Senior Subject Selection Evening

Option Evening
The importance of our learners making their best choices for future learning cannot be underestimated.  It is vital that at this stage of the year we provide clear information so that the student (and their whanau) can set up their programme of study 2015. 

"When students find something they enjoy and can excel in, they do better in education."

Sir Ken Robinson Out of Our Minds

This year our option evening will be on Tuesday 21st October from 7pm to 8:30pm in the school hall.  It will be an opportunity for students to find out more information on the programmes of work available 2015 and how these will contribute to an NCEA qualification. 

The hall will be set up in an expo/display style (a la term three's careers evening).  Curriculum areas will have a section of the hall each and can provide some displays of the work/content/materials that are associated with their courses.  [Set up can be done from period four]

There will be letters home to all parents of students from year 10 to 12 to let them know of the events of the evening.  The Pouako's for those year levels will be expected to also contact (phone call or email please) home to let parents/caregivers know. 

The official subject selection booklet (which will be electronic this year) will be up on our school website - there will be a few printed copies but these are $6 each from photocopier so limited. 

The straw poll has now been completed so we have an appreciation of the relative size of classes for 2015.  The next step will be to form the lines around the actual subject selections of the students and arrange the timetable around their options (as best BCA can). 

At this stage students will be picking a time

• Year 11 Students - Six Subjects (compulsory Maths and English)
• Year 12 Students - Six Subjects
• Year 13 Students - Six Subjects

From the straw poll it looks like we will have more students accessing Trade Academy through Wintec which we'll need to plan through.  Thursday 23rd there is an open evening starting at 4pm Wintec Kopu Road Thames (we will be putting on minivan for this).  

This post is related to RTC # 6. conceptualise, plan and implement an appropriate learning programme.