Year 8 – English

Planning & Organisation

Skills I Will Develop

  • Setting Targets
  • Adapting
  • Evaluating
  • Planning

Personal Effectiveness

Skills I Will Develop

  • Time Management
  • Team Working
  • Developing Independence

Creativity & Innovation

Skills I Will Develop

  • Demonstrating Imagination & Initiative
  • Reflection & Improvement
  • Challenge Assumptions

Term 1

Go back over a hundred years and meet the Peaceful family. Face the horrors of World War 1, and experience love and loyalty in equal measures.

Term 2

Are you brave enough to study Gothic Horror? Are you afraid of monsters, vampires and more? Do you think you can scare the teachers with your own creative horror writing?

Term 3

Travel back in time again to see your old friend Shakespeare and learn more about some of his most famous characters. Explore a diverse range of people and their amazing lives through the wonder of short stories.

Exciting Experiences

Enter writing competitions, and if successful, experience the thrill of seeing your work published