Options 2017-18

Monday 11th September

How do options work?

• Monday period 5/6 = options

• Wk A option 1

• Wk B option 2

• At February half term change to option 3 and option 4

• Spanish = must do this as option 1 and 3 or 2 and 4.

Philosophy

Global

Environmental

Challenges

Mrs Cooper

Some of the issues we will look at are – - Global Climate Change - Ozone depletion - Deforestation - Desertification - Pollution – air, water and land - Resource depletion - Environmental degradation - Public health issues - Overpopulation

We will focus on the following - - Causes of environmental issues - The impacts at local, regional and global scales - Environmental management - Future sustainability

- Case studies

This course has excellent cross curricular links, particularly with Geography and Science.

Navigating and orienteering

Advanced map reading and orienteering is

fun, challenging and educational. If you are

interested in pursuing Duke of Edinburgh in the

future this will give you a huge head start!

How is this linked to a GCSE??!!

?

Mindfulness

• Being present

• Observations

• Thought patterns

• Scripts

• Transactional Analysis

• Self-compassion

Classic Meditations…

• Buddhist chanting

• Breath work

• Candle meditation

• Mandalas

• Visualisation

• Shamanic journeying

Physical

• Walking meditation

• Medicine Walk

• 5 Rhythms Dance

• Scrapbooking (future visions)

• Mandalas

• Zen sand gardens

Stress management

• All the previous slides plus…

• Diet and food

• Lifestyle

• True relaxation

• Habits

WHY CHOOSE SPANISH AS AN

OPTION?

WHY LEARN SPANISH?

SPANISH, SPANISH EVERWHERE!

With 400 million speakers, Spanish

is the fourth most commonly

spoken language in the world.

Only Mandarin, English and Hindi

have more speakers

If you count only native

speakers, Spanish outranks

English.

Spanish is an official language

on four continents and is the

mother tongue in 21 countries.

The sheer number of Spanish

speakers and their rate of

growth makes learning Spanish a

smart choice!

LEARNING SPANISH WILL HELP YOUR

CAREER

With such a large Spanish population

in America and expanding Latin

American economies, employers are

in need of people who speak Spanish

Big businesses are realizing the

importance of trade with Latin

America and companies everywhere

are expanding there.

TRAVEL

Native Spanish speakers live in some of

the most interesting destinations in the

world.

Venezuela, for example, has the

longest Caribbean sea coastline of

any nation.

Visit Peru, where Paddington came

from!

Of course, there’s Spain and the

wonderful cities of Madrid and

Barcelona. Seville, where you see

oranges growing on trees when walking

down the street ……

IMPROVE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF

ENGLISH

Much of the vocabulary of English has

Latin origins. Studying Spanish will give

you a better understanding of English

vocabulary.

Learning another language helps your

understanding of English grammar,

especially the tenses.

IT’S FUN!

It’s great to experiment with a different

accent and try to sound as Spanish as

possible and it can build confidence.

LET’S GO!

VAMOS!

Greece - language,

culture and history

Α α Β β = Alphabet Δ δ Ω ω

Έλλάδα

Italia - Italy – language and

culture Buongiorno Buonasera Buonanotte

Ciao

Prego

Poetry

Past and Present Poets

What will it include?

What is poetry?

Poet focus

Poetry analysis

Comparing poems

Explore a range of poems

Writing poems

Creating an individual anthology

? Your suggestions

Narrative poems

Limericks

Haikus

Sonnets

Shape poems

Song lyrics

And many, many more

Types of poems

Media Studies

books

magazines

newspapers

television

film

video games

music

mobile phones

software

Internet advertising

Magazines

Gameshows

Advertising

Gender and the Media

Film Trailers

Triple Science Preparation

Mrs Chambers/ Mrs Allen

Why Triple Science Preparation?

• Choice at Upper school

• Science is compulsory

• You don’t get to choose

which Science disciplines

You study

• You might be offered the choice

to take Triple Science.

Why Triple Science Preparation?

• If you think you might want to choose Triple Science GCSE this option will help to support you in the transition between KS3 and GCSE.

• You DO NOT have to take this option in order to be allowed to take triple science GCSE (but it might help)

• Knowledge • New areas to study

• More in depth

• Scientific Method and Skills • More opportunities to hone your planning, practical

and evaluative skills

• Get to grips with GCSE terminology

PE THEORY &

LEADERSHIP

Divided in to two sections:

1. Theory

2. Leadership

Overview of the year

Leadership

- Leadership skills in small groups

- Lead a year 4 event or a year 5 PE

lesson

Overview of Fitness Unit

This unit is broken down into three parts:

1: Components of fitness 2: Improving your fitness 3: PEP (Personal exercise programme)

• Preparing you for GCSE PE

• Increase your own fitness levels

• Develop a greater understanding of your

own body and how it adapts to exercise

• Introduce you to a variety of fun and

exciting ways to exercise

Aims of the unit

• All lessons involve both theory and practical

elements

• You will need PE kit for all lessons

• Most lessons are outside so bring weather

appropriate clothes

• Be prepared to work hard and reap the rewards

Need to knows

Art Options Print Making Project

Trying out a range

of different print

making

techniques

Mono Printing

Lino Printing

Lino Printing

Lots of different

drawing

techniques

• For Options you will be doing a project based on your own drawings and ideas

• These will then be used to create a variety of different prints using techniques that you don’t usually have time to try during standard art lessons.

Art Options

Experience being a chef!

Gain confidence in preparing a cooking

meals for your family.

Mr Lee

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u

GZvhB8-wXc#action=share

Scrumdiddlyumptious

Thinking about ‘A’ level English

Literature

Opening Lines

• It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.

• It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.

• If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like.

• Hale knew before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him.