Welcome to Options Evening

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Welcome to Options Evening 2009
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GCSE, Applied GCSE and BTEC will be challenging!
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MAIN DIFFERENCES

• Increased workload
• Longer projects
• Interim deadlines
• Need for personal organisation
• High levels of personal motivation

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CHOOSING YOUR SUBJECTS

• Choose subjects where you have the best chance of
  success
• Subjects you enjoy studying
• Subjects that will help your longer term career
  and life plans

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PARENTS WILL HELP TOO

• Somewhere quiet to study
• Appropriate equipment
• Checking deadlines
• Time commitment from parents
• The closer parents work with students the greater
  the chance of success

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WHAT NEXT?

• You have had the curriculum booklet
• Make sensible choices that match your career
  aspirations and strengths
• Mr Isaac and Mrs Stokes will now go through the
  process in more detail

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• Start with the end in mind!

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The relationship between GCSE and A level results
B
C
A Level Grade
A Level Grade D
D
GCSE Grade C
E
C
D
B
A
GCSE Grade
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Entry requirements for Advanced Level in the
Sixth Form

• Minimum entry requirement of 5 A - C
• Several subjects have an individual entry
  requirement in addition to this
• English - Grade B or higher, in Literature or
  Language
• Maths - at least a Grade B in Maths
• PE - Science at Grade B or higher
• Psychology - B grades in English and Maths or
  Science

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The impact of exam tiers/levels

• Students will take exams appropriate to their
  ability in Maths, English and Science and in some
  other optional choices
• The highest grade possible at Foundation Level is
  a C
• The final decision about which tier a student
  will be entered for will be made during Year 11

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Choosing the best pathway
A balanced curriculum includes the CORE
everyone does these subjects as required by
law OPTIONS up to 4 subjects, chosen out of
interest and aptitude
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Choosing the best pathway
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Choosing the best pathway
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Choosing the best pathway
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Choosing the best pathway
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Choosing the best pathway
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Choosing the best pathway
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• What happens next?
• Mrs K Stokes

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• For all students
• Reserve choice(s) are essential
• Please return choice form by Weds 11th March
• Bear in mind
• - strengths and weaknesses
• - likes and dislikes
• - career aspirations
• - advice from parents, Form and Subject Tutor,
  Careers Advisor
• Ignore what friends choose!

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Why might I not get all my choices?

• A subject may have too few people
• A subject may have too many people
• It might not be in your best interests to study
  a certain combination of subjects
• It may not be possible to timetable all the
  different combinations of choices

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What will happen next?

• Your choices will be entered into a computer
• You will be asked to confirm your choices
• Problems are identified and discussed with both
  the student and the Parents
• A solution is agreed
• Letters confirming options are sent home

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Please use the space below for any comments you
wish to make I have chosen subjects that I
either enjoy, or am quite good at to increase my
chances of success. I have thought carefully
about my reserve choices, but would like the
chance to talk about these if it is necessary to
use one.
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Find on the web www.parentscentre.gov.uk/yourchil
dsoptions www.connexionsdirect.com/whichwaynow
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• From now until 8.30pm, staff from each options
  subject (not English, Maths, Science or RS) are
  happy to talk to you about their subject
• Please feel free to walk round the stands in the
  new Sixth Form Centre and teaching block, and get
  yourself a cup of coffee in the Sixth Form Café
  Express

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• Thank you for visiting tonight