The Key Stage 3 curriculum is built around thematic units of work, the details of which are laid out in the documents below under the headings:

• What will I learn?
• How will I learn this?
• Why am I learning this?
• Why am I learning this now?

Whilst the document cannot give a comprehensive coverage of the year, some important points are brought to your attention, including:

• A learning question or questions
• The key skills or knowledge covered in that term
• Examples of some of the key texts or writers you will study
• How learning will be assessed
• The rationale, or reasons, for the choices we have made.