Year 9 Options 2024 - Choosing Courses and Subject Consideration

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In Year 9, students must make choices for subjects, including English, Maths, Science, PE, and more. Consider your strengths, long-term plans, and options available. Some subjects can be taken at GCSE or in the Sixth Form, while others require specific prerequisites. Certain challenging courses like Economics, Computer Science, and Engineering demand high logical and mathematical abilities. New courses introduced include BTEC Tech Awards and Cambridge National Certificate in various fields. Select your courses wisely based on your interests, abilities, and future goals.

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Year 9 Options 2024

Peter Hurry Assistant Headteacher

What MUST I take? English Maths Science PE Personal Development Programme 2 GCSEs 1 GCSE 2 or more GCSEs

What may I CHOOSE? Cultural Learning Creative Learning Scientific Learning Art Geography Engineering Drama History Product Design Music Psychology Food Preparation Sociology Film Studies Child Development Photography French Computer Science Performing Arts Business

Choosing courses DO think about your strengths and weaknesses DO choose what you are good at and will enjoy DON T choose courses based on your friends or teachers DO think about your long-term plans

Points to consider Some subjects can be taken in the Sixth Form even if not taken at GCSE - eg Business Others MUST be taken at GCSE in order to be taken in the Sixth Form - eg French

Points to consider Economics -How do the forces of supply and demand allocate resources in macroeconomic and microeconomic situations. Computer Science - Investigation, design and production of coded solutions to problems Engineering - The application of Maths and Science to solve practical problems These are challenging academic courses where a high level of logical and mathematical ability is desirable.

Recent Courses Introduced BTEC Tech Award in Sport BTEC Tech Award in Performing Arts (Acting) Cambridge National Certificate Child Development Technical Awards Engineering These are all GCSE equivalent Level 2 course where there is a greater emphasis on internal assessment instead of external exams

Points to consider Separate Science is taken in core science lessons not as one of your option choices GCSE PE is one of your option choices. It is no longer taken in core PE time. Certain subjects should not be combined without agreement from the subject team. eg Art and Photography or Product Design and Engineering

English Baccalaureate In order to obtain the performance measure students have to achieve GCSE level 5 or above in the following subjects:- English Mathematics 2 Sciences A Foreign Language (French, German or Spanish) A Humanities subject (History or Geography)

Remember We cannot guarantee that all courses will run: they depend on numbers We strongly recommend Languages for most students We recommend a RANGE of courses, rather than a narrow choice

Who can help? Your parents Your tutor & subject teachers Our Careers Co-ordinator Tasha Granger TLG@king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk Course Finder - Abbeygate Sixth Form College (abbeygatesfc.ac.uk)

This is not a one-size-fits-all curriculum Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 1 Art Engineering PE Geography Photography Product Design French History Film Studies Food Prep. Spanish Sociology Child Development German Psychology Performing Arts

We give you more freedom of choice Computer Science History German French Drama Geography Psychology French Spanish Film Studies Business Photography Art Humanities Sociology Engineering

16 OPTIONS2024 Parentalcopy for your records. Name: Tutor group: Student number: Alternative choice (optional, see note 3 below) Course Seenote1 below Order of priority 1. or 2. or 3. or 4. or Reserve Courses See note 2 below These must be completed 5. 6. 7. NOTES: 1. Firstoption choice Yourfirstchoice mustbe one ofthe subjects listed onpage 7. 2. Reserve Courses (you must specify at least 3reserve subjects) Youmust give reserve choicesin case any of yourfirst 4 choicesdonotrun,clash with each other on the timetable orare over-subscribed. 3. Alternative Choice (this is optional) Put a subject inthe alternative columnif youwouldconsiderdoingthis subject in place of the subject in the course column.These subjects are likely to be similar innature meaning youmay consideronlyone of the subjects, and not both, e.g. Art & Photography 4. GCSE PE or Music If you have chosenGCSE PE orMusic, please complete the supplementaryform onpage 34.

17 GCSE PE or Music PE Please list the sports youplay insideand outsideof school. Inside: Outside: Music Please list the instrumentsyou play inside andoutside of school. Inside: Outside: https://www.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/curriculum/