Welcome to the English Department webpage
What should English be?
As a Department, we believe that English is a creative and powerful subject. It will shape the rest of your life, because the way in which you read, write and speak affects every part of everything we do as people.
We want you to leave your lessons with greater confidence, and greater ability to shape what you produce to fit a specific purpose. That might be writing letters, leaflets or adverts, it might be writing poems and stories... It might include talking to the whole class, or listening to a talk, then taking part in a discussion... It might including reading novels or plays, then giving your opinion on it...
Whatever the task, we want you to put your best into it, so that you can achieve your full potential!
We want you to leave your lessons with greater confidence, and greater ability to shape what you produce to fit a specific purpose. That might be writing letters, leaflets or adverts, it might be writing poems and stories... It might include talking to the whole class, or listening to a talk, then taking part in a discussion... It might including reading novels or plays, then giving your opinion on it...
Whatever the task, we want you to put your best into it, so that you can achieve your full potential!