Moorside High School

Curriculum and Class Setting
Over the past two terms, students have engaged with a rich and varied English curriculum, studying Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, The Odyssey, and a selection of Identity Poetry. During this time, they have been taught in their form groups, allowing us to get to know them as learners and to assess their progress closely.

It is hard to believe that I am writing to you today, with the arrangements for the final few weeks for our class of 2025. Our Year 11 students will commence their external exams on Tuesday 6^th May 2025. Students have received an individual exam timetable and the full timetable in available on the website.

Following feedback from previous events, it was highlighted that it is often inconvenient for parents/carers to come into school early in the evening for events that sometimes can only last 40-45minutes. We have therefore decided to trial an electronic presentation for Year 10 Parents/Carers on how you can best support your child in the run up to the Year 10 End of Year Exams. This was initially planned to be an in-person event, so we hope that this alternative way supports the feedback we have received.

As you are aware, our Year 8 students are sitting their in-class assessments between Monday, 31st March 2025, and Thursday, 3rd April 2025.

In order to ensure we continue to prepare students for the summer exams, we are planning on providing Year 11 students with some further opportunities to practice their exam techniques.

Moorside High School is excited to be one of the host schools for The National Theatre school’s tour of The LeftBehinds. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The LeftBehinds follows a group of unlikely heroes on a high-energy quest across a desolate wasteland to rebuild an android, unlock its power, and save the planet. The National Theatre is performing in only a small number of schools in the Greater Manchester area, and we are so pleased that they have chosen to visit Moorside High School on Monday 3rd March.

As you are aware, at this stage of Year 9, it is time to consider students’ choices for KS4 and ultimately those subjects they will achieve their first external qualifications in.