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Miss R
Barnes BA (Hons)
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(RB) |
Director
of Learning English
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Miss K
Brown
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(KB) |
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Mrs A
Schofield
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(ASc) |
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Mr J
Paige
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(JP) |
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The
English Department at Bourne Community College is highly regarded
both on a county and national level. The recent Ofsted reported
that, “progress made by students in English is exceptionally and
consistently high, and in 2005 was amongst the best in the
country”.
The
English department also featured in the Government White Paper for
Education in 2006.
We are
joint partners with Modern Foreign Languages in Bourne’s quest to
gain Specialist School recognition.
Our aim
is to recognise every student as an individual and seek to diagnose
and meet reading, writing and oracy needs accordingly. We believe
that competent literacy skills empower our students for the rest of
their lives. Public examinations define the goal posts, but the
journey towards these goals is made as varied and enjoyable as
possible.
Key
Stage 3 Curriculum
All students will follow the same units of study although this may
be at different times in the year. However, the beginning of every
academic year is defined by a specifically selected task which is
designed to diagnose areas of strengths and weaknesses in both
reading and writing. These will subsequently be followed up by
teaching methods and resources aimed to ‘plug the gaps’ in terms of
knowledge and practice. In this way we seek to provide a safety net
for all students, whatever their ability.
Year 7
and Year 8
Introductory Task
Poetry
Writer’s Workshop
Media
Novel
Text Types
Playscript
(In Year 8 the genres are studied with a greater level of
sophistication)
Year
9
Introductory Task
“Snapshots” – short stories
Text Types
SATs preparation
Shakespeare – “The Tempest”
20th Century poets – GCSE preparation
Pre 20th Century writers – GCSE preparation
Key Stage
3 targets will be set at the start of each year. A teacher
assessment of performance will be made at the end of each year,
with a final KS3 level attained in the Summer Term of Year
9.
Key
Stage 4 Curriculum
All students are entered
for both English Language and English Literature GCSEs.
Unlike Key Stage 3, classes will complete the same topic
simultaneously. The schedule for this is as follows:
Year
10
“An Inspector Calls” by
J B Priestley (coursework)
Media – moving and still images (coursework)
Poems from Different Cultures (exam)
Shakespeare – “Romeo and Juliet” (coursework)
Pre 20th Century novel (coursework)
Year
11
“Of Mice and Men” by
John Steinbeck (exam)
Original Writing (coursework)
Seamus Heaney, Gillian Clarke and a selection of pre 1914 poems
(exam)
Writing to inform, explain, describe (exam)
Writing to persuade, argue, advise (exam)
English Language
GCSE
Coursework: 40% Exam:
60%
Exam Board: AQA
Syllabus: English Specification A
English Literature
GCSE
Coursework: 30% Exam:
70%
Exam Board: AQA
Syllabus: English Literature Specification A
All students will complete five pieces of coursework, three oral
assessments for Language and will prepare for three separate final
examinations.
Trips
and Activities
Our regular programme
includes:
Visiting drama companies performing Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
examination plays
Poetry conference
Carnegie Award
West Sussex Book Award
Visiting authors
Visiting storytellers
Celebration of National Book Week
Readathon
Writing competitions at a national level
Published compilations of students’ writing
Published student newspapers
Presentation of a holiday programme – oral assessment
Video conferencing with international links
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