Year 9
Head of Year 9 - Mr L Cowan
Deputy Head of Year 9 - Mr D Stow
Key Information and Events
We look forward to welcoming Year 9 back to a crucial year in their time at Woolwich Polytechnic School. This year our students will decide their GCSE options and begin to consider future paths.
One key focus for the year will be on career and workplace skills, allowing them to develop a deeper understanding of the world of work and how they can best prepare. We look forward to working with a range of employers and universities virtually in line with government guidance, who can bring their insight and experience to support our work throughout the year.
Key skills that we will be focussing on will be:
- Leadership
- Organisation
- Respect
- Resilience
- Initiative
- Communication
Linking to this, we will also spend time this year supporting our young people to select the right GCSE options to ensure that they are making the right choices for to suit their ambitious future plans and learning needs.
The GCSE option process will begin in the Spring Term, with detailed information and taster sessions on the KS4 subjects available to them. They will have time to speak with our subject specialist staff and explore each option to ensure they are confident in their choices. We welcome and encourage parents to be part of this process.
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Curriculum Map Yr 9.pdf Download (pdf) |
Homework
Students receive 2 pieces of homework once a week for their CORE subjects. This should take them approximately 20-30 minutes each to complete. For their other subjects, year 9 students receive one homework tasks set once every two lessons. This again should take approximately 20-30 minutes each to complete.
Useful Links
BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Complete Maths: https://completemaths.com/
Hegarty Maths: https://hegartymaths.com/
Weduc: https://app.weduc.co.uk/main/remote/login/entity/281474976812708
Teams: https://www.office.com/
MyOn: https://www.myon.com/index.html
UCAS: https://www.ucas.com/further-education/find-career-ideas
Year 9 Reading List
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya Angelou |
| Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe |
| Exodus | Julie Bertagna |
| Noughts and Crosses | Malorie Blackman |
| Great Expectations | Charles Dickens |
| Silas Marner | George Eliot |
| Coram Boy | Jamila Gavin |
| Lord of the Flies | William Golding |
| The Old Man and the Sea | Ernest Hemingway |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee |
| Long Walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela |
| A Monster Calls | Patrick Ness |
| Animal Farm | George Orwell |
| Frankenstein | Mary Shelley |
| Of Mince and Men | John Steinbeck |
| Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare |
| The Lord of the Rings | JRR Tolkien |
| The Book Thief | Marcus Zasak |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | George Orwell |