5 Ways to support your child
- Attend parents’ evening to discuss progress with class teacher
- Support parental inclusion tasks in independent studies
- Support completion of independent study tasks
- Support spelling, grammar and punctuation at appropriate opportunities
- Track progress throughout the year using working at assessment grids
Curriculum
Year 7 Curriculum Overview
Autumn 1 Non-fiction writing
Autumn 2 Modern fiction
Spring 1 Spoken Language
Spring 2 Multicultural poetry
Summer 1 The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Summer 2 Non-fiction reading
Year 8 Curriculum Overview
Autumn 1 Descriptive and narrative writing
Autumn 2 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Spring 1 Speeches
Spring 2 War poetry
Summer 1 Reading and writing exam preparation
Summer 2 Our Day Out by Willy Russell
Year 9 will appear here next year.
Key Stage 3 homework overview
Each half term, pupils will complete an independent study. Each study is tailored to a different set of skills: the skills are assessed through a range of tasks that include parental inclusion and challenge tasks. The purpose of each study is to help lay the foundations for Key Stage 4 and GCSE, which will begin in year 9. The independent studies give opportunities to develop some of the key skills needed to gain an excellent grade at GCSE. All independent studies can be found on the VLE English home page.
Assessment (What it will be on and when eg) data collection points WA1 etc)
Year 7 and 8
Pupils are assessed for reading and writing skills each half term. In line with the school’s assessment policy, pupils will have continuous opportunities to reflect, focus on teacher comments, and improve their work. Each working at assessment will be a holistic overview of where the pupil is at that particular point in the academic year.
