What will I be learning?

The English department has decided to focus its new curriculum on the main threshold concepts of studying English Language and Literature; these will be developed and spiral over time and through the progressions steps. Our focus in Year 7 is to discover the origins of communication so we begin by travelling back to Ancient Greek literature; we visit Homer’s Iliad, Troy along with other famous myths and legends including Beowulf. We move, in the Spring to Medieval literature from Dante’s Inferno to Chaucer and Sir Gawain. Finally in the Summer term we look at Renaissance literature including Shakespeare. It is our hope to fire and inspire your child’s imagination through our text choices. Over the course of the progression steps we will look at language and literature chronologically, covering a wealth of literature from our cannon and finish, what would be year 9 by looking at dystopian literature. Through our journey we will cover forms of Prose, Plays and Poetry. Our curriculum will be diverse and aims to look at a range of literature from African, American, to Asian and indeed Welsh. We are confident that our new curriculum will connect us, help your children to understand the world around them become eager lifelong learners.

Mrs S Dickinson - English Lead Practitioner