English Workshops

In Term 2 the SCEGGS English Department is delighted to welcome Dr Felicity Plunkett to run an after school creative writing workshop series.

Dr Plunkett is an award-winning poet and critic. She has a PhD from the University of Sydney and was Chief Examiner of NSW English Extension 1 and 2 for five years. Her first collection, Vanishing Point (UQP, 2009) won the Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Prize and was short-listed for several other awards. Seastrands (2011) was published in Vagabond Press’ Rare Objects series. She edited Thirty Australian Poets (UQP, 2011). Her new collection is A Kinder Sea (UQP). 

The workshops will take place over two consecutive weeks on Wednesday 2 June and Tuesday 8 June 2021. Each workshop will run for 90 minutes (from 3:30 – 5pm). In these workshops, students will explore inspiration and practical advice designed to nurture and extend their creative practice. After a range of exercises designed to access and deepen ideas and to shape and edit drafts, we will workshop poems by each participant, using an online space to develop discussion of each draft. Over the course of the workshops, we will consider creative energy, editing, giving-and-receiving feedback and developing a drafted work. The workshops will be interwoven with a rich array of resources and approaches to explore. 

These workshops are open to secondary students across all year levels, experience, and abilities.  Students who sign up MUST be able to participate on BOTH dates. Places are limited and will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.  Please email Sarah Hawkins by Monday 3 May with a brief expression of interest if you would like to be involved. In this expression of interest you should include:

• Your name
• Your year level
• Your English teacher
• A brief outline of why you would like to be involved in these workshops.

Dates for the workshops to run AFTER SCHOOL (3:30-5pm):

• Wednesday 2 June 2021 (Week 7)
• Tuesday 8 June 2021 (Week 8)

Sarah Hawkins
English Teacher