The HBK Podcast

Corona Chronicles: Corona Rap

HayesbrookEnglish — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:19:16 +0000

This brilliant rap was written and recorded by Alfie in Y7!

Corona Chronicles: Diary Entry

HayesbrookEnglish — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:17:30 +0000

This diary was written by Haoyu in Y9 and is read by Mrs Hennah!

Corona Chronicles: Joe

HayesbrookEnglish — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:17:12 +0000

This open and honest account of life throughout a global pandemic comes from Joe in Y8. It is read for us by Mr Tapsfield!

Corona Chronicles: Pandemic Poem

HayesbrookEnglish — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:15:49 +0000

This wonderful poem is written by Matthew in Y8 and read by Ms Mehta!

Corona Chronicles: Coronavirus by Ben

HayesbrookEnglish — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:09:51 +0000

This lovely poem is by Ben in Y7 and is read for us by Ms Concannon!

Corona Chronicles: Corona Diaries Jordan

HayesbrookEnglish — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:08:05 +0000

This short diary entry comes from Jordan in Y10 and is read for us by Mr McDonald!

Corona Chronicles: An Acrostic Poem

HayesbrookEnglish — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:40:08 +0000

This acrostic poem is from Scott in Y8, read for us by Ms Finch! It spells out 'CORONA'.

Corona Chronicles: Mitchel's Diary

HayesbrookEnglish — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:38:41 +0000

This very honest account of life in lockdown comes from Mitchel in Y7. It is read for us by Ms R. Christmas!

Corona Chronicles: Haikus

HayesbrookEnglish — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:36:18 +0000

Ashley in Y10 has written and reads for us a series of haikus inspired by the pandemic.

Corona Chronicles: Global Pandemic

HayesbrookEnglish — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:09:15 +0000

This lovely poem is from an anonymous poet in Y8! It is read for us by the Head of School, Ms Nelson!

Corona Chronicles: Lame Lockdown

HayesbrookEnglish — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:06:12 +0000

This poem comes from Beau in Y7 and is read for us by Ms Ansell.

Corona Chronicles: The Hedge

HayesbrookEnglish — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:54:35 +0000

This podcast is extra special as Kieran from Y10 reads an **extended** version of his short story, 'The Hedge'.

Corona Chronicles: The Corona Virus

HayesbrookEnglish — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:52:18 +0000

This wonderful poem is written by Harry in Y7 and read for us by Mr Boddy!

Corona Chronicles: The World Changed

HayesbrookEnglish — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:49:21 +0000

This beautiful poem comes from Isra in Y7 and is read by Ms Higgins!

Corona Chronicles: Lockdown Ponderings

HayesbrookEnglish — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:46:25 +0000

Toby in Y8 provides us with his thoughts on the pandemic in this short piece, read by Mr Roberts!

Corona Chronicles: Acrostic Poem

HayesbrookEnglish — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:35:55 +0000

Although it may not be obvious at first, this poem is an acrostic one spelling 'CORONA' and written by Joe in Y10. This is read for us by Mrs Sage!

Corona Chronicles: Corona Journal

HayesbrookEnglish — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:34:01 +0000

This is an excerpt from a Corona Journal written by Chris in Y8, read for us by Mr Upton from PE!

Corona Chronicles: Corona Diaries

HayesbrookEnglish — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:30:37 +0000

This diary entry comes from Logan in Y9 and is read for us by Ms McGuire from the English department.

Corona Chronicles: My Lockdown Life

HayesbrookEnglish — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:57:32 +0000

This hilarious diary extract comes from Kamren in Y9 and is read for us by Mr Knight!

Corona Chronicles: Mayson

HayesbrookEnglish — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:55:55 +0000

This next poem is titled 'Lockdown' and comes from Mayson in Y9. It is read for us by Mr Milner-Pearce.

Corona Chronicles: COVID-19

HayesbrookEnglish — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:54:22 +0000

This wonderful poem comes from James in Y7 and is read for us by Miss Chandler.

Corona Chronicles: Adam

HayesbrookEnglish — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:52:45 +0000

The second poem in our collection comes from Adam in Y9 and is read by Mr Bosworth Davies.

Corona Chronicles: Charlie

HayesbrookEnglish — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:26:41 +0000

Charlie in Y8 reads us an excerpt from his Corona diaries featured in the Chronicles.

An Inspector Calls: Act One Part Two

HayesbrookEnglish — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:24:17 +0000

The second instalment of the English department's audio book debut is here- enjoy! This takes you to the end of Act One.

Corona Chronicles: The Unseen Killer

HayesbrookEnglish — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 18:30:38 +0000

Oscar in Y10 provides us with the next instalment of the series by reading his beautiful poem, 'The Unseen Killer'.

Corona Chronicles: CYNICAL

HayesbrookEnglish — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:01:06 +0000

Jake in Y10 reads his fantastic poem 'Cynical', from the opening page of the Corona Chronicles anthology.

Corona Chronicles: If I Had Known

HayesbrookEnglish — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:17:06 +0000

Miss Goodes reads her poem 'If I Had Known' from the anthology.

Corona Chronicles: Hallways

HayesbrookEnglish — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:15:18 +0000

Ms Edwards reads her original short story 'Hallways'.

Corona Chronicles: LOCKDOWN

HayesbrookEnglish — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:32:42 +0000

This poetry submission came from an anonymous source at the school so Mr Waight from the Maths department kindly stepped in to read it for us!

An Inspector Calls: Act One Part One

HayesbrookEnglish — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:18:01 +0000

The English department have rallied together to produce an audiobook version of our GCSE text- J.B Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'. Follow along with the text as you listen. This will be published in two parts per act to keep the length of each podcast down! We hope you enjoy!

Podcast Thirteen: Miss Goodes

HayesbrookEnglish — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:03:46 +0000

Just me this week talking you through the named poem from our recent assessment- 'Poppies' by Jane Weir. Featuring some clips on coping with grief.

Podcast Twelve: Ms McGuire

HayesbrookEnglish — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:14:23 +0000

The most challenging poem of the anthology comes up this week as Ms McGuire takes some time out of her last week of school to chat to us!

Podcast Eleven: Ms Ansell

HayesbrookEnglish — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 15:01:40 +0000

PTSD, toxic masculinity and the impact of war on the individual all feature as Ms Ansell joins us this week to discuss Simon Armitage's 'Remains'.

Podcast Ten: Christmas Special

HayesbrookEnglish — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:14:52 +0000

Enjoy three rounds of Christmas quiz questions related to all the poems of the anthology featuring lots of special guests!

Podcast Nine: Mr Bosworth-Davies

HayesbrookEnglish — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:10:29 +0000

Poetry turns philosophy this week as we discuss growing up with Mr Bosworth-Davies our Head of History.

Podcast Eight: Head Boy

HayesbrookEnglish — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:14:01 +0000

This week we are joined by the Head Boy of Hayesbrook, Sam. He discusses his favourite poem with us.

Podcast Seven: Mr Milner-Pearce

HayesbrookEnglish — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:16:30 +0000

It's the turn of the music department this week as we speak to Mr Milner-Pearce about a political poem by William Blake!

Podcast Six: Bill and Connor

HayesbrookEnglish — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:39:17 +0000

This week the site team entertain us with their views on Ozymandias by Percy Shelley.

Podcast Five: Ms Edwards

HayesbrookEnglish — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 08:12:39 +0000

The Head of English discusses Wilfred Owen and his poem 'Exposure' this week!

Podcast Four: Miss Goodes' Mum

HayesbrookEnglish — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 19:41:29 +0000

This week we chat to Miss Goodes' mum, Jenny about growing up in Northern Ireland during the troubles to provide some context for Seamus Heaney's 'Storm on the Island'.

Podcast Three: Mr Waight

HayesbrookEnglish — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:13:38 +0000

Week three and it's the turn of the Maths department. The book mentioned towards the end that Mr W forgot the title of is: 'The Spy and the Traitor' for anyone interested!

Podcast Week Two: Mr St John

HayesbrookEnglish — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:21:56 +0000

This week we chat to our assistant principal and historian Mr St John.

Podcast One: Mr Roberts

HayesbrookEnglish — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 20:43:08 +0000

The first podcast of the series features Mr Roberts from the technology department. He has chosen his favourite poem from the anthology and discusses it with us here!