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‘WhErE i BeLoNg’ bY cHiArA

JCMarch 21, 2023

Following our work on the 'Location, Location, Location' series, the amazing Chiara wrote a truly beautiful song. She thought carefully about the setting and h... Read More...

GCSELanguage AnalysisStudy 4

tHiS iS wHaT tHe SoUnD oF pEn cLAss 2022 hAd To SaY!

JCDecember 20, 2022

While you may well be working on a Sound of Pen activity at home, I do run classes in school. We are thinking about how to make these live sessions more widely... Read More...

A-LevelGCSEStudy 4

Following our work on the 'Location, Location, Location' series, the amazing Chiara wrote a truly beautiful song. She thought carefully about the setting and how it absolutely informed the voices and feelings at the heart of her work. Listen belo... Read More...

GCSELanguage AnalysisStudy 4

bEn: hOw dAvE mEt HiS Ex

JCDecember 21, 2021

Ben is one of the original Sound of Pen student crew. As passionate about music as he is about English, his thoughts on Dave's 'love' songs are both insightful... Read More...

Language AnalysisPen Gen 5

AniA: mAkE A WiSh

JCNovember 15, 2021

Once in a while, you read something that takes your breath away. Today is that once in a while! Year 10 student, Ania, wrote this poem and it's BEAUTIFUL x ... Read More...

Pen Gen 4

eLLa: DiScOnnEcT fRoM tHe WiReD wOrLd

JCFebruary 6, 2021

After looking at Kate Nash's blog, Ella realised she had something equally crucial to say. This is Ella's own beautiful and brilliant blog entry. Read it and be inspired to go outside OR to do something great OR to send your own important message ou... Read More...

Pen Gen 4

aLiCe: aRt iS tHe jOuRnEy oF a FrEE sOuL

JCJanuary 31, 2021

Alice is an amaaaaaazing digital artist. Her A-Level study of 'The Handmaid's Tale' inspired these incredible pictures - we are IN AWE. The pictures are inters... Read More...

Pen Gen 5

eLLie: bEsT K-pOp Of 2020

JCJanuary 1, 2021

It's impossible to pile all the music we LOVE at Sound of Pen into one genre. And yet there IS a thread that joins all our favourite music together. It's somet... Read More...

Pen Gen 4

BeLLa: bEsT ArtIsTs eVeR

JCJanuary 1, 2021

It's impossible to pile all the music we LOVE at Sound of Pen into one genre. And yet there IS a thread that joins all our favourite music together. It's something to do with the intent of it - the way it feels as if it says something about what it'... Read More...

Pen Gen 4

aDeLa: iNtO ThE WooDs

JCDecember 8, 2020

The first piece of student work has arrived! Adela was tasked with summarising her A-Level 'Love' learning. No one could have expected what came next - this... Read More...

Pen Gen 4