Page 14 - Welcome to Year 9 2024

French/Spanish
Head of Department:
Miss A Loten
Summary of Programme for Year 9:
Students will deepen their knowledge of their chosen language(s), practising comprehension skills with listening and reading exercises. Through completing speaking and writing tasks, grammar is practised and extended and vocabulary used in context. We also work more with translation both into the foreign language(s) and into English. As we cover familiar topics e.g. my family and my hobbies, different and more complex structures are introduced. We use online resources to help learn vocabulary and to develop more independent study. When learning a language, there is always an element of culture, and we study a film and get a taster
of music and literature as well as learning about festivals and famous people.
Does the Year 9 course include any elements of the GCSE?
We start the full GCSE course in Year 9.
Geography
Head of Department:
Mr J Kimber
Summary of Programme for Year 9:
Geographers in Year 9 will explore a wide range of topics in both
the human and physical world.
In human geography, we look at development, the Middle East, and how Asia is being transformed. In physical geography we will explore tectonics, glaciation and climate change.
Does the Year 9 course include any elements of the GCSE?
Although we do not teach GCSE content in Year 9, we will explore the key skills required and introduce students to the types of questions they would likely get in the examination hall.
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