Dear Year 8 parents/guardians,
At the beginning of the next calendar year, year 8 students would be asked to choose two option subjects, one of which is, Sport Career Development Programme (SCDP). SCDP involves four weekly lessons apart from the two weekly Physical Education General lessons. In this subject, the student chooses to specialize in one sport discipline for example: Football, Hockey, and Athletics (the three disciplines offered within our school). Apart from performing this discipline through practical lessons, there are also theoretical lessons related to; sports media, sports nutrition, sports administration, anti-doping, match fixing awareness, sports fitness, first aid, organization of events, current affairs, rules, and officiating. Attached please find the SCDP Learning Outcomes Document for each discipline.
However, a year 8 student who opts to choose SCDP as his/her option subject, s/he cannot choose Physical Education Option as the second subject. Furthermore, at present PE Option student can opt to sit for a MATSEC exam while SCDP student does not have this possibility, but if they obtain a pass in the subject, they will be awarded a certificate at MQF level 2 or level 3 depending on the level of attainment. It is imperative that those students who opt to choose SCDP, should train the sport after school hours.
Those Year 8 students who wish to choose SCDP football as one of their option subjects starting from scholastic year 2023-2024, have to fill in the attached application form and present it to one of the assessors on the day of the practical assessment. Learners who intend to choose SCDP football as an Option subject during the next scholastic year must sit for the Practical Assessment, which for Zejtun STMC Sec School students will be held on the 17th November at 10:30, at the MFED Centre for PE and Sport, Hamrun (ex-Maria Assumpta School, Hamrun).
Moreover, a parent’s information session will be held on Thursday 3rd November 2022 at 10:30am via MS Teams:
Please note that SCDP Football at Zejtun, can only be offered if more than 8 students opt to choose the subject. The reason behind this decision is that students would be studying and practicing 11-a side football, and it would be futile and impractical for the students to be less than 8 students in class. However, the students would be offered the option to move to a new school to pursue their studies or else choose another option subject.
A similar application related to all other sport disciplines included in this programme will be distributed in January 2023. Unsuccessful football applicants would still be eligible to apply for any of the other sport disciplines. Further information may be obtained by sending an e-mail to scdp@ilearn.edu.mt
Regards
The School Administration