Through responding to texts, composing a wide range of texts and through the close study of texts, students will develop knowledge, understanding and skills in order to:

• communicate through speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing and representing
• use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose audience and context
• think in ways that are imaginative, creative, interpretive and critical
• express themselves and their relationships with others and their world
• learn and reflect on their learning through their study of English