Mrs Mugomo, Director of Studies

THE ACADEMIC CURRICULUMAT WATERSHED COLLEGE has been designed primarily to prepare students fully for the Cambridge IGCSE and ‘A’ Level examinations. The basic Philosophy is to offer a broad range of subjects throughout the six years of study.

In the first year students will be expected to study all subjects offered and from this broad base they will make choices each year, which will narrow the range of subjects studied, according to their individual interests. In addition, subjects relating to Life Skills have been incorporated into the curriculum. Important amongst these subjects are courses related to Christian Education and Careers Guidance which are both taught to all forms. This document sets out the subjects offered and the options available to students in each year, from Form one to ‘A’ Level.

Form 1

The following subjects are taught to all students:

There are six subjects which fall within the Technical Subjects Group: Art, Fashion & Fabrics, Metalwork, Music, Technical Graphics and Woodwork. These are taken in rotation so that by the end of their form one year every student will have done all the subjects.

Religious Instruction and Physical Education are non-examinable subjects and occupy a small portion of the timetable but are equally important for the development of the total student as the rest of the subjects.At the end of the first term students write an examination in English, Mathematics, Science, Geography and History. The results of these exams are used to fine-stream the students for the rest of the year but deserving cases will still be considered for movement up or down the form at the end of the year. At the end of the year each student will be required to choose one of the six Technical subjects for study for the next three years leading to the IGCSE examinations.

Form 2

Mathematics will now be in sets – usually four in the whole form. Students are fitted into these sets according to their ability and performance in the subject in form one. At the end of the year more choices will have to be made for courses to be studied in Form three and Form four.

Form 3

The ‘A’ stream is now divided into an ARTS class (3AA) and a SCIENCE class (3AS). There will still be two B stream classes.

Only the 3AS class will be registered for all three Science subjects - Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Students in the other three classes may only choose one of these three Sciences but they will study Accounting which is not offered to the AS class. Design and Technology primarily follows on from Technical Graphics and includes aspects of Woodwork and Metalwork.

There is a variety of options available to students depending on the class that they belong to. The set-up is as follows:

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