Our Aims
- Provide an inspiring, diverse and challenging curriculum
- Support every student to develop a love of language and literature
- Support students to unleash their true potential by enabling them to achieve the very best examination results possible at KS4
- Provide regular exposure to a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts
- Ignite curiosity and a passion for reading
- Equip our students with high standards of literacy
- Develop critical thinkers
- Build cultural capital within our students by ensuring we are teaching texts in context
- Deliver a curriculum covering literature from a range of times, cultures and traditions
- Help to prepare students for future learning and the world of work
- Communicate how language and literature have been and can be a powerful force in the changing world we live in
Year 7
At Katherine Warington School, Year 7 is a time for exploring a range of diverse fiction and narrative texts as means of building confidence in the four key English skills of Reading, Writing, Oracy and Accuracy. Students start and end Year 7 with fantastic reading opportunities which allow them to develop a passion for fiction and narrative and this persistent focus on reading skills creates a strong basis for students to become the creators of their own texts when they explore creative and persuasive writing later in the school year. Our curriculum is structured to bring about desirable difficulties in the study of English and to ensure that all students have an opportunity to grow a love and enthusiasm for the subject whilst becoming creative thinkers, skilled writers, proficient communicators and confident readers, thereby giving them the strong foundations necessary to succeed at KS3, KS4 and beyond.
| Autumn Term 1 | Autumn Term 2 | Spring Term 1 | Spring Term 2 | Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 |
| War and Conflict Literature – Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Introduction to reading skills and analytical writing |
The Power of Language
Writing persuasive speeches |
Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Developing reading skills and practising analytical writing |
The Hero’s Journey – Selected Extracts
Revisiting creative writing |
Literature from Around the World – Selected Poetry & Extracts
Developing and improving creative writing |
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Year 8
In Year 8, our big picture continues to centre on our four key skills of Reading, Writing, Oracy and Accuracy. English students in Year 8 at Katherine Warington School will progress their study of literature by continuing to read, experience and engage with a wide and exciting range of narrative voices throughout the year. Our units of study in Year 8 utilise a range of media to maintain a focus on engaging and inspiring students with narratives in film, journalism, novel and play form and we expose students to literature from a wide variety of eras; from Shakespeare to Dickens to 20th Century Dystopian fiction. All units of study give students
the opportunity to challenge themselves in a supportive environment, with the ultimate intention of enabling them all to become creative thinkers, skilled writers, proficient communicators and confident readers in their further studies and beyond.
| Autumn Term 1 | Autumn Term 2 | Spring Term 1 | Spring Term 2 | Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 |
| Learning from the Masters – Selected Extracts Perfecting creative writing skills | Morals in 19th Century Writing – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Building confidence with analytical writing |
Dystopian Fiction – The Giver by Lois Lowry
Using dystopian fiction to achieve mastery of key reading and writing skills in our subject |
Love & Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Using plays and sonnets to explore key themes in literature |
Introduction to Media Studies
Exploring non-fiction writing skills and developing oracy |
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