Curriculum
Key Stage Three Curriculum Ramsden Hall school delivers the National Curriculum at Key Stage 3 with pupils generally moving from classroom to classroom to attend each subject area. The school has specialist classrooms for Science, Food Technology, ICT, DT and Art. Pupils are taught in group sizes of up to 8 students in purpose built classrooms for BESD pupils. Each group is supported by a Teacher and a Learning Support Assistant. Key Stage 3 pupils have the opportunity to complete some Entry level subjects, including Science, Mathematics, Art and ICT. Curriculum time per week Subject Year Seven Year Eight Year Nine English 165 minutes 165 minutes 165 minutes Mathematics 165 minutes 165 minutes 165 minutes Science 165 minutes 165 minutes 165 minutes PE 165 minutes 165 minutes 165 minutes Humanities 110 minutes 110 minutes 110 minutes Art 110 minutes 110 minutes 110 minutes ICT (over two weeks) 110 minutes 110 minutes 55 minutes Food Technology/DT 55 minutes 110 minutes 110 minutes MFL 27 minutes 27 minutes 27 minutes Library 27 minutes 27 minutes 27 minutes CPSHE 55 minutes 55 minutes 55 minutes CE (over two weeks) 55 minutes 55 minutes 55 minutes Key Skills (over two weeks) 55 minutes NA NA Careers (over two weeks) NA NA 55 minutes Key Stage Four Curriculum The pupils in Key Stage four are offered a course which is a mixture of GCSE, BTEC and Entry level subjects. All pupils study GCSE English, Mathematics, Science and a half course PE and an OCR national qualification in ICT. A restricted option system works where some pupils study a half course History GCSE and others choose Art or Food Technology. DT is also an option but at Entry Level. Other Entry levels are studied in PSE, ICT, Food Technology, English and Geography. Some pupils have the opportunity to attend an alternative education provision one or two days a week and there is also the opportunity for pupils to work in a mainstream setting as part of their programme. Curriculum time per week Subject Year Ten Year Eleven English 165 minutes 165 minutes Mathematics 165 minutes 165 minutes Science 165 minutes 165 minutes PE 165 minutes 165 minutes Geography 110 minutes n/a History n/a 110 minutes Art 110 minutes 110 minutes Food Technology/DT 110 minutes 110 minutes ICT 110 minutes 110 minutes CPSHE 55 minutes 55 minutes Careers (over two weeks) 55 minutes 55 minutes CE (over two weeks) 55 minutes 55 minutes |
Life Life is like a path with two ways to go But choosing isn’t easy when you simply don’t know But I’d like to share something that I already know Believing in yourself isn’t hard to show. If I had the power I would illuminate the dryness of Africa And give them food and snow Can’t we as a nation let our love show Pretend it’s like a seed and let it grow But why people don’t do it I will never know. Racism is sick it don’t need to happen Why calling someone a nigger become such a passion. White is white and black is black it’s only a colour Remove the hate in your heart. Charlie Bond January 2014 |