English Department Staff

For more information about the Subject curriculum, please contact: Mrs D Dolman the Curriculum Leader.

  • Mrs D Dolman - Curriculum Leader and Assistant Headteacher (Quality Assurance and English Curriculum Leader)
  • Mr L Duckworth - Second in Department
  • Mrs L Bache - Drama Subject Leader and English Teacher
  • Mrs C Cornwell - English Teacher
  • Mrs C Gore - English Teacher
  • Mrs G Henderson - English Teacher
  • Mrs E Hiller - English Teacher
  • Miss F McCutcheon - English Teacher and Whole School Literacy Lead
  • Mr J Morgan - English Teacher
  • Mrs B O’ Neill - English Teacher
  • Mrs M Rogerson - SENCO and English teacher

 

"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark" Victor Hugo

 

Balshaw’s English Department Curriculum Intent

"We will work together to share and promote an enjoyment of reading; to support students in becoming effective and confident communicators, and nurture students in becoming independent and adaptable learners.”

Our intent is to offer students a wide range of challenging texts to give them a foundation of knowledge of important classic, world and modern literature. Through studying these texts, as well as a range of non-fiction texts, we develop analytical reading, oracy, and accurate written communication.

We explore the questions: How does the writer engage or influence us? How as writers can we engage or influence our readers?

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English Literature Curriculum Implementation

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Aspects of the Key Learning in English include:

  • The understanding that any text is a deliberate construct and an increasing awareness of a writer at work.
  • The understanding that literature texts are a product of time and place; the importance of context.
  • The understanding that through literature, readers and writers make meaning and explore the human condition.
  • There are agreed rules of spelling, punctuation and grammar to help make meaning clear.

We aim to help students:

  • Develop oracy skills to a high level, in which pupils are encouraged to verbally express themselves clearly, cogently and in a manner befitting the context.
  • Develop active listening skills so that they are able to respond to others in a courteous, respectful and purposeful manner.
  • Take part in formal debates so that they can explore their own viewpoints thoroughly.
  • Develop inference and critical analysis skills when fostering a love of reading.
  • Write accurately and imaginatively for a range of purposes and audiences, using the highest quality language and structural devices.
  • Hone their own writing ‘voice’.
  • Develop a love of reading and knowledge of the literary canon.
  • Develop a repertoire of ambitious vocabulary so that pupils are equipped with the language required to express themselves in a sophisticated manner.
  • Reflect upon their own social and moral viewpoints and change/alter them accordingly.