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Improving your writing
Last Minute Scholarship Notes
Writing about Relationships
Writing about Badger on the Barge

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	Writing throughout the School The following show some examples of the way in which writing develops from its early stages in Nash House through to some examples of scholarship writing in Year 8. For some reason, the writing in Nash House has a strong Australian accent ....
....while in Lower School, a Year 4 pupil has created a delightful newspaper adaptation of a familiar story, showing an appreciation of genre

In the poems below, two pupils in the Scholarship set in Year 8 wrote their own response to Jenny Joseph's famous poem, Warning.

Warning
by Sebastien Cottle

When I am an old man, I shall dye my hair pink with an orange stripe
And  will wear a frilly pink top and a snakeskin mini-skirt.
I will spend all my money on a bright green jumbo jet with gold-plated wheels.
I will fall over in supermarkets when the intercom blares through the speakers
And scream, "NO!  Not the voices again!"
I will pour chilli powder over the cheese samples at the counters
And will go skiing in a bikini, and to the beach in a fur coat
And I will drive through people's houses on a motorcycle
With an Afro wig on. 
I will definitely make up for the sobriety of my youth.

But you can also sit at a table for over three hours
Without saying one word to your friends.
And you can wear bright outfits without anyone telling you
That it's Disgusting.  You can eat nothing for weeks
Or have a banquet every day.
But now we must be sensible
And not beat up hippies
Or throw bricks through people's windows
And set a Good Example for the children,
Instead of being street.

My Dream
by Maddy Walker

I had a dream that I was old:
I wore smocks, and sandals with socks.
And I was extremely boring.

I looked across the street to see
A really flash granny staring
Right at my clothes.  I bet she was
Thinking, "Ughhhh! What is she wearing?"
So I changed my look.  I spent all
Of my pension on clothes from Elle
And Ted Baker and Ralph Lauren.
I dyed my hair bright pink and gave
Myself a Mohican hairstyle
With orange highlights.  I bought tons
Of junk food and sweets and crisps.  And
For once, I didn't call it "Confectionery"
In that posh voice my mum had taught me.
I did my whole house in purple and gold and
Bought modern statues
(Nude of course).

But I woke up, remembering
The dream.  I thought I would never
Be that wacky - too much effort....
So I came to the conclusion
That I could just annoy people
By pretending to be dead, ha!
That's not something you see a lot.
And anyway, my husband does not
Like over-the-top women.
He especially hates tattoos -
I think I might just get one...

Scholarship News

Congratulations to Ben Brandt for achieving both an academic and a Cowdrey Scholarship to Tonbridge in the summer: he gained an A in both Paper I and II in the English paper, a superb achievement.   

Forthcoming Events

Our biannual Come to School as Your Favourite Literary Character event will be taking place on Friday October 5^th - watch this space for pictures of the day!