Central Hawkes Bay College currently have seven teachers in the English Department.
English is a compulsory subject for all our students from Year 9 to Year 12. Year 13 students are able to choose English as a subject if they so wish.
JUNIOR SCHOOL:
The junior programme is currently broken into units of curriculum which cover the following:
- Creative writing
- Poetry
- Formal writing
- Novel Study
- Film study
- Static Images
The aim is to give the students the foundation required for NCEA in Year 11.
SENIOR SCHOOL:
The senior programme is divided into Levels 1-4 NCEA. Years 11 and 12 are further split into 3 groups- English NCEA with emphasis on Achievement Standards, NCEA Literacy classes with a mixture of achievement standards and Unit standards, and Practical English classes studying unit standard work.