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Senior phase

Activities suitable for Fourth Year to Sixth Year classes

Women are Legends too: Reimagining Fantasy with Laura Bates

Posted on 3 December 2025
  • Fantasy
  • Feminism
  • Legends
  • Senior phase

YA Book Prize 2023

Posted on 18 September 2023
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Fiction
  • Senior phase

Learning to Love Yourself with William Hussey and Amara Sage

Posted on 20 July 202318 September 2023
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Fiction
  • Funny
  • Growing up
  • Mental Health
  • Self image
  • Senior phase

Journeying down the labyrinthine paths of life with Joseph Coelho

Posted on 3 May 20233 May 2023
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Gender
  • Growing up
  • Mythology
  • Senior phase

Reading Scotland: Ross Sayers with Niamh McKeown, Adventures on the Clockwork Orange

Posted on 7 December 202128 April 2022
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Edinburgh
  • Senior phase

Whose Side Are You On? Historical Fiction with Liz Kessler and Alex Wheatle

Posted on 6 July 202116 November 2021
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival
  • Fiction
  • History
  • Senior phase

Flash Forward with Femi Fadugba, Ben Oliver and Jonathan Stroud

Posted on 6 July 202116 November 2021
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Festival
  • Fiction
  • Future Fiction
  • Senior phase

Be the Change with Gina Martin

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Festival
  • Human rights
  • Senior phase
  • Sexism

What’s the T? with Juno Dawson & Special Guests

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival
  • Gender
  • Non-fiction
  • Senior phase

Writing Resistance with Nikita Gill and Nic Stone

Posted on 19 August 202017 September 2020
Fight against social injustice with SLAM! and Dear Justyce
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 3
  • Key stage 4
  • Senior phase

Retelling Tales with Joseph Coelho, Juno Dawson and Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Posted on 19 August 202017 September 2020
Subvert classic stories with The Girl Who Became a Tree, Wonderland and The Deathless Girls
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 4
  • Key stage 5
  • Senior phase
  • Storytelling

Delving Into Dark Themes with Liz Hyder

Posted on 19 August 202017 September 2020
Explore life in the mines with Bearmouth
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 3
  • Key stage 4
  • Senior phase

Shine On with Dean Atta and George Lester

Posted on 18 August 202017 September 2020
Celebrate self-empowerment with The Black Flamingo and Boy Queen
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival
  • Gender
  • Human rights
  • Key stage 4
  • Senior phase

Yours Faithfully: Letter Writing with Leyla Josephine

Posted on 12 August 202021 August 2020
This reflective writing exercise, devised by our Citizen Schools Writer in Residence, helps provide a structure for a personal piece of writing.
  • 2nd level
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Creative writing
  • Self image
  • Senior phase

Word Box: Making a Game out of Writing with Leyla Josephine

Posted on 4 August 20204 August 2020
Even reluctant writers will find their voice using this playful exercise.
  • 2nd level
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Creative writing
  • Self image
  • Senior phase

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