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Out of nearly 29,000 global entries into the competition, there were only 171 Gold Award finalists. Our School has TWO of them!

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Every year, KH8’s English Faculty devotes lessons and workshops to enable students to plan and write their entries for this prestigious competition. The Faculty promotes merit in literacy, expression and creativity while nurturing young minds to engage with a wide range of global and cultural issues. Mr. Davis, and the English team, are overwhelmingly proud of the achievements of all of the Award winning students.

'The ability and creativity of our students never fails to impress me. In a time characterised by such challenges and barriers to education, this achievement is surely an inspiration to others to keep inspired, to get writing and to put their writing out there!' -- Mr. Davis

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Once more, the King Henry VIII College community is extremely proud of the achievements of all of our 2021 Queen's Commonwealth Essay Winners. 

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Once more, the King Henry VIII College community is extremely proud of the achievements of all of our 2021 Queen's Commonwealth Essay Winners. 

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Copy of Isabelle - Essay writing competition

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'When I received the email about getting a bronze certificate I was shocked at first, I had thought that I wouldn’t get any award but still, I sent my essay in any way just for the fun of it. This competition has helped me boost my confidence when it comes to signing up for other competitions, I have to admit that I was really nervous at first to send in my essay but my English teachers encouraged me to do it. When I found out that I had received a bronze award I was really proud of myself for doing so (not to mention a wave of relief from the tensity of waiting for the announcements). I really hope I can do better for the next competition and I encourage everyone to sign up as well.'

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Copy of Keerthes essay writing competition

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Copy of The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2021

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'Having been a student here since the beginning of my secondary education, I've been constantly trying to improve my writing skills, and this award is a symbol of my accomplishment. I'm grateful to Mrs. Clements for cultivating my knowledge of the English language and pushing me to work hard during the lessons I had with her. Sadly, Mrs. Clements left kh8 at the end of the last academic year, but whoever she goes on to teach will be incredibly lucky to have her as a teacher and mentor, and I wish her good luck wherever she is now.'

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'When I first saw the message that I had received a certificate from the queen's commonwealth competition, I was immediately shocked. I never expected that I would get a certificate from the competition and was incredibly excited to see that I managed to do well in a competition I didn't have a lot of confidence in.'

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'I felt initially disappointed, but looking at the work I submitted, I became grateful because it was clear my work was under the influence of coffee and not thoughtfulness. But it has since been about a few months, so I'm ready to try to improve my technique for my next competition and maybe not drink a lot of coffee along the way.'

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'When I entered the Queen's Commonwealth essay competition I was close to sure that a silver award was unattainable due to the fact that I was the youngest age in the senior category. However, I gave my best shot in witting about one of the worlds biggest problems (deforestation). Upon hearing that I got silver I was both shocked and ecstatic.'

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Queen's commonwealth essay  - Jenny Park

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'I didn't feel anything when I got the message that I have the Gold Award for the Commonwealth writing competition. I thought it was an award that quite a lot of people got so I didn't think much of it. I just felt weird that teachers made such a fuss about it.'

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'I'm so happy I received this award since it was one of the first international awards I've been given. When I was writing it, I was merely doing it for the sake of submitting something - it never occurred to me that it would be considered for a prize! I am a big fan of the sci-fi and dystopian genre and it only seemed fit to write about it. The whole uncertainty of corona and violence of war around the world matched my ideas and helped inspire my story. I enjoyed writing this and am even happier now that it has been appreciated!'

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Copy of the decimation - neha (writing competition)

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Scroll down to meet our Award winning essay writers!

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Scroll down to meet our Award winning essay writers!

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The competition was themed ‘Community in the Commonwealth’ with a particular focus on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our relationships with one another.

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What it involved

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Flyer - The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2021