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Our Friday Reading Programme is a weekly highlight where CDCs read aloud to their classes. It’s a brilliant way for students in Years 7–10 to master language; by listening to a...
Year 13 English Language and Literature students have been working exceptionally hard this term, and a recent lesson on A Streetcar Named Desire showcased just how confident they...
As part of our Word of the Week programme, students explore how understanding word roots can help them unlock the meanings of unfamiliar words across all their subjects. By...
All year, students have been building their vocabulary by exploring root words – the core parts of words that carry meaning. This ongoing focus helps students decode...
As part of their GCSE English curriculum, Year 10 students are currently studying a range of poetry from 1900 onwards focused on the themes of ‘Power and Conflict’....
Prefixes of the Week: PRO & OMNI This past fortnight, we have introduced two more powerful prefixes: PRO – Meaning for or forward. Examples: Promote (to support or encourage)...
Prefixes of the Week: DIS & CON This past fortnight, we have introduced two more powerful prefixes: DIS – Meaning not or opposite of. Examples: Dislike (not liking)...
This term, we’re diving into prefixes—word parts added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. Over the last two weeks we have explored two powerful...
Have you ever thought about how many words start with AUTO? This root comes from Greek and means “self.” You see it everywhere—from automobile (a vehicle that moves by...
Word Root of the Week: Port This week’s word root is port, which means “to carry.” You may not realize it, but port shows up in many words you use every day. For example,...
Our Friday Reading Programme is a weekly highlight where CDCs read aloud to their classes. It’s a brilliant way for students in Years 7–10 to master language; by listening to a teacher read, every student – regardless of their own reading level- gets to encounter sophisticated vocabulary and complex ideas they might find tricky to tackle alone.
It’s about more than just storytime. It’s a proven way to model expressive reading and ensure that every student, no matter their starting point, is part of the same great conversation.
We launched a full refresh of the programme in September, focusing on texts that offer high challenge and high relevance. We want the books our students encounter to be intellectually demanding, but also deeply meaningful to their lives and experiences.
Building on that successful start, we’ve recently introduced two standout titles:
Feedback from staff and students has been extremely positive, and classes are tearing through these stories and enjoying them immensely. It’s wonderful to see our classrooms so engaged with a range of fantastic literature.
