1. Ellesmere Park High School Communication Curriculum Information Key Stage 3 English Key Stage 4 English Useful Links – English French Spanish Useful Links - Languages

2. Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 3 English During Key Stage 3, we want to encourage students to read as often and as widely as possible. Research indicates that children who are very good and confident readers by the age of 15 are most likely to go on achieve well at high school, college and university. We also know that students who read for just half an hour a day can be up to a year ahead of those who don’t by the time they turn 15. Assessment in English is carried out each half term. We use a mix of tests and other assessments to develop an overall profile of each child, using ‘I can’ statements. Communication Curriculum Information

3. Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 3 English What will I Study? Each year is based around a different set of topics that provide a broad and balanced curriculum in English. In Year 7, students will study Autobiography Class Readers: Skellig, Room 13, Cirque du Freak Non-Fiction Writing and Media Shakespeare’s Macbeth Short Stories from Other Cultures Communication Curriculum Information

4. Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 3 English What will I Study? Each year is based around a different set of topics that provide a broad and balanced curriculum in English. In Year 8, students will study Travel Writing Comparing Texts Literary Text Analysis and Writing Class Readers: Holes, Stone Cold, Boy in The Striped Pyjamas Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice Poetry from Other Cultures Writing Skills Communication Curriculum Information

5. Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 3 English What will I Study? Each year is based around a different set of topics that provide a broad and balanced curriculum in English. In Year 9, students will begin the transition to GCSE, but will also study Gothic Horror Reading and Writing Skills Poetry from Other Cultures Class Readers: A Kestrel For A Knave, War Horse, Private Peaceful, The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Nigh Time Stories from Other Times Communication Curriculum Information

6. Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 4 English In English at Key Stage 4, students follow the Pearson Edexcel English Suite of examinations or the Cambridge IGCSE Syllabus and the AQA English Literature Certificate. From Summer 2017, GCSE English will use the 1 – 9 grading scale. The new examinations will be through the Pearson Edexcel English Language and English Literature syllabus. Communication Curriculum Information

7. Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 4 English What will I Study? Each year is based around a different set of topics that provide a broad and balanced curriculum in English. In Year 10, students study the new Pearson Edexcel GCSE, including: Fiction and Imaginative Writing Non- Fiction and Transactional Writing A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens An Inspector Calls by J.B Priestley or Blood Brothers by Willy Russell Poetry Since 1789 – Pearson Anthology Communication Curriculum Information

8. Communication Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 4 English What will I Study? Each year is based around a different set of topics that provide a broad and balanced curriculum in English. In Year 11, students in 11bE and 11mE study the Pearson Edexcel GCSEs in English Language and English Literature, including: Transactional Writing Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck or Heroes by Robert Cormier Spoken Language Analysis Animal Farm by George Orwell Poetry Pearson Anthology An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Curriculum Information

9. Communication Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 4 English What will I Study? Each year is based around a different set of topics that provide a broad and balanced curriculum in English. In Year 11, students in all other groups study the Cambridge IGCSE and AQA Certificate in English Literature syllabuses: Reading and Writing Skills (Exam 40%) Coursework (40%) Speaking and Listening (20%) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time Poetry Coursework Comparison (40%) Curriculum Information

10. Ellesmere Park High School Languages at Ellesmere Park This year Spanish has been introduced to Year 7, Year 8 are studying French, Year 9 have been given the opportunity to study both French and Spanish to give them more choice at Key Stage 4. At GCSE pupils can take French or Spanish, a few pupils are given the opportunity to take both. Communication Curriculum Information

11. Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 3 Spanish (Years 7 & 9) In Year 7, pupils learn the key basics to enable them to communicate with Spanish speakers and hold introductory conversations covering topics such as asking and answering questions about name, age, birthday, where you live and so on. Once the foundations have been laid for good pronunciation and confidence in speaking we cover topics in more detail and explore talking about opinions, what you do in school, describing friends and family, talking about where you live and what you like to do in your free time. Some pupils will move on to talk about future plans. Communication Curriculum Information

12. Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 3 Spanish (Years 7 & 9) In Year 9, pupils learn the key basics to enable them to communicate with Spanish speakers and hold introductory conversations covering topics such as asking and answering questions on name, age, birthday, where you live and so on. Once the foundations have been laid for good pronunciation and confidence in speaking we cover topics in more detail and explore talking about opinions, what you like to do in your free time and how to refer to different time frames such as talking about future plans. This course will explore some of the topics covered at GCSE level to give pupils an insight into the depth of work required at this level. These topics include Media and Culture, Travel and Tourism, Business, Work and employment, Sport and leisure. Communication Curriculum Information

13. Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 3 French (Years 8 & 9) In Year 8, students continue to build on the language covered in year 7. Students will move from talking about likes and dislikes to talking about future holidays, using the future tense. Some students will also move onto using the past tense and develop more complex opinions. Topics covered this year in year 8, include television, film, music, internet, music, fashion and interests. Communication Curriculum Information

14. Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 3 French (Years 8 & 9) In Year 9, students start with the topic of media, having not covered this in year 8. The focus is the film 'Les Choristes' which students use to describe the characters, anticipate what is going to happen and review at the end, therefore using three tenses and opinions. We also cover other aspects of the media topic for GCSE. As we approach option time, students will examine career choices, the advantages and disadvantages of different jobs and the qualifications needed. The emphasis once again being on the use of a variety of tenses, opinions and the justification of these opinions. Communication Curriculum Information

15. Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 4 Languages – Year 10 All students study the Edexcel Suite of GCSEs in French and Spanish. There are 4 common topic areas covered over the 2 year course, these are media and culture, Travel and Tourism, Business, Work and employment, Sport and leisure. In Year 10, students start by building on vocabulary from Key stage 3 (years 7-9) to explore relationships with friends and family but go into more detail including tenses and extended opinions. Students will begin working on both spoken and written controlled assessment pieces to enable them to become accustomed to the current process of assessment. Communication Curriculum Information

16. Ellesmere Park High School Key Stage 4 Languages – Year 11 All students study the Edexcel Suite of GCSEs in French and Spanish. There are 4 common topic areas covered over the 2 year course, these are media and culture, Travel and Tourism, Business, Work and employment, Sport and leisure. In Year 11, students begin their year looking at the topic of school, work and employment completing their last controlled assessment pieces and speaking tasks to ensure that all chosen pieces are at the highest possible standard. They then move on to revise specifically for the Listening and Reading exams. Communication Curriculum Information

17. Ellesmere Park High School English – Useful Links http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z3kw2hv http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english/games http://www.slimekids.com/games/spelling-games/ Communication Curriculum Information

18. Communication Ellesmere Park High School Languages – Useful Links https://www.memrise.com/ Search for Edexel Spanish or French GCSE vocabulary and practise the verbs or by topic area. http://www.linguascope.com/ Go to beginner or intermediate level and work your way through the topics and games http://oye.languageskills.co.uk/ No password etc needed after 4pm. Year by year topics including listening activities. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize Practice papers in F and H, all skills. Advice from examiners and tips on how to improve too. Curriculum Information

19. Communication Ellesmere Park High School Languages – Useful Links https://quizlet.com/ Revision of vocabulary, set by teaching group, practice quizzes. http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp Useful forums and verb tables (conjugators) as well as simple translation http://www.francais-extra.co.uk/http://www.francais-extra.co.uk/ http://www.espanol- extra.co.uk/ http://www.espanol- extra.co.uk/ The penalty shootout is great!! Useful for practising the basics and listening as well. http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/Hotpotatoes/Index.htm These are self- marking, not just for beginners! There are vocabulary and grammar exercises for both languages. Curriculum Information

20. Communication Ellesmere Park High School Languages – Useful Links http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ Lots of language clips here and longer videos, especially good for short listening practise because it gives the transcript and a translation too. http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ This is an impressive site all in French, which offers reading and listening comprehensions, grammar exercises, vocab lists and a lot more. It's fun, authentic and very educational! http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support- topics/exams/past-papers.html A great source of past papers for students. The sound files can be used for listening and the mark scheme is available. Curriculum Information