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Engage Enable Empower

Engage Enable Empower. Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College. Welcome Year 9 KS4 Curriculum Evening January 30 th 2013. Engage Enable Empower.

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Engage Enable Empower

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  1. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College Welcome Year 9KS4 Curriculum Evening January30th 2013

  2. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College • Who determines what we teach at KS4? • The Government prescribes much of what the curriculum contains at Key Stage 4: • English • Mathematics • Science • Religious Education • Physical Education • Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development (SMSC) • Information, Advice and Guidance opportunities. (IAG) • All students must also have the opportunity of continuing to study a modern foreign language.

  3. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College About RE and PE In addition to the Government the governors of a school are expected to have an input as to the nature of the school’s curriculum. Our school is a Catholic school and a Sports College. Both dimensions are not only at the heart of the ethos of our community but are also at the heart of our curriculum. All students follow a GCSE course in Religious Education. All students will follow a Physical Education course for 2 periods / week which will develop the individual’s use of sport as a vehicle to enhance their personal, physical and mental wellbeing.

  4. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College Key Stage 4 Structure • Core Curriculum • All students study these subjects Students also take part in a variety of enrichment activities.

  5. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College What is the English Baccalaureate?“The English Baccalaureate was introduced as a performance measure in the 2010 performance tables. It is not a qualification in itself. The measure recognises where pupils have secured a C grade or better across a core of academic subjects – English, mathematics, history or geography, the sciences and a language.” DfE October 2012

  6. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College Why have you chosen the subjects you have for the English Baccalaureate? “The subjects we include are designed to ensure that all pupils have the opportunity to study a broad core of subjects, ensuring that doors are not closed off to them in terms of future progression. For example, for pupils hoping to go to university, The Russell Group guide on making informed choices for post-16 education identifies ‘facilitating subjects’ at A level. These are the subjects most likely to be required or preferred for entry to degree courses and ones that will keep the most options open.The subjects they identify are those included in the English Baccalaureate – mathematics, English, physics, biology, chemistry, geography, history and languages (classical and modern).” DfE October 2012

  7. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College Key Stage 4 Qualifications: GCSE BTEC National First Certificate All GCSEs are now linear – this means that the examinations are taken at the end of the course. For most subjects this will be at the end of Year 11. Core Science is sat at the end of Year 10. Some students may sit their RE and Maths at the end of Year 10. All our Key Stage 4 qualifications are worth the equivalent of one GCSE.

  8. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College • Personalised Learning. • We want to provide a curriculum that is suitable for each individual student. • This MAY involve: • Being entered early for a GCSE in Year 10. • Being entered for an additional qualification. (Further Maths , AS Religious Studies) • Being entered for a course that is assessed through a portfolio of work as well as a formal examination.

  9. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College Continuity and Progression. Thornleigh Salesian College hosts the Catholic Post-16 provision for all of Bolton. We offer courses that provide progression routes from Key Stage 4 to Post-16 education for all our students. Raising Participation Age – RPA All students who are currently in Year 9 must remain in full-time education or training until the age of 18. For the majority of students this will be at Thornleigh 6th Form College although some will enter into apprenticeships or access training elsewhere. It’s never too early to start thinking about matching courses to careers and further study.

  10. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College What happens next?

  11. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College 1. Visit the stands in the gym, talk to subject staff and gather information.

  12. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College 2. Discuss things at home, do your own research and think about what suits you.

  13. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College 3. On Wednesday 27th February you will be invited to an Individual Consultation with a member of the school’s Leadership Team. There is letter in your pack.5 Options Forms will be given out then.

  14. Engage Enable Empower Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College 4. Monday March 4th The final day for return of options forms to Mr McGovern.

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