At the beginning of Year 7 students follow a common English curriculum. They are taught within ability groups.

During the first half term we also analyse knowledge about language. We pay particular attention to sentence structure, paragraphs, capital letters, full stops, commas, question and exclamation marks. Alongside this, students will be working on a ‘transition’ unit based on work in their previous school.

One of our major aims is to ensure a love of reading. Students are rewarded if they read aloud in class, complete a library book, of if they read aloud at home. We do encourage your comments in the homework diaries. A reading list matching ability will be given to students at the start of every school year.

An example of homeworks accompanying a unit is given below. All English teachers will follow a scheme of work which will match the academic ability of their class. There will be a detailed homework list with each scheme of work. This will be sent home and we would ask you to ensure that they complete this week by week. We will contact you if any student fails to do this, as our homeworks continue study within class.

Homeworks will include reading and filling in their reading logs, learning spellings, and longer pieces of writing, for example, diaries and an autobiography

If you have any questions at all about your child’s English homework, please do not hesitate to contact:
Mrs Buck (Head of English) or
Ms Pyper (Head of KS3 English)

Useful websites:
www.englishonline.com
www.teachit.co.uk