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Y8 options 2016-17

Objectives: Presentation

1.To provide an explanation of the Key

Stage 4 curriculum starting in Year 9.

2.To explain the choices available to

students in Year 9.

3.To explain the process involved in

making those choices.

The KS4 Curriculum Rationale

The curriculum should:

• Meet legal requirements;

• Ensure that students receive a broad,

balanced education;

• Enable students to achieve their potential;

• Allow students some element of choice and

personalisation;

• Ensure that students are able to progress

to work or to further education post 16.

GCSE Reform- All GCSE

qualifications have changed

• New Content

• Different Assessment

• New Grade system of numbers not letters

Why are there changes to

GCSE?“By making GCSEs more demanding, more fulfilling, and more stretching we can give our young people the broad, deep and balanced education which will equip them to win in the global race,”

“Reformed GCSEs must prioritise stretching assessment, which truly tests the depth and breadth of pupils' knowledge and abilities. Examinations must test extended writing in subjects such as English, have fewer bite-sized and overly structured questions , and in mathematics have a greater emphasis on quantitative problem-solving.”

“Internal assessment and the use of exam aids should be kept to a minimum and used only where there is a compelling case to do so , to provide for effective and deep assessment of the specified curriculum content.”

Michael Gove June 2013

Main Changes:

• English Lang- 20% marks from spelling, punctuation and grammar.

• Literature- Wider range of texts, more full texts

• Maths- Learn key formulae by heart, greater complexity of concepts

• Science- New content , greater emphasis on maths

• MFL- Wider range of literary texts, focus on culture, questions in the target language

• History- Wider study of 3 periods of history, focus on British History

• Geography- Extreme weather and climate change, field work studies

• Computing- Program design, coding, ethics of computing.

• Art- Emphasis on drawing

• Music- Write music as well as read it, stave notation

• PE- 70% theory- 30 % practical

• Food- Nutritional Science approach

Main Changes:

• Most subject are 100% exam, sat at the end of Y11- no more modular tests

• Controlled Assessment / coursework- has been removed from all subjects.

• SOME subjects still have an element of non-exam assessment (NEA):

Art

Computer Science

DT

Geography

Media Studies

MFL

Music

PE

Single tier exams for most subjects- only MATHS, SCIENCE and MFL will be split into

Higher ad Foundation papers

New GCSE Grades

• All new GCSE qualifications will be graded

9-1

Only 20% of 7+

students will

get a grade 9

New “good”

pass

Current C

grade

The Year 9 Core Curriculum

5 5 5 3 2 1

Humanities (either Geography or History) Sport Religious and Personal Health studies

Number of learning sessions a week

Other Core subjectsEnglish Baccalaureate subjects block

Subject English Maths Science

The Year 9 Option Curriculum

Option A Option B Option C

Art Photography Art

Photography Dance PE GCSE

Drama Food Health & Fitness

Design- Product Design/ Electronics Media Business

Science Child Development Food

PE GCSE Science Design- Product Design/ Electronics

French French Textiles

Spanish Computer Science Ethics and Philosophy

Computer Science Drama Music

Literacy support (Identified students)

What Now?

• Talk to Subject teachers and Form Tutor

• Discuss as a family

• Visit websites identified in the Options Booklet

• Student will receive 1:1 mentoring and advice from form

tutors

• Ask questions! – Staff here tonight to answer questions

• Return Options Form via Form Tutor – Friday 21st April