Options Evening Presentation 2015
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Presentation for families of Year 9 students at Option Information Evening at Chew Valley School 7th January 2015
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Options Evening Presentation 2015
- 1. Options for Year 10 2015-2017
- 2. The Options Process • Why make choices?
- 3. The Key Stage 4 Curriculum Core Curriculum Science Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Curriculum Structure
- 4. Core Curriculum: 30 lessons per fortnight English Maths Core Science Core PE Core RE PSHE Core Curriculum
- 5. The Key Stage 4 Curriculum Core Curriculum Science Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Curriculum Structure
- 6. Non-Core Science – 6 periods • Double Science GCSE – Additional Science combines with Core Science to make 2 GCSEs • Triple Science – 3 separate GCSEs: Biology, Physics and Chemistry • Cambridge National Science – Equivalent to one GCSE but with higher coursework proportion – Includes learning support • Students are placed on one of these courses dependent on their performance in Year 9 Science assessments
- 7. The Key Stage 4 Curriculum Core Curriculum Science Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Curriculum Structure
- 8. Options – 24 periods per fortnight • A range of GCSE, Cambridge National, and BTEC courses • Four options • 6 periods per fortnight in each option
- 9. Subjects on offer • Specialising: History, Geography, RS, Music, Dance, Drama, Technology subjects, languages, ICT, PE/Sport... • “New” Subjects: Business Studies, Child Development and Care, Media Studies, Construction, Computing…
- 10. Qualifications on offer • New GCSE – Graded from 9-1 – Available in English and Maths only • GCSE – Awarded from A*-G – Combination of exams and controlled assessment • Cambridge National / BTEC – Awarded Distinction, Merit, or Pass – “Applied” or work-based learning – Available in Sport, Business, Construction, and Social Care
- 11. The English Baccalaureate • Represents breadth and strength in academic achievement • Awarded to any student gaining A*-C (or 9-5) in GCSE: – English Language – Two Sciences – Mathematics – History or Geography – A Language
- 12. The importance of a language • The English Baccalaureate places studying a language at the heart of the curriculum • The Russell Group (top 20 UK Universities) have designated languages as “enabling subjects” • Some universities have made a language at GCSE a requirement for studying any degree course • The global economy will increasingly require linguistic ability
- 14. Options Pattern Option A • A Humanities subject or a language: – History – Geography – French – Spanish – German Options B, C and D • Free choice • Can add a second Humanities subject or a second language • Can complete the English Baccalaureate • Double options – Child Development and Care / Construction
- 17. Things to consider - students Do consider: • What do I enjoy? • What am I good at? • What to I want to do post- 16? – Sixth form? – College? – Apprenticeship/employment? • Choose a good range of subjects • Read your report carefully Do not consider: • Choosing subjects just to be with friends • Choosing subjects because “I like/don’t like the teacher” • Choosing subjects “because you ought to”
- 18. Things to consider - parents • Read the recommendations of subject teachers in the report carefully • Discuss progress and suitability with subject staff at parents’ evening • Discuss with your children what they want to do, and whether this will keep the right options open post-16 • Aim for breadth and variety
- 19. Options Viability • We will make every effort to meet students’ first option choices • Where this is not possible, we will use the reserve choice • On rare occasions, some options do not recruit a viable group • Students cannot take the same subject twice!
- 20. Important Dates • Monday 5th January: Options Assembly • Wednesday 7th January: Options Evening • Thursday 15th January: Subject Evening • Wednesday 21st January: Final Deadline for completing options in Insight
- 21. Sources of advice and information • Other parents / friends • Students in Key Stage 4 and Sixth Form • Subject Staff / Tutor / Head of Year • Careers Team • Mr Kenny and the Learning Support team • School Website • Senior Staff – Mr Hildrew or Mr Gaynor
- 22. Any Questions?
Editor's Notes
- Welcome Provide information Opportunity for questions
- Choice allows students to “make their own timetable” Choosing subjects they want to study should increase their motivation and chances of success
- 60 periods per fortnight Broken down into two halves – 30 periods compulsory core curriculum, 30 periods of “Options”
- Core Curriculum: English & English Literature (two GCSEs) Maths (one GCSE) Core Science (one GCSE) Physical Education (JSLA) Philosophy and Ethics (Short Course GCSE) ICT (OCR National) PSHE Provides a secure and balanced foundation upon which students can build Equips all students with the basic functional skills to develop into responsible adults – reading, writing, arithmetic but also physical education in the broadest sense (including healthy lifestyles, team working and leadership), ICT skills, and moral and social education through the RE course and the PSHE curriculum.
- 60 periods per fortnight Broken down into two halves – 30 periods compulsory core curriculum, 30 periods of “Options”
- First part of the “Options” half of the curriculum is the top-up Science Students are selected Attendance may be taken into account PSD provides students with excellent personal and social skills in team work, problem solving, and confidence building Note that both Additional and Triple Science are perfectly adequate preparation for A Level Sciences.
- 60 periods per fortnight Broken down into two halves – 30 periods compulsory core curriculum, 30 periods of “Options”
- Non-GCSE subjects are available in Construction, ICT, Business Studies and Sport All non-GCSE subjects have a statistical equivalence to GCSE, although the government is currently considering the Wolf Report’s findings and reviewing the provision of vocational education. Just yesterday we were informed that OCR have withdrawn support from the Diploma in Creative and Media which will no longer run in September.
- Clear emphasis on broad academic achievement Introduced by Michael Gove as a flagship of the new government’s education policy, but it has won the support of the Labour Education Spokesman Stephen Twigg who announced in November that he supported the Ebac. We also support it here at Chew Valley – it is the right choice for the majority of our students and provides the right foundation for progression to further study. The first three elements of the Ebac are core. Our options structure is designed so that the academic pathway steers students into the remaining elements of the Bac through their options.
- Russell Group includes Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol, UCL, Imperial, Nottingham, Manchester, Sheffield… We have consciously placed a much greater emphasis on continuing with a language post-16 because we believe that it is really important. In our view between two thirds and three quarters of our students should be taking a language at KS4.
- Academic Pathway – Ebac, focused on GCSE, preparation for A Level and University Study Applied Pathway – non-GCSE vocational subjects, preparation for College / apprenticeships. Still possible to achieve the Ebac by taking French/Spanish and History/Geography in options 3 and 4
- Completed online – issues with logins / usernames / passwords to Leigh Students without access should bring a note from parents and tutors can then complete the options
- Completed online – issues with logins / usernames / passwords to Leigh Students without access should bring a note from parents and tutors can then complete the options
- Slide shown to students
- and do not run; students will be asked to opt again This always involves consultation with parents