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SHS Essay Writing Prize
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Sponsored by Friends of Shrewsbury High School
SHS Essay Writing Prize – sponsored by Friends of Shrewsbury High”, launched in September 2018. An essay competition for all year groups from Year 7 to 13, the question title of “Who has changed the world, and why?” has garnered a phenomenal range of entries with applicants selecting figures such as Alan Turing, Lady Diana, Charles Babbage and artificial intelligence, as those who have changed the world.
ended so that everybody could take their preferred
The level of the essays submitted have been
it’s essential in all walks of life. In the safe space of
outstanding and inspirational; all who took part in
the school environment with questions that enable
the competition should be tremendously proud of
you to discuss a topic that is of interest to you, what
what they have achieved. Each applicant took an
better place to practise your essay writing skills? The
independent and individual approach to their essays,
“SHS Essay Writing Prize” is a competition designed
making them personal and unique. Some began with
to flourish your independence in critical thinking,
insightful, philosophical openings that immediately
nourish your confidence in putting pen to paper and
engaged their readers; Ellie Heaney (Year 11) began
inspire you to think wider about the world we live in.
stance, hence we had an essay who discussed artificial intelligence and humans as the thing that has changed the world. Hao Zhang (Year 13) began her essay with the quote ‘Language is information, and information
is everything’ taken from the recent TV series ‘Killing Eve’. Hao argued that it’s human’s technological advancements in society that have, and is, ‘changing the world’, going as far as to predict a future where artificial beings and humans interact on a daily basis. Whilst essay writing isn’t everybody’s first love,
– “Earth, as of today, is the only known planet in our
universe to harbour life; split into 7 continents, 195
As E. M. Forster said – “How do I know what I think,
until I see what I say?”
countries and the ratio of women to men is practically 50/50. Despite this, it is only in the last 170 years that
Congratulations to the winners of the 2018
women in the UK have been given the right to vote
“SHS Essay Writing Prize” as follows:
and it’s all down to Emmeline Pankhurst and her
Overall Junior Winner: Erin O’Shea Overall Senior Winner: Madeline Williams
Suffragette Movement”. Some even went as far as contacting their chosen person who has changed the
Year 8 Winner: Elizabeth Mellor Year 9 Winner: Ellyse Barker Year 11 Winner: Ellie Heaney Year 12 Winner: Victoria Ainsworth Year 13 Winner: Hao Zhang
world; Harriet Underhill (Year 8) cited that “as part
of my research I decided to contact Rabia Siddique directly by email. Her responses were remarkably honest and extremely humbling in relation to the
Highly Commended: Abella Reiling Highly Commended: Harriet Underhill
personal and human challenges that she has so clearly faced. I am grateful for her response, and her words of courage and bravery have been woven through my work.” The essay question was purposefully left open-
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