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Hartismere High School
Information Evening for
Parents of Year 9Wednesday 3rd December
7.00pmCourses in Years 10 and 11
2009 to 2011
Programme for the evening7.00 Welcome and Introduction of Key Colleagues Mr A Hayton
Overview of the process Deputy Headteacher
7.10 Factors in Making the Decisions Mrs J NewnhamKey Stage 4 Coordinator
7.20 The Curriculum as a Whole Mr J McAtearHeadteacher
7.30 Explaining Less Familiar SubjectsPE Mr LawrenceBusiness Studies Mr NuttThe Technologies Mr Mortimer Science Mr LuxtonMedia Studies Mr Hayton (for Mr. Burridge)Statistics Mrs Hayton (for Mrs Lismore Burns)ASDAN Mrs DawsonChild Development/Social Care Mr Hayton (for Mrs Hargraves)
7.45 The Key Stage 4 Perspectives Mr S SandallHead of Year 9
7.55 FAQ’s Mr J McAtear
Hartismere High School
Information Assembly for
Pupils in Year 9Wednesday 3rd December 9.00am
Courses in Years 10 and 112009 to 2011
Options…Art ASDAN Business Studies Business Studies BTecDance BTecDrama Food Technology French
Geography GermanHealth and Social Care History ICT
Media Studies Music PE Sport BTec Statistics Graphics
Resistant Materials Textiles
Core… English and English Literature Mathematics Science: Biology, Chemistry and Physics RE ICT Careers Guidance and PSCHE
Choose four from… Art
ASDAN Business Studies
Business Studies BTec Drama
Food Technology French
Geography German
Health and Social Care History
ICT Media Studies
Music Statistics Graphics
Resistant Materials Textiles
What are BTecs? Most of the subjects you will study will be
GCSEs BTecs are of the same level of difficulty,
but are assessed through coursework and are graded differently.
They have a vocational (work-based) focus.
OCR Nationals are similar to BTecs
Approximate timeline for the Options process
December 2008 Options Assembly December 2008 Parents Information
Evening Spring Term, 2009 Options Booklet issued Spring Term, 2009 Dry-runs to get pupils
thinking about choices Following a dry-run Pupil Interview with
teaching staff to discuss choices
Spring Term, 2009 PSCHE timetable - pupils ‘Making Choices’
…
Approximate timeline for the Options process
… Wednesday March 31st Parents’ Evening Before Easter 2009 final choice forms
issued After Easter 2009 final choice forms
returned
options are then entered on a curriculum model
discussions with pupils and parent if we can’t offer chosen subjects
What are dry-runs? We will give pupils a free choice at first.
This helps us to set-up the option pools In the second dry-run pupils will have to
choose from different ‘pools’. They might not be able to choose the same set of subjects.
Their final choice might have to be different again as we might change the pools based on choices from the second dry-run