year 9 parents’ information evening
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Year 9 Parents’ Information Evening. Key Stage 4. Year 10 and Year 11 Preparing for public examinations at the end of Year 11. New terminology. EBACC. National Curriculum. OCR NATIONAL. BTEC. Key Stage 4 Programme. English Baccalaureate. English Mathematics Science A Language - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Year 9 Parents’ Information Evening
Key Stage 4• Year 10 and Year 11• Preparing for public examinations at the end of
Year 11
New terminology
Key Stage 4 Programme
English Baccalaureate
• English• Mathematics• Science• A Language• Geography or• History
Students will study……
• English• Mathematics• Science• a Modern Foreign Language• History or Geography• Religion and Philosophy
plus
• Sport (1/2 GCSE, Dance GCSE, BTEC Certificate in Sports Leadership or BTEC Dance Leadership)
• Personal Development (PSHE, Citizenship and Economic Awareness)
Subject Periods per Week
English 4
Mathematics 4
Science 6
Modern Foreign Language 3Physical Education 2
PSHE 1
Religious Studies 1
History or Geography 3
Option Block A 3
Option Block B 3
30
Students will choose two subjects from the following list of GCSEs:
Art HistoryBusiness Studies HospitalityChild Development ICTDance ItalianDrama Media StudiesFrench MusicGeography PEGerman SpanishHealth & Social Care Technology
We ask students to put their choices in order and indicate reserve choices
Location of subjectsCourse
RoomCourse
Room
Art H111 ICT L4
Business Studies L16 Italian Dining Hall
Child Development DALO Mathematics Dining Hall
Dance L6 Media Studies C1
Drama L6 Music H120
English Dining Hall Physical Education L3
French Dining Hall Public Services DALO
Geography L8 Religion & Philosophy Dining Hall
German Dining Hall Science Dining Hall
Health & Social Care DALO Spanish Dining Hall
History L9 Technology N1/N2
Hospitality Rose Kitchen
Options subjects will have presentations running every fifteen minutes
Core subjects will be represented in the Dining Hall
The next stage• Your daughter will attend an interview with a
senior member of staff• You may wish to speak to Mrs Evans, Head of
Careers tonight, or to Mr Cross, one of the Deputy Headteachers or Ms Bellis, Head of Sixth Form
are provided by World Challenge students, in the Dining Hall. If you would be willing to help at a school event, please see me during the evening.
It’s your daughter’s future!