Roundwood Park School School Information 2018/19 the School Day Curriculum Overview
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Roundwood Park School School Information 2018/19 The School Day Curriculum Overview 8.30 - 8.40 Register The Curriculum The school week is divided into 25 one-hour teaching periods. This excludes 8.40 - 9.40 Period 1 registration time. The lesson allocations are shown in the following charts. 9.40 - 10.40 Period 2 Although we are an academy, we choose to follow the National Curriculum. Topics required by the National Curriculum, but not covered in specific 10.40 - 11.00 Break lessons, e.g. health education, citizenship and careers, are delivered in a variety of ways. In Years 7 and 8 they are taught in weekly tutorials, in Year 11.00 - 12.00 Period 3 9 as part of the health education programme and in Years 10 and 11 as part of National Curriculum subjects such as English, history and physical 12.00 - 13.00 Period 4 education and through specialist one day workshops with outside speakers. 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 14.20 Tutorial/assembly Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9) 14.20 - 15.20 Period 5 Year 7 When students enter the school in Year 7, they are placed in mixed ability form groups. They are taught in these groups for most subjects throughout Students will be able to access the school from the year. The mixed ability groups help students settle into their new school 8.20am to use their lockers and gather in their and help our staff get to know them and their needs. In maths, students are form room. set across two bands (X side has 5 classes (3 forms) and the Y side has 6 classes (4 forms)), from the October half term. Students are expected to keep parents informed of their out of school activities and their likely time There is a need for some students to study maths and English for a of departure from school if, for instance, they are greater proportion of the week. These students are identified very early involved in games fixtures. Assemblies are held in September and are disapplied from either one or, in exceptional regularly on a year group or house basis at the circumstances, both modern foreign language options (French/German). beginning of each afternoon. They receive extra tuition in English, maths, or both, as appropriate. 2 Years 8 & 9 Subjects and lessons in Years 7-9 In Years 8 and 9, students continue in Subject No of hours per week mixed ability groups for their pastoral care and for most subjects. In Year 8, Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 ability banding is extended such that mathematics, English and humanities English 4 3 3 subjects (history, geography) are taught Mathematics 4 3 3 in broad ability groups. All other Science 3 3 3 subjects are taught in mixed ability groups. In Modern Languages students Art 1 1 1 are taught in mixed ability tutor groups Computer Science 1 1 1 until December. Then they will be taught in broad ability groups. Design & Technology 1 2 1 In maths, Year 8 students are set as they Drama 1 1 1 are in Year 7, but in Year 9 they are set Geography 1 1 2 across the whole year group. Science History 1 2 1 is taught in ability groups from the beginning of Year 9, when students begin Modern Languages 3 3 2 their GCSE course. In Year 9, students Music 1 1 1 can choose to study either French or German, and then one other subject PE 2 2 2 from French, German, Spanish or extra PRE (Philosophy, Religion & Ethics) 1 1 1 design and technology. Students will start their GCSE course in science and Tutorial 1 1 - short course PRE in Year 9. Health & Relationships - - 1 Education/Citizenship Option (French, German, Spanish, DT) - - 2 3 Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11) Students have a mixture of core subjects (those which are compulsory) and option subjects. The option choices are made in February of Year 9. Each option subject is taught for 3 hours per week. Maths and English are set across the full year group in Years 10 and 11. Subject No of hours per week Year 10 Year 11 English 4 4 Mathematics 4 4 Science 5 6 PRE 1 - Games 2 2 Option 1 (from geography/history/MFL/computer science if a student does not take triple science) 3 3 Option 2 3 3 Option 3 3 3 Option subjects: Art & Design Food preparation Music Art & Design (Textiles) & nutrition PE Business Studies French PRE Computer science Geography Separate Sciences - Design & Technology German (Grade 5 at end of Year 9 required) Drama Health and Social Care Economics History Spanish Health Education and Citizenship are delivered through a series of one day workshops. 4 The Sixth Form The Curriculum: Years 12 and 13 Roundwood Park has a strong and successful Sixth Form. We retain a high proportion of our Year 11 students and every year new students join the school in the Sixth Form. In addition to the main programme of A Level courses we run BTEC Level 3 courses and an extensive enrichment programme, as well as an option to take the Extended Project Qualification, IFS, CSLA and Core Maths. • Art – Fine Art • Extended Project Qualification • Media Studies* • Art & Design – Photography • Financial Studies (IFS) • Music • Biology • Food Technology* • Philosophy of Religion and Ethics • Business Studies (A Level and BTEC • French • Physical Education Level 3) • Further Maths • Physics • Chemistry • Geography • Product Design • Computing • German • Psychology • Core Maths • Government & Politics • Sociology • Drama & Theatre Studies • History • Textiles • Economics • Information Technology BTEC Level 3 • English Literature • Mathematics (Decision and Mechanics) * Taught in consortium at St George’s or Sir John Lawes Schools 5 Trips and visits Although not exhaustive, the following list is a typical example of the trips and visits students have the opportunity of participating in: Day Trips: St Albans, Enrichment Week trips Year 7 Residential Trips: UK team-building trip Day Trips: Ironbridge, Dunstable Downs/College Lake, Enrichment Week trips Year 8 Residential Trips: Rhineland (Germany) or Paris (France), netball tour Day Trips: Cambridge Botanical Gardens, Enrichment Week trips Year 9 Residential Trips: Battlefields, netball tour, French/German exchange, warm weather athletics (Majorca) Day Trips: Science Live!, Bletchley Park/National Museum of Computing, gallery visit, industry visit, Year 10 Enrichment Week trips Residential Trips: French/German Exchange, South Wales, netball tour, Berlin, warm weather athletics (Majorca) Year 11 Day Trips: Oaklands College, Duke of Edinburgh, Bletchley Park, gallery visit Residential Trips: Duke of Edinburgh, Berlin, warm weather athletics (Majorca) Day Trips: Oxford University taster day, theatre trip (English), City of London business tour, Forensic Biology, subject revision conferences, Whipsnade Zoo, UCAS Higher Education conference, Rothamsted Research, Year 12/13 National Space Centre, careers convention, STEM careers day Residential trips: Biology field trip (Yr 12), Liverpool geography trip (Yr 12), Cern (Yr 13 physics), Paris, St Petersburg and Moscow All Years Sport fixtures/trips, Drama theatre trips, Ski trip 6 Support for Learning Roundwood Park School is an inclusive school which values each and every member of the school community, whilst striving to raise aspirations and attainment in partnership with all stakeholders. The Learning Support department is staffed with teachers and teaching assistants who work closely with teaching staff, pastoral teams, students and parents. Working together, we aim to meet the learning, language, physical, emotional and social needs of students who need a little extra support to unlock their true potential. “Education for all”. We are the identified school within the area for provision for the physically/neurologically impaired student and the site has been adapted for this purpose. How do we do this? • Working within subject areas modifying, differentiating • In-class support, home learning and games clubs, home/ and extending materials to meet the wide range of needs school spelling programme, paired reading, social skills and within the school. We advise on the needs of individuals and catch-up classes are all provided if the need arises. strategies for supporting these students. • Consistent monitoring, assessment and observation of • Close liaison with parents/carers of students with Special individual students causing concern to mainstream staff. Educational Needs and Disability (SEND). Some students Students with EHC Plans and students on the SEN register, are assigned a specific “key worker/mentor”. including vulnerable groups, have access to a teaching assistant/key worker. • Liaison with outside agencies as and when considered necessary in order to address the educational needs of • Liaison with local primary schools and the pastoral team to individual students. support the transition from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 in the summer term prior to entry. • Detailed record keeping of all support offered to individual students and termly monitoring. • Yearly reviews/evaluation of support programmes and progress of individuals leading to individualised action plans • Screening all Year 7 students on entry – cognitive ability known as provision maps. tests. These results then ascertain current work levels and put in place extra provision if necessary. 7 In-Class Support Monitoring and assessment • As a short term measure for a particular We have a well-developed school There are a variety of ways in which concern. assessment and marking policy, so parents/carers can discuss progress with • Long term as specified in a particular that students experience consistency staff. All students receive at least two student’s Education Health Care Plan (EHC). across all subjects. The policy includes interim reports a year, with one of these • General for groups with a small number “Assessment for Learning”, which helps containing extended comments from of students who need a little extra help.