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We aim for pupils to become confident readers that appreciate writers’ motivations – both in fiction and non-fiction texts. Pupils will also become confident writers, crafting their writing in a range of forms and for a range of purposes.

Year 7

Pupils will secure the foundations to confidently handle an unfamiliar text. A deliberate focus on engaging stories and characters will shape the year.

Year 8

Pupils will be exposed to more mature feeling texts that explore darker themes and ideas with more sophisticated characters, plots and settings. Pupils will begin to explore writers’ motivations against a contextual backdrop.

Year 9

Pupils will study contextually rich texts to charge their inference with a wider appreciation for the writer’s motivation. They will demonstrate a deep understanding of the texts studied through creative assessments that will provide an opportunity to exercise sophisticated connections with the writer and the reader.