High Note

Skills for now and the future

High Note is an intensive five-level course for upper-secondary students that bridges the gap between school life and young adulthood.

Designed to inspire modern teenagers to reach their ambitious goals, the course equips them with language skills alongside the life and career competencies that are indispensable to succeed in exams, in the workplace and in their future lives.

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Levels: 5
Language: British English
GSE range: 30-85
CEFR range: A2-C1
Number of hours: 100-168+ hours

Helping students fulfil their ambitious goals

High Note has been designed to inspire and challenge modern teenagers, enabling them to fulfil their ambitious goals.

Developing students’ life and career skills

The Life Skills Development Programme built into the core of the course
Frequent opportunities to practise communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking with thought-provoking texts, authentic documentary videos and real-life projects
Development and practice of key reading and listening strategies

Boosting students’ confidence in English and beyond

Speaking activities which enable highly effcient, fluent and accurate communication in a wide variety of situations
Topics that increase cultural awareness and deepen understanding of important social issues
Practical tasks and learning strategies which reinforce students’ independence

Securing exam success

Exam practice woven seamlessly throughout the course
Task-based exam tips pre-empting the most frequent mistakes
Extra language and skills training with Online Practice and extra digital activities

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Life Skills Development Programme

A specially prepared Life Skills Development Programme develops the types of skills that are needed to succeed at school and improve students’ employability prospects.

They include:

academic and career-related skills (e.g. giving presentations, debating, using online resources for school projects, planning a future career)
social skills (e.g. working in a team, understanding how the media works)
personal development skills (e.g. time management, improving memory)