The English faculty is so incredibly proud of Ms Marks, who was named the QSuper Metro South Teacher of the Year on World Teacher’s Day. Ms Marks is one of only 8 teachers across the state to win the award. She is not only an incredible teacher in the classroom, but an outstanding colleague. As a faculty and a school, we benefit from her dedication to excellence and innovation. Congratulations Ms Marks!

Please see below the inspiring teaching moment published by the QSuper team, and some images we captured that particular rainy afternoon:

On a rainy afternoon, Ms Marks closed the blinds, switched on the fairy lights, pulled out her battery-operated candles, and projected a fireplace on the TV. Her year 7 students practiced their creative writing skills and were excited to develop a spooky atmosphere in their writing.

On Friday 27^th October, 43 senior students ventured into QPAC to see a live performance of Shake & Stir’s adaption of Mary Shelley’s classic, cautionary tale, Frankenstein.

Students enjoyed the theatrical performance as they watched literature come ‘alive’.

This performance will benefit our Year 11 General English students who will study Frankenstein in Unit 3, as well as our Year 11 Drama and Drama in Practice students who will be able to draw inspiration from the production.

This week also marked a milestone for 7A students--it was their 100th English lesson in High School. That is 7000 minutes, 116 hours and 40 minutes, or 4 straight days of unpacking the meaning in texts, learning new words to express our ideas, and perfecting our punctuation. Some of our highlights include learning to formally debate each other, the court trial of Maleficent, silent ball brain breaks, and desperately trying to guess their teacher's middle name. Ms Marks is incredibly proud of 7A and can't wait to see what they can accomplish when they have over 600 English lessons at the end of Year 12! 

To finalise our poetry unit, 7A became poets and poured their hearts into their own original slam poems. Then on the last lesson of the term, the lights went off and each group performed their poems in front of the spotlight at our very own slam cafe. It was a fabulous afternoon filled with creativity, courage, cookies, and the magic of the spoken word.