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“At Eastlea Community School in Newham, East London, we provide our students with opportunities to thrive and flourish both academically and personally”.
To enable all students to achieve, our secondary school curriculum is underpinned by the following principles:
Ambitious – for all of our students, regardless of their starting points
Sequenced / Spiral – we follow a spiral curriculum that supports retrieval practice and spaced learning
Literacy – our curriculum develops literacy skills and broadens vocabulary
Cultural Capital – our curriculum develops strong cultural capital by presenting students with as many experiences and opportunities as possible
Our curriculum offer is further enhanced through our outstanding facilities: all students have access to our performing arts complex, theatre, dance studio, sports hall and computer suite.
Year 7-9 Subjects
Overview
Key Stage 3 (Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9) is a three year pathway which enables our students to experience new opportunities and provides a foundation for success at Key Stage 4 and life beyond school. At Eastlea Community School we are fortunate enough to have a theatre, a purpose built art and Dance studio, music studios, production equipment and outstanding spaces for PE including a vast playing field. These facilities allow us to offer new opportunities in: Music, Drama, Technology, PE, Dance and Art. We believe that a three year Key Stage 3 is critical in providing a strong basis of developing cultural capital and language development to support our students in their school career and beyond.
The image below provides an overview of our KS3 Curriculum.
At Key Stage 3, all our students study the subjects below. Click on the links below for detailed information regarding what is taught in each of these subject areas at Key Stage 3.
KS4 is an inclusive, challenging two-year pathway offering both academic GCSEs and practical courses. We support our students with SEND to fully participate in school life, tailoring their curriculum so they can access mainstream subjects alongside personalized targeted support.
Our curriculum offers rigorous challenge through various opportunities such as the triple science GCSEs, further Maths, Curiosity Club, the ‘Brilliant Club’ as well as chances to explore life beyond the classroom and the curriculum through the ‘Duke of Edinburgh’ award.
The graphic below provides an overview of our KS4 Curriculum.
Click on the links below for detailed information regarding what is taught in each of these subject areas at Key Stage 4.
Students are sometimes required to access learning online or directed to specific websites to enhance and support the learning that takes place in the classroom. We use Google classroom as our online learning platform. Some subjects also direct students to additional websites which are specified in this document here.
