Curriculum Relevance


Programme 1 – Ghosts, Ghouls and the Supernatural

English: Key Stage 3

  • speaking and listening story-telling, consideration of ideas, literature and the media, argument and debate

Programme 2 – The Living Nightmare

English: Key Stage 3

  • speaking and listening – story-telling, consideration of ideas and literature
  • reading – analysing a variety of texts; encouragement of wider reading; access to significant twentieth-century and pre-twentieth-century authors
  • writing – story-telling

The programme could also be used to provide opportunities for:

  • a variety of oral tasks
  • media education
  • original writing

Programme 3 – The Horror Writer’s Guide

English: Key Stage 3

  • speaking and listening – consideration of ideas, literature and the media
  • reading – a range of twentieth- and pre-twentieth-century texts
  • engaging with ideas, themes and language in fiction
  • understanding the characteristics of the horror genre in order to write more effectively

IT: Key Stage 3

  • using appropriate software for specific purpose



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