English
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3
English
Our intent for English in to deliver an engaging and aspirational curriculum that embeds key literacy for life skills to empower students in becoming confident in using the English Language. To develop a love of reading, writing and discussion so that all pupils are able to confidently communicate their knowledge, ideas and emotions through their writing and speaking.
KEY STAGE 3
English is delivered over 3 hours per week in Key Stage 3, delivered by the KS3 teacher. Content is selected in order to link to the KS3 National Curriculum in order to support the re-integration of learners (where appropriate)
Reading is encouraged, both as a discrete session and through cross-curricular opportunities. Different genre will be covered within each unit.
It would be difficult to cover specific texts from the GCSE syllabi as different texts are studied by each parent school. Instead, our writing themes change each week and cover a range of fiction and non-fiction genre such as: reports, diaries, persuasive texts, balanced argument, narrative, information texts, instructions, flashback, recounts. We will also use anthologies and short stories.
USEFUL LINKS:
Functional Skills
English
Level 1 and Level 2
Functional Skills
English
Entry Levels 1 – 3
BBC Bitesize
English
GCSE WJEC
English Syllabus