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Each year 80% of or ers achieve heir firs choice niversiy. Inrodcion We believe or is a niqely close-kni commniy of inspiring yong women. The combinaion of being on he op rng of a small school and wider involvemen wih he res of he Loghborogh Endowed Schools camps of more han 2000 sdens is hgely beneficial. Alongside he rich choice of co-crriclar aciviies, or ers are also encoraged o ake on leadership responsibiliies which pariclarly si heir personaliies, experience and alens from looking afer yonger ppils o organising chariy evens or acing as ambassadors for he School. Tha s why or ers ofen prove or greaes selling poin. Age 16-18 Girls 47
A Level Choices A A Level, or sdens can sdy all he sbjecs on offer across he Conven, Grammar and High School crricla. They have 28 A Level opions o choose from which is an excepional offer Years 12 13 for a of or size. Mos sdens ake hree A Levels and also choose o Ages 16 o 18 prse an exra qalificaion sch as he Exended Projec Qalificaion (EPQ). Higher Edcaion and careers advice (inclding Oxbridge menoring) is of he highes qaliy. A Level Prospecs 48
HOME - SIXTH FORM Spors Leadership Spors Leadership is an exciing, fn and pracical corse which develops vial skills for employmen, frher edcaion or raining. The corse develops skills sch as self-confidence, organisaion, planning, commnicaion and eamwork hrogh he medim of spor. In Year 12, wihin recreaional PE lessons, yo will ge he opporniy o selec o gain he Spors Leaders Level 2 qalificaion. Spor Leaders is a naionally recognised awarding body ha enables learners o assis in leading prposefl and enjoyable spor and physical aciviy. A Level Prospecs 49
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The nex sep forward As yo can see, we offer an impressive range of A Level choices a remarkable 28 sbjecs are available o yor dagher. Academically, or sdens enjoy he bes of boh worlds: small class sizes wih his wide-ranging choice of corses. B deciding beween hese myriad opions can prove a daning ask. Tha s why we ask ha yo and yor dagher begin alking o s as early as Year 10 abo he exciing possibiliies ahead. This will ake accon of her niversiy and career aspiraions as well as her crren skills and enhsiasms. In addiion, he Year 12 and Year 13 inegrae wih each oher as well as wih lower years. So yor dagher will also become a role model for yonger ppils and a prod ambassador for or School. 51
A Level corses Fine Ar or Texiles 53 Biology 54 Bsiness 55 Chemisry 56 Classical Civilisaion 57 Classical Greek 58 Comper Science 59 Design & Technology 60 Drama & Theare Sdies 61 Economics 62 English Lierare 63 French 64 Frher Mahemaics 65 Geography 66 German 67 Hisory 68 Hisory of Ar 69 Lain 70 Mahemaics 71 Msic 72 Msic Technology 73 Physics 74 Physical Edcaion 75 Poliics 76 Psychology 77 Religios Sdies 78 Sociology 79 Spanish 80 Level 3 Corses Applied Science 81 Food, Nriion & Healh 82 52
Fine Ar or Texiles By choosing a creaive sbjec o sdy yo will develop an appreciaion of, and engagemen in, Ar, Craf and Design. As criical consmers yo will gain an ndersanding of is role in he creaive and clral indsries ha shape and enrich or lives. Creaiviy is conagios, pass i on. Alber Einsein Enhsiasm and a desire o experimen wih new maerials and ideas is essenial for sccess. Yo will be encoraged o record he world arond yo sing a variey of media, from he radiional hrogh o conemporary digial phoography and maniplaion. Sdying a creaive sbjec provides an inrodcion o poenial careers in he visal and creaive ars, fashion, heriage, clral, digial and design media indsries. ASSESSMENT: Porfolio 60%: A pracical porfolio of personal work wih a relaed sdy on a opic iniiaed by he sden Exernally se ask 40%: Based on a opic chosen from a pre-released exam paper COURSE CONTENTS 53
Biology Biologiss sdy he naral world and all he living hings in i, from he larges mammals down o or own microscopic DNA. They ry o ndersand how animals and organisms work, how we evolved and he hings ha can make s sick or improve or healh. The sdy of Biology will prepare yo for a variey of careers where yo can make a difference in he world wheher i be working in a laboraory, a zoo, an ocean liner in he arcic or fieldwork in he Amazon rainfores. They hen se his knowledge o; sop he spread of disease, rack down naral resorces, improve pblic healh, care for and conserve animals and work o he re impac of hreas sch as pollion. Yo will also learn abo conroversial isses inclding geneic engineering, he se of sem cells, cloning and global warming. There is a srong emphasis on experimenal work and yo will gain valable pracical and oher ransferrable skills sch as nmeracy, problem solving, logical and criical hinking, analyical skills and he confidence o work boh independenly and collaboraively. There are a wealh of career opions ha reqire Biology; medicine, denisry, veerinary science, midwifery, physioherapy, forensic science and marine sdies. A Level Biology is a linear corse which is assessed a he end of Year 13 hrogh hree, 2 hor wrien exams. 54
Bsiness From Google o Topshop, Virgin o Facebook, he acions of bsinesses arond he world affec s all. By analysing how and why bsinesses are sccessfl he Bsiness A Level eqips yo wih he skills and knowledge o ndersand organisaions markeing and finance. Yo will also gain insigh ino how hey moivae saff; manage major projecs, operae in he economy and adap o he dynamic bsiness environmen. An ineres in crren bsiness affairs is essenial, b no specific GCSE sbjecs are reqired o gain access o his corse. This corse provides yo wih a fondaion for sdying Bsiness in higher edcaion. I is also siable if yo wish o prse a Level 4 appreniceship, or se yor learned skills direcly in he workplace. In he firs year yo will cover Bsiness Opporniies and Fncions and in he second year Bsiness Analysis and Sraegy and Bsiness in a Changing World. Assessmen is by hree 2 hor 30 mine examinaions on each componen a he end of he second year. 55
Chemisry We are srronded by Chemisry, from he air we breahe and he food we ea, o he clohes we wear. Chemisry is he sdy of sbsances: wha hey are made of, how hey work and wha role hey play in living sysems and he world arond s. Sdying Chemisry is all abo discovery, creaiviy, problem solving and commnicaion. Chemisry is essenial o develop new medicines, foods, fabrics, plasics, cosmeics and fels, o name b a few. I helps s o ndersand how biological sysems work, conrols he qaliy of or waer so ha i is safe o drink and keeps he air we breahe pre. Chemisry will keep yor career opions open and combines well wih oher sbjecs a A Level, sch as: Biology, Geography, Mahemaics and Physics. The corse aims o each yo chemical ideas wihin a conex led approach, spli ino opics covering differen key conceps of Chemisry. THE EXAMINATION INCLUDES THREE PAPERS: 1. Periodic Table, elemens and physical Chemisry 2. Synhesis and Analyical Techniqes 3. Unified Chemisry The pracical elemen is assessed hrogho he wo years o achieve he Pracical Endorsemen. 56
From women in he ancien world, o he sdy of religios beliefs and ancien acs of inolerance, Classical Civilisaion involves ineresing discssions ha are direcly relevan o oday s world. SIXTH FORM Classical Civilisaion Classical Civilisaion involves he sdy of he lierare, maerial clre, hogh, ideas and hisory of he Greek and Roman worlds. Yo do no need o know any langages, as all he exs are sdied in ranslaion, and no prior knowledge of he classical world is presmed. All yo need is an ineres in he ancien world, an enjoymen of classical myhology, and a willingness o read and discss lierare. An A Level in Classical Civilisaion will help yo acqire imporan ransferable skills, sch as analysing sorces, developing independen, criical and evalaive approaches. Yo will also improve yor abiliy o formlae an effecive line of argmen and develop a valable ndersanding of clres very differen from yor own. EXAMINATION: The AS level has wo modles: 1 The World of he Hero 2 Greek Theare The A Level comprises hree componens: 1 The World of he Hero 2 Greek Theare 3 Greek Religion 57
Classical Greek In order o access his qalificaion yo shold have aained a grade A or above in GCSE Classical Greek. Dring Year 12 yo will develop yor lingisic compeency, gaining frher pracice in ranslaing from Greek o English, meeing senences of greaer lengh and complexiy as well as learning he perfec and he plperfec enses. Yo will also gain some experience of ranslaing from English ino Greek as well as reading a selecion of Greek lierare, which will help yo develop yor skills of lierary analysis and yor appreciaion of boh prose and verse lierare. In addiion o developing yor langage skills, yo will also develop yor analyical, evalaive and lierary criicism skills, and yor abiliy The ac of learning an ancien langage can be invalable in improving he English langage skills of sdens. o srcre a logical and persasive argmen. The AS level comprises wo papers, Greek Langage and Greek Lierare, each worh 50% of he oal grade. THE A LEVEL COMPRISES FOUR PAPERS: Unseen ranslaion (33%) Prose composiion or comprehension (17%) Prose lierare (25%) Verse lierare (25%) 58
How far shold AI go? Can Big Daa predic earhqakes? Can Algorihms solve raffic problems? Is he Inerne of Things here o say? SIXTH FORM Comper Science A Level Comper Science is a sbjec where problem solving and he abiliy o hink in a creaive manner are essenial. The sbjec is less abo he sdy of compers han abo learning o hink compaionally. Compers however, are he ools ha we se. This is an ever changing sbjec where he echnology pdaes consanly, however, he heory of compaion and he mahemaics behind many of he algorihms are imeless. Comper Science is examined wih wo papers; one a pracical programming paper and a projec compleed in Year 13. There is a significan amon of pracical programming so experience in his is sefl, however we will be eaching he basics, so hose wih less programming knowledge can easily ge p o speed. Topics in he corse inclde neworking and commnicaions; daa represenaion, analysis of Big Daa; processor and hardware archiecre and comparison of problem solving algorihms, o name a few. The corse is sied o mahemaicians b also o people wih a keen ineres in echnology and a creaive abiliy o look a problems from a new perspecive. 59
Design & Technology (Prodc Design) This is he ideal sbjec o complemen and apply Mahs and he Sciences shold yo wish o follow a career in Prodc Design or Engineering. Pas sdens have moved in o very sccessfl careers in hese areas as well as Formla One, Moorspor in general, Aerospace and many ohers. The demands are high b so are he rewards working for companies sch as Mercedes, Airbs, Rolls Royce ec. Each year here is an examined projec as well as an exam, similar in srcre o he GCSE corse b mch more advanced. Yo will be expeced o have a horogh knowledge of he processes and eqipmen needed o prodce 3D working prooypes. Yo will need o devoe several hors of yor own ime o read arond he sbjec, as he exam is geared owards niversiy corses. The workload and demands are high, we expec o have advised and menored yor choice before yo reach s in Sepember as he sbjec shold be core o yor fre ambiions. 60
Drama & Theare Sdies More han any oher sbjec his sbjec encorages personal ownership and independen learning. Drama acively inspires sdens o grow ino ogoing and confiden adls, and also involves developing knowledge and ndersanding of major inflences in heare. The second year bilds on he componens of Exploraion and Performance and Theare Makers in Pracice sdied a AS level. The A2 bilds on he srenghs yo will have developed in he firs year and involves a good I am enogh of an aris o draw freely pon my imaginaion. Imaginaion is more imporan han knowledge. Knowledge is limied. Imaginaion encircles he world. deal of he responsibiliy for shaping he performance work. 1. Devising: Corsework comprising an exploraion of dramaic performance. The assessmen focs for his ni is based on process hrogh a porfolio and prodc (he final performance) 2. A2 Componen 2: Tex in Performance, his is a grop performance and a monologe o a visiing examiner. Designers can selec lighing, sond, se or cosme 3. Theare Makers in Pracice: 2 hor 30 mine wrien examinaion Alber Einsein In Secion A, yo complee a live heare review and in Secion B respond o The Accidenal Deah of an Anarchis. In Secion C yo are hen reqired o answer one exended qesion on Georg Bchner s incomplee ops Woyzeck. 61
Economics Tradiionally, Economics aracs a large nmber of srong Mahemaicians who can employ heir srenghs in analysing economic daa, b he inerdisciplinary nare of he sbjec means ha sdens from all backgronds, wheher Science or Ars, are capable of sdying he sbjec. The sdy of how hman beings organise and decide on key isses ha affec heir everyday lives is a challenging and relevan sbjec area for any sden. The firs year covers he basic principles of Economics, inrodcing and applying he essenial ools of Spply and Demand. I also considers key opics sch as Unemploymen, Inflaion, Balance of Paymens and Economic Growh. The second year provides an in deph sdy of Indsry, Finance and he Workplace and a deailed look a he Global Economy. Yo will be chiefly examined by demonsraing yor ndersanding of economic principles and applying wha yo have learn. Analyical and evalaive abiliy will be he main focs of he esing. The sbjec poenially broadens an oherwise narrow choice of Ars, Science or Langage and keeps fre opions open. 62
English Lierare English lierare a A Level is a dynamic and empowering sbjec. An acive approach o learning is cenral, encoraging yo o become an independen, creaive and criical hinker. Formal presenaions, informal discssion, independen research and collaboraive projecs will enable yo o develop a range of ransferable skills, making yo highly employable whichever career pahway yo choose. However, English lierare is abo mch more han providing yo wih a wealh of career opions. Sdying wriers from Shakespeare o Rossei o Awood, o name b a few, yo will embark on a jorney hrogh ime, place and clre. Along he way yo will engage wih complex isses sch as wha i means o be hman and an individal s role wihin sociey. Lively debaes are nderpinned by close exal analysis. Assessmen is by means of 80% examinaion and 20% corsework. If yo re a reader and enjoy debae, his is he corse for yo. 63
French Yo can se a langage for pracical commnicaion in leisre and work - a valable life skill. When learning a langage, yo also acqire ransferable skills, sch as problem solving, decision making, eamwork and commnicaion. The corse comprises of for Themes which deal wih varios aspecs of clre and sociey in France and he French speaking world. THE FOUR THEMES: Theme 1: Theme 2: Family srcres, edcaion and he world of work Msic, media and fesivals and radiions Theme 3: Immigraion and mliclral sociey in France Theme 4: Occpaion and resisance Yo will be assessed in all for skills: lisening, reading, wriing and speaking and he assessmen will inclde wriing essays and ranslaion from English ino French and vice versa. 64
Frher Mahemaics Yo will follow he new Edexcel A Level Frher Mahemaics corse. This consiss mainly of Pre Mahemaics wih elemens of Saisics, Mechanics and Decision Mahemaics. Pre Mahemaics incldes opics sch as complex nmbers and marices. Saisics incldes regression and goodness of fi ess. Mechanics incldes momenm, work and power and Decision mahemaics incldes algorihms and criical pah analysis. Yo will frher develop yor problem solving skills and will model siaions mahemaically, recognising assmpions and limiaions. Yo will reason logically, generalise mahemaically and make dedcions and inferences based on logical reasoning. Assessmen is by for eqally-weighed examinaion papers of 1 hor 30 mines each, wo of which are cenred on Pre Mahemaics wih he hird and forh papers cenred on choices of modles aken from Frher Pre, Saisics, Mechanics and Decision Mahemaics. 65
Geography A Level Geography covers boh he physical and hman environmens of he world in which we live. Throgho he corse yo will sdy he following Physical Geography opics: Waer and Carbon Cycles; Hazards; Coasal Sysems and Landscapes. Yo will also sdy he following Hman Geography opics: Changing Places; Global sysems; Poplaion and he Environmen. Yo will learn in a variey of differen ways, by sing maps and phoographs and analysing daa and saisics. Yo will also develop yor skills of discssion and debae, and yo will carry o a vas amon of exended research which will help yo o become an independen hinker and learner. Yo will also examine a variey of case sdies, ranging from local and naional examples, o hose from across he globe. These will help yo o add examples and evidence o yor answers, so ha yor ideas and conclsions are well sbsaniaed. The Geography A Level is assessed by wo wrien exams, each of which are 2 hors and 30 mines in draion and worh 40% of he A Level. Yo will also complee a Geography fieldwork invesigaion which is worh 20% and will be 3,000-4,000 words in lengh. 66
German Yo can se a langage for pracical commnicaion in leisre and work - a valable life skill. When learning a langage, yo also acqire ransferable skills, sch as problem solving, decision making, eamwork and commnicaion. The corse comprises of for Themes which deal wih varios aspecs of clre and sociey in Germany, Asria and Swizerland. THE FOUR THEMES: Theme 1: Theme 2: Environmen, edcaion and he world of work Msic, media and fesivals and radiions Theme 3: Immigraion and mliclral sociey in Germany Theme 4: Life in Eas Germany before and afer Renificaion; life in Germany since Renificaion Yo will be assessed in all for skills: lisening, reading, wriing and speaking, and he assessmen will inclde wriing essays and ranslaion from English ino German and vice versa. 67
Hisory Dring he A Level corse yo will bild pon he knowledge and skills gained a GCSE and will sdy a range of opics from differen conries and ime periods: The Tdors - 1485-1603; The American Dream - 1945-1980; Ani-Semiism, Nazi Germany and he Holocas - 1848-1945. In addiion o enriching yor knowledge, yo will frher develop yor hisorical skills inclding sorce analysis, consrcing argmens abo differen hisorical isses and reaching informed conclsions. Yo will also spend ime looking a he views and opinions of differen hisorians and comparing heir views wih yor own. Yo will be assessed hrogh wo examinaions, each of which are 2 hors and 30 mines in draion and are worh 40% of he A Level. Yo will also complee a corsework essay, which is worh 20%. 68
Hisory of Ar Ar is a way of responding o he world arond yo, i reflecs yor beliefs and ideas and is a way of commnicaing his o ohers. By sdying Hisory of Ar yo will be able o ndersand he reasons why ar conines o be sch an imporan aspec of hman life. Yo will also develop ransferable skills allied o Law, Adverising, Bsiness, Pblishing, Media, Film, careers in Galleries, Msems, bying/selling Ar. The sbjec also complemens degrees in Archiecre, Hmaniies and Markeing. Yo will gain in-deph knowledge and ndersanding which will be a lifelong asse and will inform yor everyday decision-making, opening yor eyes o new ideas and new ways of looking. DURING THE COURSE YOU WILL COVER: Themes in Ar: War, Ideniy, Nare Key ariss and archiecs in Wesern and non-wesern radiions Movemens in Ar Hisory sch as: The Renaissance, Modernism in Erope and conemporary ar and archiecre in Briain and he USA. YOU WILL SIT TWO EXAMS AT THE END OF THE SECOND YEAR: Paper 1 Visal Analysis and Themes Paper 2 Movemens in Ar. 69
Lain We know ha hose who have sdied he ancien langages are never, in fac, shor of job-offers. A op asse-manager recenly old me ha his firm always employed classiciss: hey sold more. If Richard Dawkins is righ, ha is becase wha Classics has always done is js each people how o hink. In order o access his qalificaion yo shold have aained a grade A or above in GCSE Lain. Lain enables yo o acqire an ndersanding of he clre, poliics and social life of Rome a a significan period of is hisory. Yo will sdy prose and verse exs, bilding on he knowledge and skills gained a GCSE. In langage work he emphasis is on increasing compeence in ranslaion and comprehension and yo will develop yor skills of ranslaing from English ino Lain. In addiion o developing yor lingisic faciliy, yo will also develop yor skills of analysis and evalaion, lierary criicism and he abiliy o formlae a logical and convincing argmen. The AS level comprises wo examinaion papers, Lain Langage and Lain Lierare, each worh 50% of he oal grade. THE A LEVEL COMPRISES FOUR PAPERS: Unseen ranslaion (33%) Prose composiion or comprehension (17%) Prose lierare (25%) Verse lierare (25%) Peer Jones, Taking The Long View 70
Mahemaics Yo will follow he new Edexcel A Level Mahemaics corse. This will consis mainly of Pre Mahemaics wih elemens of Saisics and Mechanics. Pre Mahemaics incldes opics sch as calcls, rigonomery, algebra and graphs. Saisics incldes probabiliy, daa presenaion and inerpreaion and hypohesis esing. Mechanics incldes kinemaics, forces and Newon s Laws of moion. Mahemaics affords excellen opporniies o enhance yor analyical and problem solving skills. In addiion o he knowledge ha yo can apply o scienific problems, yo acqire he logical skills o manage projecs, organise evens and even presen legal argmens. Assessmen consiss of hree eqally-weighed wo hor papers, wo of which are cenred on Pre Mahemaics wih he hird paper cenred on Saisics and Mechanics. 71
Msic We follow he ineresing and exciing AQA corse which offers an elemen of choice in he opics ha yo learn. Msic a A Level is srcred arond he same hree componens ha yo will have sdied a GCSE: lisening and appraising, performance and composiion. ASSESSMENTS AT THE END OF YEAR 12 AND YEAR 13 ARE AS FOLLOWS: Lisening, analysis and conexal ndersanding: Wrien exam wih lisening (40%) Msic performance: Solo and/or ensemble performance as an insrmenalis and/or vocalis and/or msic prodcion (35%) Composiion: To a brief and free composiion (25%) 72
Msic Technology This corse provides sdens wih a gronding in boh he heory and hisory of Msic Technology and is pracical applicaion hrogh a range of corsework-based asks and projecs making se of or new recording sdio. If yo are ineresed in becoming a sond engineer, record prodcer or working in he visal and sond media hen his corse is for yo. There are many career and higher edcaion opions open o anyone who achieves his qalificaion. These range from enry level jobs in sond deparmens a many heares o he highly presigios Tonmeiser degree a he Universiy of Srrey. The A Level also provides yo wih many ransferrable skills ha will prepare yo for he demands of higher edcaion and he world of work. DURING THE COURSE YOU WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING UNITS: Recording echniqes Masering and sond ediing Sond design and synhesis Technological developmen of he las 100 years 73
Physics Dring he corse yo will sdy he basics of Physics b also new, cing edge ideas; many presened in a conex ha relaes o he world arond s. Pracical invesigaion forms a large aspec of he corse and yo will develop many new skills and echniqes. THE A LEVEL IS SPLIT INTO SIX MODULES: Developmen of pracical skills in Physics Fndamenal daa analysis Physics is he science of everyhing, i ranges from he size of or niverse o he smalles deecable paricle. Physiciss se he laws hey ncover o develop new maerials, machinery, and echnology o improve or lives and help s explore he niverse frher. Physics in acion Undersanding processes Rise and fall of he clockwork niverse Field and paricle picres In recen years we have also complemened he corse wih exciing rips. For example, The Rherford Appleon Laboraory, Ferevenra on a Sars by nigh visi and several rips o CERN o view he Large Hadron Collider. There are hge career prospecs from sdying Physics, mch of he echnology ha affecs, eases and enriches or lives oday is physics based. 74
Physical Edcaion Sdying Physical Edcaion will help yo o develop he skills, knowledge and compeencies o live healhy and physically acive lives. The corse provides a solid fondaion for frher sdies relaing o movemen and he body, inclding he social and healh sciences, recreaion and orism. Throgho he corse yo will ndersand how physiological and psychological saes affec performance and he key socio-clral facors ha inflence people s involvemen in spor and physical aciviy. Yo will refine yor abiliy in one chosen aciviy by developing skills, echniqes and he se of selecing and applying acics and sraegies o enhance performance or composiional ideas. Wihin lessons yo will develop as PE is Powerfl Edcaion as i eaches, hrogh acive learning opporniies, he necessary knowledge and skills for working wih and relaing o ohers - developing leadership and eamwork. an effecive independen learner, and a reflecive hinker wih a crios and enqiring mind. OCR Level 3 Advanced GCE in Physical Edcaion (H555) 75
Poliics Poliics appeals o he inellecally crios and has a long pedigree as an A Level ha faciliaes access o excellen niversiies. I is an irrefable fac ha poliics has direc significance for s all. If yo are ineresed in sdying a sbjec ha will give yo academic sccess and a greaer ndersanding of he world, hen Poliics A Level is for yo. I is agh coedcaionally wih Loghborogh Grammar School in a mare environmen ha will well eqip yo for yor examinaions and he demands of niversiy. There are no precondiions for sdying Poliics a A Level, apar from good prose skills, and he expecaion ha yo will read widely and ake an ineres in crren affairs. There is a hriving Poliics Sociey; an annal rip o Parliamen and a bi-annal rip o he USA. Occpaions ha view Poliics as an asse inclde: researchers, broadcasers, jornaliss, civil servans, lobbyiss, eachers, lawyers, bankers, pblic relaions, he police and miliary, and a wide range of bsiness opporniies. THE COURSE INCLUDES TOPICS ON: UK Poliics: Democracy & Paricipaion / Poliical paries / Elecoral Sysems Voing & he media / Prime Minisers & Parliamen US Poliics: Presidency & Congress / Spreme Cor & Civil Righs Consiion & Federalism Ideology: Poliical ideologies / Feminism / Naionalism 76
Psychology Psychology is essenially he sdy of people, he mind and behavior. We sdy diverse areas sch as obedience, aachmen, memory, criminal behavior and psychological disorders. Degree choices and careers inclde specialisms sch as clinical, edcaional, forensic, conselling, spor, and occpaional psychologiss. The vale of Psychology is being recognised and i is he fifh mos poplar A Level. The corse conen is very ineresing and yo learn o develop key analyical skills, wrie and srcre essays and complee psychological research. These skills are all relevan and ransferable o he workplace wih Psychology sdens known for heir range of skills ha employers reqire. The A Level is assessed by hree wrien exams wih a mixre of mliple choice, shor answer and essay qesions. 77
Religios Sdies This is an exciing corse ha is challenging and far reaching. Even hogh his A Level is eniled Religios Sdies i cold easily be described as Philosophy and Ehics. The main opics sdied are an inrodcion o ehics and philosophy. This sbjec shold appeal o anyone wih an inqiring and criical mind. Many of he skills gained in he sdy of philosophy and ehics will be ransferable o oher A Level sbjecs: criical hinking, evalaive and debaing skills. Yo need o have an ineres in he absrac and no hold any preconceived opinions. I is imporan o have a qesioning mind, be an independen hinker and be able o hink oside he box. There will also be he opporniy o aend conferences, symposims and lecres a a variey of places. Pas sdens have gone on o sdy medicine, law, eaching, jornalism, media sdies, msic, bsiness or joined he services. Exam Board: OCR Religios Sdies Philosophy and Ehics 78
Sociology In Sociology yo will consider a range of opics sch as he crren edcaion sysem, he changing nare of families and wheher religios beliefs are sill significan in oday s sociey. This is an ineresing and enjoyable sbjec which will open yor eyes and may even lead yo o qesion he way yo hink. Career choices can be varied, inclding criminology, social work, hman resorces, eaching and he police. The sdy of sociology gives yo he skills 21s cenry workers need: srong wrien and oral commnicaion skills; he abiliy o ndersand complex ideas and apply hese o pracical siaions; exensive research and analyical skills, confidence o condc inerviews and srveys pls inerpre and challenge nmerical daa and saisics. Assessmen a he end of he corse involves hree exams lasing wo hors each covering Edcaion, Crime and Deviance, Beliefs, and Research Mehods. 79
Spanish In or global world, speaking foreign langages is a key life skill. Sdying a Spanish A Level corse will give yo he chance o bild on yor GCSE langage skills and sdy he clre and recen hisory of Spain and oher Spanish speaking conries. Being able o speak anoher langage flenly is very desirable for niversiies and fre employers alike. If yo have a passion for langages, clre and lierare his is he corse for yo. The conen revolves arond crren rends and aspecs of sociey and There are 20 conries worldwide in which Spanish is he official langage and i is esimaed ha more han 400 million people are Spanish naive speakers. By 2050, 10% of he world poplaion will speak Spanish and he USA will be he bigges Spanish-speaking conry. arisic clre in he Hispanic world. As par of he corse yo will sdy wo se exs: a film and a book. Assessmen will inclde lisening and reading comprehension asks, a speaking exam, ranslaion from and ino Spanish and essay wriing. 80
Level 3 Applied Science This corse is ideal if yo wan o follow a Science based career and o sdy a Science based corse a niversiy. There are a large nmber of careers yo can consider by sdying Applied Science, sch as; nrsing, midwifery, food science, physioherapy, radiology, engineering, echnician and bioechnology. THE LEVEL 3 QUALIFICATION CONSISTS OF: Uni 1 Key Conceps in Science (wrien exam) Uni 2 Applied Experimenal Techniqes (porfolio) Applied Science enables yo o explore he world of Science in a pracical and relevan way. The corse focses pon a vocaional perspecive, wih a srong inflence on he way ha invesigaions are carried o and relaes hem o he way scieniss work wihin indsry. Uni 3 Science in he Modern World (wrien exam pls pre-released maerial) Uni 4 The Hman Body (wrien exam) Uni 5 Invesigaing Science (porfolio) Uni 6 Sdens can choose from hree opions: Uni 6a Microbiology (porfolio) Uni 6b Medical Physics (porfolio) Uni 6c Organic Chemisry (porfolio) 81
Level 3 Food, Nriion & Healh This exciing new corse, wih a srong emphasis on pracical work, enables yo o sdy he relaionship beween food and healh, whils developing hands-on food skills. Yo need an enqiring mind, and good problem solving and decision making skills. Dring he corse yo will demonsrae yor knowledge of food safey and science and nriion by planning and preparing a selecion of dishes designed o flfil he dieary reqiremens of a variey of individals in a range of differen conexs. Yo will develop ransferrable skills inclding researching and referencing, Togeher wih relevan Level 3 qalificaions, his corse offers he accredied UCAS poins o progress o food relaed higher edcaion degree corses along wih a variey of sbjecs sch as nrsing, eaching, hoel managemen, caering and nriion. ICT and presenaion, nmeracy and creaiviy as well as analyical and ime managemen skills. Assessmen a he end of Year 12 is by a 90 mine exam and one nine hor inernal conrolled assessmen inclding a hree hor pracical exam. Assessmen a he end of Year 13 is an eigh hor spervised sdy and a 14 hor research projec. Afer passing Year 12 and 13 yo will be awarded he Cerificae and Diploma respecively. 82
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