English
Our English curriculum at Everest is designed around the concept of DARE. We want our students to be daring academics, and to provide every student with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to achieve.
Our curriculum is:
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Diverse – exposing students to a wide range of voices, perspectives and literary traditions.
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Aspirational – challenging students with ambitious texts, ideas and opportunities.
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Resilient – encouraging perseverance, reflection and independence in learning.
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Engaging – capturing imaginations and creating passionate learners.
Across the English department, students are challenged to produce high-quality work and are inspired by writers from other places, times and worlds. Beyond the classroom, they enjoy opportunities to perform, experience theatre and poetry, and participate in extracurricular activities that enrich their understanding of literature and language.
Through the study of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama, students develop the disciplinary knowledge and skills of English: describing, exploring, interpreting, analysing and evaluating texts, drawing inferences, summarising ideas accurately, and communicating with precision. They learn to read critically, analyse writers' methods, understand how language shapes meaning and craft their own writing for a range of audiences and purposes.
Curriculum Statement
Students engage with significant human experiences and enduring themes including loss and guilt, power and conflict, identity, relationships, community, perspective, and individual and shared experiences. Through these studies, they become intellectually curious, develop informed opinions, evaluate differing viewpoints, recognise bias and challenge interpretations. Performance, debate, presentation and discussion enable students to develop confident and articulate voices.
As our students progress through the curriculum, they encounter increasingly challenging texts and concepts, building confidence and independence. They develop a rich and ambitious vocabulary, secure knowledge of grammar and language structures, and increasingly sophisticated analytical and writing skills across a range of genres and contexts.
