Year 9 Curriculum Choices

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Year 9 Curriculum Choices

• Personalising Learning

Miss Everitt Deputy Headteacher
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CORE All students will study
Maths English Language and
Literature Science RE PE PDC
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Options

• You must then choose subjects to fill the
  optional parts of your timetable
• There are three option spaces to fill.

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OPTION 1
You must pick one of the subjects below
GCSEs French, Spanish, German, Computing His
tory, Geography
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OPTIONS
You can then pick any of the following to fill
your remaining two choices
BTECs Sport Health and Social Care Music
Technology
GCSEs Media, Drama, Music, PE, Dance Fine
Art, Textile Art, 3D Design French, Spanish,
German, Business Studies, ICT,
Computing History, Geography, Sociology,
Citizenship, RE Catering, Graphic Products,
Systems and Control, Textiles Technology, Product
Design,
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RE

• All students will study RE for two hours a
  fortnight
• Some students may wish to choose to study GCSE RE
  two possible pathways
• Choose RE as an Option Subject
• Some students may be advised that they are
  suitable to study GCSE RE in the two hours a week
  compulsory RE time

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You will be asked to pick 5 options and place
them in order of preference

• OPTION 1
• OPTION 2.
• OPTION 3
• RESERVE 1
• RESERVE 2

Wherever possible we will try to guarantee you
your first three choices
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Making your choices

• Your choices will be filled in on the options
  choices form which you will receive at the
  Options Evening on 26th March (next Thursday)
• This form must be handed in by
• 17th April 2015
• You will receive lots of guidance from mentors
  and subject teachers

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Miss Thair

• Director of Learning Work and Life Skills

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Making Good Choices

• Research the jobs you are interested in by using
  the links under Careers and Moving On in the
  curriculum section of the school home page and
  university courses on ucas.com
• Dont make decisions based on what your friends
  are doing or the teachers you have this year
• Choose a range of subjects you are good at and
  enjoy

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Making Good Choices

• Speak to your teachers about the course in class
  and at the options evening
• Think about the skills and qualities you
  identified for yourself in PDC
• Choose what you are good at, what you enjoy and
  what will help you in the future.