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English and literacy

Welcome to the English and Literacy Department

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Our team

​Mrs A. Caira (Principal Teacher of English)
Miss W. McMillan (Depute Head Teacher)

Mr D. Allison (Principal Teacher of Data Literacy) 
Mrs S. Begg (Principal Teacher of Data Literacy, Wed-Fri)
Mrs P. Buchanan (Principal Teacher of Guidance, Mon-Wed)
Miss A. Curran
Mrs L. Ede
Miss H. Ferns

Miss P. Giverin
Mrs H. Hunter

Mr G. McGhee
Mr L. McLaughlin
Miss L. Mitchell
Mrs J. Sloan (Principal Teacher of Data Literacy, Mon-Wed)
Home Learning (BGE)
Below you will find units of work intended to be worked through independently. You may wish to use these to catch up on classwork you've missed while absent, or to increase your confidence in areas you've already studied in class.
persuasive_writing.pptx
File Size: 4937 kb
File Type: pptx
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preparing_and_delivering_a_talk.pptx
File Size: 1946 kb
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reading_for_understanding_analysis_and_evaluation.pptx
File Size: 605 kb
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reading_for_understanding_analysis_and_evaluation_-_is_that_it.docx
File Size: 15 kb
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reading_prose_fiction.pptx
File Size: 5368 kb
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reading_skills_1_-_clarifying.docx
File Size: 45 kb
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