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We have had ‘multitudinous’ words submitted this week from our ‘ebullient’ students, who are all clearly full of ‘zeal’ and ‘vivacity’. It has been a joy to see such a range of ‘whimsical’ and ‘innovative’ vocabulary; you are clearly ‘enraptured’ and ‘enthralled’ by the books you are ‘immersing’ yourselves in.   The winner this week […]

In the weird and wonderful words of Dr Seuss: ‘The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more you will learn, the more places you’ll go!’ There were a myriad of ambitious and unusual words submitted this week, which truly impressed the English Department and your form tutors. I am sure […]

Both the English Department and form tutors have been exceedingly impressed this week with our students’ ability to fight through their ‘clinomania’ and ‘malaise’ to offer us a veritable ‘tittynope’ of tasty word treats.  We’ve had such a ‘sesquipedalian’ torrent of terms of unusual ‘parlance’ that ‘arbitration’ has been quite a ‘discombobulating’ process. However, while […]

Word of the Week is back!   As some of you may remember, this was a competition we held last year with the aim of encouraging our students to tackle more adventurous texts and to expand their vocabulary. We in the English department have decided it’s time to reinitiate the competition and, judging by this […]