English
Key staff
Associate Assistant Headteacher English &Literacy:
Miss G Ormerod - g.ormerod@Stockport.stockport.sch.uk
Senior Assistant Director of English:
Ms J Carter - j.carter@stockport.stockport.sch.uk
Assistant Directors of English
Y11: Mrs N Beckett - n.beckett@stockport.stockport.sch.uk
Y9 & Y10: Miss P Roberts - p.roberts@stockport.stockport.sch.uk
Y7 & Y8: Mrs M Hogan - m.hogan@stockport.stockport.sch.uk
Literacy: Ms M Cassidy - m.cassidy@stockport.stockport.sch.uk
Teachers
Mr R Clifford (Associate Deputy Headteacher)
Mrs K Barber
Ms H Cawthorne
Ms G Davies (Literacy)
Mrs L Hatton (with additional responsibility for More Able)
Mrs S Roberts
Miss R Seller
Mrs C Swift
Mr N Wright
Mrs A Zanetti
Mrs A Burgess (Reading and Literacy Intervention Mentor)
Mrs K George (Reading and Literacy Intervention Mentor)
Mr M Davison (English Academic Mentor)
Mrs D Godrich (Librarian)
English at Stockport School
Our mission is to expose all pupils to a wide range of thought provoking texts, that will foster their creativity, competence, cultural understanding and critical reading, to ensure they leave Stockport School confident with these skills and ready for the ‘functional’ needs and enjoyment of English in the future.
KS3 Curriculum
KS4 Curriculum
Enrichment/Extra curricular
KS3:
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays: Homework and Reading Club in the LRC (before school and after school)
Red Tuesdays: Debate Club in J8 (after school)
KS4:
Blue Tuesdays: Y11 Enrichment (ask your teacher where to go)
Open to all:
Red Monday: Creative Writing club in J11 (lunch)
Red Tuesdays: English homework drop in in J4 (after school)
Blue Monday: Stockport School Book awards in LRC (after school)
Blue Tuesdays: English homework drop in in J4 (after school)
You can help your child by:
Checking in that they have completed their homework. Parents and carers can access Firefly and Bedrock. Email the class teacher, if you do not have a log in.
Encouraging students to read: both fiction and non-fiction
Homework and Independent Study
English
homework aims to help students to:
- be more independent
- develop their knowledge and skills
- consolidate or prepare for classroom learning
- explore related topics, issues and interests in greater depth
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
40 |
40 |
40 |
50 |
60 |
KS3:
- Bedrock (20 points/20 minutes)
- Curriculum linked homework, as determined by schemes of learning/Reading (20 minutes)
KS4: Year 10
- Bedrock (25 points/25 minutes)
- Curriculum linked homework, as determined by schemes of learning/revision activities (25 minutes)
KS4: Year 11
- Bedrock (30 points/30 minutes)
- Curriculum linked homework, as determined by schemes of learning/revision activities (30 minutes)
Examples of Extra Credit work English:
- Bedrock - Grammar
- Reading – fiction and non-fiction
- Bringing in articles for discussion
- Guided GCSE revision on Firefly (KS3 and GCSE)
- Watching GCSEPods (on Firefly)
- Completing additional work linked to enrichment sessions
- Producing revision materials (bringing in to show class teacher/evidence)
- Completing past papers