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24/08/23

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24/08/23

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24/08/23

Yet another fantastic Results day! Congratulations to all those who collected their results today. We look forward to seeing many of you in September! pic.twitter.com/GdA6j8vXdJ

18/08/23

Congratulations Nii who will read property development at following his successful vocational grades. Dis*DisM pic.twitter.com/iMoM87IQdi

18/08/23

Congratulations to Mia who's A*AB will see her read Geography at pic.twitter.com/C1YWE8b8jN

18/08/23

Congratulations to Keerthanan who's A*A*A sees him off to read medicine! pic.twitter.com/mzN59VG8dj

18/08/23

What a fantastic results day yesterday! So many success stories to share. Great to see so many students going onto study at top university's! Congratulations to all our students and good luck at your destinations!

18/08/22

Congratulations to Precious who achieved ABC and is going to read sociology at Warwick University pic.twitter.com/IUxTKkLi6e

18/08/22

Congratulations to Arteola who achieved A*A*A and will be going to read law at Exeter pic.twitter.com/S6Tok6DZS1

18/08/22

Congratulations to Emmanuel A*AA and is going to read Aerospace Engineering at Queen Mary's! pic.twitter.com/P9gjgtcRS7

18/08/22

Congratulations to Charles who achieved A*AB and will be reading History pic.twitter.com/k87xlVOWsZ

18/08/22

Congratulations to Jessica who achieved A*A*A who will be studying art at pic.twitter.com/EISZOqManz

18/08/22

Congratulations to Daniel A*A*AA who will be reading History & Spanish at Warwick University pic.twitter.com/rrjkAoxAyo

18/08/22

Congratulations to Beshir A*BB who is off to read Economics at Loughborough! pic.twitter.com/t7epPpiSEh

24/05/22

Thank you so much for giving our students the opportunity to perform at your conference! Performing to over 450 delegates in the room and live streamed around the world from the stunning Nobu hotel.We couldn't be prouder of their performance. pic.twitter.com/5g8rETGp80

03/03/22

Celebrating with fancy dress, assemblies on the importance of reading, and workshops for the whole of Year 10 with the brilliant

03/03/22

A fabulous night out with our year 9 students at the Royal Albert Hall watching the performing with the amazing pic.twitter.com/a34Vtp8W6r

18/02/22

Economics and Music intervention sessions are cancelled today due to Please stay safe everyone.

15/02/22

Year 12 Geography Students researching beach profiles along the Jurassic Coast in Durdle Door, Lullworth Cove and Sandbanks. pic.twitter.com/rpgCaEYSdI

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Year 10 & 11 English at HASN

KS4 English at HASN (South & Upper site)

AQA English Literature

Students will study a 19th century text (‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens), a Shakespeare play (‘Macbeth’), a modern play (‘An Inspector Calls’ by J.B. Priestly) a collection of poetry from AQA’s Power and Conflict anthology, and unseen poetry in Year 10, and revise all 5 texts in Year 11.

Edexcel English Language

Students will analyse and evaluate a range of extracts from nineteenth century fiction, and create their own imaginative writing for Language Paper 1 over the two year course. They will analyse, evaluate and compare a range of extracts from 20th and 21st century non-fiction texts, and create their own transactional writing for Language Paper 2 over the two year course.

How are students assessed, and what do the reports mean?

Students take a formal assessments in Literature and Language in the Autumn and Summer terms in Year 10. These are marked by teachers. 

Students are formally assessed in Speaking and Listening in the Summer term in Year 10. This is graded by teachers and moderated by the exam board. Students will be awarded a Speaking and Listening endorsement as part of their GCSE Language qualification.

Students take formal mock exams in the Autumn and Spring terms in Year 11. These are marked by teachers. They then sit two Literature exam papers and two Language exam papers in the Summer for their GCSE qualification.

How can you help?

Building vocabulary:

·     Step One: Invest in a big dictionary.

·     Step Two: Read with your child for 20-30 minutes each day. (Fiction or Non-fiction).

·     Step Three: Highlight words they don’t know.

·     Step Four: Find the definition.

·     Step Five: Challenge them to use the new piece of vocabulary in four different sentences. 

 

Support with homework or revision:

·     Check Show My Homework regularly to help them manage their time and work load.

·     CPG revision guides for all of the literature texts, and revision guides for the language exams can be purchased in the academy LRC.

·     Copies of the literature texts can be purchased from the LRC.

·     Join our Parent Book Club! Read and discuss the texts they are studying alongside them.