English
Staff within the Department
Ms S Rushe- Head of Department
BA (Hons) English Language and Literature
Ms J. Manley – Second i/c of department/ KS5 Coordinator
BA (Hons) English and Film Studies
Ms A. Qureshi- KS4 Coordinator
BA (Hons) Comparative Literature
Mrs L. Dwyer – Director of Teaching and Learning
BA (Hons) English Literature; MA Victorian Studies
Ms C. McKinlay - Assistant Headteacher - Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mrs C. Rice – LLB (Hons) Law, PGCE English, NASENCO, SENCO
Ms C. Gardner - Deputy SENCO
Mrs S. Stewart English Teacher/Sixth Form Leader
Ms S. Drake English Teacher
Ms T. Zanka English Teacher
Ms M Mugford English Teacher
Ms Y Lim English Teacher
English is a core (compulsory) subject at KS3 and KS4 and no wonder as the exploration and production of texts, confidence in spoken communication and the development of literacy skills are all integral to progress across the curriculum. Beyond this, English is a fascinating subject taking pupils on a journey through functional texts to the very best of literature from across the ages. The passion for English language and literature instilled in pupils by their enthusiastic English teachers continues at KS5 where our A Levels in Literature continues to be a popular choice. This year we have introduced a new subject, A Level English Language to give our students even more choice in the Sixth Form.
Curriculum
KS3
KS3 English offers lots of opportunities for students to develop their writing skills, engage in new and varied texts (both fiction and non-fiction) and explore written and spoken language. Alongside our curriculum below we also teach literacy skills lessons to enable students to make progress in English and across the wider curriculum by improving their reading, writing and grammar skills.
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Enrichment activities to do at home
- Years 7s are part of our Accelerated Reader programme – remember to take a quiz within 2 days of reading your library book.
- Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z3kw2hv for tips, activities and games
- Read at least 2 non-fiction texts a week. Have you tried articles, advertisements, newspapers, brochures, biographies?
- Use a dictionary when you come across a new word and try to use it that day!
- Join your local library and set yourself a reading challenge – have you read every book by your favourite author?
- Have a go at writing an article for the school website/newsletter.
KS4
Our KS4 programme covers 3 years, from Year 9 to Year 11. All students are taught both English Language and English Literature and are now following the reformed GCSE (AQA specifications 8700 & 8702 http://www.aqa.org.uk).
Year 9 is used to introduce pupils to the literary texts they will respond to in the final exams, as well as being an introduction to the skills they will need to tackle unseen fiction and non-fiction texts, and practise their own writing for language. In years 10 (and subsequently 11) pupils will revisit the literature texts, study a modern text (novel, short stories or drama) and continue to practise the reading and writing skills.
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Enrichment activities to do at home
Across the whole of KS4 it is vital that students read regularly. Students should read in advance any texts they know they will be studying (and in Year 11 they should be re-reading all texts!) but they should also get into the habit of reading non-fiction texts as well. These might include: newspaper articles, blogs, reviews, letters, travel writing. A good website to find all of the above is The Guardian where you can find archives of all sorts of writing which in the past have been used as material on the actual language exam.
Pupils are also given a copy of a recommended reading list for KS4 pupils so they could be reading for pleasure from this – it all helps!
KS5
We currently teach A Level English Literature and A Level English Language.
Year 12 and Year 13 follow the OCR specification for Literature
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(20% of the A Level)
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(20% of the A Level)
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Year 12 and Year 13 follow the AQA specification for Language
For English Language 'A' Level, we follow the AQA specification.
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ENGLISH AND LITERACY WEBSITES
We subscribe to Doddle. Remember to log in to: www.doddlelearn.co.uk with the login details your teacher gives you. You will find tasks that have been assigned by teachers and additional activities.
General English and literacy websites
BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zt3rkqt
Grammar: http://www.englicious.org/
Daily grammar blog: http://dailygrammarlessons.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.channel4learning.com/sites/waywithwords/index.html
Themed reading activities to complete (reading skills and sentence skills)
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/570/pulp/
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
For EAL pupils and parents
https://www.britishcouncil.org/english/kids-teens
Newspapers
https://www.theguardian.com/uk
A Level pupils:
https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/e-magazine/ - ask your English teacher for our login details
https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?gclid=CO2hrvPa3s0CFVQ_GwodkpEO6A
Thinking of doing A Level?
http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/180149-anthology-of-texts-paper-1.pdf
Enrichment Activities and Trips
There are a range of clubs running throughout the year so make sure you check your form’s bulletin board.
Clubs |
Trips and Events |
Scrabble Club |
Year 7 Trip to the Globe Theatre |
Book Club |
Year 8 BBC News Report |
Ealing Borough Spelling Bee competition |
Year 9 Debate Competition |
Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge |
Year 10 A Christmas Carol Theatre Production |
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Year 11 Poetry Live Trip |
Year 12 Trip to Globe Theatre and a writing workshop at Keats House in Hampstead.
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Career Paths
Editor |
Solicitor |
Journalist |
Script writer |
Web designer |
Actor |
Teacher |
Advertising |
Speech and language therapist |
Playwright |
Lawyer |
Civil Service Worker |