Year 10 Subject Selection Information Evening

1. Year 10 Subject Selection Information Evening Wednesday 30 March 2011

2. What you should get from tonight.. Better sense of DP results across the ESF and where they can lead Better sense of the support available across the Foundation Recap Diploma Programme offering Outline of the selections required for Year 11 Where to from here?

3. Welcome / Introductions • Chris Durbin • Secondary Education Adviser ESF Centre • Diane Bohm • Post 16 Consultant ESF Centre • Brian McCann • Diploma Coordinator 2011

4. Brian McCann • Diploma Programme experience • Science Teacher: Colegio Anglo Colombiano (3yrs) • HOD Science: New International School of Thailand(8yrs) • Currently HOD Science: RCHK (5yrs) • Working with / for the IB • Assistant Examiner for DP Physics (9yrs) • Deputy Chief Examiner for DP Physics (4yrs) • Assistant Examiner for Theory of Knowledge (4yrs)

5. Y10  Diploma Programme • Y10 : increased specialisation • Arts / English / Humanities / Maths / Science • Y11 : further specialisation • Arts / Humanities / Technology

6. Diploma offering • “Pathways to the through the Diploma Programme” booklet • Updated • Structure of the Diploma Programme • Offering for cohort 2012/2014 • Course outlines • Information about Y10 and Y11 programmes

7. Subject Selection for Y11 • Arts (1/3) • Humanities (1/3) • Technology (2/3) • Selection form out: Fri-Mon 1-4 April • Parents discuss with child • Parents contact staff for details if required • Selection form due: Mon 11 April • Late forms risk missing their first choices

8. Subject Selection for Diploma • Indication only • Informs our planning • Select subjects from each Group (1-6) • Try and gather numbers on “more than one science, humanity or arts subject” • Also indication of… • possible area(s) of further study • country where you will study (if known) • institute where you would like to study (if known)

9. Subject Selection for Diploma - timeline • Staff speak with students in classes about DP offering • until Mon 11 April • Parents speak with children • Email staff with questions, as required • Students supported to make selections by LA’s • 12-14 April

10. Year 11 Visual Arts 4 main units of study – broad thematic units, students have a choice of art materials and techniques Identity (Health & Social Education) - personal identity, cultural identity, migrations, the experience of migrants/ third-culture kids and globalization Site Specific Art(Environment) – study of contemporary artists who create artworks for specific sites; the relationship between an artwork and the environment in which is it created and exhibited Stories (Human Ingenuity) - How do artists tell stories? How does art inform us of the world around us? Students will develop an appropriate narrative, style and technique to either tell one of their own stories or the story of someone else Self Directed Community Project (Community & Service) - responsible citizenship and international mindedness, developing independent inquiry skills.

11. Year 11 Visual Arts In preparation for DP Visual Arts: students are encouraged to be more self-directed and independent in both their research work and exploring their own ideas increased class time - concepts and techniques explored at an increasing level of depth class critiques and opportunities (in class presentations, podcasts, etc) for students to develop confidence to speak about their work exposure to the work of others – field trips, artists research tasks, visiting artists, visits to student exhibitions of DP work, connections with other schools

12. Year 11 Music • The essence of Music in Year 11 is that the students have to enjoy making music and commenting and analysing what they hear. • Music is made through composition using the notation software Sibelius and through performance as a soloist and member of an ensemble.

13. Units of work

14. MYP 5 Music Assessment • Music for Small Ensembles • Classical Era composition featuring Theme and Variation • Romantic Era listening and score analysis of SymphonieFanasticby Hector Berlioz • Jazz Music • Solo or ensemble performance • Music for Media • Listening Analysis • Composition of a piece for media (film, movie trailer, TV, radio, computer game or mulitmedia • Special Interest Project • Assessment will be designed by the student with negotiation with teacher

15. Public Performance • Term One - November • Term Three – May: MYP Music Concert • Also: • Recital Evening and Annual Concert • Arts Week Activities • College Celebrations

16. Year 11 Drama A continuation of MYP Drama Preparation for DP Theatre Arts

17. Theatre in the Making • You will devise and plan a range of drama performances. • You will learn more about: • the role of the actor, designer and director • elements of production and how they provide technical support in a theatre performance.

18. Theatre in Performance • You will work as a member of a production team to create devised and scripted performances for an audience.

19. Independent Project • You will pursue an interest, enquiry or passion in theatre. • This will be inspired by your studies during the course and presented in a manner chosen by you.

20. Theatre in the World • You will explore a range of theatre traditions and cultural practices from around the world and from different historical periods.

21. Assessment • You will continue to be assessed using the following assessment criteria: A Knowledge and Understanding B Application C Reflection and Evaluation D Personal Engagement

22. The Developmental Workbook • You will continue to document your progress in your Developmental Workbook. • You will be expected to use it to record your own creative process from initial brainstorming and planning, through rehearsals to performance. • It is used to assess all four Arts criteria.

23. Expectations • Rehearsals outside of lesson time • Performances in and out of normal school time • Theatre visits

24. Is Drama the option for me? • Do I enjoy working in groups? • Do I enjoy performing?

25. Geography The nature and consequences of interactions between people and the environment Fields of inquiry: disasters inequalities in wealth and development urban environments tourism and sustainability. practical fieldwork

26. History Examining continuity and change that has shaped the world in which we live Fields of inquiry: • perspectives, mindsets, human • experience • conflict, war, revolution • identity, communities • repression, oppression, injustice.

27. The allocation of scarce resources through market forces. • Macroeconomic concepts - global trade, unemployment, inflation, economic growth and sustainable development.  • Create economic models, analyse and compare data, evaluate government policies.

28. Technology All students take technology courses until end of MYP All technology courses delivered through focused tasks and design and make projects All projects follow the same ‘design cycle’ model; students investigate a problem, generate ideas, plan, create and evaluate a solution In year 11 students will take two of the following three units; a food unit, a resistant materials/CAD unit, a systems/IT unit

29. Where to from here? • Year 11 Selections • Form home this week • ‘Pathways’ booklet as a guide • Students speak with staff • Parents speak with children / email staff • Selections returned 11/4 • Diploma ‘Indications’ • Staff speak with all Y10 students before 11/4 • ‘Pathways’ booklet as a guide • Students speak with staff • Parents speak with children / email staff • Indications completed 14/4 (at school)

30. Staff emails Claire Connor – Drama claire.connor@discovery.edu.hk Robert Chaytor – Music robert.chaytor@discovery.edu.hk Natalie Kunst – Visual Art natalie.kunst@discovery.edu.hk Flora Mather – Humanities flora.mather@discovery.edu.hk John Wilson – Technology john.wilson@discovery.edu.hk