Year 9 OptionsChoose your Options for Keys Stage 4

Read the Booklet

• Consider the options on offer

• Think about your strengths and

how the subjects on offer will

match these.

• Make use of the Parents

How to Make your Choice of Options

Read the Bookletmatch these.

Discuss your ideas

with parents and

staff

• Make use of the Parents

Consultation Evening on Thursday

2nd February

• Be prepared to change your mind

based on the advice of parents

and staff

• Make sure you list your choices in

How to Make your Choice of Options

with parents and

staff

based on the advice of parents

and staff

Fill in the options

form and return it

to your tutor

• Make sure you list your choices in

order of preference

• Make sure you and your parents

sign the form

• Return the form by Wednesday

9th February

• The school will consider your

How to Make your Choice of Options

form and return it

to your tutor

• Return the form by Wednesday

10th February

Options process

• The school will consider your

preferences and may wish to

discuss these with you

• Your choices will be circulated to

subject staff to confirm that they

feel you have the right package

• The school will send you a letter

How to Make your Choice of Options

Options processsubject staff to confirm that they

feel you have the right package

We will write to you

• The school will send you a letter

showing your finalised options -

this letter will be sent in Term 3

• You need to return the agreement

slip from the letter to make sure

you keep your options places.

How to Make your Choice of Options

What are the core subjects?

The core subjects are compulsory for every student, these work towards the Welsh Baccalaureate

Core

Subjects

MathsCore PE

English

MathsCore PE

Core

English

Maths

SubjectsScience

(Double or Triple)

WelshBaccalaureate

Welsh

Baccalaureate

SubjectsReligious

Studies

Core

English

Core PE

Core

Subjects

English

Maths

Science

(Double or

Triple)

WelshWelsh

Baccalaureate

Religious

Studies

Core PE

Options

• At Crickhowell High School we provide a wide range of world class option choices to meet the needs of all our learners whatever their ability

• We still offer 4 option blocks to enable students to study those special subjects they feel passionately about

• Invariably there may be some clashes but we have sought to minimise these by offering some subjects in more than one block

Option A

oComputer Science

oFood & Nutrition

oGeography

oGraphics

oHistory

oPE

Option B

oPerforming Arts (BTEC)

oPhotography

oCollege – Business, Motor Vehicle Maintenance,

Construction

Option A

Computer Science

Food & Nutrition

Geography

Graphics

History

Option B

oArt

oFrench

oGerman

oMusic

oPhotography

oPerforming Arts (BTEC)

oCollege – Business, Motor Vehicle Maintenance,

Construction

Option C

oDrama (GCSE)

oDT: Resistant Materials

oHistory

oMandarin

oCollege – Business, Motor Vehicle Maintenance,

Construction

Option B

Photography

French

German

Performing Arts (BTEC)

Business, Motor Vehicle Maintenance,

Option C

oArt

oDrama (GCSE)

oDT: Resistant Materials

oHistory

oICT

oMandarin

oCollege – Business, Motor Vehicle Maintenance,

Construction

Option D

oFrench

oGeography

oMedia Studies

oReligious Studies

Option C

Drama (GCSE)

DT: Resistant Materials

History

Mandarin

Business, Motor Vehicle Maintenance,

Option D

oFrench

oGeography

oMedia Studies

oPE

oReligious Studies

Option

AoComputer Science

oFood & Nutrition

oGeography

oGraphics

oHistory

oPE

Option

BoArt

oPhotography

oFrench

oGerman

oMusic

oPerforming Arts (BTEC)

oCollege – Business, Motor Vehicle

Maintenance, Construction

Option

CoArt

oDrama (GCSE)

oDT: Resistant Materials

oHistory

oICT

oMandarin

oCollege – Business, Motor Vehicle

Maintenance, Construction

Option

D

oFrench

oGeography

oMedia Studies

oPE

oReligious Studies

College needs to be chosen in both B + C as it’s 2 GCSE Equivalents

Core

English

Maths

Science

Core PE

Religious Studies

Welsh

Welsh

Baccalaureate

A

oComputer Science

oFood & Nutrition

oGraphics

oGeography

oHistory

oPE

B

oArt

oFrench

oGerman

oMusic

oPerforming Arts

(BTEC)

oPhotography

oCollege – Business, Motor

Vehicle Maintenance,

Construction

C

oArt

oDrama (GCSE)

oDT: Resistant

Materials

oHistory

oICT

oMandarin

oCollege – Business, Motor

Vehicle Maintenance,

Construction

D

oFrench

oGeography

oMedia Studies

oPE

oReligious Studies

College needs to be chosen in both B + C as it’s 2 GCSE Equivalents

The Welsh Baccalaureate

Questions