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Josy
12-05-2014, 04:57 PM
Reading another thread made me think of this, I see so many people mentioning school subjects that I have never even heard of so what subjects did you or do you have at high school?


We had...

English
Maths
Spanish
Art/Drama (Alternating)
Music
Tech (This was woodworking, graphic design and tech studies alternating each week)
Geography/Modern Studies/History (Alternating)
Business Studies/Home Economics (Alternating)
Chemistry/Biology/Physics (Alternating)
R.E
P.E

Sophiee
12-05-2014, 05:05 PM
english;
maths;
science (triple: physics, chemistry, biology);
ict;
geography;
history;
life skills (at gcse level: optional);
dt (woodwork, food, art, textiles);
music;
drama;
pe;
re;
citizenship.

I think that was it :suspect:.

Z
12-05-2014, 05:06 PM
I can't even remember :laugh: we had quite a good range of subject choices though, more than most other schools from what I can tell

reece(:
12-05-2014, 05:10 PM
I did

ICT
PSHE
English Literature
English Language
Electronics
Mathematics
Sciences
Geography
French


there was other stuff such as
RE
Childcare
Drama
Music
Catering
Product Design
Textiles
German
PE
History
Leisure and Tourism
Business Studies
Media Studies
Art and Design

armand.kay
12-05-2014, 05:11 PM
When I was in secondary school(before we had to pick and drop lessons for gcse's) it was basically the same
English
Maths
German/ French (I changed because the German teacher hated me)
Science
Art
Performing arts -Drama/ Music (Alternating)
DT - woodworking/ cooking/ textiles (alternating)
Humanities - Geography/Modern Studies/History/ R.E (Alternating)
Business Studie
P.E

MTVN
12-05-2014, 05:12 PM
English
Maths
The sciences
RE
PE
Music
Various 'technology' subjects
Two out of French/German/Spanish/Japanese
Drama
Geography
History
IT
Social education
Art

From GCSE onwards it became a bit different being able to drop stuff and having more subjects available like business studies

Pete.
12-05-2014, 05:15 PM
English
Maths
Biology
Physics
Chemistry
History :love:
Geography
RE :love:
French
Spanish
German
Latin
DT
Music
Drama
Art
Economics
Business Studies
ICT
Home Economics
PE :yuk:
PSHE

I think that's all - I didn't do all of these but these were open to us

Jessica.
12-05-2014, 05:25 PM
I did all of these.

Junior Cycle (GCSE Equivalent)
English
Irish
German
Maths
Science
Home Economics
Music
History
Geography
PE (Physical Education, Non-exam subject)
Business Studies
CSPE (Civic, Social and Political Education)
Religious Education (We studied Philosophy, Catholicism and Islam)

Senior Cycle (A-Levels Equivalent)
English
Irish
German
Maths
Biology
Physics
Home Economics: Scientific and Social (Food science and social studies)
LCVP (Leaving Certificate Vocational Program. Involved work experience and career guidance)
PE (Physical Education, Non-exam subject)
SPHE (Social, Personal and Health Education, Non-exam subject)

Pete.
12-05-2014, 05:32 PM
I did all of these.

Junior Cycle (GCSE Equivalent)
English
Irish
German
Maths
Science
Home Economics
Music
History
Geography
PE (Physical Education, Non-exam subject)
Business Studies
CSPE (Civic, Social and Political Education)
Religious Education (We studied Philosophy, Catholicism and Islam)

Senior Cycle (A-Levels Equivalent)
English
Irish
German
Maths
Biology
Physics
Home Economics: Scientific and Social (Food science and social studies)
LCVP (Leaving Certificate Vocational Program. Involved work experience and career guidance)
PE (Physical Education, Non-exam subject)
SPHE (Social, Personal and Health Education, Non-exam subject)
That's a lot of A-Level subjects D:

Jessica.
12-05-2014, 05:33 PM
That's a lot of A-Level subjects D:

We have to do six or more subjects in Ireland.

Scream
12-05-2014, 05:39 PM
Before we picked our options we had:

English
Maths
Science
French
Drama
Dance
Music
Art
Tutor (every morning)
PSHE
R.E
P.E
ICT
Geography
History
Food Tech/Wood Tech/ and other techs I forgot the name of... (alternated)

Jarrod
12-05-2014, 05:43 PM
So, before we did our choices we had:
English
Welsh
Math
Science
Welsh Baccalaureate
P.E
Technology (Differed between cooking/woodwork)
Drama
Music
R.E
History
Geography
Art
French

When I did my choices it changed for me to:
English - Set 1
Welsh first language - Set 2
BTEC Level 2 Science - Set 1
Maths - Set 2/3
French
BTEC Level 2 Drama
Welsh Baccalaureate
P.E (Was just one 50 minute lesson a week)
OCR Level 2 ICT
Catering
Spanish (But I ended up quitting)

Sophiee
12-05-2014, 06:58 PM
english;
maths;
science (triple: physics, chemistry, biology);
ict;
geography;
history;
life skills (at gcse level: optional);
dt (woodwork, food, art, textiles);
music;
drama;
pe;
re;
citizenship.

I think that was it :suspect:.
I just remembered I forgot about languages (french and german, then italian was optional).

Jay.
12-05-2014, 07:01 PM
English
Maths
Biology
Physics
Chemistry
ICT
Media
Citizenship
R.E
P.E
Geography
History
French
Spanish
Design and technology
Drama
Music
Art

That's all I can think of, my schools changed a lot since then though so they probably have a lot more/less.

Jay.
12-05-2014, 07:02 PM
We have to do six or more subjects in Ireland.

OH MY GOD SIX A LEVELS?!?!!?
I'm doing three at the moment and I'm on the edge of destruction..

Me. I Am Salman
12-05-2014, 07:36 PM
Year 7-9
English (we also had 'literacy' one day of the week in completely different classes)
Maths
Science
Drama
Dance
Geography
History
Art
P.E.
Citizenship
R.E.
Music
DT
French
ICT

In year 9 I did GCSE Biology, GCSE Bengali with a separate body and GCSE Geography on Mondays after school (two year course, did the coursework that year)

Year 10 & 11
Compulsory;
English literature (year 10)
English language (year 11)
Chemistry (year 10)
Physics (year 11)
Maths
Humanities
R.E. short course (year 10)
BTEC P.E. (because our school was a 'sports college')
BTEC ICT

Choices;
Graphics (for the c/w we did woodwork, had go make a lamp)
Geography (finished in year 10 as I begun it early)
French
A-Level Geography in year 11 but I dropped it in December and had loads of free time

AS
English language & literature
Sociology
Politics
Psychology

A2
English lang & lit
Socio
Politics

T*
12-05-2014, 07:38 PM
AT the moment:

English
Maths
History
Science (all three)
Art
ICT
Business Studies

reece(:
12-05-2014, 07:39 PM
OH MY GOD SIX A LEVELS?!?!!?
I'm doing three at the moment and I'm on the edge of destruction..
A levels need to DIAF, so glad I didn't continue after AS, that was probably the worst year of my life

joe199998293
12-05-2014, 08:08 PM
In high school I did the basics...

Science
Maths
English
PE
RE
Geography
Language - French/Spanish
ICT
History
etc...

In year 8 I chose a 1 year STEM btec, and then a 3 year GCSE course for History and French.
After the BTEC finished, I chose a 2 year Media GCS course.

Benjamin
12-05-2014, 08:18 PM
English Literature
English Language
Maths
Statistics
RE
PE
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Drama
Art
Music
Geography
History
Sociology
Psychology
French
Spanish
German
Home Economics
CDT (Craft Design Technology)
IT
Business Studies
Social Education
Media
Economics


Thank God at GCSE we reduced these down