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 7 begins with study of the Greek myth of Homer's Odyssey, an epic tale of the fall of Troy and Odysseus' ten year journey home. It also includes study of classic texts from Chaucer and Shakespeare.
Year 8 introduces pupils to the power of rhetoric, from ancient to modern times. It includes in depth study of the poetry of the Romantics and the Gothic genre.
Year 9 includes a broad study of 'the Human Condition', as expressed through a range of texts. It includes studying poetry inspired by World War 1 and covers modern drama works.
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 Autumn 2 |
Homer – The Odyssey
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Spring 1 Spring 2 |
Story-telling through Time
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
Sonnets through the ages and Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
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Year 8
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Autumn 1 Autumn 2 |
Rhetoric from Aristotle to the Modern Day
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Spring 1 Spring 2 |
Nature and the Romantics
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
The Gothic
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Year 9
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Autumn 1 Autumn 2 |
The Human Condition Anthology
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Spring 1 Spring 2 |
Literature of the First World War
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
Modern Drama: An Inspector Calls
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Year 10
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Autumn 1 Autumn 2 |
Macbeth Language Paper 1 skills
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Spring 1 Spring 2 |
Poetry and Writing Skills
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
A Christmas Carol Language Paper 2 skills
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Year 11
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Autumn 1 |
Language Paper 1
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Autumn 2 |
Language Paper 2
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Spring 1 Spring 2 |
Shakespeare and the 19th Century novel Modern texts
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
Final Revision and Exam Preparation; Language and Literature |
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
Year 7
| Autumn 1 | Je me présente Meeting and greeting, Likes and dislikes. Numbers, Dates, ages and birthdays Describing yourself, your survival kit. Classroom objects, the alphabet, classroom instructions. |
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Autumn 2 Spring 1 |
En famille Family, physical descriptions, characteristics, possessive articles, animals, Avoir and Etre – adjectives |
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Spring 2 Summer 1 |
Où j’habite Where I live, describing your home, avoir and etre, saying what you can do in town, Nouns, habiter in present tense, il y a/ il n’y a pas de. |
| Summer 2 | Mes passetemps Free time, sports and activities. Faire and Jouer. What you like doing, describing what other people do. Describing future plans with friends, time. Near future tense |
Year 8
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Autumn 1 Autumn 2 |
Les Vacances Countries, Holidays, holiday plans Using past tense. Weather in the imperfect. |
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Spring 1 Spring 2 |
Mon identité Avoir and être, Opinions on music and clothes. Talking about last weekend. Clothes and fashion, a recent trip out in perfect tense, music, French singers, cinema and TV. |
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
Mon collège. School subjects, describing timetable, school uniform, French school system, giving opinions and reasons and reasons. School rules. time, describe previous school trip |
Year 9
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Autumn 1 Autumn 2 |
Qui suis-je Family relationships, Describing friends, going out in town, describing weekend routine, talking about life when you were younger. Talking about role models. |
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Spring 1 |
Ma vie sociale d’ado Describing social activities Facebook, technology, describing life before technology, Music festivals |
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Spring 2 Summer 1 |
Le temps des loisirs Sport and music, Cinema and TV Life online, books and culture, eating out. |
| Summer 2 | Jours ordinaires, jours de fête Daily life, food and culture, family celebrations, festivals and traditions. Traditions in other French speaking countries |
Year 10
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Autumn 1 Autumn 2 |
De la ville à la campagne Describing a region, including how it used to be, discussing what to see and do. Describing plans and weather. |
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Spring 1 |
Le mode de Vie Personal information: Lifestyle healthy eating and exercise, at the doctor, alcohol and substance abuse. |
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Spring 2 Summer 1 |
Moi dans le monde The environment, Rights and responsibilities, charity and voluntary work. Homelessness and poverty. |
| Summer 2 | Le grand large Holidays, Out and about: Visitor information, Local amenities, accommodation, basic weather. Personal information: Leisure activities, booking and reviewing hotels, ordering in a restaurant, talking about holiday disasters. |
Year 11
| Autumn 1 | Le collège School subjects and opinions, school rules, pressures at school, re-visit timetable and telling the time. |
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Autumn 2 |
Il faut bosser Future plans, education and work: Work and work experience, simple job advertisements, applications and CV |
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Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 |
Revision |
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| Autumn 1 | School subjects and opinions, school rules, pressures at school, re-visit timetable and telling the time. |
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Autumn 2 |
Future plans, education and work: Work and work experience, simple job advertisements, applications and CV |
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Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 |
Revision |
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