This year, we launched a House Writing competition to celebrate both 2025 World Book Day and International Women's Day. The challenge was to put one of our house mascots - Kalpana Chawla, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Audrey Hepburn and Mary Seacole - into a story genre that you wouldn't expect to find them in!

The judging panel consisted of 5 English teachers and 2 A-level English scholars (who were previous writing competition winners). It was wonderful to read all the entries and discuss their merits. We certainly have some very talented writers at CHSG! Our winners were Soumya M (Y10) and Sarah J (Y7) who both produced fabulous, imaginative stories. 

Soumya's science fiction tale, 'Starlight and Shadows' was set on the spaceship Celestial Dawn, where Audrey Hepburn, the ship's cultural diplomat, must convince yet another cosmic warlord that peace and understanding can be won at very little cost to humankind. 

Sarah's Audrey Hepburn in her story, 'Stardust', is suddenly transported from a Parisian café in 1961 to the year 2147. Dodging hovertrams, flying cars and drones in her heels is a big problem. But escaping Project Eternal to become a Kindness Robot is an even bigger one!