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Year 9 Education & Progress Updates | College Curriculum Overview

Learn about the Year 9 curriculum, attendance impact on GCSE grades, and progress reporting at our educational institution. Get involved, access resources, and support your child’s learning journey. Contact us for more details.

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Year 9 Education & Progress Updates | College Curriculum Overview

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  1. Welcome

  2. Who is looking after your son/daughter? Form Tutor Education for Everyone (E for E) College Leader & Deputy Student Support Staff Guidance Leaders Subject Teachers

  3. Communication School Planner Letters Website Telephone Parent Portal / Reviews Text (Groupcall) Email Consultation Evenings

  4. Attendance Key factor in a student’s success Phone early everyday Note in school planner Expect a text

  5. Ways to ensure good attendance • Check your child’s attendance on the Parent Portal regularly. • Where possible make appointments outside of school time. • Please inform school if there is an ongoing medical condition. • Encourage your child to “give school a go”. • Let us know if you are concerned there is an underlying reason your child doesn’t want to come to school. • Support is available. • Holidays in term time are unauthorised absences

  6. 85% attendance results in an average underperformance of one GCSE grade across all subjects.

  7. The Year 9 Curriculum

  8. How is the curriculum organised? • GCSE courses are started in: • English: Language and Literature • Mathematics • Science • Theology and Ethics

  9. Science • Information evenings in year 9 and year 10 • Separate Sciences • Biology, Chemistry, and Physics • Combined Sciences

  10. How is the curriculum organised? • Working towards GCSE • Art • Design and Technology • Food and Nutrition, Graphic Products, Resistant Materials • Systems and Control, Textiles • Performing Arts • Music, Drama, and Dance • ICT and Computing • PE

  11. How is the curriculum organised? • Working towards GCSE • Geography • History • Modern Foreign Language • Bilingual option or single language • PSHCE and Careers

  12. Summary of lessons in year 9. • English • Maths • Science • Modern Foreign Languages • Design and Technology • Geography • History • ICT • Art • Performing Arts • Theology and Ethics • PE • PSHCE • 7 Lessons • 7 Lessons • 9 Lessons • 5 Lessons • 3 Lessons • 3 Lessons • 3 Lessons • 2 Lessons • 2 Lessons • 3 Lessons • 3 Lessons • 4 Lessons • 1 Lesson

  13. Year 9 Options • Students continue with a broad and balanced curriculum. • New subjects are offered. • A pathway for every student.

  14. Reporting Progress and Attitudes to Learning

  15. Reporting Progress and Attitudes to Learning • Two Parent Consultation Evenings • Tutor Evening (10thOctober) • Subject teacher evening (5th& 12thMarch) • Termly Review accessed through the Parent Portal • Autumn Review (6th December) • Spring Review - more detailed review to help students/parents make informed GCSE option choices (14th February) • Summer Review – summary (10th July)

  16. How will Progress be Reported? • Progress Purple : Above Expected Green : Expected Amber : Below Expected Red : Significantly Below Expected

  17. THS Parent Portal

  18. Parent Portal Access • More information and login details will be available at the year 9 tutor consultation evening on Thursday 10th October

  19. THS Parents’ Focus Group • Would you like to become more involved in shaping your child’s learning? • Do you have ideas and views that you would like to share with us? • Would you like to help us trial new initiatives? Email: tennion@thomas-hardye.net

  20. Opportunities “The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity"Ayn Rand

  21. A taste of what’s on offer… Environmental Projects College Sport Inter-College Quiz! School Orchestra and a range of musical clubs College School Links. School Productions. Debate Club Creative Writing STEM Club Illustration Sports Clubs College Charity links. Over 100 clubs to choose from!

  22. Readiness to learn. Uniform – Equipment – Punctuality.

  23. Transfer Day Thursday 4th July Students should bring: • Packed lunch • Pencil case • Cashless Catering Consent Form For students who will catch buses home – please be aware of the bus number e.g. D4 etc. The CanteenCashless Catering/Parent Pay

  24. First day of school Wednesday 4th September • Only new Yr9 in school. • Pupils will receive their timetables.

  25. E for E Education for Everyone SENCO Mrs Mel Orchard efore@thomas-hardye.net

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