English
Vision and aims:
• to allow each pupil to achieve their full potential & succeed in English
• to instill a love of literature & language in all our pupils
• to help pupils develop their Literacy skills
Staff: K Shimmons (Head of Department), J. Gillespie, C. Minford ( Publicity), J. Cochrane (Teacher- librarian), S. McGrillen, S. Jackson (Moving Image coordinator), S. Thompson (Media-Studies coordinator), J. Burns, S. McKeown, C. Hicks, A. Gilliland, C. Smyth, E. Coulter, A. McKay, H.Thompson, K Fleming.
Clubs and Extra-Curricular Activities:
• KS3 Reading Partnership programme ( both inhouse & with Ballyholme & Kilcooley primary schools)
• KS3 Homework club
• Public speaking club
• Year 10 E-twinning with The Netherlands
• KS4 Controlled Assessment clinics
• KS4 & KS5 Revision classes
Educational visits and trips:
• Year 8 cinema trip to see ‘Bill’ ( film about Shakespeare)
• Year 12 trip to see ‘Of Mice & Men’ live from Broadway
• Queen’s lectures on KS5 texts
Coming up: A Simon Community speaker for KS4 classes
A Lecture by a GCSE moderator to year 12 classes
Subject/Departmental multimedia resources:
• Ipads
• Dictaphones
• Apple TV
• Video conferencing
• English computer room
Subject revision resources:
• Website resources
• Revision booklets
