Settle College - Year 8 / 9 Options

Year 8 Option Booklet 2010 Year 9 Option Booklet 2010

Settle College

Year 8 Options 2010

Option Subjects

The table overleaf is designed to give a flavour of the courses on offer. A full option booklet will be sent to all students and parents in January. This information will also be available on our website. We will be coming in to Middle Schools to support and advise students on their choices.

Students will list 4 subjects in order of preference – we will guarantee two of those subjects in Year 9 – options for Year10 and 11 can change
Pink shaded areas show those subjects which are a compulsory part of the curriculum
Blue shading indicates where students will have a degree of choice but that this will be guided by teaches, usually based on ability
Yellow shading indicates areas where there is a completely free choice
Talkabout is a study skills based course for students who are advised to focus on one fewer option choices in order to maximise their achievement
The COPE Award (Certificate of Personal Effectiveness) is, again, a skills based award designed to give a nationally validated qualification for those students who are less likely to achieve level 2 qualifications – entry onto this is by discussion between students, parents and teachers
All students are required to take a technology based subject (Graphics, Product Design, Catering or Textiles) as part of our Technology College status, however this can be in any of Years 9, 10 or 11
Level 2 = GCSE equivalent, Level 3 = AS/A2 equivalent
For BTec Dance and Drama students are required to perform as part of the examination, we therefore ask students to do a small (non threatening) audition to check they are comfortable with this
Continuity language is for those students who wish to keep their language (French or Spanish) alive before taking it at GCSE in Years 10 or 11
At the moment we expect to offer all the subjects listed. We hope to offer German but this is still in the planning stage. German would be started from scratch and would be for the more able students

Diploma Options

Diploma courses currently on offer are shown below. Students will undertake their core learning in their home school and their Diploma learning in the institutions shown below. The LA has undertaken to provide transport, however students will need to be aware of the time commitment to travel to other institutions for one full day each week. All diplomas are currently offered at Level 2, however Level 3 courses will be available by the time Year 8 are 16

2010 – Construction – Craven College 2011 – Creative & Media – Settle College

Land Based – Craven College Public Services – Craven College

Engineering – South Craven School ICT – Craven College

Business Admin & Finance – Craven College Sports – Aireville / Upper Wharfedale

Society Health & Development – Craven College

Hair & Beauty – Craven College

Hospitality – Craven College

Travel & Tourism – Craven College

	Hours per fortnight	Year 9	Hours per fortnight	Year 10	Hours per fortnight	Year 11
English	6	GCSE English Language/ Functional Skills	6	GCSE English Language	6	Level 3/AS
				GCSE English Literature		GCSE English Language GCSE English Literature Functional Skills
				Functional Skills
Maths	6	GCSE Maths Functional Skills	6	GCSE Maths Functional Skills	6	Level 3/AS GCSE Maths GCSE Statistics Functional Skills
Science	6	GCSE Science/ BTEC Science	8	GCSE Science/ BTEC Science	10	GCSE Science Separate Science BTEC Science
PE	4	Core PE	4	Core PE	4	Core PE
RE PSE Citizenship	4	GCSE Short Course RE	4	GCSE Short Course RE	4	GCSE Full RE
RE PSE Citizenship	4	PSE & Citizenship	4	PSE & Citizenship	4	PSE & Citizenship
ICT/MFL	4	Level 1/2 ICT AIDA or Continuity Language	2	Level 1/2 ICT Continuity Language
Options Choose 2 in Y9, 2 in Y10 and 2 in Y11	20 (10 hours per subject)	History Geography French Spanish German? Music BTEC Art Level 2 BTEC Dance Level 2 BTEC Drama Level 2 Graphics Product Design Textiles Catering Sports Studies Business Studies	20	History Geography French Spanish German? Music BTEC Art Level 2 BTEC Dance Level 2 BTEC Drama Level 2 ICT CIDA Level 2 Graphics Product Design Textiles Catering Sports Studies Business Studies COPE Award Talkabout Diploma Options (see over)	20	History Geography French Spanish German? Music BTEC Art Level 2 BTEC Dance Level 2 BTEC Drama Level 2 ICT CIDA Level 2 Graphics Product Design Textiles Catering Sports Studies Business Studies COPE Award Talkabout Diploma Options (see over) AS Options

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