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Pathway
Success Pathway is a unique class within Wade Deacon High School which gives pupils the opportunity to achieve their full potential and enable them to be ambitious, confident, enthusiastic, creative and resilient learners. The main purpose of the group is to provide a safe, predictable, and supportive class for pupils to enjoy their learning and catch up with key Literacy skills and concepts in Years 7 and 8. Pupils have additional lessons to focus on SMSC and Social Skills, developing confidence and also promoting independence.
The Success Pathway team are committed to providing a quality curriculum which enhances every pupil’s learning experience to ensure it is academically, culturally, morally and socially rich. The intent of our curriculum is to develop all aspects of literacy skills and develop resilient, independent and confident learners. In addition to this, we want to maximise opportunities for pupils to engage within the wider society, ensuring equity and equality of opportunity.
What the pupils say:
Students say, “topics allow us to build on our confidence and knowledge.”
“Teachers allow us time to reflect on what we have learnt, and time to improve our answers.”
“We feel safe and are more confident in speaking out in a small group.”
Useful websites and resources:
www.letsrevise.net Let’s Revise: our Wade Deacon revision site.
www.bbc.co.uk/education BBC Bitesize
https://www.educationcity.com Education City
Five ways to support your child:
1.Encourage them to read at home.
2.Actively ask questions about what they are reading.
3.Support them with homework tasks to ensure that they are being completed.
4.Discuss topics that they are learning each term.
5.Promote independent working and review marking comments made.
Year 7
Term 1
English topics:
Introduction to the Library and independent reading
SRA comprehension cards and literacy skills
Language Investigators – to develop grammar skills
Big Writing – topics to develop creativity in our writing.
Group Reading- Hostage by Malorie Blackman
Exploring how to stay safe in a Hostage situation.
Group Reading - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Reviewing 19th Century literature and a study of a novel.
Geography topics
Map Skills/My Place
Rivers
History topics
Norman Conquest
Focused SMSC topics
Circle Time – Settling in and transition
Justice and Charity – reviewing community issues .
Thinking Shed – develop independent writing, while using SMSC led topics.
Term 2
English topics:
SRA comprehension cards, Independent reading and literacy skills.
Big Writing – develop writing to investigate.
Group Reading Sheep Pig by Dick King – Smith.
Fictional novel set in rural England on a farm.
Group Reading - Kensuke’e Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo.
A fictional story about a shipwreck on a deserted island.
Geography topics
Conflict
Coasts
History topics
Medieval Britain
Tollund Man
The Tudors
Focused SMSC topics
Circle Time/SMSC – Emotions and feelings
Group Reading- Diary of an Unteenager By Pete Johnson. Tackling adolescence issues of becoming a teenager.
Term 3
English topics:
SRA comprehension cards, Independent reading and literacy skills.
Big Writing – further develop writing
Poetry skills.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Reviewing relationships between characters.
Group Reading-Gangster Granny By David Walliams
Reviewing the relationships between generations in a family.
Geography topics
Managing Resources
Investigating Mexico
History topics
Industrial Revolution
Black People of America
Focused SMSC topics
Circle Time/SMSC – develop safety awareness around stranger danger and E safety
Group Reading- Return of an Unteenager By Pete Johnson.
Group Reading – Two weeks with the queen. By
Looking at the issues faced after you become a teenager.
Year 8
Term 1 English topics: SRA comprehension,independent reading and focus literacy skills. Big Writing WW1 Poetry
Group Reading- Warhorse by Michael Morpurgo Exploring different relationships between characters in WW1 fictional story.
Geography topics Investigating India Atlas Skills Plate Tectonics
History topics WW1 Titanic
Focused SMSC topics Who am I Friendships Self-esteem Term 2 English topics: SRA comprehension, independent reading and focus literacy skills. Advertising Big Writing
Pre 1914 : Great Expectations By Charles Dickens Is reviewing the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip.
Group Reading-The boy in the striped pyjamas by by John Boyne. Reviewing a fictional story on the Holocaust.
Geography topics International Developments Extreme Weather
History topics Steps to WWII WWII-Battles project Holocaust
Focused SMSC topics Circle Time/SMSC – Feelings and emotions Term 3 English topics: SRA comprehension, independent reading and focus literacy skills. Big Writing
Grandpa’s Great Escape by David Walliams Explaining a relationship between boy and his Grandpa who suffers from Alzheimer's disease.
Romeo and Juliet - By William Shakespeare. Reviewing the play of a heroine of Shakespeare's tragedy. Romeo and Juliet who dies for love of Romeo.
Geography topics Ecosystems Geo Investigations
History topics Home front project/Goodnight Mr Tom Terrorism History Mysteries
Focused SMSC topics Self – esteem Focusing on managing transition to KS4
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