English
The English curriculum builds up over five years and is sequenced to ensure a breadth of study, and develop mastery through a chronological study of classic and modern literature, along with developing analytical, exploratory, critical and comparative skills.
Year 10 marks the start of the two year GCSE curriculum, where pupils will study and master the texts required for GCSE Literature alongside developing, revising and practising GCSE English reading, writing and speaking skills.
In Year 11, pupils sit AQA GCSE English Literature and Language qualifications.
Year 7
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Autumn 1 |
Fiction: The Girl of Ink and Stars with descriptive and narrative writing |
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Autumn 2 |
Fiction: The Girl of Ink and Stars with descriptive and narrative writing |
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Spring 1 |
Play: An introduction to Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet |
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Spring 2 |
Play: An introduction to Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet |
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Summer 1 |
Poetry: Relationships and identity anthology |
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Summer 2 |
The Diary of a Young Girl with transactional writing |
Year 8
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Autumn 1 |
Fiction: Gothic– Dracula with descriptive and narrative writing |
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Autumn 2 |
Fiction: Gothic– Dracula with descriptive and narrative writing |
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Spring 1 |
Play: Shakespeare- Richard III |
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Spring 2 |
Play: Shakespeare- Richard III |
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Summer 1 |
Poetry: Social justice anthology |
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Summer 2 |
Non-fiction: I am Malala and transactional writing |
Year 9
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Autumn 1 |
Fiction: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with descriptive and narrative writing |
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Autumn 2 |
Fiction: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with descriptive and narrative writing |
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Spring 1 |
Play: Shakespeare- King Lear |
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Spring 2 |
Play: Shakespeare- King Lear |
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Summer 1 |
Poetry: war and conflict anthology |
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Summer 2 |
Non-fiction: We Should All Be Feminists and transactional writing |
Year 10
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Autumn 1 |
A Christmas Carol |
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Autumn 2 |
Language Paper 1 Section A |
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Spring 1 |
Language Paper 1 Section B and Paper 2 |
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Spring 2 |
Macbeth |
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Summer 1 |
Power and conflict |
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Summer 2 |
Unseen Poetry Spoken Language |
Year 11
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Autumn 1 |
An Inspector Calls |
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Autumn 2 |
Language Paper 2 Section A |
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Spring 1 |
Revision |
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Spring 2 |
Revision |
Modern Foreign Languages
The Modern Foreign Languages curriculum aims to provide pupils with a rich core knowledge and build their ability to communicate effectively in a foreign language over the course of five years.
The curriculum is structured in such a way to build core knowledge in pupils in Year 7, 8 & 9. It builds upon these foundations into GCSE study, starting from Year 10, mastering this knowledge ready for terminal exams.
In Year 7, pupils learn to describe themselves and establish the basic groundings in common grammar. As pupils progress through the years, they learn a wider variety of vocabulary, as well as being able to communicate in the future and past tenses.
The foundations of linguistic knowledge, verb structures and a range of tenses are covered in depth repeatedly in the first few years of the course in order to secure this core knowledge, with topic-based vocabulary covered in order to build pupils ability to converse on a range of subjects.
In Year 11, pupils sit AQA GCSE language qualifications, mainly in French.
French & Spanish
Year 7
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Autumn 1 |
The Basics |
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Autumn 2 |
My Family |
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Spring 1 |
School |
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Spring 2 |
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Summer 1 |
Where I Live |
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Summer 2 |
Revision and Consolidation |
Year 8
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Autumn 1 |
Holidays |
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Autumn 2 |
Going Out and Staying In |
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Spring 1 |
Daily Routine, Health and Fitness |
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Spring 2 |
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Summer 1 |
School and Future Plans |
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Summer 2 |
Revision and Consolidation |
Year 9
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Autumn 1 |
Relationships |
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Autumn 2 |
Festivals and Traditions |
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Spring 1 |
City of Region in a TL Country |
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Spring 2 |
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Summer 1 |
The World Around Us |
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Summer 2 |
Consolidation |
Year 10
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Autumn 1 |
Where I live |
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Autumn 2 |
Global Issues |
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Spring 1 |
Social Issues |
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Spring 2 |
Healthy Lifestyle |
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Summer 1 |
Holidays |
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Summer 2 |
Year 11
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Autumn 1 |
My School |
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Autumn 2 |
Education |
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Spring 1 |
Future Plans |
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Spring 2 |
Careers |
