The William Morris Sixth From eMagazine.
Team 2022-2023
Ahriel Labbane, Editor for The Strawberry Thief
Hi everyone, and welcome!
My name is Ahriel (she/her), editor for The Strawberry Thief, William Morris Sixth Form’s very own emagazine, and I am so thrilled for you to join us for our first year of reporting. My aspiration is to create a safe and inclusive haven where anyone can learn and achieve their true potential, regardless of their background.
On this website, you will find our articles as well as insight into all of the students in the group.
This dream team is composed of a group of 15 fantastic students as well as four brilliant and passionate teachers, whom you can see below. As a creative and unique group of talented writers, we are constantly on the prowl for compelling and intriguing storylines about our wonderful Sixth Form, with a viewpoint on empowering the students to improve the quality of education, as well as current affairs that need to be discussed. Our ethos is uniting the whole community of kind-hearted individuals here around common experiences to foster a sense of solidarity.
As we say, we address every issue, in every issue! We hope you enjoy what you see, if you have any intriguing stories, please contact us!
The strawberry thief writers
Sukhraj Singh
Sukhraj Singh
Sukhraj Singh
Sukhraj is a level 3 year 2 student, currently studying Maths, Economics, and Law. He hopes of studying accounting at university, aspiring to become a charted accountant.
Rayne Young
Sukhraj Singh
Sukhraj Singh
Rayne is a talented writer who is currently studying A-Level Economics, Government and Politics, and History.
Sabrina Abou
Sukhraj Singh
Stevie Ilbury
Sabrina Abou is a talented writer who is originally from Djibouti and Ivory Coast. Sabrina had gone to French school for most of her life. She is currently studying English Literature, Media Studies, and French. Sabrina enjoys watching movies, and solving mysteries and loves to debate about popular issues within the media such as celebrity drama, crime cases, and political issues.
Stevie Ilbury
Aylin Esfanjani
Stevie Ilbury
Stevie is studying English, Maths, Art and Design, Media, and IT. She particularly enjoys English and hopes to become an author one day. She also likes studying filming and media. As for her interests, she loves a little music and singing. Stevie also enjoys reading about animals and nature.
Aylin Esfanjani
Aylin Esfanjani
Aylin Esfanjani
Aylin is an aspiring dentist, prior to joining William Morris she was passionate about art and photography as it allowed her to communicate her thoughts and feelings through the use of visual images. However, upon reflecting on her passions she found herself drawn to the world of science and psychology.
Ajan Raki
Aylin Esfanjani
Aylin Esfanjani
Ajan is an aspiring Mathematician. He is currently studying A-Level Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
Claudia Vasilache
Claudia Vasilache
Claudia Vasilache
Claudia Vasilache is from Moldova. She is currently studying A-level Maths, Economics, and Psychology. Claudia is really enjoying her subjects so far. During her free time, she listens to music and reads novels.
Dennis Genota
Claudia Vasilache
Claudia Vasilache
Dennis is an 18-year-old student at William Morris Sixth Form, he studies Law, History, and Media Studies. Dennis is ambitious about the law and would like to pursue as a career in Law or Media. In his free time he enjoys playing games with friends, or just lounging around watching the latest tv series/film.
Hisham Khan
Claudia Vasilache
Abedalaziz Alzweidi
Hisham Khan is currently studying double ICT and Media Studies. He is very much interested in reading books, movies, and playing games. Hisham would like to one day get into the media industry.
Abedalaziz Alzweidi
Abedalaziz Alzweidi
Abedalaziz Alzweidi
Abedalaziz is a future HedgeFund manager, passionate about economics, technology, investments, and politics. He started in the world of investing at the age of 13. Abedalziz is incredibly knowledgeable about certain financial markets and how they work, affected, corrupted and benefited from.
Gabriela Mamedio
Abedalaziz Alzweidi
Gabriela Mamedio
Gabriela is studying A-Level English Literature, Film Studies and, Media Studies. She enjoys reading and listening to music. Gabriela loves going to concerts and seeing her favourite artists. She loves Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers. She loves cats resulting in her friends calling her a ‘cat lady’.
Tia Junior
Abedalaziz Alzweidi
Gabriela Mamedio
Tia is studying Media, Art and Design, Maths, English and IT. Tia is an aspiring photographer as she loves anything to do with photography.
The teachers behind The Strawberry Thief
Geralyn Samia
Binsy Parakkel
Binsy Parakkel
Geralyn is a Business and Economics teacher. She has previously been an editor-in-chief whilst in secondary school in the Philippines. She later pursued a degree in Communication and Broadcasting at the University of the Philippines.
Moving to the UK, Geralyn studied Business and has completed a summer placement for the world renowned BBC
Geralyn is a Business and Economics teacher. She has previously been an editor-in-chief whilst in secondary school in the Philippines. She later pursued a degree in Communication and Broadcasting at the University of the Philippines.
Moving to the UK, Geralyn studied Business and has completed a summer placement for the world renowned BBC whilst in college. Her flair for creativity led her to pursue Marketing at undergraduate degree. Her first graduate job was a publishing assistant for IDEA books. She then moved to work as a production coordinator for Capacity magazine. Geralyn's love for learning inspired her to study a post-graduate education in Business and eventually join the education sector.
Binsy Parakkel
Binsy Parakkel
Binsy Parakkel
Binsy is a Teacher of English and Pastoral Lead here at William Morris Sixth Form. She has a degree in English which also included modules in writing for the media and creatively. As someone who thoroughly enjoyed literature both at school and later at university, Binsy hopes to cultivate this love amongst her students. She continues to w
Binsy is a Teacher of English and Pastoral Lead here at William Morris Sixth Form. She has a degree in English which also included modules in writing for the media and creatively. As someone who thoroughly enjoyed literature both at school and later at university, Binsy hopes to cultivate this love amongst her students. She continues to work towards empowering young people to use their voice and achieve success both in her lessons and outside of it too.
Sheyma Mukhtar
Binsy Parakkel
Sheyma Mukhtar
Sheyma Mukhtar is a teacher of Media Studies and English. Prior to teaching Sheyma was working in the Sports Industry. After a few strenuous years in the industry, she felt dissatisfied and decided to embark on a newjourney. Thus, leaving behind the Sports industry and starting her career in teaching. In her own words "I teach two of the
Sheyma Mukhtar is a teacher of Media Studies and English. Prior to teaching Sheyma was working in the Sports Industry. After a few strenuous years in the industry, she felt dissatisfied and decided to embark on a newjourney. Thus, leaving behind the Sports industry and starting her career in teaching. In her own words "I teach two of the most awe-inspiring subjects in the world." Sheyma's passion and drive for these disciplines will support our students in developing their journalistic skills.
Fay Llewellyn
Binsy Parakkel
Sheyma Mukhtar
Fay is the Deputy SENCO at William Morris Sixth Form and an English teacher. When she is not in school she is a writer, who performs poetry and is currently writing her first novel. Fay has 50,000 words to go until her novel is complete!
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