Reading & comprehension exercises Essay writing techniques Exposure to powerful figures like Mary Seacole, Edward Blyden, and Claudia Jones Caribbean poetry and historical debates Weekly homework tasks with feedback

🗓 Dates : [Insert Dates] 💰 Cost : £120 for the full 3-week course ⏱ Duration : 6 live group sessions (1 hour 15 minutes each) 👥 Group Size : Max 4 students per group 👨🏫 Taught by : Mr. Burke, a qualified English teacher with 12+ years of experience

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What’s Included:

Reading & comprehension exercises
Essay writing techniques
Exposure to powerful figures like Mary Seacole, Edward Blyden, and Claudia Jones
Caribbean poetry and historical debates
Weekly homework tasks with feedback

Additional Details:

🗓 Dates: [Insert Dates]
💰 Cost: £120 for the full 3-week course
⏱ Duration: 6 live group sessions (1 hour 15 minutes each)
👥 Group Size: Max 4 students per group
👨‍🏫 Taught by: Mr. Burke, a qualified English teacher with 12+ years of experience

📘 Lesson 1: Voices from Empire – Life in Colonial Jamaica

GCSE Link: English Language Paper 1 (Reading Section A – inference, retrieval, summary)
Extract: The History of Mary Prince
Skill Focus: Inference, summarising, identifying viewpoint
Activity: Comprehension questions + summary writing

🛳 Lesson 2: Windrush Journeys – Arriving in Britain

GCSE Link: English Language Paper 1 (Language analysis)
Extract: Windrush oral history (e.g. Sam King or BBC article)
Skill Focus: Language analysis, emotional tone
Activity: Vocabulary builder + analysis paragraph on mood

📰 Lesson 3: The Bristol Bus Boycott (1963)

GCSE Link: English Language Paper 2 (Viewpoints and perspective)
Extract: Articles from BBC, Guardian
Skill Focus: Fact vs opinion, identifying bias
Activity: Comprehension + comparison of two texts

🗣 Lesson 4: Protest & Poetry – Agard’s “Checking Out Me History”

GCSE Link: English Literature Paper 2 (Power & Conflict Poetry)
Extract: Poem by John Agard
Skill Focus: Metaphor, repetition, tone
Activity: Technique ID + short PEE-style analysis

✊🏾 Lesson 5: Black Lives in Britain – Claudia Jones to Today

GCSE Link: English Language Paper 2 (Comparing viewpoints)
Extracts: Article on Claudia Jones + modern activist
Skill Focus: Comparing perspective, purpose
Activity: True/False, inference + comparison paragraph

📝 Lesson 6: My Roots, My Voice (Creative Writing)

GCSE Link: English Language Paper 1 (Creative writing)
Prompt: Extract from The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Skill Focus: Figurative language, voice, structure
Activity: Write a poem or monologue on identity/belonging

🌞 Summer School – Black British History English Programme

📅 Dates: 22 July – 8 August 2024

🎯 For: Year 9, Year 10 & Year 11 Students

💷 Cost: £120 (6 sessions over 3 weeks)

⏰ Duration: 1h 15m per session, 2 sessions/week

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Timetable

Schedule Table

Day	12:00 – 1:15 PM	1:30 – 2:45 PM	3:00 – 4:15 PM
Monday	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Tuesday	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6
Wednesday	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Thursday	Group 4	Group 5	Group 7

Note: Students will be placed into the most appropriate group following a brief consultation. A registration form and follow-up call will be arranged upon sign-up.