English Curriculum KS3

Overview

The new English programme of study for KS3 has been written in line with the aims and ethos of the new National Curriculum and sequenced to best prepare our students for the rigors of the new GCSE qualifications.

Our curriculum introduces students to a wide variety of challenging texts throughout KS3, developing their understanding of literature through a fun but formal approach, rooted in our ten topical themes. Students are taught how to develop their reading, writing, and spoken language skills through the study of canonical British texts and seminal texts from world literature. Students are taught key grammatical concepts explicitly and these are reinforced through the scheme of work to ensure students can analyse their use and effect, replicating them accurately and creatively in their own work.

Students will be encouraged to develop their wider reading through a selection of linked texts for each unit. Throughout the key stage, students are taught how to analyse a range of non-fiction texts which are integrated into the content of each unit. Students will complete weekly quizzes to support and develop their knowledge and understanding.

Key Stage Three curriculum has been designed to engender a passion for the subject through study of a range of fiction and non-fiction to promote the independence and resilience needed for further learning and future life. Students are taught to develop an appreciation and love of reading, and read and understand increasingly challenging material independently. Students are taught to write accurately, fluently, effectively and at length for pleasure and information. Students plan, draft, edit and proof-read their work. Students consolidate and build on their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. Students are taught to speak confidently and effectively.

Year 7

Lessons will focus on the explicit teaching of reading, writing and oracy skills linked with by thematic approach, vocabulary and grammar development.

Year 7 Topics

Year 8

Lessons will focus on the explicit teaching of reading, writing and oracy skills linked with by thematic approach, vocabulary and grammar development.

Year 8 Topics

Year 9

Lessons will focus on the explicit teaching of reading, writing and oracy skills linked with by thematic approach, vocabulary and grammar development.

Year 9 Topics

Key contact

Mrs K Traves