{"id":814,"date":"2016-02-12T12:18:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T12:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/?page_id=814"},"modified":"2025-10-25T18:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:28:16","slug":"english-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/english-2\/","title":{"rendered":"English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This faculty currently teaches the following subjects:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/english-2\/\">English<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/drama\/\">Drama<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Staff currently teaching in this faculty:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mrs Kirsty Wilson (PT Curr)<\/li>\n<li>Mrs Kirsty Moore [M\/T\/W] (0.6 FTE)<\/li>\n<li>Mrs Rachel Galloway (0.8 FTE) (Tu-Fri)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Lauren Faulds (1.0 FTE)<\/li>\n<li>Ms April Stillie (1.0 FTE)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Lauren Docherty (Prob)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The English department prides itself on the fact that we make learning an active process that involves pupil discussion and values the ideas and opinions given by individuals in the class. Pupils must be allowed to enjoy their learning and have a choice in what they study and how they study it.<\/p>\n<p>The English Department focuses on four main elements:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Reading<\/em> <\/strong>&#8211; reading for enjoyment, close reading of short passages and the study of extended literary text.<br \/>\n<strong><em>Writing<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; creative writing, personal writing, discursive\/persuasive writing.<br \/>\n<strong><em>Talking<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; solo talks, group talks and presentations.<br \/>\n<strong><em>Listening<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; listening to texts and listening to other members of the class before responding in appropriate ways.<\/p>\n<p>Pupils who have access to their Glow accounts will find a range of information provided by their own teachers in some of the subject areas that will be very helpful to provide continuity for their learning.\u00a0 Class teachers may have created a class <strong>TEAM<\/strong> to share work directly with the class. If a pupil forgets or has difficulty with their password for Glow, then parents\/carers should contact the school.\u00a0 We have created a TEAM for each year group. These have been split into channels for each subject.<\/p>\n<h6><em>To access TEAMS on your phone or tablet: d<\/em><em>ownload the Teams app, then use your Glow email address and Glow password to log in to the app.\u00a0 Your Glow email address is your Glow login followed by @glow.sch.uk.\u00a0\u00a0Remember that you can also download and install Microsoft Office on your home computer by clicking on the Office 365 Home Tab on the Glow homepage.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6>Useful Links:<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/45672.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SQA: Course Overviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/pastpapers\/findpastpaper.htm\">SQA: Past Papers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/subjects\/zmcrd2p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Bitesize &#8211; National 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/subjects\/zqxhfg8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Bitesize &#8211; Higher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npfs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2017\/12\/N5_english_E.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National 5 English (in a Nutshell)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npfs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/higher_english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Higher English (in a Nutshell)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk\/learning\/sqa-set-texts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Poetry Library &#8211; SQA Set Texts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.litcharts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LitCharts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.literature-map.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Literature Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sparknotes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/authors-live-on-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Authors Live\u00a0(Scottish Book Trust)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/authors-live-on-demand\/national-poetry-day-with-dean-atta-rachel-plummer-and-gray-crosbie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Book Trust Authors Live &#8211; National Poetry Day with Dean Atta, Rachel Plummer and Gray Crosbie (and Calderhead High School pupils)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/authors-live-on-demand\/unheard-voices-panel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Book Trust Authors Live &#8211; Unheard Voices with Alex Wheatle, Dave Hook and Anni Cameron (and Calderhead High School pupils)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/reading-and-stories\/bookzilla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bookzilla App<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/book-lists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book Lists &#8211; Scottish Book Trust<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktrust.org.uk\/books-and-reading\/bookfinder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book Lists &#8211; Book Trust<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thecrashcourse.com\/courses\/literature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crash Courses &#8211; Literature<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.annefrank.org\/en\/anne-frank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anne Frank<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This faculty currently teaches the following subjects: English Drama Staff currently teaching in this faculty: Mrs Kirsty Wilson (PT Curr) Mrs Kirsty Moore [M\/T\/W] (0.6 FTE) Mrs Rachel Galloway (0.8 FTE) (Tu-Fri) Ms Lauren Faulds (1.0 FTE) Ms April Stillie (1.0 FTE) Ms Lauren Docherty (Prob) &nbsp; The English department prides itself on the fact &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/english-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">English<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31910,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-814","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7494,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions\/7494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}