There is a massive difference of 31000 points between the Leaders, Raleigh, and the lowest score! Come On Boys! Next term, lets see if you can close the gap between all the houses….

About the Houses:  www.enfieldgrammar.org/parents-students/the-houses/

About Rewards & Achievements:  www.enfieldgrammar.org/learning-support/rewards/ 

Held every year on 21 March, World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity. Practiced throughout history – in every culture and on every continent.

Poetry reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, everywhere in the world, share the same questions and feelings. Poetry is the mainstay of oral tradition and, over centuries, can communicate the innermost values of diverse cultures.

In celebrating World Poetry Day, March 21, UNESCO recognizes the unique ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind.

A decision to proclaim 21 March as World Poetry Day was adopted during UNESCO’s 30th session held in Paris in 1999.

One of the main objectives of the Day is to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities.

The observance of World Poetry Day is also meant to encourage a return to the oral tradition of poetry recitals, to promote the teaching of poetry, to restore a dialogue between poetry and the other arts such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and to support small publishers and create an attractive image of poetry in the media, so that the art of poetry will no longer be considered an outdated form of art, but one which enables society as a whole to regain and assert its identity.

“Arranged in words, coloured with images, struck with the right meter, poetry has a power that has no match. This is the power to shake us from everyday life and the power to remind us of the beauty that surrounds us and of the resilience of the human spirit.” —  Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, on the occasion of 2020 World Poetry Day

English Department’s favourite Shakespeare quotes…

Ms Rudolph  “This above all; to thine own self be true.”  -Hamlet (Polonius: Act 1 scene 3)

Ms Yuksel   “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.” – As You Like It (Jacques: Act 2 scene 7)

Ms Foxley   “Oh, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in it!” – The Tempest (Miranda: Act 5 scene 1)

Ms Gwatkin   “How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” – The Merchant of Venice (Portia: Act 5 scene 1)

Mr Hurley   “If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work; But when they seldom come, they wish’d for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.” – Henry IV Part One (Prince Henry: Act 1 scene 2)

St Patrick’s Day is a global celebration of Irish culture on or around March 17. … It particularly remembers St Patrick, one of Ireland’s patron saints, who ministered Christianity in Ireland during the fifth century. St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in countries with people of Irish descent. It has evolved into a celebration of Irish culture with parades, special foods, music, dancing, drinking and a whole lot of green!
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