Key Dates for Year 9 Students and Parents - Academic Review and Options
Year 9 students are preparing to choose subjects for Year 10 and 11 through the PGE programme. Important dates include Academic Review Day on 4th March and Options Evening on 11th March. Parents can attend separate meetings or phone calls by appointment. Subjects like English, Maths, and Science are compulsory, with options to choose from. Exams and coursework play a crucial role, with final assessments conducted at the end of Year 11. Additionally, opportunities like the Isle of Man College are available for further education. Stay updated and involved in your child's academic journey!
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KS 4 Options and Academic Review Day Information Key dates for Parents and Students Prepared by Mr Shimmin Head of Year 9
Introduction Students in year 9 must choose which subjects they wish to study over two years in year 10 and 11. We will help the students make their choices through our PGE programme There will be two main opportunities for parents to come into school Academic Review Day (ARD) 4thMarch and Options Evening 11th March. We can do separate meetings or phone calls as usual by appointment.
Whats coming up Two weeks of school - Half term 15thFebruary Latest Reports released -24thFebruary Academic Review Day (ARD) - 4thMarch Options Evening - 11thMarch Options handed in by 29thMarch
PGE program to Easter 13-Jan 20-Jan 27-Jan 3-Feb 10-Feb 17-Feb 24-Feb 3-Mar 10-Mar 17-Mar 24- Mar Lockdown Lockdown Lockdown Options/ARD prep Options talk Half Term Review day prep Review day prep Careers/options Careers/options Health Team Lockdown Lockdown Lockdown HOY East Hall LG East Hall ICT access ICT access Know yourself Kerry Moir
Some subjects are compulsory English Maths Science Religious Moral and Philosophical studies PGE Games 4 Periods 4 Periods 6 Periods 1 Period 1 Period 2 Period
You can choose 4 options Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 3 Periods 3 Periods 3 Periods 3 Periods Full list of subject options to be published soon
Exams and Coursework Many GCSEs have final exams sometimes with more than one paper to sit. Therefore your entire progress is assessed at the end of year 11. Some courses have coursework and an exam BTEC courses are mostly coursework but usually have one exam
Isle of Man College One afternoon a week Bus takes students there and back Choices from last year (to be finalised) Engineering Media Child Development Hospitality Hair & Beauty Therapy *Choose one subject at College
Example KS4 student timetable Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday English Maths Textiles Maths Maths 1 Business Science Textiles Business RE 2 History UCM PGE History English 3 Maths History Business Textiles English 4 Lunch Science Games Science Science College 5 Science Games English Science College 6
Things to think about 1. Subjects in which you feel you are capable of success 2. Subjects you have enjoyed in the past 3. Subjects which may suit your future career 4. Subjects needed for University later on 5. Subjects which match your current level of progress
Options Evening - March 11 Parents and students invited into school to speak to individual teachers about their subject options. Deadline for choices March 27th Timetables given out after TT half term Begin timetable September 2021
Academic Review Day Academic Review Day Thursday 4th March
What is it? What is it? This is when parents or carers come in to school to meet the form tutor Student arranges a time with the form tutor 10 minute meeting with the form tutor in the East Hall Student leads the discussion and presents their Learning Journey Discuss ideas around options and your most recent report Options booklet 2021 to given to parents.
What do students need to do? What do students need to do? A presentation What they have done to support the school s Way of Being and how have they have helped the wider community of the school What are their overall goals What are their areas for development How they have overcome challenges What they are most proud of Examples of work that they are proud of Examples of work where they have acted on feedback to make improvements.
Ways of doing this Ways of doing this Subject by subject Successes / Areas for improvement Link to option choices Ambitions and goals
Time scales Time scales PGE 4th February - Today 10th February Miss Bamford options talk Half term 24th February ICT access to prepare ARD presentation 3rd March ICT access finalise ARD presentations 4th March Present it
In Conclusion In Conclusion We have until Easter holidays to make the final options decisions There is plenty of time to discuss what is best for each student We hope to make this process as stress free as we can moreover to see it as an opportunity to choose subjects students are interested in therefore improving their school life. Please contact us for further information or assistance RGSEnquiries@sch.im 01624 811100
