GCSE options

[31Daisy]

My year 9 son has been told by the school he's on the ebacc pathway so he only has 2 'free' gcse choices. He's dithering between pe, business studies and philosophy. Any pros/cons to help us decide? I know philosophy is the sensible more academic choice but thought business studies and pe would be a change from all the other heavily academic subjects he has to take.

[portico]

Hi cricket balls

I think it is easy based on life experience. We also some attempted some questions and I checked against the mar scheme.

We also attempt CIE IGCSE questions on some topics.

Out of curiousity which legacy and new Ed Excel spec is good question practice for the new ocr 9-1

[cricketballs]

portico as the new specs are as yet untested that is a difficult question - I would just look at all previous papers and pull questions matching the new spec. Whilst I'm not sure about OCR a good tip is to use the BLT (because, leads to, therefore) with such as seasoning (context of the business in the question but not the product/service in the question or just relying on business name)

For example if the question is about Apple's latest iPhone then brining in a competitor such as Samsung would suffice as context if the answer makes sense! There is (with Edexcel) usually context within the case study/ information before the actual question

[cricketballs]

bringing not brining!

[portico]

TBH, Hodder publish a new book and study guide, for ocr , this year. igcse questions and legacy ocr will suffice for revision. Son is at grammar school. I expect 8/9 grades, simply because I find the best resources and and I understand the assessment criteria.

[bojorojo]

I said Business was easier than Economics and it probably is. DD did it at A level and the Maths content is less than Economics. This is why the less able told Business.

[bojorojo]

did Business.