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KS4 Option ChoicesStretford High School KS4curriculum:In Year 10 & 11 all students will

automatically take a core set ofsubjects: English GCSE (& English

Literature for some) Maths GCSE Science Double Award GCSE or

BTEC Core PEIn addition learners will sit up to fouroptional subjects. These will beselected from the list in this booklet.

What you need to do: Discuss with your child the subjects that

they enjoy and the future areas that they

might like to study or work in in the future. Come to Parents Evening on Thursday 7th

March from 4-7pm and discuss potentialchoices with the relevant subject teachers.

Go to www.stretfordhigh.com/year-9-optionsto read more detail about each subject.

If you need further advice speak with yourchilds Learning Tutor, Head of House,Progress Mentor or Mr Stucke or Mrs

Brindley. Choose the top six subjects that your child

would like to do in Y10 & 11. Submit the top 6 choices via the form that

has been emailed to your child.

What we will do: Explain choices and process to

your child. Support you in making the right

choices. Take the top 6 choices of each

student and build 4 option blocksthat satisfy the most studentspossible.

Inform you of the 4 subjects thatyour child will be taking next year.

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Art & Design Business Studies Catering & Hospitality Computing Drama

French Geography Graphic Products History Maths AS-Level Music PE

Photography Product Design

Technology Psychology Religious Education Resistant Materials Triple Science (Biology,

Chemistry & Physics) Sociology Spanish Textile Design Urdu

All students will take Science as one of their core

lessons, but if they wish to do Triple Science in order

to gain separate GCSEs in Biology, Chemistry &

Physics they will need to take it as one of their 4

options. This is due to the additional time required to

study for the 3 GCSEs.AS-Maths and Triple Science are only suitable for

those targeted an A*-B in those GCSEs.All GCSEs will be examined at the end of the course in

Summer 2015, they may also have a Controlled

Assessment (coursework) element.

GCSE Options CreativeMedia

Production BTEC Dance BTEC

Sport BTEC

BTEC qualifications are mainly coursework based.

Students will produce a portfolio of work through their

time on the course. There will be a small examinedelement to the course.The BTEC courses that we run are all well respectedby local Colleges. Whilst these courses will only count

as 1 GCSE in school league tables students will gain

a qualification of real value.

Vocational Options

Y9 Parents /Options

Evening

Thursday 7th

March 4-7pmWe look

forward to

seeing you and

discussing

your childs

futureFurther details about each course and a list offrequently asked questions are available on the school

website, including information about the EnglishBaccalaureate.If you have any further questions please dont hesitate

to call the school and speak to either your childs

Learning Tutor, Head of House or Progress Mentor. If

they cant help please speak with Mr Stucke, Assistant

Headteacher or Mrs Brindley, Associate Headteacher.

Further Information