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St Paul’s Catholic School Year 8 Information Evening

St Paul’s Catholic School Year 8 Information Evening . Tuesday 29 th April 2014. Introductions. Mrs Nicola Pope (Head of Year 8) Mr Paul Winter (Assistant Headteacher ) Mr Paul Tillman (Head of Technology). Outline of the evening. The Year 9 Curriculum from June 2014.

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St Paul’s Catholic School Year 8 Information Evening

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  1. St Paul’s Catholic SchoolYear 8 Information Evening Tuesday 29th April 2014

  2. Introductions • Mrs Nicola Pope (Head of Year 8) • Mr Paul Winter (Assistant Headteacher) • Mr Paul Tillman (Head of Technology)

  3. Outline of the evening • The Year 9 Curriculum from June 2014. • Technology options. • Public Exams for the summer 2017. • The progression from Year 9 to Year 10 • Top Tips for parents to support maximum progress. • Spare Longrigg places and other opportunities!

  4. Year 9 Curriculum • All pupils will study the following courses in lessons from June. There are 12 subjects. • English and Maths for 5 lessons each week. • Chemistry, Physics and Biology for 2 lessons per subject each week. • MFL and Technology for 3 lessons each week. • RE for 4 lessons each week. • ICT for 2 lessons each week. • Core PE for 2 lessons each week. • History or Geography for 3 lessons each week. • One Expressive Arts subject for 3 lessons each week. • These last 2 are the options subjects selected before Easter.

  5. Technology Options Process • Letters have been sent home about the Technology Options Process. • Pupils will get information in lessons about courses in Year 9. • Pupils will need to rank the 6 courses in order of preference and will study one course in Year 9. • Teachers will make sure that pupils play to their strengths. • If students study Technology for GCSE they will continue on the course they start in Year 9. • Deadline for options slips will be Friday 9th May. • Mr Tillman is available to answer any questions at the end.

  6. Context and options process again in Year 9. • School leaving age. • Future choices at 16. • Future beyond 18 – University, career, apprenticeship. • Develop your talents. • Achieve the best results you can. • Need to start exam preparation and activities linked to learning subjects in depth and detail. • Less options than previously in Year 9 as pupils have already made 2 choices and there is more prescription about subjects pupils should take. There will still be a variety of vocational courses. • Levels of progress. There will be a Year 8 report at the end of the summer term about your child’s attainment in all subjects. From Year 9 there will be three short reports each year with progress checks with action points for each subject.

  7. GCSE and Public exams • Public exams will be in the summer of 2017. • The pupils will need to be able to complete extended writing, skilled at memorising, ability to write quickly, legibly and accurately. Pupils will need technical written skills in all subjects. • Exam boards raising grade boundaries. • Emphasis on literacy and writing skills in all subjects. This includes spellings! • Memory skills and learning a large range of content. • Less coursework. • English Baccalaureate subjects (EBacc) has an emphasis. • New grading system will co-exist for a while. Numbers and letters will be used. Target grades will be letters with a number for the moment but may change before pupils have finished Year 11. Target grades will still be for end of Year 11.

  8. Strategies to Support at Home • Talk to your child about their homework (not have you done it!) • Look through (and sign) their planner. Are they writing in homework? • Browse through their exercise books • Encourage reading....(any reading is better than none!) • Surf the net with them! Research topics together • Encourage your child to attend extended curriculum courses (Mondays), trips and excursions to extend learning • Recognise achievement and progress. • Read Year 8 report with them to help identify best subjects and favourite subjects. • Teachers are increasingly using gmail and email to send homework home. Keep in contact with subject teachers – we are here to help – email is quick and easy firstname.lastname@st-pauls.org.uk

  9. Year 9 Opportunities • Longrigg trip in May. • Sports Clubs for summer term. • Extended Curriculum on Mondays. • Late Bus on Mondays so chance to participate. School library has a number of computers & laptops available for use. • School library is open from 07:30 every day. • Trips Day is Thursday 10th July.

  10. Contact Details • nicola.pope@st-pauls.org.uk • sharon.christie@st-pauls.org.uk • paul.winter@st-pauls.org.uk • paul.tillman@st-pauls.org.uk

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