Year 9 Options Evening

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Welcome to the Year 9 Options Evening
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Year 9 Options Evening

• Purpose
• To explain the process for selecting option
  choices at Hitchin Girls School.
• To outline the types of qualification on offer
  for students at Key Stage 4.
• To give students an opportunity to discuss
  courses with appropriate staff.

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Preparation so far..

• Impact Theatre Group
• Ex HGS student talks
• Subject talks
• Special Assembly
• Learn to Earn Day
• Options evening

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Options 2009
Four Different Routes 2011
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Route 1

• Core
• Plus 5 GCSEs
• Total 11 GCSEs
• This is the traditional route taken by our
  students and is still appropriate for the majority

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Route 2

• Core
• Plus 3 GCSEs
• Plus 2 blocks of Personalised Learning and the
  opportunity to undertake a Project
• Personalised Learning comprises additional
  Maths, English, ICT and other support.

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Route 3

• The Applied Learning Route
• Core
• Plus 2 GCSEs
• Plus Level 1 College or School Based Vocational
  Course
• Plus Personalised Learning, including a project
• This route may involve studying for half a day
  at an alternative venue.

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Route 4

• Core
• Plus Principal Diploma Learning
• Plus Generic Learning
• Plus 1 GCSE and a project
• This route involves studying for one full day
  at an alternative venue

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Subject Choices

• A Foreign Language
• French / German / Latin / (Spanish / Panjabi-
  via after school tuition)
• A Technology
• Product Design
• Graphics
• Textiles
• Food Technology

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Subject Choices continued..

• Humanities Geography, History, Philosophy and
  Ethics, Classical Civilisation
• Expressive Arts Drama, Art and Design, Music,
  Physical Education, Dance

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Choices continued

• Business Studies
• ICT
• Latin
• Media Studies
• Health and Social Care
• Sociology

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Choices continued

• North Hertfordshire College support a work
  related course which includes Level 1 entry
  courses in Hair, Beauty, Automotives and
  Construction.

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Course Choices Diplomas

• There are 5 lines of learning available at Level
  1 and 2 across the area
• Construction and the Built Environment
• Creative and Media
• Society, Health and Development
• Information Technology
• Engineering

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Constraints..

• Dependent on viable group sizes
• Some combinations are problematic due to
  timetabling

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The English Baccalaureate

• The current Education Minister is encouraging
  schools to offer a particular combination of
  GCSEs entitled the E BAC.
• This means in addition to the core, students need
  to select either History or Geography.
• Students also need to pass a Foreign Language at
  grade A-C.

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Making Choices

• Whilst maintaining breadth and balance, also
  consider
• -What you enjoy
• -What you are good at
• -What you may wish to do after Year 11
• AS levels, college, employment, training

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We are available to answer questions.