Year 9 Options Evening Tuesday 17 th January 2017 Year 9 Options Key - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to Year 9 Options Evening Tuesday 17th January 2017

Year 9 Options – Key Staff

• Miss S Hesten – Vice Principal Teaching and

Learning.

• Mr M Carter – Data and Options Manager.
• Mrs C Williams – Head of Year 9
• Mrs R Myles – Pastoral Support for Year 9

Year 9 Options Evening

Purpose of the evening

• Information about the whole curriculum offer
• Updates on Government direction for your

child’s education

• Detailed subject information
• The process after tonight

What to choose – DO

choose subjects that…

• You can do well in
• You like
• Reflect your interests and personal qualities
• Help you learn in the best way for you
• Help keep your options open in the future

Don’ts

Don’t Choose subjects because...

• Your best friend is doing it
• You like the teacher

Parents and Family Know you best of all as a

• person. Ask their

advice Other Students already doing the course can give you valuable insights Head of Year Understands your all-round school situation Form Tutor Knows you quite well, having seen you develop socially and academically this year Subject Staff Can provide a true picture of your subject ability

The current Year 9 will be the second year group to be assessed and graded using the new National Curriculum Number Bands which will replace the letter grades. Your child has already been given bands as targets since Year 7 and these are the nationally expected bands to achieve at least 3 levels of progress from KS2. Broadly the same proportion of pupils will achieve a grade 4 and above as those who currently achieve a grade C at GCSE; the same proportion of pupils will achieve a grade 7 and above as achieve an A and above. The bottom of grade 1 will be aligned with the bottom of grade G. The current end of Year 11 targets show what your child’s chances are of achieving that grade. We would advise the subject choice is matched to the target grade where possible for best success at GCSE.

GCSE BANDING

Section A Compulsory Core Curriculum

• English Lang/Lit
• Mathematics
• Science
• PE Core
• PSHE/ Religious Education.- changes to

Philosophy and Ethics.

New GCSEs

For first teaching from 2015 First examinations in 2017

GCSE English Language

• Reading (50% of GCSE)

A range of fiction and non-fiction texts

• Writing (50% of GCSE)

A range of fiction (e.g. narrative writing) and non-fiction writing (e.g. writing to argue/persuade/give views)

• Speaking and Listening (will not count towards GCSE)

One speech/talk/presentation following by response to questions

• No controlled assessment or coursework – all exam
• No grades (A*-G) – replaced by 9-1

English Literature

• Shakespeare play
• Post-1914 novel or play
• 19th Century novel
• A range of poetry from 1789 (some studied prior

to the exam from an anthology and some unseen)

• No controlled assessment or coursework – all

exam

• No grades (A*-G) – replaced by 9-1

New Maths GCSE

• Foundation and Higher Tiers still remain.
• Foundation Tier will be more demanding.

Students will have to remember formulae.

• No controlled assessment or coursework – all

exam

• No grades (A*-G) – replaced by 9-1

The New 9 – 1 Grades 9 A** 8 A* 7 A 6 B 5 New international C 4 D Current C grade 3 E 2 F 1 G

Section B Humanities

Geography 1 GCSE

• r

History 1 GCSE

Science

Double award – two GCSE’s *Triple award available in the ‘choices ‘ section.

Section C Options

MFL Option Spanish For Ebbac recommendation and keen pupils Or ICT ‘Free choices’

• 2 subjects from an open list of 17 subjects
• Choose 4 subjects and rank them 1 - 4

A Traditional Curriculum?

At Lydiard Park Academy we have maintained a traditional curriculum which we feel is appropriate to students. Alongside this curriculum there is the

• pportunity to study vocational courses now

known as ‘Tech Awards’. There is the

• pportunity to take a range of

qualifications.

GCSE or Tech Award

GCSE

• Controlled assessment in some subjects
• Examination – Linear no longer modular
• Weighting varies depending on subject

BTEC – New generation

• 20% of external assessment must contribute

to the final grade

• 80% coursework

The National Picture

• The Ebacc is the ‘Gold Standard’
• English and Maths ( band 4 for year one and 5

from year two) will remain important to 6th Form/Colleges/Employers

• ‘Progress 8’ – A new focus for schools on

Ebacc subjects and 3 other GCSEs

• Triple Science essential if pupils wants to study

single sciences at A level.

English Baccalaureate ‘Ebacc’

English Maths Science History or Geography Modern Foreign Language

‘Progress 8’

Next steps

• Meet subject staff
• Read the options booklet
• Return your form
• Feb – March – Options dialogue
• Confirmation

Completing the form

Name : <<Forename>> <<Surname>> Tutor: <<reg>>

Options 2017-19 You have to do all subjects in section A Please tick one subject in section B and C and rank FOUR subjects from section D (the last two will be reserve subjects). Section A Compulsory subjects  English Literature & Language  PE Core  Maths  Combined Science Section B Tick one of the following humanities subjects  Geography  History Section C Tick one of the following subjects  Spanish  ICT Section D Choose a minimum of FOUR subjects below Business Computer Science Drama Photography Food Prep. & Nutrition Travel & Tourism BTEC Media DT: Product Design Triple Science Sociology Sport(PE): GCSE or Sport BTEC Creative: Art or Textiles Music: GCSE Music or Music Technology V-Cert Religious Studies (Philosophy and Ethics) 1……………………………… 2…………………………… 3…………………………….(Reserve) 4……………………………. (Reserve)

Year 10 Option Choices Form (2017-19)

Key Dates

• Options evening – 17th Jan
• Option form deadline- 2nd Feb to form tutors.
• Final confirmation of choices by June 2017.

Thank you for listening

• We will be around after this presentation to

answer any questions.