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20/12/24

Culture Catwalk! 🇦🇪🇲🇲🇨🇮🇺🇦🇳🇬🇲🇦🇻🇪🇵🇰🇪🇸🇸🇩🇯🇲#allcanwewill pic.twitter.com/4xmXbuCf4w

20/12/24

HGABR Culture Day 2024, what a way to finish a phenomenal term, celebrating each other and what we all bring to our special community pic.twitter.com/kDwPnmfPon

20/12/24

Culture Day candy for staff and students pic.twitter.com/szkerm2x3q

20/12/24

HGABR Culture Day 2024 is in full swing! It’s a beautiful celebration of our rich culture and heritage, and a masterclass in sisterhood- our girls cheering each other on and celebrating diversity pic.twitter.com/g1pvrojy9v

20/12/24

Yesterday at lunch our wonderful and talented Director of Maths, Mrs McMillan surprised the girls at lunchtime with a Christmas singalong! pic.twitter.com/4F7s9GXb1t

20/12/24

CORE day is about taking our CORE values of commitment, optimism, resilience and empathy on the road and to experience new opportunities and making new memories pic.twitter.com/fEoyPVlVEa

20/12/24

We’re having the best time at HGABR this week! CORE day on Wednesday meant our whole academy enjoying exciting trips and activities; Tower of London, Bank of England, London Dungeon, RAD dance workshops, Science Musuem, Cutti Sark the list goes on! pic.twitter.com/loiXuDo7mL

18/12/24

Our future lawyers are on a tour of the Royal Courts of Justice and a visit to the Old Bailey court rooms pic.twitter.com/A2nrkJdbAQ

18/12/24

Christmas CORE Day is upon us! Some of our sixth formers have opted to explore the City of London and Bank of England as future financiers 💸💰💵#allcanwewill pic.twitter.com/Qp6pi1rJIb

17/12/24

We had the most beautiful evening at our winter concert yesterday evening. Our HGABR musicians performed magnificently and got us all in the festive spirit! pic.twitter.com/zB2fnmHvPa

29/11/24

📚HGABR Library Updates: Our brand-new librarian, Amrit, has been recommending our brand-new books to fellow readers Arianna and Klaudija 📚 pic.twitter.com/JmYDRnAwfZ

11/11/24

Today, we held our deeply moving Remembrance event at St George's church 🕯️🙏 A beautiful tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice 🌹 We are very grateful for the powerful performances by and 🎶 See our Instagram for more photos and videos 📸 # pic.twitter.com/Uu7Jh7avW7

11/11/24

To many lives we owe a debt, Remembrance Day, Lest we Forget, That for each of us alive today, A stranger died, far away. pic.twitter.com/kOvA62ro4v

08/11/24

Our Year 9 and 10 students loved reading 's wonderful book Boys Don't Cry in Book Club and we can't wait to hear her talk about it at this event next week pic.twitter.com/avjvON5ZP2

18/10/24

This is wonderful! Great work Miss Holley-Willis!

09/10/24

All looking good for 3:40pm arrival! 👍

09/10/24

We have 81 very muddy, tired and super impressive Year 7 girls (and 7 teachers!) on the coach and heading back to HGABR! Current ETA is 3:40pm but will post updates here and text parents pic.twitter.com/N7lGhENbee

09/10/24

We're incredibly grateful for all the generous food donations to our community hub! 🙏❤️ If you or someone you know is in need, please visit our Community Hub for support. Share this with friends and family to spread the word! 🍎🥫 pic.twitter.com/mXoXO4xtVp

09/10/24

🏹 & 🧗‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/qC0ndAonMS

09/10/24

Muddy buggy building in the woods! A different sort of Wednesday morning for our brilliant, resilient, Year 7 girls 💪🏽🙌 pic.twitter.com/fFtti7Zpf5

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English

The English curriculum at Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley offers students the opportunity to explore a diverse selection of texts spanning time periods, cultures and genres.

Students study a broad range of poetry, plays, short stories and novels. Each text has been selected to contribute to the students wider understand of literature and to promote a lifelong love of literature.

Through exploration of these texts we encourage students to develop their own personal interest in literature. The curriculum is designed to build students empathy and explore wider concepts using the texts as a springboard to discuss the world around us.

Throughout their studies students practice and hone their writing, reading, speaking and listening skills. In English Language, we explore the foundations of the English Language and students will learn to craft non-fiction and creative writing using real world examples.

A more detailed breakdown regarding subject content can be found on the exam board website using the following links:

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English Curriculum Plan

English Careers

Textbooks and useful resources

Year  12 and 13

EDEXCEL AS/ A Level English Literature

  • York Notes Advanced/ Phillip Allan study guides on texts studied.

Year 10 and 11

AQA Language

  • CGP study guides: New GCSE English Language AQA Complete Revision & Practice - for the Grade 9-1 Course
  • New Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar for GCSE Study Guide

AQA Literature – CGP study guides:       

  • GCSE English Text Guide - An Inspector Calls
  • GCSE English Text Guide – A Christmas Carol
  • GCSE English Text Guide – Great Expectations
  • GCSE English Text Guide – Macbeth
  • New GCSE English Literature AQA Poetry Guide: Love & Relationships Anthology - the Grade 9-1 Course
  • New GCSE English Literature AQA Complete Revision & Practice - for the Grade 9-1 Course