Welcome back to another year in the English Department. The English teachers are excitedly watching the new building take shape and looking forward to seeing it progress further throughout the year. We welcome back some familiar faces and have some new members of the team joining us for 2024. Nicolee McNally is in the position of Acting Head of Learning and Orietta Stokes is the 2IC for Semester 1. The English teaching team for this year is Michelle Aslett, Anjali Chaurasia, Ruth Dogovski, Emily Wilkinson, Teagan Sloman, Scott Henry, Rosie Fitoussi, Lukasz Sijka, Corey Zinnecker, Seb Jay, Kelly Walker, Joanne Pescodd, Jessica Ganza and Heini Cattell.

It has been a busy start to the year in the classrooms. The Year 7s have been learning the habits of high school and making new friends. They look forward to delving into the fantasy genre and practising creative writing. The Year 8s are practising reading comprehension and learning about sustainability. The Year 9s are discovering Science Fiction and reading short stories. The Year 10s are undertaking a novel study while the Year 11 General Classes are discovering weird and wonderful characters in many different texts. The ATAR classes have been busy practising reading comprehension and writing short answers. In Literature the Year 12s are studying the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and the Year 11s are studying The Drover’s Wife, Jasper Jones and enjoying Wednesday Dramas with Dr Aslett. The 12 General classes are investigating the Future of Work and writing feature articles on their chosen industries.

We wish you all the best for a positive start to 2024 and look forward to seeing all the students in the classroom excited to learn. 

Nicolee McNally
Head of English Learning Area