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The team!
Miss Higson Mr Batty Mrs Bargery Mrs Baxter Mrs Harding Mr Kilkenny Mr Harrison Mrs Burgess Mrs Coney Miss Daulby
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The team! Miss Higson Mr Kilkenny Mr Batty Mr Harrison Mrs Bargery Mrs Burgess Mrs Baxter Mrs Coney Mrs Harding Miss Daulby In Year 7 you will be taught as a form group until October half-term, then we will
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In Year 7 you will be taught as a form group until October half-term, then we will put you in a set. You will start with a scheme of work called ‘Carnival of the Animals’, where we a range
- f themes and ideas to do with the animal
kingdom. You will look at poems, stories and non- fiction texts, as well as writing your own descriptive pieces.
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Things that you will get to do…
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Working in Groups
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Using the Boulevard
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Using the Boulevard
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Using the Boulevard
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Using the Boulevard
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Paired Work
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Freeze Frames to show understanding…
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Even the Sixth Form get involved!
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Even the Sixth Form get involved!
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A varied approach to lesson time…
Group/Paired Work Kung-Fu Punctuation Close analysis of texts Cross-curricular links Creative writing Regular marking & feedback “The 3 R’s” – Read, Reflect, Respond Self/Peer Assessment
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What our new Year 7 students told us…
“Every time I come to an English lesson I learn something new” “I have a very supportive teacher”
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What our new Year 7 students told us…
“My teacher makes lessons fun and engaging” “Working in groups helps me to learn”
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What our new Year 7 students told us…
“I really like the variety of homework that I get” “My teacher is always really enthusiastic”
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What our new Year 7 students told us…
“The marking helps me to learn” “I love doing Kung Fu Punctuation!”
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Some things that you will get to do…
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Some things that you will get to do…
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Some things that you will get to do…
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Some things that you will get to do…
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Some things that you will get to do…
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Some things that you will get to do…
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Trips and Visits
This academic year we have visited (or are planning to visit):
National Media Museum (Year 7) Richard III and Macbeth (Year 9) An Inspector Calls (Year 11)
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KS3 Reporters’ Club
A group of buding journalists fdrom Years 7-9 will be using the school website to report on events such as:
Green Day 2013 Sports Teams School Shows Fund-raising and Community Events
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BBC School Report 2014
In March a group of students will join over 1000 schools around the country in the world’s largest student media project!
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Student Support
Making sure that you enjoy English as well as making progress is vitally important to us, so you will have access to:
‘English Champions’ – trained Year 8 peer
educators
Literacy activities in form time Support from 6th Form students during
‘Free for All’