Kambala School's English department celebrates a remarkable year with 75% of its Higher School Certificate (HSC) entries in advanced and extension English achieving 90% or above. Head of English Greta Beaumont-Kennedy emphasizes the importance of collaboration and individual passion, highlighting the school's supportive learning environment that fosters academic excellence and intellectual curiosity.
When a new crop of year 7s starts at her school, Kambala’s head of English , Greta Beaumont-Kennedy, gives a speech to clear up any misconceptions about the subject.
While Beaumont-Kennedy talks about the importance of the Kambala sisterhood, she says students must also discover what they’re individually passionate about. “The teachers’ ability to make literature from centuries ago feel relevant, whether through lively debates, niche insights or connecting texts to the broader world, instilled not just academic skills but also a sense of intellectual curiosity and confidence,” she said.In the Blue Mountains, St Columba’s Catholic College in Springwood topped every other Catholic school in HSC league tables for English.
“We still want them to love the poetry, but we also had to get them to the place where they were focused on the things that they needed to, in order to write those really sophisticated responses.” You can do as much practice in class as you like, but assistant English head teacher Jaden Ellis said a genuine enthusiasm for the subject, which started with the teacher, was also fundamental.“They saw our love and passion for it, and that was infectious, and they felt empowered to want to do well. We made them explicitly speak to what it was that they wanted to achieve.
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