Now that your son is coming to the latter stages of Key Stage 3, he will need to choose his GCSE options. On Friday 18 January he will bring home the booklet ‘Middle School Years’ which explains the curriculum for Years 10 and 11 and gives detailed information about each subject.

You may have questions, of a general nature, about choosing subjects, Key Stage 4 or GCSE exams. We would like to invite you and your son (in his School uniform) to attend a short meeting on Wednesday 23 January from 6.45pm in the Queen’s Hall. The evening will run as follows: 6.45-7.30pm Option subject staff will be available to speak about the content of that subject 7.30-8.00pm Presentations: The Curriculum in the Middle School (Miss Munday) Moving into Year 10 (Mr Gallagher) 8.00pm Individual Q&A

We are using our usual parents’ meeting online booking system to enable you to reserve places at this meeting. It is available now and can be accessed using the following link: https://rgshw.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/

We will ask your son to make his request for a provisional choice of subjects on the Year 10 Options Form which will be sent home via InTouch on Thursday 24 January. He will need to bring this form, signed by a parent, into School on the following Monday (28 January) so that he can input his choices into our Options software. You will be able to review his choices on line after Wednesday 30 January.

Ms H Munday, Assistant Head