English
Staff
Ms Howells - Head of Department
Mr Hussein - Assistant Headteacher
Ms Watkins - Assistant Headteacher
Mr Black - KS4 Progress and Achievement
Ms Khan - KS5 Progress and Achievement
Ms Letang - KS3 SEN
Mr Wood - KS3 Progress and Achievement
Ms Pathak
Ms Tahir
Mr Burgon
Mr Holmes
Miss Rahman
Mr Raphael
Mr Middleton
If you wish to contact us, then please use the email addresses below:
howellst@barkingabbeyschool.co.uk
blackr@barkingabbeyschool.co.uk
khanl@barkingabbeyschool.co.uk
Department Overview
At Barking Abbey we aim to prepare students for GCSE whilst fostering a love of reading from the moment they arrive in Year 7. We have developed a new curriculum which ties in very closely with governmental changes whilst addressing the needs and interests of our intake. We have devised schemes of work across the year groups which challenge all learners and gives them opportunities to consider the world from a spiritual, cultural and moral perspective. Barking Abbey students are treated to a range of genres and writers, both fiction and non- fiction, to improve their own reading skills and help to develop their writing. We believe our curriculum encourages the students to want to read independently outside of the classroom as this is a key to knowledge and success in our subject.
Curriculum Content
Key Stage 3
Year 7
The following main units are taught 3x a week per half term alongside writing skills lessons 1x per week:
- ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by William Shakespeare
- London – selection of poetry
- ‘Beowulf’ and Chaucer
- Diverse Shorts unit
- Exam preparation for Language exams
- ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell
Year 8
The following main units are taught 3x a week per half term alongside writing skills lessons 1x per week:
- ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare
- World War One poetry
- Gothic/ Edgar Allan Poe author study
- ‘Face’ by Benjamin Zephaniah
- Exam preparation for Language exams
- The Woman in Black’ by Susan Hill
Key Stage 4
GCSE
Year 9
The following main units are taught 3x a week per half term alongside GCSE writing skills lessons 1x per week:
- ‘The Merchant of Venice’ by William Shakespeare
- ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens
- Character and Voice Poetry-Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage
- ‘A View from the Bridge’ by Arthur Miller
- Exam preparation for Language exams
- Diverse short stories
Year 10 & 11 English Language and Literature
Both are linear courses and 100% exam.
English Language
Paper 1 - Explorations in creative reading and writing
Paper 2 - Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives
English Literature
Paper 1 - Shakespeare and the nineteenth century novel (‘Macbeth’ and ‘The Sign of the Four’)
Paper 2 - Modern Texts and Poetry (‘An Inspector Calls,’ Power and Conflict Poetry and Unseen Poetry
Key Stage 5
‘A’ level English students study the following texts:
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‘The Great Gatsby’ by F Scott Fitzgerald
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‘Othello’ by William Shakespeare
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‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams
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‘Feminine Gospels’ by Carol Ann Duffy
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood
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Anthology of love poetry
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Unseen poetry and prose
They also produce one piece of coursework over the two year course.
“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”
J.K. Rowling