Kidneys, CT Scan (Source: zephyr/science photo library) (image credits: Nottingham Children’s Hospital facebook page, Nottingham Children’s Hospital, 13 june 2017, Accessed: 8 April 2020) A child suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease. (Image credits: Creator: By ART CHEN Credit: The Star Information extracted from IPTC Photo Metadata. The Star- Publisher: AGENCY, 4 June 2019, Accessed: 8 […]
Category: Writer’s Fort Night – Reflections
Writers Fortnight FINAL :)
What’s worth a chance at life? The experience of Dr Alan Watson when treating children with chronic kidney disease. At UWCSEA we are taught to embrace challenges and face them with integrity. These values are truly embodied in the demanding job of pediatric nephrologists, treating children in itself can be a very tedious and trying […]
Writers Fortnight Final Reflection :)
Our final drafts for our writers fortnight article was due on the 19 of March, it was an amazing exploration of different experiences. it was a great media through which I as well as many others could connect and enrich our lives by finding morals in the stories we heard and things we experience on […]
Writer’s Fortnight – Reflection 5
This reflection is about the second session we had with Hanna Alkaf. The second session with Hannah Alkaf was held in the library and it entailed the essentials to writing a good captivating story, she primarily spoke about 3 components, description, detail and emotion which can be considered the most important factors in writing a […]
Writer’s Fortnight – Reflection 4
This week we had 2 sessions with the YA novelist, Hanna Alkaf. In this post, I will be reflecting on the first session wherein Mrs Alkaf spoke about herself and her writing career, She told us about herself through the many books that were significant to her growing up, which I personally have to commend […]
Writer’s Fortnight – Reflection 3
Starting on 20th January we had our Human Library Carousels, Wherein each of us got to choose and attend 4 sessions where a special speaker came in to tell us about an interesting experience from their lifetime. I attended the following sessions: “Special Guest: To treat or not to treat: when keeping a child alive […]
Writer’s Fortnight – Reflection 2
We recently had a session with Alan Mclellan, a world-renowned journalist. Mr Mcllelan works in and reports stories in Asia and has worked with many large news agencies such as NewYork Times and Reuters. During the session, we learned about the many fundamentals about journalism and choosing stories to write about, we went over things […]
Writer’s Fort Night – Reflection 1
Telling stories has always been an important part of our modern society, we have developed several ways to format, access and tell these stories so that we can reach a global audience at the click of a button. I believe that the importance of telling stories is to inform and share. Telling stories allows us […]