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At GIS we believe in the importance of a holistic education that is more than just achieving fantastic IGCSE and A Levels: it also needs to prepare you for the future, which requires a broad knowledge and a wide range of skills. For this purpose, we have developed our curriculum, offering an extensive choice of electives that will help prepare you for your own next steps and life beyond GIS. GUIDELINES TO ELECTIVE CHOICES Select your elective choice and two reserves Choose what is right for you Group size will determine whether or not an elective runs For some electives there will be a selection process to ensure the course will be suitable for you
Year 10 Electives Alternative Sports Challenge, Explore, Enjoy This elective will provide students with an opportunity to play alternative sports and be physically active. Students will get the opportunity to participate in a number of sports. Some examples can be found below: Volleyball, Table Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, Metaball, Short Tennis, Handball, Tchoukball, Aussie Rules, Gaelic Football Take this if: You wish to be active and try new/different sports. This will help you manage the stresses involved in chasing academic excellence. Coaching & Leadership Introduction to Sports Leadership and Coaching Lead, Motivate, Inspire This elective will support students through understanding the importance of developing leadership characteristics, how they can be strengthened in a practical environment and the safety/support networks that should be built between teammates, coaches and friends. Take this if: You would like to understand the role of coach. You want to learn more about safety in sport. You are interested in training athletes. Chinese Culture Explore, Experience, Appreciate In this elective, students will gain a deeper insight into Chinese culture and be able to research a cultural topic of personal interest. Additionally, they will be able to develop a number of key skills that will be useful beyond the elective. Take this if: You would like to improve your presentation skills. You would like to develop your chinese cuisine cooking skills. Close Harmony Choir Sing, Learn, Grow Come and discover the joys of singing together and creating powerful harmonies with others. In this elective, you will learn to sing songs from a range of styles, cultures and time periods, you will form new friendships through making music together, and you will learn about how music works on a much deeper level. Take this if: You enjoy singing. You enjoy discovering new music. You want to deepen your understanding of music harmony. You want to feel uplifted and energised each week. You do not need to play music to take this elective, however it does compliment the music IGCSE and A Level very well. Creative Interactive Media Analyse, Conceptualise, Create Graphic Design is the practice of conceptualising and visualising ideas and experiences with illustration, photography, digital imagery, and media. User interface (UI) design and user experience (UX) are the yin and yang of web design. Take this if: You want to understand the purpose and content of pre-production. You want to be able to create a digital graphic, animation and websites. You want to understand the purposes and features of animation and websites. Digital Entrepreneurs Challenge, Experiment, Success Let's start a software company! By joining this elective, you'll become a founding member of GIS's new in-house, student-run software development company. You'll learn how commercial companies manage the design, coding, and testing of software, solving real problems. Particular skills covered will include design thinking (how to come up with workable solutions to problems) and Agile development (one of the most popular software development management models). Take this if: You would like to know how to write user stories and assess your product against them. You would like know how to use Git properly, including pull requests and code reviews.
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