DS is particularly able at Maths and I would see him probably doing Maths and Sciences at A level. He hasn't a clue what he wants to do so needs to keep his options open. He will do 3 sciences, Eng lang and Lit, French, Geography, RE, Maths and Statistics at GCSE.
He is keen to do PE as a GCSE and I think he has suffient weight in his other subjects to allow that. Plus I think the leadership skills in the course will be good for him.
His problem is the 4th "option". He can choose GCSE D&T in food, textiles, product design or resistant materials. He pretty much hates them all. He wants to go for the food which I think is a rubbish course as it doesn't appear to involve proper cookery skills, more design a sandwich. I can teach him to cook.
The alternative to the GCSE in D&T is BTEC in engineering, a vocational course with no exam marked entirely on course work. I thought he might find this course more interesting, but I worried that it will look like a soft option?
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inthesticks · 11/03/2010 14:26
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