Hello Foxwell families!  This update is just a reminder that our Year 9 and 10 English students are all in the depths of writing narratives at the moment and should be working hard, both in class and at home, to ensure they achieve success.

Year 9 English students should have submitted their draft to Seesaw today.  They have been writing a humorous narrative that demonstrates their understanding of the wedge structure of a short story and their ability to maintain point of view and tense, as well as use and manipulate language features to engage their readers.  We are looking forward to reading what our students have written and helping them improve and recraft their work to the best of their ability.  Students have had 3 lessons to work on these drafts in class, as well as homework, and we would appreciate you checking your student's Seesaw account to ensure that they have uploaded their draft so that their teacher is able to provide them with feedback.  Teachers will contact parents via email early next week, if students have not successfully completed their draft and uploaded them. 

Year 10 English students are also working on a narrative.  Students should have finished reading the novel, 'Once' by Morris Gleitzmann or 'Night' by Elie Wiezel as well as their chapter summaries and other work on the social, moral and/or ethical messages of the novel and the values, attitudes and beliefs that underpin these.  Please check your student's One Note to ensure that they have been keeping up with class work and homework.  Students are writing a narrative intervention into the novel they have read.  This week, students should have uploaded their brainstorming and Narrative Intervention Planner to Seesaw.  We would appreciate you checking your student's Seesaw account to ensure that they have uploaded this so that their teacher is able to discuss their ideas and provide feedback before they begin writing their narrative intervention next week.  Students will have 3 lessons next week to work on their draft, which is due in their final lesson next week.  Teachers will contact parents via email early next week, if students have not successfully completed their brainstorm and planner and uploaded these, as well as if students have not successfully completed their draft after next week. 

We appreciate you working in partnership with us so that students are able to use class time effectively and achieve success in English.  Our students should be ensuring that they are completing class work as well as working on drafts for homework.  All work is provided in One Note for students to access, at any time.

Please contact your student's class teacher if you have any further questions.

Danielle Goddaer

HOD Year 9 and 10 English and Humanities