Removes to L4th Choicesa) Creative & Technical Choice

Art

Design Technology

Drama

Electronics

Music

• You will do 2 of these next year• Put “1”, “2”, “3” in the order of preference against 3 of them• Everyone will get “1” and most will get “2” • If two are in equal second preference, write “2” twice• Only put “1” once

Removes to L4th Choicesa) Creative & Technical Choice

Art

Design Technology

Drama

Electronics

Music

Note that you can choose to continue to GCSE even if you have not done the subject in the L4th year, although itis rare pupils choose to do this.

Removes to L4th Choicesb) Language Choice

Classical Language Classical Greek

Modern Foreign Language

German

Russian

Spanish

You will continue with French and Latin in the L4th yearon top of the language choice you make above.

Removes to L4th ChoicesIf choosing the Modern Foreign Language Option

German

Russian

Spanish

• Put “1”, “2”, “3” in the order of preference.• If two are in equal first preference, write “1” twice• If two are in equal second preference, write “2” twice• “3” should only appear, at most, once• Most will get “1” and all will get “2” at least.

N.b. For the vast majority of you there will be noreason to choose between German, Russian or Spanish.

Removes to L4th Choices

Deadline for Options Form:

Tuesday 4th Feb by 8.25am to tutor

Late forms will get lower priority and those options will be done after all the other forms have been considered.

German, Russian

and Spanish

German, Russian and Spanish are phonetic - once you know the alphabet, you say what you see.

English and German are Germanic languages which means they share some of the same roots and have many similarities.

For example:Hair – HaarLamp – LampeShoe – SchuhLight - Licht

Spanish and French are romance languages which means they both have Latin roots and have many similarities.

English also has some roots in Latin.

For example:Gato - chat – catMúsica – musique – musicSerpiente – serpent - snake

Russian uses the Cyrillic alphabet.

But don’t worry, only some letters are different!

Many words such as sport, park, port and taxi all sound the same as in English.

Good reasons to choose a language:

I studied it before and enjoyed it.

I have family there.My Mum/Dad is German/Russian/Spanish.

Bad reasons to choose a language:We go skiing regularlyWe go on beach holidays regularly

My old teacher was boringIt sounds horribleI like/dislike the foodMy friends are studying it

CLASSICAL GREEK

Greek gives you the opportunity to learn a new alphabet.

Several of the letters will be familiar to you from maths or science.

c = 2pr -c test a-particles g-rays

angle qabgdezhqiklmnxoprstufcyw

Learning Classical Greek gives you the chance to extend your understanding of English.

e.g. telephone (tele = from afar, phone = voice)telescope (tele = from afar, skopos = a look-out)

- telefwnh

- tele skopoV

Many unusual scientific and technical words are derived from Greek.

e.g. plasma, asthma, ion.

plasma ἀσθμα ἰων

Why should I study Greek?

I am already enjoying Latin.

I have an interest in the Classical World.

I enjoy a challenge.

I am looking forward to studying another language which has influenced my own.

I hope that the logical thinking required will help with all my subjects.