English

Rebecca Trefgarne joined Wetherby Prep School in September 2008 as Head of English. She was previously Head of English at Thomas’s, Clapham, a co-educational prep school, for four years and worked in the English department at The Hall, Hampstead prior to that. She has a Psychology degree from UWE and completed her PGCE in Secondary English at Bristol University

The aims of English teaching at Wetherby Prep are as follows:

• To approach texts with an enquiring mind
• To be able to analyze the purpose, layout and language of texts of all genres
• To enable pupils to express their ideas in an accurate, creative and structured way
• To be able to talk with confidence and clarity
• To be able to listen and respond to others with courtesy.

Achieving these objectives will ensure success in Senior School entry and will provide a solid platform for study both at GCSE and A’level.

The following strategies are employed to enable pupils to achieve these objectives:

• Access to varied and differentiated reading lists
• Rigorous marking and feedback of written work
• Explicit success criteria 
• Peer evaluation and self evaluation of work
• Challenging texts from a variety of eras and cultures
• High teacher expectations
• Regular class discussions to develop both Speaking and Listening skills
• Use of ICT to present work
• 11+ Pretest club
• Monitoring and stocking the school library
• Generous rewards for personal reading
• Theatre trips
• Debating Club
• Talks by authors
• Displays of good work

Ms Rebecca Trefgarne,
Head of English

English Resources

• Year 4-8 Reading Lists
  Love Reading for Schools http://www.lovereading4schools.co.uk/viewschool/3359/favourite
• Year 4 English Revision Guides
• Year 5 English Revision Guide
• Year 6 English Revision Guide
• Year 7 English Revision Guide