Year 10
Welcome to the Year 10 page
The Year 10 tutor team for 2008 - 2009 are:
Head of Year: Mrs C Lambert
Assistant Head of Year: Mrs M Mitchelson
Click here for parts of the presentation on the Use of ICT to support students - as shown at the Year 10 Parents/Carers as Tutors Evening (PDF document).
Jump to: form tutors, message from the Head of Year, curriculum, homework,
trips, important diary dates or other important information.Miss S Alexander, Miss F Bartley; Mrs L Bartlett, Miss T Brown, Mr P Cook, Miss A Eccleston, Miss C Marshall, Mrs C Roberts, Mrs A Woodward and Mrs S West.
Having completed a very successful Key Stage 3, our year group now moves into their challenging and exciting Key Stage 4. This is where pupils start their GCSE courses, following the choices that they made during last year.
In Year 10 we encourage pupils to take increasing responsibility for their own learning. In order to help, we will monitor how they use their planner and advise them on issues concerning personal organisation and study skills. In October, we will be holding a ‘Parents/Carers as Tutors’ evening, designed to identify how you can assist and support your son/daughter through their new courses. I hope that many of you will be able to attend this evening on Wednesday 10th October.
The PSHE programme, taught by a specialist team in Year 10, covers RE, health issues and a ‘Law day’ where pupils will take part in a mock criminal trial. Year 10 will also participate in a Holocaust Day. The work related learning carries on in year 10 with pupils working on their Individual Learning Plans, thinking about their strengths and achievements and setting themselves targets for post GCSE courses. This culminates in a two-week work experience in July.
Sport and social opportunities will continue to play an important part in your child’s school life. There will be trips, visits, dance and drama productions, clubs and societies. Pupils will also have the opportunity to volunteer and train for The Listening Service, a befriending service offered to younger pupils. Our very successful year council will continue and our year representatives will, no doubt continue to be a moving force on the School Council.
This is a demanding and challenging year. As a school we work to set a climate in which standards are high and pupils and their achievements are celebrated. We continue to value your support throughout the coming year and are looking forward to this new challenge. If you have any concerns or points you would like to discuss, please contact us and we will do our best to help wherever possible.
All pupils follow the National Curriculum at Key Stage 4. Grades for GCSE are generally awarded for a combination of coursework and final written examination. Some subjects have a written examination only. Full details of the Key Stage 4 curriculum and individual subject outlines are in the Curriculum Booklet issued to pupils when they made their subject choices in Year 9. Details of coursework projects and deadlines are published at intervals during the two years.
Homework continues to be set in Year 10 and is an integral and valuable part of courses. Coursework projects and assignments will take longer. Students should also start to read around their subjects to enable them to develop ideas beyond formal text books and lessons. Students will need to take responsibility for keeping up to date with their work and should contact teachers immediately if problems arise. To help them with this, they will be given a planner for recording homework and coursework, forward planning and target setting. Parents/carers, please ask to see the planner regularly and sign it each week. There will also be a full programme of support in PSHE and in the individual subject areas to enable students to keep up to date with their work.
Trips Please note that details of school trips, and copies of letters sent home to parents/carers regarding these, can be found on the secure Business Centre website. Parents/carers need to sign up to access the website (click here to view the letter sent home regarding this - PDF document).For the most up to date information for the current week, please visit the "Events of the Week" page.
Monday 6th to Wednesday 8th October: Geography trips (one a day).
Wednesday 8th October: CIDA/DIDA trip.
Tuesday 14th October: SISA AGM in the evening.
Wednesday 15th October: Business Studies trip.
Thursday 16th October: GCSE Dance trip in the evening.
Friday 17th October: Year Council representatives trip.
Wednesday 22nd October: Professional Day.
Thursday 23rd to 30th October: Geography Department visit to South Africa.
Friday 24th October to Saturday 1st November: History Department visit to China.
Monday 27th to Friday 31st October: half term.
Tuesday 4th November: first Year Council training session.
Wednesday 5th November: GCSE Dance Workshop.
Wednesday 12th November: netball tournament after school.
Thursday 13th November: second Year Council training session.
Friday 14th November: Dance trip.
Friday 21st November: GCSE Science unit exams.
Wednesday 26th November: basketball tournament after school;
Friday 28th November: Music Concert trip.
Saturday 29th November: rugby fixture.
Monday 1st to Friday 5th December: GCSE Science internal assessments.
Friday 5th December: interform periods 3 - 5 (girls netball, boys football).
Tuesday 9th December: third Year Council training session.
Tuesday 9th to Thursday 11th December: School Pantomime performances each evening at 7.30pm in the School Hall.
Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th December: Christmas Concerts at 7.30pm in the School Hall.
Monday 22nd December to Friday 2nd January: Christmas holiday.
Monday 12th January: Rotary Young Chef Competition from 6.00pm to 9.00pm.
Saturday 24th to Tuesday 27th January: RE/Ethics visit to Poland.
Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th January: Spotlight evening performances.
Thursday 5th February: Work Experience launch assembly period 5; Work Experience parents/carers evening from 6.00pm to 7.00pm in the School Hall.
Wednesday 11th February: GCSE Poetry event; girls basketball tournament after school.
Monday 16th to Friday 20th February: half term.
Thursday 26th February: "Boombizz" Enterprise event all day in the Burgess Hall.
Tuesday 3rd March: Edexcel GCSE Maths module exams.
Thursday 5th March: Science internal assessment activities; World Book Day.
Friday 6th March: GCSE Science unit exams.
Monday 9th to Friday 13th March: French & German oral exams; National Science & Engineering Week activities.
Wednesday 11th March: interform periods 2 - 4 (mixed multi-sports); Music Department Spring Concert starting at 7.30pm in the Dining Hall.
Friday 27th March to Friday 3rd April: internal exams; Science internal assessment activities.
Wednesday 1st April: hockey tournament after school.
Friday 3rd to Saturday 11th April: ski trip.
Monday 6th to 20th April: Easter holiday (Professional Day on Monday 20th April).
Wednesday 29th April: parents/carers evening starting at 4.00pm.
Thursday 30th April: Work Experience preparation periods 1 - 3 in the Burgess Hall.
Monday 4th May: May Day bank holiday - school closed.
Thursday 7th May: Rotary Young Designer Competition in the evening.
Saturday 16th to Thursday 21st May: exchange group visit to Germany.
Monday 25th to Friday 29th May: half term.
Thursday 11th June: GCSE Maths module exams; athletics starting at 4.15pm.
Friday 12th June: GCSE Science module exams.
Saturday 13th to Thursday 18th June: exchange group visiting from Germany.
Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th June: Music practical exams.
Thursday 18th June: Drama trip.
Wednesday 24th June: Holocaust Day.
Thursday 25th June: Drama Performance dress rehearsal in the day followed by actual performance in the evening.
Monday 29th June to Friday 10th July: Work Experience.
Wednesday 8th July: Music Department Summer Concert in the evening.
Saturday 11th to Wednesday 15th July: GCSE Geography visit to Iceland.
Monday 13th July: Work Experience feedback periods 1 to 3.
Tuesday 14th July: Financial Capability event.
Friday 17th July: last day of term.
Monday 20th July: Professional Day.
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