1. Cardinal Newman High School Curriculum for Excellence STEC April 2010

2. “ Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.” John Henry Cardinal Newman 1801-1890 The Cardinal Newman way ……..forget fear and uncertainty we have the capacity to meet curriculum for excellence – what is clear is that no one is coming to tell us what to do- we need a structure that suits our needs and the needs of our pupils to be successful, responsible, effective and confident.

15. P7 – S1 Continue excellent cluster links: social emotional and curricular – project and experiential S1 Common courses covering all 8 areas of study (plus literacy/numeracy/HWB) S2/S3 Selected study – still cover all 8 areas but added depth (expense of breadth)? Our Agreed S1-S3 curriculum model

16. S1-S3 curriculum model English 4 Maths 4 Spanish 3 Science 3 Social Studies 3 Tech 2 Art 2 Home Ec 2 Physical Ed 3 RE 2 Music } 2 Drama S1 August 2009 English 4 Maths 4 Spanish 3 Science 3 Social Studies 3 RE 2 Technology 2 Enterprise 2 PE/HWB 4 Expressive Arts 3 S1 August 2010 -

17. Session 2010- 0nwards A common S1 course with pupils making choices at the end if the year before embarking on in depth study in 8 subjects in S2/3 as preparation for 5 or 6 subjects in the senior Phase (S4 ->) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S1 E E E E Sp Sp Sp M M M M Sc Sc Sc SS SS SS EA EA EA T T/He He ENT ENT PE/HE PE PE RE RE ROOM S2 E E E E M M M M OPTION 1 OPTION 2 OPTION 3 OPTION 4 OPTION 5 OPTION 6 PE PE RE RE HOME S3 E E E E M M M M OPTION 1 OPTION 2 OPTION 3 OPTION 4 OPTION 5 OPTION 6 PE PE RE RE HOME