Secondary Pathways KS3 curriculum map- 2 year rolling programme for a mixed KS3 class
KS3 Programme of study- planning completed by KW/ MR 10.02.25
Context
- Classes are mixed ability.
- Mix of y7-y10.
- Most students have significant gaps in their learning; some have never attended a secondary school.
- Shifting cohort- some students are on roll at HHELC; others will remain on roll at their home schools so HHELC may not be their permanent provision.
- Some students at HHELC continue to have attendance issues, mainly due to mental and/or physical health issues.
- Students arrive at any point in the academic year.
- Reliable data from schools is rare. All students will complete NGRT and NGST as part of their HHELC induction. This data then informs which students will need literacy intervention (e.g. Lexia/ Reading Fluency project).
- We have been working closely with NLT, participating in annual projects to promote literacy (Empower/ Nottingham Young Poets/ Words for Life pilot project- cross-curricular project promoting financial literacy)
- We work closely with the Nottingham Playhouse- as members of their Shine participation programme, all KS3 students access a weekly drama session led by a Playhouse drama practitioner. We also regularly attend drama productions.
- Reading for pleasure- daily DEAR sessions 12.50-1pm. NLT donate books as part of KW’s role as a Literacy Champion.
- Timetabled library lessons allow promotion of reading for pleasure (e.g. Library Reading Challenge).
- Some students will sit their GCSEs with us so our KS3 curriculum needs to include-
a) a variety of fiction and non-fiction extracts from 19th- 21stC
b) writing for different purposes and audiences
c) poetry from 19th- 21st C (currently ‘Love and Relationships’ and ‘Power and Conflict’ clusters at KS4- based on teacher’s judgement of suitability)
d) a modern prose text OR play script (currently ‘An Inspector Calls’ at KS4)
e) Shakespeare (currently ‘Macbeth’ at KS4)
Key concepts will be introduced at KS3 e.g. Shakespeare- the ingredients of a tragedy; Eng Lang paper 2- the art of rhetoric…
- Use of GCSE style concepts- when discussing context, use the term ‘big ideas’. Use of what-how- why paragraphs to analyse language.
