Revised Timetable Summer Term

24th April 2020

Dear Parents and Carers

Here are the new timetables for Years 7-10:

	Week A						Week B
7&8	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri		Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri
	Maths	Science	English	Geog	English		Maths	Science	English	Science	English
	MFL	Maths	DT	MFL	Science		Art	Drama	Hist	MFL	CS
	Drama	Hist	Art	RPE	CS		RPE	Maths	Geog	DT	PSHE
9	English	Science	English	Maths	English		English	Science	English	Science	English
	Maths	Maths	A	MFL	Science		Maths	Maths	Hist	MFL	Maths
	MFL	Hist	B	C	PSHE		MFL	A	C	B	Ind Study
10	Maths	Maths	Options(A)	English	Options(B)		Science	Maths	Options(A)	English	Options(C)
			Geography		Geography		Physics		Geography		Geography
			History		History				History		History
			Triple Science		Triple Science				Triple Science		Business
			Business		Business				Business		Comp Science
			GCSE PE		Comp Science				GCSE PE		iMedia
			BTEC Sport		iMedia				BTEC Sport		RPE
			Animal Care		DT				Animal Care		Engineering
			Music		Hosp. & Cater.				Music		Child Develop.
			Art		Drama				Art		Art
			Photography		Art				Photography
	Science	French	English	Options(C)	Science		French	Independent Study	English	Options(B)	Science
	Physics	German		Geography	Chemistry		German			Geography	Chemistry
		Spanish		History			Spanish			History
				Business						Triple Science
				Comp Science						Business
				iMedia						Comp Science
				RPE						iMedia
				Engineering						DT
				Child Develop.						Hosp. & Cater.
				Art						Drama
	Options(B)	Independent Study	Science	Maths	French					Art
	Geography		Biology		German		Options(A)	Options(C)	Science	Maths	English
	History				Spanish		Geography	Geography	Biology
	Triple Science						History	History
	Business						Triple Science	Business
	Comp Science						Business	Comp Science
	iMedia						GCSE PE	iMedia
	DT						BTEC Sport	RPE
	Hosp. & Cater.						Music	Engineering
	Drama						Art	Child Develop.
	Art						Photography	Art
	Statistics	Film Studies	Art				Statistics	Film Studies	Art
			Psychology						Psychology

 

Year 9 Option Blocks
Block A	Block B	Block C
Triple Science	Child Development	Animal Care
Computer Sci	Triple Science	Computer Sci
History	Geography	Geography
Drama	Art	Geography
Photography	Design Technology	History
Business	History	Art
Geography	GCSE PE	Religious Studies
Engineering	Sport	Music
Art	iMedia	Business
	Engineering	Design Technology

 

Looking at how students have worked in the first three weeks of online learning, and listening to feedback from families, our aim is for this to make learning meaningful for all pupils, manageable for those who were finding it difficult to access or to get through the day’s work (for a host of understandable reasons), and ambitious and stretching for those who are wanting to go further. The changes are as follows:

Year 10

Very similar to previously, but with Careers and PSHE now timetabled.

Year 9

We have moved students into their Options groups. This is so that the work they are doing helps them towards the courses they’ll start in September. We hope this will mean their learning plays to their interests and strengths. They won’t necessarily be starting the Key Stage 4 courses now; often this will be about giving work that will lead them towards those courses – bridging the gap between Key Stage 3 and 4 - and mean that they’re in a really strong position in September.

History will remain as a Core subject that all pupils must study. This is because the study of the Holocaust is statutory: all pupil have to learn about it at Key Stage 3, and this is the point of the year at which our curriculum covers it. It is clearly a hugely important part of their education; very careful thought has gone into how to make sure this is appropriate in the context of distance learning. Those opting to study History as an Option will be given bridging work in their Option slot.

Students will receive an email today confirming their Options subjects. Students who have been given a reserve subject have already had this confirmed.

Years 7 and 8

Drama now features on the timetable, whereas Music is now optional – this is so that children with the resources and interest to have a go at the practical Music tasks can do so, but those without shouldn’t worry.

PE will also set an optional challenge activity, to be attempted at any point during the week. The optional lessons are set as ‘Announcements’ on Show My Homework, so look out for these.

There are three learning slots (beyond the morning PE, reading and numeracy). This is so that those who were finding the day’s work overwhelming will hopefully manage it more easily, and so that pupils can spend longer on tasks that they are interested in, if they want to. 

Extension and Enrichment

We know that some pupils are keen to go further. We think it is most sensible to set work that can be achieved by all, with a range of optional activities that are genuinely stretching, interesting and ambitious for those who want them. Pupils may already have had a go at some of the History and RPE activities, for example, that have been shared on the website and on social media.

Now, a range of extension tasks will be set each week on the CATalogue homepage. Pupils can have a go at all or any of these, and follow instructions in each case as to how to share their learning with teachers.

Changes to Teachers

Some of these changes will mean that pupils are now being set work by, or asked to submit work to, a different teacher to previously. They should make sure that they follow instructions given to them in each subject about this.

We have been really impressed by the quality of the work done by pupils. Thank you for all that you have done to support them in this, which we know very well can be challenging. We’ve enjoyed sharing some of the highlights of work submitted via social media each Friday, so look out for that today!

 

Emily Moody

Deputy Principal

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