Autumn Term - Racism and Human Rights
We will explore important issues to do with human rights, protests and racism. We will touch on the history of the Windrush generation and even get to create our own recorded podcast on Black Lives Matter. We will read a novel called Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. Noughts and Crosses is a bittersweet story about a dystopian world where black people hold the power, and white people try to get by. In the face of this injustice, two people from separate sides of the racial divide form a friendship.
Spring Term - Sherlock Holmes and Welsh poetry
We will dive into Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Hound of the Baskervilles, and meet the famous character of Sherlock Holmes as he unravels the mystery behind the mysterious death of Sir Charles, the nobleman of Baskerville Hall. We will also read poetry by Owen Sheers, a Welsh poet who's poems spark interest in landscape and identity. We will examine the topic of Welsh independence and do some creative writing of our own.
Summer Term - Merchant of Venice
In the summer we will meet William Shakespeare, the giant of English literature, as we study the Merchant of Venice; a play about a man, Antonio, who borrows money from Shylock, Jewish moneylender. Shylock lends the money on condition that if Antonio fails to pay him back, he will take a pound of Antonio's flesh which will surely kill him.