I have had more questions about the pathways / options and a request for guidance on students choosing their options for next year. Choosing the right courses is an individual 1:1 discussion and I would like to reiterate that I am more than happy to speak to students and discuss their future plans and amibitions and help guide in making appropriate choices. Students can book appointments with me during the school day and I am also available after school if parents would like to attend this meeting.
I will also plan to run an information evening / session in early January so that prospective students and their parents can 'drop in' for further clarification /guidance. I will also arrange for Connexions to be in attendance. More details to follow in due course.
The building continues apace. The plant room blockwork is completed and the metal stud work walling is being created. The first floor structure is also in place and I heard this morning that the roof is being delivered today. The masterly organisation of this building project never ceases to amaze me and I am now able to see where my office will be. I am also looking at the options for furniture for the flexible learning spaces that we will have in the sixth form centre. In addition the facilities department is planning for the signs that will be over the entrance to the block and also around the site. Another week passes - and we move another step towards the opening.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteIt is wonderful to hear that the new sixth form is coming together. It is going to be a well earned success to The Cooper School. My Daughter is very much looking forward to it, and she is hoping to stay on at your school and study hard to achieve some excellent grades.
But I just have one question to ask; your guidelines to the schools option grids, will they stay the same? Or will you change the order of them?
I am just enquiring this question because I understand that last year, at another school, the subjects were changed creating problems for some of the sixth form goers. This one student went to school on the first day, and she no longer had a subject to go to as it had been cancelled without her knowing therefore she had nowhere to go. I just need reassurance this will not happen?
I cannot wait to hear from you,
Thank you very much,
A hopeful parent of a sixth form goer.
Thank you very much for the positive comments - it is really appreciated. Any movement in the pathways / options will be decided by the needs / requests of students. Our aim is to offer as much flexibility as possible as we really want to get the combinations 'correct.' When we have the applications in we can start timetabling according to the applications. i hope that clarifies and reassures you.
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