The Lewis School English & Literacy

14/07/2026

Every word that students read at home matters 📚

14/07/2026

Summer is reading season ☀️ 📚

14/07/2026

Pride is one of the best days in the calendar at Pengam, and tomorrow we celebrate our very first combined Pride as The Lewis School! We’re very excited in the English department - fancy a new read? Check out these recommended LGTBQ+ books to celebrate the occasion 🥰 🌈

10/07/2026

Llongyfarchiadau to our incredible students who have been working hard on their reading goals. This week, we proudly presented a whopping 180 SPARX Reader certificates to our students for meeting their latest milestones.

We love reading at The Lewis School; Just 20 minutes a day can make a huge difference!

Da iawn pawb - dal ati!

10/07/2026

The entries for our Heatwave Haiku competition were so fantastic that picking just one winner was simply impossible.

Instead, we have chosen 5 brilliant winners! Well done to Millie, Colby, Taran, Finlay, and Mila.

Diolch yn fawr to everyone who entered. Every entry will receive Class Charts points. 👏

04/07/2026

25/06/2026

To mark Refugee Week last week, Year 7 students participated in an online creative writing event hosted by the , with author Sita Brahmachari and poet Hamida Khoder. Using inspiration from the event, alongside our class novel, The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon, students crafted original poetry centered on this year’s theme: Courage.

Their writing explores the challenges faced by refugees, personal definitions of courage, and moments where they found courage in their own lives. We are incredibly proud of their empathy, insight, and creativity. Please enjoy this small sample of their work below!

24/06/2026

It's hotting up over the next few days - why not try your hand at a Haiku poem for our fabulous Heatwave Haiku competition?

Get practising, and pop your entry in to your TLS English teacher quickly - you only have until Friday for a chance to be entered into our prize draw!