The English Department Staff

Brenda Marshall (A, B and C forms) Head of English

ISEB English setter
Member of 4-11 Committee of the English Association

and a lover of children's books, tapestry and Victorian samplers!

Brian Holden (A and B forms)

• Has been teaching English for 28 years, so is beginning to get the hang of it!
• Prefers Le Guin to Rowling and novels to films. 
• Reads poetry far better than he writes it. 
• Favourite writer: Ted Hughes
• Favourite punctuation mark: the semi colon!

Lyndsay Peacock (A and B forms)

Habitat:  Commonly found in an Upward classroom.

Characteristics:  A lively literate mind and keen sense of fun.

Habits:  Can be found speaking and listening in both English and French.

Markings:  Provides positive feedback and her marking is evident for all to see.

Range:  Has a technicolour range of written styles and genres which she imparts freely.

Frances Boarder (D forms)

Instructions to make a top class D form teacher.

1. Take one enthusiastic trainee with a broad range of life experiences and travel.
2. Train for 4 years at a top teacher training facility.
3. Set aside 33 years teaching experience to allow excellent practice to flourish.
4. Ensure a willingness for constant self learning to keep ideas fresh.
5. Encourage a love of books.
6. Finally produce a Frances Boarder, a teacher of extreme quality, who loves books of all sorts and is able impart her enthusiasm for English to all she meets.

Christine Peters (E forms)

Recipe for Christine Peters (serves 4 to 8):

1 Excellent teacher

21 Years experience across KS2, 3 and 4

7 Key texts

150 Weekly spelling errors corrected

25 Writing assignments

Trudi Taylor (F form)

A tantalisingly talented, talkative, terrific, tremendously tolerant, truthful teacher. 
Total = Trudi Taylor!

Cathy Jones (F form)

Mrs Jones is a literacy whizz
Whose lessons are brimming with fizz,
She writes, reads and speaks
To the zenith of peaks
And loves sharing poems with her kidz!

Tom Murray (D forms)

New to the English Department, Tom has a keen interest in historical works and creative writing and believes that English is like a well balanced rugby team; the forwards provide the framework, with powerful language, rock solid grammar and are always keen to get stuck in what ever, whereas the backs provide the creativity, flair and imagination to finish the task and always leave the viewer/reader wanting more.

Liz Lyon (E form)

Once upon a time there was an up beat teacher called Liz who trained at Homerton College in Cambridge and then spent a harmonious year on the postgraduate course at the Royal College of Music studying the mellifluous flute, piano, viola and theory.

Her symphonic teaching career included posts in a precise Grammar, lively Comprehensive, jazzy Middle and stately Independent schools where she taught Music up to “A level” pitch, French and English to Key Stage 3 and 4 scale pupils and general subjects to Key Stage 2 tempo pupils. Liz also worked with a wide age-range including adults and pre-school children, and lived happily ever after!

Lottie Tichy (B, C and D forms)

We welcome a former Portregian
Whose talents are simply legion.
A very keen reader,
A natural leader,
How lucky are C form and D form!

Emily Kidd (E form)

The lay of the E form teacher

Breathes there the teacher, with much to mark,
Who often to herself doth remark
This is Port Regis, my native land!
Whose heart hath often within her soared,
As yet another hockey team has scored,
A further victory on the sand!
If you should stumble upon her class;
Génial! She is sure to help you pass,
In Wessex four with E form she likes to stay,
Teaching English, History où français.
She can be found partaking in the odd ‘Strip the Willow’,
Or even fluffing a Grosvenor girl’s pillow.
But, wait! Something has gone a wry,
As we hear the Headmaster’s anguished cry,
‘To my ears this is pleasing not,
Who ever thought of hiring a Scot?’

Benedict Dunhill (C form)

Housemaster

Educator

Actor

Diplomat

MFL graduate

Adventurer

Sports Enthusiast

Teacher

Elizabeth

Religious

All of thsese are experiences which enhance Ben's English teaching.