Page 8 - Options Booklet IGCSE 2022-2023

Helping You Achieve
Helping Y ou Achiev e

Year 9 Options Process

It is important that you make the right choices when choosing your option subjects for the IGCSE
courses, as you will study these for two years (Year 10 and Year 11).

The subjects you choose will impact your future career and education choices. In school, we will
help and support you in making the right decisions. You need, of course, to involve your family
and your subject teachers (particularly of subjects that are new to you) when making your choices.
All staff will do their best to help you to make the choice best suited to your abilities, interests and
future plans.

Staff will also make sure that you are confident with the subjects you have chosen by meeting in-
dividually with you and your parents to discuss your choices at the Options evenings and the one
on one Guided Choice Interviews. This will hopefully ensure that you have chosen, are the right
subjects for you. We want everyone to be happy and successful.

Please read the information in this booklet carefully as it will give you an insight into the subjects
that are available to you and help you choose wisely. If in doubt - just ask!

Subjects which are compulsory in Year 10:

• English Language and English Literature
• Mathematics
• One Language either French or Arabic
• One Science subject

• PSHE / Citizenship
• Physical Education / Games
• Arabic / Local Cultural Studies

You must then choose 4 other subjects:

Biology Computer Science Sociology

Chemistry Geography Physics

History Business Economics

Art PE (IGCSE level) Music

ICT

We all have fantasies about being a millionaire, a star football player or a film star; but this is the
moment to put these ideas aside. Your parents, probably, will have quite definite ideas about what
they want you to be; and, if their ideas and yours do not agree, it is important that you discuss this
with them. They have experience on their side and they have legitimate ambitions for you. They can
advise you and warn you of pitfalls that you may have not considered. However, you will know
whether you really want to follow your idea or whether it is just a whim. You will also know how
strong or weak you are in certain subjects which might be absolutely necessary for your career.
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