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It was lovely to welcome Catriona Child back to the dept. today. The virtual writing workshop for our AH class was big success! @CPKLibraries @KinrossHS
Lovely to do a wee creative writing workshop for my old high school this morning. Strange doing it remotely and not being able to see everyone's faces but I hope it was helpful! @Eng_KinrossHS
Really interesting video about the See You in 10 Years project - special appearance from Reilly too talking about her involvement!
Creating the See You in 10 Years Time Capsule | Book Week Scotland youtu.be/zCrJwP66joY via @YouTube
Exciting news at the end of Book Week Scotland! We are so proud to congratulate S2 pupil Reilly White whose poem was chosen by @valmcdermid as one of the 16 winners of Scottish Book Trust’s #BookWeekScotland writing competition “See you in 10 Years”. 1/2
2/2 Reilly wrote her poem in 2 parts. The first has been published this week and the second part has been placed in a time capsule that will be opened and read as part of Book Week Scotland 2030. An amazing achievement - well done, Reilly! #khsambitious @KinrossHS
Our fab Advanced Higher class have organised TSG activities this week to celebrate Book Week Scotland. Today’s book cover quiz was great and tomorrow you can come to school tomorrow dressed as your favourite character!
All our S3 classes have been studying the poetry of WW1 as we mark Remembrance Day. Mrs Winter’s class have created their own propaganda posters and these lovely poppies. @Hist_KinrossHS @SoSub_KinrossHS #wewillrememberthem
Our S2 journalism elective really enjoyed having the opportunity to interview Mrs Brown, @BenartyDHT , @OchilDHT & @MrJBainDHT yesterday as part of their article planning lesson. Lots of challenging questions were asked! #khsambitious
It was great to see our S2 Literacy Elective classes again this week. Mrs Winter’s debating elective were developing their talking and listening skills by participating in a line debate on whether pupils should be allowed to listen to music in class. #pointofinformation
Listening to things you don’t want to hear is the only way to demystify racism | The Independent independent.co.uk/voices/rac…
People are furiously debating whether it's 'anti-feminist' for men to open doors for women indy100.com/article/open-doo…
Eating disorders in UK sport: 'A general culture that weight loss is good' #N5HRUAE #folioinspo bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54592664
A good article on the impact of internet shopping on our town centres. The best way to practise for N5/H RUAE is reading articles like this regularly, improving your vocabulary and analysing interesting word choice, imagery and sentence structure. #N5HRUAE theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Our Higher and N5 classes are focusing on discursive writing this term. #folioinspo is a good place to start for interesting ideas and potential topics. #khsambitious
#folioinspo for the popular topic of body image.
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We’re back and with a busy term ahead of us! Let’s start at the end with some of the best last lines in literature. How many have you read? #readingforpleasure
The best last lines in literature penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/…
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Nat 5 Biologists check out this offer! @Maths_KinrossHS , @Eng_KinrossHS
Delighted to see 19 S6 pupils attend their first training session as Paired Reading supporters today. They will be working with some of our S1 pupils after the October break. If you are in S6 and would like to get involved see Mrs Price for an application form. #KHSCompassion
Lego and the Trouble With Telling Girls How to Play - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/entertainmen…
Is cancel culture silencing open debate? There are risks to shutting down opinions we disagree with theconversation.com/is-cance…
Britain's obsession with school uniform reinforces social divisions | Schools | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfre…