Clayesmore Sixth Form Prospectus Final

The Spanish A Level course offers students who enjoyed the challenge of the GCSE a chance to take their Spanish to ‘the next level’ and thrive. The course involves oral work, discussion in class and with our native Spanish conversation teacher, grammar practice, reading, listening, multimedia work, translating into and out of the language, and writing summaries and essays in Spanish. There is no coursework in Spanish A Level, but you will be required to develop your research skills and undertake an independent project for the oral exam on a subject of personal interest relating to Spain or a country where Spanish is spoken. CONTENT 1. Aspects of Hispanic society: modern and traditional values; cyberspace; equal rights. 2. Multiculturalism in Hispanic society: immigration racism; integration. 3. Artistic culture in the Hispanic world: modern day idols; Spanish regional identity; cultural heritage. 4. Aspects of political life in the Hispanic world: today’s youth, tomorrow’s citizens; monarchies and dictatorships; popular movements. Works: will include one novel or play, and either another novel or a film. METHOD OFASSESSMENT Three examinations 1. Listening, reading and writing: 2 hours 30 minutes (50%) 2. Writing (2 essays: one film, one book): 2 hours (20%) 3. Speaking: 21 - 23 minutes (30%) FURTHER INFORMATION The facilities and resources for learning languages at Clayesmore are excellent, with conversation lessons available with a native speaker. The course is stimulating and interesting, but there will also be many opportunities to practise Spanish in a more relaxed environment outside the classroom. You will also have an opportunity in the Sixth Form to take part in our trip to Granada, Spain. The trip will take place in alternate years. The fluency you develop in the Sixth Form will enable you to study or travel in a number of different Latin American countries as well as Spain, should you wish to do so. Your fluency may well lead to opportunities to work in Spain, Central or South America and will stay with you for the rest of your life. Spanish A Level works very well in any subject combination and practises skills that are useful in so many university degrees from Engineering and Journalism to Law and Medicine. AQA, SPECIFICATION: 7692 SPANISH 1. Anatomy and Physiology • External examination 90 mins • You will explore how the skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular and respiratory systems function and the fundamentals of the energy systems. 2. Fitness Training and Programming for Health, Sport andWell-being • External 2 ½ hr controlled assessment • You will explore client screening and lifestyle assessment, fitness training methods and fitness programming to support improvements in a client’s health and well-being. For your assessment you will interpret lifestyle factors and health screening data to develop and justify a fitness training programme and nutritional advice for a client. 3. Professional Development in the Sports Industry • Coursework • You will explore the knowledge and skills required for different career pathways in the sports industry. You will take part in, and reflect on, a personal skills audit, career action plan and practical interview assessment activities. 4. Sports Psychology • Coursework • This unit covers the psychological dimensions of sport, and introduces psychological techniques that can be used to enhance performance. It includes the effects of personality, motivation and aggression on sports performance; the impact of arousal, stress and anxiety on sports performance; the psychology of group dynamics in sports environments; psychological factors that affect people in exercise environments. Coursework (internally marked) You will have the opportunity to experience some of the following: writing up the findings of your own research, using case studies to explore complex or unfamiliar situations, carrying out projects for which you have choice over the direction and outcomes, demonstrating practical and technical skills. What could this qualification lead to? Opportunities include: • BA (Hons) in Sport Studies and Business, if taken alongside A Levels in Business and Maths • BSC (Hons) in Sport Psychology, if taken alongside A Levels in Psychology and Science • BA (Hons) in Sports Education • BA (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science, if taken alongside A Level Sciences The BTEC Sport course will follow on quite naturally from the GCSE in PE. It is NOT necessary to have studied PE at GCSE in order to do the BTEC in Sport but it is certainly an advantage. Students that do well in BTEC Sport enjoy applying theory in a vocational setting. For example, delivering presentations on body systems to gymmembers, or helping to motivate individual players in a team game. There is a lot of personal study and the ability to meet weekly coursework deadlines is essential. There are four units (with units 1 and 2 double the size of units 3 and 4): PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 3 NATIONAL EXTENDED CERTIFICATE IN SPORT 601/7218/6 SPORT 37 CLAYESMORE | S I XTH FORM | PROS PECTUS 202 6 / 2 8 36 CLAYESMORE | S I XTH FORM | PROS PECTUS 202 6 / 2 8