Choices Process 2017

Following a review of the current provision as a school we needed to consider the best possible outcomes for students. The students will be competing with other students who are studying the full EBACC We have examined the needs of different subjects and the time available to each of them

Year 8 will have the new grading for all subjects

What students will do at GCSE English English Literature Mathematics Science (either 2 or 3 GCSEs) Modern Foreign Language (either Spanish or French) History or Geography PE or Dance (GCSE equivalent)

What students will do in Year 9 Art Drama Music Citizenship RE DT IT

What students will do continued Year 8 students to opt for either History or Geography in year 9 (to be taken to GCSE) Students to continue with MFL in Years 9, 10 and 11 (to be taken to GCSE). Other option subjects to be chosen in Year 9 ready for Year 10

An opportunity to shine! Level 1 and Level 2 Dance An opportunity to shine!

Year 9 Dance Leadership Award Year 10 & 11 Technical Award in Dance Types of internal and external assessment: Group and solo performances at school productions and in lessons Log books and journals Interviews Observations

75% Coursework, 25% online exam BTEC Sport 75% Coursework, 25% online exam

Unit 1 – Fitness testing & training Theory based unit. 1 hour Online Exam towards the end of Year 10. Unit 2 – Practical Sport A range of practical sports will be covered with assessment in your 2 best sports.

Unit 3 – Leading sports activities Learn how to put together your own coaching session which you will deliver to primary school children. Unit 4 – Training for personal fitness Design a fitness programme for yourself and carry it out.

GCSE Geography Mr. Girling DGirling@colne.essex.sch.uk

WJEC GCSE Geography A 1 hour 30 minute exam, 35% of qualification Three components: Changing physical and human landscapes 1 hour 30 minute exam, 35% of qualification 2. Environmental and development issues 3. Applied fieldwork enquiry 1 hour 30 minute exam, 30% of qualification

Component 1 Changing physical and human landscapes 1 hour 30 minute exam, 35% of qualification Section A: Core Themes Two structures, data response questions assessing module 1 (Landscape and physical processes) and module 2 (Rural-urban links). Some questions will require extended answers. Section B: Options One structured question from either module; Tectonic hazards Coastal hazards Landscape and physical processes – river and coastal environments, rural-urban links – urbanisation, suburbanaisation, counter-urbanisation.

Component 2 Environmental and development issues 1 hour 30 minute exam, 35% of qualification Section A: Core Themes Two structures, data response questions assessing module 1 (Weather, climate and ecosystems) and module 2 (Development and resource issues). Some questions will require extended answers. Section B: Options One structured question from either module; Social development issues Environmental challenges Social development and inequalities, carbon and ecological footprints and the human impact on the environment.

Component 3 Applied fieldwork enquiry 1 hour 30 minute exam, 30% of qualification Part A: Will assess approaches to fieldwork methodology, representation and analysis. Part B: Will assess how fieldwork enquiry may be used to investigate geography’s conceptual framework. Part C: Will assess the application of broad geographical concepts to a wider UK context and assess the ability to make and justify a decision.

History GCSE

Units of study: Conflict and Tension 1918-1939 America 1920-1973 Elizabethan England 1568-1603 Britain: Health and the People c1000 to the present day

Time allowance: 4 hours a fortnight The idea is to cover all content by October half term of Year 11 to allow for time to revise. Order: Conflict and Tension, America, Elizabeth and then Medicine. Currently revision materials are being written as it is a new GCSE, however I would suggest a copy of the textbooks to be kept at home, these can be bought from amazon.co.uk

What the units entail: Conflict and tension 1918-1939 Part One: Peacemaking The Armistice The Versailles Settlement Impact of the Treaty Part Two: The League of Nations and International Peace The League of Nations Diplomacy outside the League The collapse of the League Part Three: The Origins and Outbreak of WW2 The development of tension Escalation of tension The outbreak of war

What the units entail: America 1920-1973 Part One: American People and ‘The Boom’ ‘The Boom’ Social and Cultural developments Divided society Part Two: Bust – Depression and The New Deal American society and the Depression Effectiveness of The New Deal Impact of WW2 Part Three: Post-War America Post-War American society and economy Racial tensions and Civil Rights campaigns 1950s and 1960s America and the ‘Great Society’

What the units entail: Elizabethan England 1568-1603 Part One: Elizabeth I and her Court Elizabeth I and her Court Difficulties of a female ruler Part Two: Life in Elizabethan Times A ‘Golden Age’ The Poor English sailors Part Three: Troubles at home and abroad Religious matters Mary Queen of Scots Conflict with Spain Part Four: Historic Environment To be named

What the units entail: Britain: health and the people c1000 to the present day Part One: Medicine stands still Medieval medicine Public Health in the Middle Ages Part Two: The beginnings of change Impact of the Renaissance on Britain Dealing with disease Prevention of disease Part Three: A revolution in Medicine Development of Germ theory and Revolution in surgery Improvements in Public Health Part Four: Modern medicine Modern treatment of disease Impact of war and technology on surgery Modern public health

Although this should not dictate the choice, this should be noted. How it is assessed:

Paper one: understanding the modern world 1D America 1920-1973 1 hour 45 mins

Paper one: understanding the modern world conflict and tension 1918-1939 1 hour 45 mins

Paper two: shaping the Nation 2A Britain: health and the people 1 hour 45 mins

Paper two: shaping the Nation Elizabethan England 1 hour 45 mins

Possible Trips: Site Study: Old Operating Theatre: This changes each year dependent on what the exam board has specified. Old Operating Theatre: Possible trip to London to the old operating theatre.

Process The form will be available via Moodle to students NOW Students fill in the form either at home with parents or in school. The students will be taken by their tutors to the Learning Centre or computer rooms to fill in the form next week. It is not a “first come first served” process but I do need to know numbers for each subject Parents will then be informed by letter of choices made The further choices which will be made in Year 9 will have a separate but similar process.

Any questions? Please email me with individual queries cmckenna@colne.essex.sch.uk