{"id":17,"date":"2026-06-12T12:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/chsdept\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:26:22","slug":"s1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/chslang\/courses\/s1\/","title":{"rendered":"BGE English (S1-S3)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/chslang\/uploads\/sites\/40544\/2026\/06\/19134434\/English-open-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.413953488372093;width:315px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/chslang\/uploads\/sites\/40544\/2026\/06\/19134434\/English-open-book.jpg 509w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/chslang\/uploads\/sites\/40544\/2026\/06\/19134434\/English-open-book-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All S1, S2 and S3 pupils will undertake an English and Literacy course that focuses on the key components of Reading, Writing, Listening and Talking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pupils will be encouraged to develop a range of skills within S1 &#8211; S3 which will prepare them for senior school &#8211; including their critical essay writing skills, as well as their knowledge of RUAE (Reading for Understanding, Analysis &amp; Evaluation.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Assessment<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pupils will be formally assessed throughout the course, and assessment pieces stored in their own Assessment Folder which is stored with the class teacher. Parents are welcome to view this at Parents&#8217; Consultation Evenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pupils are encouraged to assess their own work at various stages of the assessment process and will record their progress\/next steps in their individual Self-Evaluation Booklets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Personal Reading<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All classrooms have a classroom library, which pupils are welcome to choose a book from for personal reading. They are also welcome to bring in their own book from home. Pupils are strongly encouraged to read in their own time at home also &#8211; from novels and reference books to broadsheets newspapers and magazines.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All S1, S2 and S3 pupils will undertake an English and Literacy course that focuses on the key components of Reading, Writing, Listening and Talking. Pupils will be encouraged to develop a range of skills within S1 &#8211; S3 which will prepare them for senior school &#8211; including their critical essay writing skills, as well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":-3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/chslang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/chslang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/chslang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/chslang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/chslang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/chslang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/chslang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/138"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/chslang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/chslang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}