choosing your options year 9 2013-2014arkhelenswood.org/sites/default/files/19/attachments... ·...
TRANSCRIPT
Choosing your Options
Year 9 2013-2014
6 PillarsWe want every HELENSWOOD student to do well enough by 18 to go to university or
pursue the career of their choice.
INSPIRE
ACHIEVE
EXCEL
LEVEL 1 PROVISION
Knowing every child
• Target grades
• Aspirations
• Enrichment
High Expectations
• The impression that you make on others
• Attendance
• Punctuality
• Behaviour in lessons
Exemplary behaviour
• Make the most of it.
• Assessment/ feedback
• Enjoyment
Excellent teaching
• Different pathways have different number
of lessons for different subjects
• Options interview
• Catch up
Depth before Breadth
• Enrichment
• Revision sessions
• Lunchtime clubs
More time for learning
English Language and Literature- 2GCSEs
Maths- 1 GCSE
Science – 2 or 3 GCSEs (you will be advised which is more appropriate for you by your science teacher)
RE (Philosophy and Ethics) – 1 GCSE
PE – Core
ICT – 1 GCSE
Compulsory KS4 Curriculum
GCSEs
BTECs
College placements
There are a number of different types of
qualifications to choose from:
Geography
History
French
Spanish
Art
Music
Dance
Drama
Photography
Catering
Textiles
Product Design
Business
Health and Social Care
Childcare
The GCSE options that are
available are:
• Ask your teacher lots of questions
• Research what you are interested in careers wise and see what qualifications/subjects you need
• Get to school, behave and put in lots of effort.
• Effort goes a long way when teachers make the final decision about where you are placed.
• You will receive an options booklet.
• Options evening is on the 6th February.
What next?
Be brave, embrace challenge.
Feedback is a gift.
Aims: to gain an overview of the English curriculum in Year 9;
to understand how we can help our daughters with their English.
YEAR 9: OVERVIEW
Step 1: communicate.
Ask her:
What went well last year? What did
you enjoy? What are you good at?
Ebi: what did you not enjoy? What
could you have done better? What
are you going to do differently this
year?
Aims:
• to gain an overview of the English curriculum in Year 9;
• to understand how we can help our daughters with their English.
Aims: to gain an overview of the English curriculum in Year 9;
to understand how we can help our daughters with their English.
Autumn Term 1
The Novel (8 weeks):
Assessment: Review/Analytical response (thematic mini essay).
Weekly spelling tests.
Written pieces based on themes within the novel.
Skills: you are expected to comment on the author’s choice of language,
the structure of the novel, the effect on the reader, the context (L6+) and
links to other texts (L6+)
Autumn Term 2
Thematic poetry linked to novel in term 1 - language and style
analysis. Comparative skills. Essay assessments (WAF 2, 3, 4.
RAF 6, 7, 4)
Speaking and Listening: Group and Individual assessments
based on the themes in the novel and poetry.
Step 2: know what she is currently
studying.
Spring Term 1
Media and Non-Fiction project.APP:
WAF: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
RAF: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
SLAF: 1, 2, 3.
Spring Term 2
Creative and Descriptive Writing
Assessments under CA conditions (1 hour 15 for
Creative, 45 minutes for Descriptive)
Work to be levelled
Revision for exams.
LO: to gain an overview of the English curriculum in Year 9.
Step 2: know what she is currently
studying.
Summer Term 1
Shakespeare project OR Spoken Language study
Assessment under CA conditions (2 hours) Work to be
levelled.
Revision for exams.
Summer Term 2
KS3 exams
Movement to KS4: transition unit
LO: to gain an overview of the English curriculum in Year 9.
Step 2: know what she is currently
studying.
Read more
Expect the unexpected
Stay on task
Interact with others
Learn from your mistakes
Intelligence = effort and practice
Embrace challenge
No excuses
Capital letters matter
Effort creates success
Aim: to understand how we can help our daughters with their English.
ANI 3 September 2013
Responsibility = response +
ability
Aim: to understand how we can help our daughters with their English.
Step 4: help her take
control of her
behaviour and
responses to stress.
ANI 3 September 2013
Aim: to understand how we can help our daughters with their English.
Step 5:
Check homework.
Discuss. Help.
Read more
Expect the unexpected
Stay on task
Interact with others
Learn from your mistakes
Intelligence = effort and practice
Embrace challenge
No excuses
Capital letters matter
Effort creates success
Step 6: Check
if she knows
her target!
Aim: to understand how we can help our daughters with their English.
Step 7: Check
if she knows
the exam
requirements.
Aim: to understand how we can help our daughters with their English.
Reading: PEE, effect on
reader, author’s intention, text
types, effective vocabulary,
structure.
Writing: descriptive
and narrative.
Punctuation, varied
sentences, ambitious
vocabulary,
paragraphs, following
conventions.
What can you do to help your daughter succeed?
LO: to gain an overview of the English curriculum in Year 9.
Year 9 Welcome and
Curriculum Evening
Humanities
• The Humanities Faculty at Helenswood Academy is interested in investigating the world around us and the people who live in it.
• There are currently 3 subjects that are studied within Humanities:
• History:
• Geography:
• RE/ Philosophy & Ethics:
The Humanities Faculty Vision Statement
• We are committed to becoming an outstanding faculty by:
• Providing fun, exciting and inspiring lessons that allow every student to achieve their full academic potential;
• Promoting an atmosphere of mutual trust, respect and success for both students and staff;
• Developing innovative learning methods that make the ‘Humanities experience’ engaging and thought provoking;
• Supporting students in their moral and spiritual development, and provide them with an opportunity to reflect on the challenging issues of our world;
• Inspiring students to beat their targets in Humanities.
• To provide skills needed in the workplace.
Humanities at Helenswood
• 4 lessons per fortnight in Geography &
History
• 2 lessons per fortnight in RS/Philosophy &
Ethics
• At the end of each term students complete
an assessment which is a levelled piece of
work; report, letter, leaflet, poster or
newspaper article.
• Students will receive a level and a
personalised comment on their strengths
and areas for development.
Humanities Key Information
• At Helenswood Academy we want our students to be independent learners. A person who is an independent learner can manage themselves as an individual or in group situations and will have these skills:
1- Goal setting: The ability to set realistic, relevant, challenging and manageable goals
2- Time and resource-management: the ability to manage their own time and resources
3-Focus: the ability to focus on the task in hand and work through distractions
• So the homework tasks in Humanities have been carefully designed to nurture these skills in our students so that they will have the skills needed to succeed in their exams and in the world of work.
Homework
Homework
Students choose
three homeworks
to complete each
term.
Top set students
must complete two
‘star’ tasks and
middle sets one.
Each homework
should take one
hour to
complete.
Homeworks
develop a range of
skills from ICT to
debating.
Edmodo
Students click here
to open their
homework.
If students are stuck they
can ask for help via the
reply button and share
resources they have
found.
Teachers will put a
range of resources to
guide the students
learning.
There is a free APP
that students can
download!
The dates the
homework are due
in are posted on
here.
• Tips for good homework habits
• Ensure your daughter creates a revision timetable for her end of year exams in term 6.
• Ask your daughter how she did in her assessments and see if she can explain how to move up a level.
• Let your child know that you think education is important and that homework needs to be done each day, don’t let them leave it to the last minute and hand in poor quality work.
• Help guide your child on which tasks they should do.
• Check the quality of the homework produced, did they put enough time and effort into it? Did they have any trouble? Did they ask for help on Edmodo?
• Do find a quiet place at home to use as a homework area. It needs a flat surface, a good light source and the right equipment e.g. pens, pencils, ruler, scissors, glue.
• Do plan a homework timetable and agree on when your child will do their homework.
• Do discuss any homework tasks with your child and how it connects with what they are studying at school.
• Do turn off the TV - but you could have music on if they find it helpful.
• Don't give your child the answer in order to get a task finished. Instead, explain how to look up information or find a word in a dictionary.
How can you support your
child?
• Gavin Parks Head of Humanities (ks4/5)
• Bryony Leech Assistant Head of
Humanities (ks3)
Contacts
Any Questions?
Key Stage 3 Science (Year 9)
To know how to support your
daughter with homework and
classwork.
Science Homework
• They will be set a differentiated task by their teacher for each topic (or two tasks, depending on the size of the task).
• This will be set at the beginning of the topic and will be handed in on the last lessons of the topic (the topic last approximately 3 weeks).
• This will be marked by the teacher for most cases or will be peer marked but then moderated by the teacher.
Science HomeworkTo reduce confusion with
the homework tasks
• Their teachers will direct them
to which task they could
choose.
• Half way through the topic, a
time will be dedicated to
reviewing what the homework
is about.
• Most of the homework tasks
have support materials they
can use to direct their learning.
• Though the task may advise a
way of presenting their ideas,
they may choose another
Preparation Before
Lessons • The students will be
asked to prepare for
the lessons.
This could be done by:
• Reading the content
sheets on the VLE.
• Looking at the
support material on
the homework sheets.
These could be
websites or video
clips.
What could you do?
• Ask them what homework they have.
• Ask them what pages from the content
sheets they have been asked to read for
the next lesson.
• Ask them what they have learnt in lessons.
• Check their progress with homework over
the course of the topic.
• Ask them what they are struggling with.
Mr C Connor & Mr K Murphy
Helenswood
Maths Department
Year 9 is set into two bands:
SETTING
H Band
W Band
1234
1234
Students are set based on the end of year 8 data.
Movement between sets within a band is possible and will be based upon teachers judgement through
assessment.
Movement between bands can take place but only at Christmas
and Easter.
Engaging
Interactive
Use of traffic lights
Strategies for independent learning
Mini white boards
Interactive whiteboard
Fun
Contain a functional element
LESSONS
The expectation is that students complete homework every lesson for the next
lesson.
Students should be writing the homework in their book and make a note of it in
their planner.
HOMEWORK
Students are given an end of topic test at the end of every unit
of work. Roughly every couple of weeks.
Students will also complete a MOCK exam at Easter which will
give the students, teachers and parents a level at which they
are working.
Students will also be given an end of year SAT’s exam to help
inform setting for the following year and inform their final end of
year grade.
ASSESSMENTS
All students are expected to make a minimum of three levels progress from KS3 (Yr7) to KS4 (Yr11)
Most students come in at a level 2 – 5.
10 = A* 6 = D
9 = A 5 = E
8 = B 4 = F
7 = C 3 = G
LEVELS
HELP AT HOME…
Mymaths.co.uk
Username: HELENSWOOD
Password:DIVIDE
CONTACT
In the first instance please contact Mr K Murphy (2IC):
Or
QUESTIONS…?