Shell Guide to the Curriculum 2024 2025

CORE SUBJECTS

English English at St Edward’s combines the study of the freshest, contemporary literature and classic writers of the past. In the Autumn Term we focus on classic short stories and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Along the way you will look at poems new and old, dealing with the themes connected with these core texts. Later in the year you will study a Shakespeare play and look at speeches from great orators of modern times.

Our underlying priority is teaching the skills needed to make a success of studying English for IGCSE, IB and A level – since the majority of our pupils choose to study English with us until the end of the Upper Sixth. We will teach you to produce clear and accurate writing, and to develop analytical reading skills and oracy.

A CHRISTMAS

CAROL

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GUIDE TO THE SHELL CURRICULUM 2023-2024