English

We want to help and encourage our students to:

become community-minded global citizens and valuable members of society with the skills to confidently communicate in a variety of contexts
understand that: reading teaches kindness and empathy; that words have power; and be able to control that power with kindness and empathy
have an appreciation and love of a diverse range of both fiction and non-fiction texts from a variety of cultures
be independent thinkers and critical readers, communicators whose skills give them choices and habits of mind
learn that a text is a conscious construct created by a writer and is bound by a cultural context reflecting and enriching our human experience and identity
value their voices and develop curiosity about the world and what it means to be human
appreciate that English is the foundation for accessing other subjects and provides practical skills for life