WHY SHOULD YOUR CHILD STUDY ENGLISH?

English is vital for communicating with others and is fundamental to learning in all curriculum subjects. In studying English, your child will develop skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing that they will need to participate in society and employment. Your child will learn to express themselves creatively and imaginatively and to communicate with others confidently and effectively.  

Your child will learn to become an enthusiastic and critical reader of stories, poetry and drama as well as non-fiction and media texts, gaining access to the pleasure and world of knowledge that reading offers.   Looking at the patterns, structures, origins and conventions of English will help your child understand how language works. Using this understanding, they will be able to choose and adapt what they say and write in different situations, as well as appreciate and interpret the choices made by other writers and speakers.  

THE KEY STAGE 3 ENGLISH HOMESCHOOLING COURSE  

Our brand new Key Stage 3 English homeschooling course has been written specifically to cover the Key Stage 3 English curriculum.   The course has been designed to be highly accessible for all abilities, with an emphasis on providing students with feedback on where they’re at and showing them how to progress. The course is both stimulating and engaging for your child and is designed to inspire in them a real love for the English language.

ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT

At the end of each unit in the course there is an assignment for your child to complete and send to their tutor for marking and feedback.   A SATS level will be given for each assignment so that you are able to track your child’s progress in preparation for the next stage in their education.    

COURSE OVERVIEW

Here is an overview of the English Language skills your child will develop during the course:  

Competence

• Being clear, coherent and accurate in spoken and written communication.  
• Reading and understanding a range of texts, and responding appropriately.  
• Demonstrating a secure understanding of the conventions of written language, including grammar, spelling and punctuation.  
• Being adaptable in a widening range of familiar and unfamiliar contexts within the classroom and beyond.  
• Making informed choices about effective ways to communicate formally and informally.  

Creativity  

• Making fresh connections between ideas, experiences, texts and words, drawing on a rich experience of language and literature.  
• Using inventive approaches to making meaning, taking risks, playing with language and using it to create new effects.  
• Using imagination to convey themes, ideas and arguments, solve problems, and create settings, moods and characters.  
• Using creative approaches to answering questions, solving problems and developing ideas.  

Cultural understanding

• Gaining a sense of the English literary heritage and engaging with important texts in it.  
• Exploring how ideas, experiences and values are portrayed differently in texts from a range of cultures and traditions.  
• Understanding how English varies locally and globally, and how these variations relate to identity and cultural diversity.  

Critical Understanding  

• Engaging with ideas and texts, understanding and responding to the main issues.  
• Assessing the validity and significance of information and ideas from different sources.  
• Exploring others’ ideas and developing their own.  
• Analysing and evaluating spoken and written language to appreciate how meaning is shaped.      

WHAT PRIOR KNOWLEDGE DOES MY CHILD NEED?  

The course assumes a level of literacy ability appropriate for a child entering the Key Stage 3 of their education.  

HOW LONG WILL THE COURSE TAKE?

We have designed the Key Stage 3 English course to be taken over TWO YEARS rather than the three years normally taken in a standard classroom setting.   Our teaching methodology and systems allows us to provide an accelerated route for the majority of our students. They will enable your child to progress to the next stage of their education a year earlier than they would have been able to in a traditional school.      

COURSE FEES

Course fees are shown here.