Welcome to the English

Department

The English team:

• Miss Julie Higson –Curriculum Leader for English

• Mrs Andrea Bargery – Key stage 5 Leader

• Mr Craig Batty – Key stage 3 Leader

• Miss Danielle Daulby – SEN co-ordinator

• Mrs Jenny Harding – SHINE Leader for Key stage 3

• Mrs Kathy Baxter – Literacy Co-ordinator

• Mr John Harrison – Assistant Head and Director of Sixth Form

• Mrs Rachel Coney – English teacher and Year 10 Form tutor

• Mrs Victoria Burges – English Teacher and Year 10 Form tutor

• Mr Thomas Kilkenny – English Teacher and Year 9 Form Tutor

GCSE English Language 2013 Summer results:

76% of our students achieved an A* to C

grade in their English Language exam.

21% of our students achieved an A*/A

grade in their English Language exam.

GCSE English Literature 2013 Summer results:

76% of our students achieved an A* to C

grade in their English Literature exam.

29% of our students achieved an A*/A

grade in their English Literature exam.

A Level English Language Summer 2013 results:

78% of our students achieved an A* to C grade in their A Level English Language

exams.

10% of our students achieved an A*/A grade in their A Level English Language

exams.

A Level English Literature Summer 2013 results:

82% of our students achieved an A* to C grade in their A Level English Literature

exams.

18% of our students achieved an A*/A grade in their A Level English Literature

exams.

AUTUMN 1

TP1

14th October

AUTUMN 2

SPRING 1

TP2:

13th January

SPRING 2

TP3:

7th March

SUMMER 1

TP4:

2nd May

SUMMER 2

TP5:

4th July

CARNIVAL OF

THE ANIMALS

Scheme of work

taught in tutor

groups and then

classes are

placed in ability

groups after

October half

term.

PROSE

Skellig

Private Peaceful

Face

DRAMA

Dracula

SHAKESPEARE

The Tempest

and/or

Mid summer

night’s dream

CREATIVE

WRITING

Introduction to

the Media

War Horse

Year 7 Curriculum

Year 8 Curriculum AUTUMN 1

TP1

14th October

AUTUMN 2

SPRING 1

TP2:

13th January

SPRING 2

TP3:

7th March

SUMMER 1

TP4:

2nd May

SUMMER 2

TP5:

4th July

LOVE POETRY PROSE

Boy in the

Striped Pyjamas

Holes

Stone Cold

LANGUAGE

CHANGE

DRAMA

Frankenstein

MEDIA

The Others or

Twilight

SHAKESPEARE

Romeo and

Juliet

Year 9 Curriculum AUTUMN 1

TP1

14th October

AUTUMN 2

SPRING 1

TP2:

13th January

SPRING 2

TP3:

7th March

SUMMER 1

TP4:

2nd May

SUMMER 2

TP5:

4th July

POETRY FROM

OTHER CULTURES

SHAKESPEARE

Macbeth

Or

Richard III

MEDIA

THE HUNGER

GAMES

PROSE

Lord of the Flies

To Kill a

Mockingbird

Animal Farm

OF MICE AND

MEN – Preparing

for GCSE

INTRODUCTION

TO UNIT 1 –

Preparing for

GSCE

GCSE English Language and English Literature

We have been following the Edexcel GCSE English

Language and Literature specification for the last three

years.

The current Year 10 cohort of students will sit their exam in

the June of 2014 and the Year 11 cohort will sit their English

Literature exam in June 2014 also.

Both specifications allow students the opportunity to sit

both traditional exams and Controlled Assessment units to

explore the English Language and Literature courses.

What our students have to

say….

‘One thing I like about my English lessons is the support

you get from the teacher and the help you get to

understand an idea you may not understand’

Sophie Y12 English Literature

‘One thing I like about my English lessons is the

interactive way in which we analyse the novel, play

and poem that we work on.’

James Y13 English Literature

What our students have to

say….

‘One thing I like about my English lesson is working in groups and being able to help each other.’

Sophie Year 10

‘One thing I like about my English lesson is that I can understand what I am doing and try to do it as well as possible.’

Tomas Year 10

.

What our students have to

say….

‘One thing I like about my English lesson is having a very supportive teacher.’

Ruby Year 7

‘One thing I like about my English lesson is that we get a really wide variety of homework tasks – we sometimes get to choose them ourselves.’

Emily Year 7

.

What our students have to

say….

‘The best thing we have done so far is writing descriptively about rainforests.’

Catherine Year 7

‘One thing I like about my English lesson is that I always learn something new.’

William Year 7

.

What we do to support our students…

Parental Engagement evenings:

• Year 7/8 Numeracy and Literacy Evenings

• Year 10/11 English Language revision and information evenings

• Year 11 English Literature revision evenings

Revision classes:

• Open to all students in the months leading up to exam sessions for GCSE/AS/A2 after school, holidays and lunchtimes.

English Champions:

• We organise peer support groups for students – teaming up students from GCSE classes to help Key stage 3 students with their class and homework in lunch sessions.

Homework Key stage three:

• Homework is set once a week in Years 7 -9 and is always

linked by theme or skill to the topic that the students are

studying in class. We like to offer a range of homework

tasks suited to varying learning styles.

Key stage four:

• Homework is also set once a week and is often linked to

the unit of work being studied in class. Due to the nature

of GCSEs, homework will often be directly linked to a

piece of assessment or further exploring the task

covered in class.