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Year 8 Options

Year 8 Options. 2012. Why make choices in Year 8? Which subject areas does this affect? What you have to do after this assembly?. It’s a ‘practice run’ for Year 9 Allows you the opportunity to specialise a little A chance to try a new subject. Creative Arts.

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Year 8 Options

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  1. Year 8 Options 2012

  2. Why make choices in Year 8? • Which subject areas does this affect? • What you have to do after this assembly?

  3. It’s a ‘practice run’ for Year 9 • Allows you the opportunity to specialise a little • A chance to try a new subject

  4. Creative Arts • Choose 2 subjects and a reserve • Art • Drama • Music • Performing Arts

  5. Design Technology • Choose 2 subjects and a reserve • Food • Graphic Products • Resistant Materials • Textiles

  6. Choose 1 of the following; for 1 lesson a week • German • Extra ICT • Extra PE

  7. The Form

  8. What to do now.. • Listen to the information being given to you • Ask your class teachers of the relevant subject for more information • Fill in the form and return to Miss Williams by Thursday, 17th May (there will be a box outside my office)

  9. German Can you work out what these easy German words mean? • Mutter (a family member) • Blau (a colour) • Katze (a pet) • Apfel (a fruit) • Fussball ( a sport)

  10. German Languages are becoming more important – employers and universities would like you to have a qualification in a language.

  11. German Choosing German now will give you more choice at GCSE: You will be able to do • French • German • French and German • Neither!

  12. German • It is a fantastic opportunity to learn something new • It will be hard work • It will be interesting and enjoyable • It will give you more choice at GCSE • It will impress universities and employers in the future

  13. German • If you are in 8F1, 8F2, 8G1 or 8G2, we strongly recommend that you choose German • If you are in 8F5 or 8G5, you will be doing German next year anyway, and not French, so you must choose either ICT or PE • If you have any questions, speak to your French teacher, Ms Quayle or Mrs Rossetti

  14. ICT as an option • An opportunity to broaden your knowledge, skills and interest in ICT • Will prepare you for both ICT and Computing • Units with variety: • Building a PC • Animation • Photography • Coding • Business plans • Website development

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