International Women’s Day with the fabulous theme #EmbraceEquity
Dear Colleagues
March sees us celebrate three important dates:
Take a look at my WBD blog in which I reflect on eBooks and audiobooks and their potential to support less enthusiastic readers, or those with access needs.
I love the theme photos. You could get all your students to create one!
Why not mark the day by challenging your KS5 students to read one of the texts in our ‘Pioneering Women Writers’ guide? Or get students to audit the balance of male and female writers in their GCSE/Int GCSE/A level text choices and make recommendations to the Head of English for future groups if changes are needed?
Challenge students to find and share their favourite spring poem, like the classic ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ or just note the date and feel joyous at the approach of the more temperate season.
We’re looking for schools who are ready to diversify their English Literature curriculum at GCSE or A level.
Pioneers receive free access to:
Take a look at the 22 events for GCSE and A level running from now until the summer. Don’t miss, especially, the text-specific events for our four new A level texts: ‘Home Fire’, ‘Sweat’, ‘Les Blancs’ and ‘The Cutting Season’.
Check out the new exemplars from the November 2022 exam series for 1EN0 and 2.0.
Good luck to students, their families and teachers who are receiving their results.
Access grade boundaries on results day
21 March 2023: entry deadline for Int GCSE (UK and international centres), IAL and for GCSE & A level (International centres)
Access a new drama resource that supports students with using drama-specific literary terminology when writing on their modern drama or Shakespeare text. This version has examples from ‘An Inspector Calls’.
Access the recent English Literature network slides and recording.
You can also access February teaching update slides for English language A and a new summary with key tips from the English Language B summer 2022 examiner report (Edexcel Online login needed).
February teaching update slides for English language A
key tips from the English Language B summer 2022 examiner report
Issue 5 (valid until November 2023):
Reflects the move to June and November exam series from now on as well as flagging that all coursework and SLE submissions are now digital.
Issue 6 (valid for students certificating in June 2024 and thereafter):
Reflects the changes to the coursework (correcting 1 error in the marking grids); the move to June and November exam series from now on; and flags that all coursework and SLE submissions are now digital.
See the new episode of Chris Briggs’ podcast featuring Heather Greatbatch talking about creative writing and autistic learners.
Please access the submission guidance for summer 2023. The reading assessments remain valid for the coming and future exam series.
21 March 2023: entry deadline for Int GCSE (UK and international centres), IAL and for GCSE & A level (International centres)
12 April 2023: Edexcel Online/Learner Work Transfer (LWT) portals open for the submission of marks/grades/samples for June 2023
15 May 2023: deadline for submission of marks/grades/samples for NEA for the June 2023 exam series
You can attend free online submission support sessions for each qualification group in this period:
Date |
Time |
Title & details |
Booking link |
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20 April 2023 |
08:00-09:00 GMT |
International GCSE English: Submission support for coursework (session runs am and pm to suit UK and other locations) |
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20 April 2023 |
16:00-17:00 GMT |
International GCSE English: Submission support for coursework (session runs am and pm to suit UK and other locations) |
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18 April 2023 |
16:00-17:00 GMT |
GCSE English Language: Submission support for the spoken language endorsement |
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19 April 2023 |
16:00-17:00 GMT |
I wish you much energy for the demands of the run up to Easter and a relaxing break when it comes.
I hope you have settled into the new term and your classes are working hard in this often most productive time of the year.
This update will direct you to all the support you need this term and hopefully also provide a little inspiration for events to get involved with.
The Lit in Colour Pioneers Programme is back to offer schools and colleges support in diversifying their English curriculum and empower students with a broad range of literary voices.