English

 

 

What makes English special at Therfield?
We are a team of ten experienced teachers (our newest member of the faculty has been teaching 4 years!) who love literature and language and spending time helping the students discover their talents in the subject. Many students continue their studies into Key Stage 5, and we run very popular and successful courses in English Literature, English Language and Media Studies.

All pupils study English at Key Stage 3. They develop their skills in reading, writing, and speaking and listening through following a varied programme of study. All pupils are expected to read widely and have a lesson for private reading once every two weeks. Pupils study a range of texts, from Shakespeare and modern poetry, fiction and non-fiction and have opportunities to write creatively.

English is constantly changing and we embrace technology and the internet to help prepare students for the real world literacy they will need to grasp in the constantly changing world of social networking and blogging, the functional skills students will need are embedded into the curriculum and all year 9 students sit a Functional Skills exam in Year 9.