to learn about in Year 7, such as creative writing, and reading books.

• The teachers are really supportive and always give good, honest feedback.

• English allows you to think more creatively and also develops your inference skills when analysing different texts.

• Making inferences and predictions in English makes me feel like a detective!

• English is my favourite subject. It is different from primary school as we do more creative writing and analyse texts more.

• I thoroughly enjoyed our Shakespeare unit as we got to perform the show.

• The genre unit was interesting and opened my eyes to stories I never would have read.

• Teachers in English push us to work to the best of our ability and always keep the classroom environment nice and fun.

Enrichment Activities:

Students of all ages are encouraged to become involved in a range of extra-curricular activities which complement the skills learnt within the curriculum such as writing competitions, the annual Year 7 Readathon, theatre visits, book clubs, public speaking and mock-court competitions, visiting writers, debating club/debating competitions and the Carnegie Award Book Club.