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Sixth Form Information EveningSixth Form Information Evening

February 2011February 2011

Sixth Form Information Evening

• Introduction - Mr Murphy

• Curriculum 2010 –Mrs Grant

• Life in the Sixth Form – Mrs Lodge

• Students’ views

• Visit subjects and talk to staff

Time for change….

• Making choices for the future

• A changing world

• And a developing school…

• New Buildings

• New ways of Learning

• New qualifications

• Built on traditional values

Why the need to change?• Our world is changing at the fastest pace ever in the history of

mankind• 4 out of 5 pupils starting school will enter jobs that do not yet exist

using technology that has not been invented• The top 10 jobs in 2014 do not exist at present.• 13 billion google searches each month• We will soon live in a world of foglets and blue goo• By 2015 you will be able to purchase a computer as powerful as the

human brain.By 2030 you should be able to upload your brain to a PC

• Nanotechnology means you will swap files by shaking hands, have memory implants to prepare for exams and wear clothes that will diagnose your illnesses.PCs or respyrocites will be in a blood cell

• Microsoft are currently developing reconnaissance or smart dust and other companies are 20 years away from nano assemblers which means you could email your child’s lunch to her

• This is the world you will live and work in

“If we teach today as we taught

yesterday, we rob our students of

tomorrow”

John Dewey

Sharing facilities

Wider range of courses

Maintaining our identity

New opportunities

Building on current relationships

Creating change: your role…

• (A)2090 …………….(B)10450

• (C) 47…………………(D) 235

• A = number of days of compulsory school• B = number of hours of compulsory school• C & D number of days and hours remaining!!!!

All things are possible..

• Look positively at how you can make the very best use of your remaining time in year 11

• Use the support and help available

• “If you think you can, or you think you can’t

You are probably right”

Henry Ford

6th form Curriculum

• AS – between 3 and 5 subjects

• A2 – 3 to 4 subjects

• Post 18?

• Coherent set of subjects – usually one or two that directly relate

• Not sure - ‘Keep your options open’

Subjects Available, 2011

Business

Health & Social Care ICT Science Biology Chemistry Dance Textiles Product Design

English Language* English Literature Film Studies* French* Further Mathematics* Geography* Government & Politics History Law* Mathematics

Media Studies Music* Music Technology* Performance Studies Physical Education* Physics Psychology Religious St Spanish Travel & Tourism*

Sociology* World Development* Economics* Media Production Business St Applied Business Sports St* Art & Design Personal Effectiveness General St Photography

What should I study?• Which subjects do you enjoy?

• Which subjects do you excel in?

• What do you want to study? Career in mind?

• Learning styles?

• Work load?

• Preferred style of assessment?

• Increased difficulty?

• Skills needed?

What next….

• Achieve the best you can at GCSE

• Research! Research! Research!

• Seek advice

• Ask questions

• Think carefully

• Attend Taster Week (week 27th June)

• Mix and match for success

• Be open to new ideas

Enrichment Opportunities

Aerobics Business Enterprise Community

Involvement Drama Duke of Edinburgh Employment Award Film Club First Aid International Visits

Magazine Production Music Photography / Video Poetry Preparation for

Teaching Sign Language Study Skills Work Placements Young Enterprise

Enrichment

Sixth Form Cyber Cafe

• “We Proudly Brew” Starbucks Coffee Offer

•Hot and cold food and drinks

•Meal deals to suit all pockets

•Café open 8.00a.m. through to 4.00p.m.

Process of Advice and Information

• Student drop in sessions• Curriculum Review Meetings• Taster Sessions• GCSE Results Day• Sixth Form Registration

A Broughton Hall Prospectus and DVD is available for collection this evening

http://www.google.com/mobile/google-mobile-app/QR App available at:

Further Information

Further information is available on the school website which can also be accessed using a smart phone and QR code

School Website: www.broughtonhall.com