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

PE option… PE GCSE Dance BTec Sport BTec

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

What happens if my son or daughter doesn’t get their chosen subjects? If we can’t offer them the options they

have chosen we will always contact parents and arrange an interview so we can talk about the different options available.