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Art and Design Welcome to Year 12 studies in Art and Design. We hope that you will enjoy the opportunity to develop your creative abilities further and to gain a qualification, which can be taken on to studying at A2. This booklet is to help you understand the course re ... read more	Business Studies Business Studies Vocational A Level: AS and AVCE: You will study three units in Year 12 at AS level and three units in Year 13 at Advanced level. ... read more
Business, Administration and Finance Diploma Business makes the world go round. It creates wealth. Economics depend on it. And the profits that businesses make finance the public services. The UK, in particular, has a strong enterprise culture – and young people play a key role in this. In the ... read more	Dance Welcome to Year 12 studies in Dance. You will have many opportunities to explore dance in depth and enhance your creative ability, understanding and performance skills as well as opening doors to study dance at higher education. Within AS/A2 Dance you wil ... read more
Design and Technology The AQA Examination Board sees this course as an opportunity for students to develop and show a knowledge and understanding of the world of designing and making. This is coupled with designing and making quality outcomes. The Course aims to develop an awa ... read more	Drama WELCOME TO DRAMA At Hanham High School, we are able to offer Drama both as an ‘A’ Level and a one year AS Level subject. The course is modular, with three units being taken in each year. It is useful to have taken Drama at GCSE Level, but by n ... read more
English Literature Studying AS and A Level English Literature at Hanham High School is an enjoyable and challenging experience. We do more than prepare students for exams: our aim – through the critical study of texts – is to encourage students to develop an inq ... read more	French What do I need to know or be able to do to study ‘A’ Level French?: Most students should normally have achieved at least the equivalent of GCSE Grade C in the relevant language before taking this course, but a Grade B is preferential. What wil ... read more
Geography Why should I consider this course?: Geography at A-Level is not just about reading maps, nor is it concerned about learning the names of the capital cities, trade statistics for countries around the world, or being able to identify the bays and headlands ... read more	History The History Department offers the OCR AS/A Level in the Sixth form. You will notice that we have largely chosen to study topics from Modern British, European and World History. This is because we believe it is very important for History to be relevant to ... read more
Maths What do I need to know or be able to do before taking this course?: You will have needed to take the higher tier GCSE Mathematics and achieved a grade C or above, although a B or above is desirable. ... read more	Media Studies What is Media Studies?: Without realising it you have been researching for this course for most of your life. All those hours spent absorbing episodes of Neighbours and The Simpsons; listening to Radio One or Galaxy in the morning; flicking through The Su ... read more
Music AS “At both Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and Advanced level (A2), there are Units for performing, composing, and listening and understanding. The course provides an excellent basis for lifelong learning and for higher education courses in music” ... read more	Music Technology Music Technology is around us almost all of the time. Everything we hear on radio, in public arenas, or on CD comes to us via music technology” Music Technology involves much practical work and encourages the development of a wide range of skills. S ... read more
PE The course is based on the interaction between theoretical and practical elements of Physical Education. Students will learn a diverse foundation programme with the intension of building on knowledge and understanding from GCSE level Physical Education. ... read more	Philosophy According to Aristotle, “all people desire by nature to know”. Philosophy is one of the oldest and greatest disciplines in human culture. What is truth? What is knowledge? What is reality? What is the basis of our beliefs? These are some of th ... read more
Photography Welcome to Year 12 studies in Photography. We hope that you will enjoy the opportunity to develop your creative abilities further and to gain a qualification, which can be taken on to studying at A2. This booklet is to help you understand the course requi ... read more	Psychology So you’ve chosen to live dangerously - you are considering studying AS Level Psychology!! Now, what have you let yourself in for? What actually is Psychology?: A nice neat answer is provided by the British Psychological Society (BPS):- “Psycho ... read more
Religious Studies The RS course offers you an academic approach to the study of religion and is designed to be accessible to students of any religious persuasion or none. The AS and A2 specification is designed to meet the needs of students with no prior knowledge of the s ... read more	Science Biology, Chemistry , Physics,
Society, Health and Development Diploma The Society, Health and Development sector accounts for 15% of the entire workforce. It includes the National Health Service (NHS), one of the world’s largest employers, as well as all sorts of other jobs and careers. These include the children&rsqu ... read more	Spanish What do I need to know or be able to do to study ‘A’ Level Spanish?: Most students should normally have achieved at least the equivalent of GCSE Grade C in the relevant language before taking this course, but a Grade B is preferential. What wi ... read more
Textiles Course Aim and Structure: develop a broad view of design and technology develop their capacity to design and make textile products appreciate the complex relations between design, materials, manufacture and marketing. The specification has been designed t ... read more

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