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English and literacy

Welcome to the English and Literacy Department

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Our team

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

Mrs S. Begg (Acting Principal Teacher of Guidance, Mon-Tues)
Mrs P. Buchanan (Principal Teacher of Guidance, Mon-Wed)
Miss P. Giverin (Acting Principal Teacher of Guidance)
Mr J. Cameron
Miss A. Curran
Mrs L. Ede
Miss H. Ferns

Mrs H. Hunter
​Mrs B. McCauley

Mr G. McGhee
Mr L. McLaughlin
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_skills_1_-_clarifying.docx
File Size: 45 kb
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