Learning – Believing – Achieving Pathway Choices September 2011.

Learning – Believing – Achieving

Pathway ChoicesSeptember 2011


If I am going to have the future I would

like, what am I going to do about it

today?


There are some key ‘CHOICE POINTS’ when all young people need to make decisions in order to progress.

What decisions??

For example:choosing subjects for Year 11

These decisions affect future prospects, career, education, lifestyle choices and earning power


Deciding on courses and subjects for year11

Key choice points

For Newport High School students:

Deciding which direction to take at the end of Year 11

15+16+

Deciding how to move on from school

17/18+


What do you need to think about when making these choices

What qualifications do you already have??What are your strengths??What opportunities are available and what does each involve??


What are employers looking for?

When employers advertise a vacancy they ask for a range of skills and qualifications. Most employers ask for a similar group of skills – often called:

employability skills

Employers want the right person for their job

Employability skills are the skills and personal qualities that employers believe an employee needs, in order to do the job well.


Top 10 Employability Skills

Some employers look for other skills too, but these are the top 10 across the majority of jobs.

9. Enthusiasm

10. Keen to learn 6. Problem-solving

5. Punctuality

4. Commitment

3. Numeracy 7. Team-working

8. IT skills

1. Communication

2. Literacy


What will be studied (the content or syllabus)?

What Opportunities?

What kind and level of qualification it offers?

What job or further study opportunities it can lead to?

The more you know about all the opportunities on offer, the better you’ll be able to choose what will suit you. For each course, subject or programme, you need to find out:


What Opportunities?

There are many different types and levels of qualifications and many different ways to progress. The chart opposite shows some of them and how they link together


Important advice for students in Year 8• All students should aim to complete the Level 2 threshold and move

on to Level 3 whilst they are a student at Newport High School. To complete the Level 2 threshold which is equivalent to 5 GCSE passes at A*-C grades or 5 vocational passes, you need to ask your TfL, the KS3 levels you are predicted to achieve at the end of this year:

• If this is Level 6+ in English, Maths and Science then: – Select any subjects of your choice from pathways A or B&C

• If this is Level 5+ in English, Maths and Science then: – Look carefully at the information about each of the options

available in Pathway A and Pathways B&C. Some GCSE subjects may not be available to you until next year

• If this is Level 4+ in English, Maths and Science then: – A choice from Pathway A will be most likely to ensure you achieve

the Level 2 threshold by the end of Year 11


Important advice for students in Year 9

• All students should aim to complete the Level 2 threshold and move on to Level 3 whilst they are a student at Newport High School. To complete the Level 2 threshold which is equivalent to 5 GCSE passes at A*-C grades or 5 vocational passes, you need to ask your TfL, how many qualifications you are predicted to achieve at the end of this school year?

• If this is 5 or more then: – Select any subjects of your choice from pathways A or B&C

• If this is 4 or more then:– Select any subjects of your choice from pathways A or B&C

• If this is 3 or more then:– A choice from Pathway A will be most likely to ensure you achieve

the Level 2 threshold by the end of Year 11


Year 9 & 10 Pathways 2011Pathway A

Construction

Design

Health & Social Care

Hospitality

ICT

Sport & Leisure

Travel & TourismPathway B Pathway C

History Art

Performing Arts French

Product Design Geography

Religious Studies Music

Welsh Product Design


Important advice for students in Year 10

• All students should aim to complete the Level 2 threshold and move on to Level 3 whilst they are a student at Newport High School.

• To make sure you complete the Level 2 threshold which is equivalent to 5 GCSE passes at A*-C grades or 5 vocational passes, you need to ask your TfL, how many qualifications you are predicted to achieve at the end of this school year.

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Yr 11 Pathways 2011Pathway

APathway

BPathway

CPathway

DPathway E Pathway F

Work Experienc

e

WorkExperience

Work Experienc

e

L3 Extended Project

L3 World Developme

nt

Work Experience

XL English XL Maths WBQPERE

Welsh

GCSE PE Psychology I-Media

ICM Leadershi

p

Spanish Animal CareDuke Of

Edinburgh

Duke Of Edinburgh Photograp

hyAny subject in the general pathways

available to all students in Yr9, 10

&11

French

Separate Sciences Dance

Humanities



APathway B Pathway

CPathway


GCSE English

GCSE Maths

WBQPERE

Welsh

Work Experience I-Media

L3 Extended Project

L3 World Developme

nt

Duke Of Edinburgh

GCSE PE PsychologyFrench

Animal CareDance

Any subject in the general pathways

available to all students in Yr9, 10

&11

Humanities



APathway B Pathway

CPathway


GCSE English

GCSE Maths

WBQPERE

Welsh

Animal CareI-Media

Duke Of Edinburgh

BTEC Construction

BTEC Art & Design (Textiles) French

Health & Social CareDance

Hospitality Humanities

ICT

Sport & Leisure

Travel & Tourism


How will I be helped to make my choices?

Activities and presentations during TfL time

Pathways booklets distributed

Individual meeting with TfL

Pathways Evening, 10th February 2011

All option choices completed online by 18th February 2011

Learning – Believing – Achieving Pathway Choices September 2011.

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