Mrs Smith recently challenged her Year 10 GCSE English Language students to think on the spot and write a short creative prose piece based on a few words about a given theme. The stories they produced were thoughtful and philosophical, using beautiful language and were excellent demonstrations of Scholarly Excellence at work.

Here are a few great examples from Isobel D, Jozsef DT, Lennon G, Sophie A, Abby R, Lauren C and Tyler R.