Write a mini saga, a story told in just 100 words, from the villain’s point of view.

There are lots of villains to choose from, such as ‘classic’ fictional characters to Disney or Marvel, but we’d like to suggest exploring villains from other cultures…

• Legend says the Night Marchers were ancient Hawaiian warriors. Today, their spirits roam various areas on the islands, including sacred places & battlefields. They appear as ghostly apparitions who carry torches and play drums while they chant. Anyone who lays eyes on them dies…
• Edward “Blackbeard” Teach was the most notorious pirate of his generation, terrorizing the Caribbean and the British American coast. He was tall, with a long, matted black beard, which he weaved candle wicks into, to light them in battle, engulfing himself in foul smoke so his victims believed he was a demon escaped from Hell.
• Krampus is a horned creature with human traits and originates from Alpine folklore. In December it scares any children who have misbehaved, assisting Saint Nicholas, who rewards the good children with gifts.
• The Gjenganger is from Scandinavian folklore dating back to Viking times. This spirit rose after death to conclude unfinished business and tormented families with violence and the ‘dead man’s pinch’ spreading diseases.
• Papa Legba is a Haitian Voudou and is seen as a young trickster deity or as an old man with a cane. He stands at a spiritual crossroads and gives or denies permission to speak with the spirits of Guinee, and can swap humans’ souls.

Deadline 17th December 2021

Email Miss Masih your entries: [email protected]

Bedrock Stars Prize Draw

Our hugely popular Bedrock Stars prize draw is back for the second half term of this school year!

To reward our students’ hard work learning important academic vocabulary on Bedrock, we’re giving them the chance to win one of the following prizes:

✓ Chromebook laptop (two to be won)
✓ £10 Amazon gift voucher (50 to be won)

Our 52 winners will be chosen at random from all students who earn 140 or more Bedrock Points in the second half of the autumn term.

Students

Students don’t need to take any action to be entered – we’ll automatically identify those who have earned 140 points in the time frame (Monday 1 November – Sunday 19 December 2021).

Enter the Tower Poetry Competition

This week we had a performance poet, Rob Reeves a local Leicester poet work with our Year 9 students on spoken work poetry. Students really enjoyed the opportunity to craft and perform their poetry using the mic.

“I enjoyed the performance poetry workshop because I got to write and perform my own poem and we also got to listen to Rob perform.” Naomi

About National Poetry Day

National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October that encourages all to enjoy, discover and share poetry. This year, National Poetry Day takes place on 7 October 2021, and the theme is Choice.

National Poetry Day generates an explosion of activity nationwide, thousands of amazing events across the UK – on doorsteps and at kitchen tables, in gardens and streets, in schools, libraries and public spaces both online and offline – all celebrating poetry’s power to bring people together.

Open to KS3 and KS4, the Attenborough Arts centre in Leicester are looking for stories from families/parents who have moved to Leicester recently or a long time ago. Share what home means to you growing up in Leicester.

This  is a celebration of Leicester’s people, as part of the University’s centennial events this autumn, with an aim to create an oral history of migrants and refugees living in Leicester details below:

https://attenborougharts.com/my-land-your-land-launches/

Today Reading Academy enjoyed a celebratory breakfast for their continuous hard work. They received certificates for their achievements and progress. There will be more celebrations for more of Reading Academy and high achievers this week. Well done to all!

Spine-Chillers is a fantastic way to get writing in this way by using tension, suspense and atmosphere. Create your own original mini saga, a story told in just 100 words, and become published writers!

Student Prizes 

3 x our favourite published writers will each receive £50 & a trophy!

Email entries to Miss Masih

[email protected]

Closing Date: Friday 23rd July 2021

To reward students’ hard work learning important academic vocabulary on Bedrock, we’re giving our students the chance to win one of the following prizes;

✓ Chromebook laptop (1 to be won)
✓ 3 hours of tuition with Tutorful (30 tuition places to be won)
✓ £10 gift voucher of their choosing (50 to be won)

Our 81 winners will be chosen at random from all students who earn 120 or more Bedrock Points this half term.

How to enter

Students
Students don’t need to take any action to be entered – we’ll automatically identify those who have earned 120 points in the time frame (Monday 7th June 2021 – Sunday 18th July 2021).