--- title: "Great Sankey Literary Festival" url: "https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/news/2020-03-09-great-sankey-literary-festival" school: "Great Sankey High School" --- # Great Sankey Literary Festival ![Image of Great Sankey Literary Festival](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/images/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Lit-Festival.jpg) 9 March 2020 Great Sankey High School held its first Literary festival last week. The festival was designed to inspire, encourage and celebrate reading throughout the whole school. Highlights from the week included: a theatre performance of Macbeth for Year 10 Students; a visit from “Geek Girl” author Holly Smale to talk and workshop with Year 7 and 8 students; students interviewing the author of “Eleven”, Tom Rodgers, live from Los Angeles via Skype; Othello workshops from a visiting theatre company took place over two days for Year 11 students and Literacy Football sessions for Year 7 students, delivered in the classroom and on the football pitch from a visiting group. Running all week in the school library and drama classes have been book reviews, book quizzes, Shakespeare sessions, script writing competitions plus staff and Year 7 students dressing up as favourite literary characters for World Book Day. ### Great Sankey Literary Festival [![](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Football-Lit-SM-3.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/images/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Football-Lit-SM-3.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Holly-Smaile-Soc-Med_-5.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/images/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Holly-Smaile-Soc-Med_-5.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Lit-Festival.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/images/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Lit-Festival.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Macbeth-sm-2.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/images/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Macbeth-sm-2.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Othello-SM-2.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/images/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Othello-SM-2.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Staff-SM.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/images/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Staff-SM.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Tom-Rogers-Soc-Med-3.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/images/gallery/great-sankey-literary-festival/Tom-Rogers-Soc-Med-3.jpg) [ Headteacher Letter Feb 2020](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/news/2020-02-14-headteacher-letter-feb-2020) [Coronavirus Update from GSHS in line with Public Health England ](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/news/2020-03-14-coronavirus-update-from-gshs-in-line-with-public-health-england) ### Our School - [Welcome from the Executive Principal](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/our-school/headteacher-s-message) - [Our Values & Ethos](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/our-school/our-values) - [Virtual Tour](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/our-school/virtual-tours) - [Our Staff](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/our-school/staff) - [News](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/news) - [Admissions](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/our-school/admissions) - [Open Evening](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/our-school/open-evening) - [School Performance Information](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/our-school/results) - [Ofsted Information](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/our-school/ofsted-information) - [Policies and Reports](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/our-school/policies-and-reports) - [Governance](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/our-school/governance) - [Work For Us](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/recruitment) - [Prospectus](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/our-school/school-prospectus) - [Omega Multi Academy Trust](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/our-school/omega-multi-academy-trust) - [Contact Us](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/contact) ![Great Sankey High School](https://files.schudio.com/great-sankey-high-school/images/logo/Omega_Part_of_Logo_White_Mono.png) **Great Sankey High School** Barrow Hall Lane Warrington Cheshire WA5 3AA Tel: 01925 724118 Fax: 01925 727396 Email: ## Follow Us - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/GreatSankeyHS/) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/omega-multi-academy-trust) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/great_sankey_high_school/) ## Translation © Copyright 2016–2026 Great Sankey High School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://great-sankey-high-school.schudio.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/) Update cookies preferences