Author: Nicola Selwood and Danielle Glover

It has been a busy start to the year in English and maths! The students are enjoying a new curriculum in English in years 7 and 8 and have begun studying towards the new GCSE exams in years 9 and 10, with every student now having the opportunity to complete two English GCSEs in Language and Literature. In maths, teachers have encouraged students to demonstrate their understanding by handing the driving seat over to students for lots of lessons, with year 7 teaching each other about proportion and year 9 discovering their own theorems. Maths students are also enjoying a new curriculum geared up to make the subject more relevant and students are engaged and making good progress.

So far, English students have enjoyed non-fiction reading, descriptive writing, unseen poetry and all sorts of modern and classic texts including Great Expectations, Gangsta Granny, Frankenstein, Private Peaceful and Jekyll and Hyde, plus a trip to the theatre for year 11 to watch Lord of the Flies. In maths, students have already covered a number of topics: number work; sequences; data handling; and geometry and construction. Students now have three different pathways to choose from in each lesson to allow all to achieve their very best.

Attendance at GCSE English club continues to grow and budding writers have been working hard in creative writing and sports journalism clubs, whilst the maths department have been astounded by the numbers attending maths club which is pushing students on to be ‘Masters of Maths!’

With year 11 students working hard towards their GCSEs in English, English Language, English Literature and maths and the departments’ renewed focus on driving progress and attainment at all levels, the St Hugh’s English and maths departments really are a great place to be.

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