S2 Personalisation & Choice Information Evening 2016 st-a-and-st-b.s-lanark.sch.uk

S2 Personalisation & Choice Information Evening 2016 www.st-a-and-st-b.s-lanark.sch.uk @sasbhighschool

Curriculum for Excellence • Confident Individuals • Successful Learners • Effective Contributors • Responsible Citizens

Why have personalisation and choice? • Autonomy • Decision making • Responsibility • Positive Action

Broad General Education Curricular areas/organisers • Expressive arts • Health and wellbeing • Languages • Mathematics • Religious and moral education • Sciences • Social studies • Technologies

Broad General EducationDesign Principles • Challenge and enjoyment • Breadth • Progression • Depth • Personalisation and choice • Balance and Coherence • Relevance Over 300 Experiences and Outcomes

Breadth v Depth • Currently studying 18 subjects • English, Maths, Mod Lang (Spanish or French), Social Subjects (Geog, History, Modern Studies), Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), ICT (Computing and Business), Technology, Home Economics, Art, Music, Drama, PE, RE and PSE • Narrowing to 11 by asking to choose 8 subjects • PE, RE and PSE • Allowing for depth of study whilst maintaining breadth

A Balanced Curriculum CORE SKILLS * Communicationreading, writing and speaking * Numeracyusing numbers and graphs • * Problem solvingcritical thinking, planning, organising, reviewing, • evaluating * Information Technologyusing computers and I.T. * Working with othersmanaging tasks, working in a team

Draft Option Form All pupils study as core: Languages English - 4 periods and Modern Languages - 3 periods Mathematics - 5 periods Religious, Moral & Citizenship Education (RMCE) - 3 periods Health & Wellbeing (Physical Education) - 2 periods

The Personalisation and Choice Form • Column A and B English and Maths • a subject from each of the columns C,D,E,F, G and H C - a modern language D - a social subject E - a science subject F - a creative and aesthetic subject G - a technological subject H - a subject from a variety of areas.

Must take • English • Mathematics • Spanish or French • Social Subject • Science • Creative and Aesthetic • Technological • Religious Education and Personal and Social Development • Physical Education

Ensuring coverage of BGE Interdisciplinary Learning Challenges • Taste of Scotland • Fit for Life • Enterprising EK • Disaster Challenge • S3 E-profiling

S3 Course The S3 course will address: • Any key level 3 Experiences and Outcomes not already covered in S2 • Relevant Level 4 Experiences and Outcomes • BGE courses dovetailing into the Senior Phase with the certificated National 3, 4 and 5 courses • The continuous development of the skills for learning, life and work

How will courses be assessed? National 5 • Internal assessment contributing approx. 1/5 - 1/3 of final grade • External examination • National 3 and 4 Internal assessments only

Progression S5 and S6 National Qualifications S3 and S4 National Qualifications National 5 National 5 National 4 National 3 Advanced Higher/National 7 A B C Pass Pass Higher/National 6 National 5 National 4

S4 Performance 8 @ Level 5 Percentage of S4 year group Number of pupils

S6 Accumulative Performance @ Level 6/Highers No. of Highers achieved Percentage of original S4 year group

Supporting our Pupils RMCE • “The Real Game” • Visits from Skills Development Scotland (Careers Advisor) (www.myworldofwork.co.uk) • Plan IT Plus with Pupil Support Teacher (www.planitplus.net) Departments • Information assemblies with Heads of Department Church • Retreats from Tue 2nd Feb until Thu 3rd March at Chatelerault

Careers Fair Thursday 4th February 2016 6.30pm-8.30pm There will be around 28 ‘stalls’ in the street area with colleges, universities, employment providers, Skills Development Scotland, etc. to talk with about careers. There will also be 13 presentations that parents can opt into. These will each be 20 mins long and there will be 4 presentations for each career. These can be found at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/

Parent Engagement • Careers Fair Thursday 4th Feb 2016 • S2 Reports issued Friday 19th Feb 2016 • Options booklet issued Mon 22nd Feb 2016 • S2 Parents’ Evening Thurs 25th Feb 2016 • S2 Options interviews Mon 29th Feb onwards

Pupil Support Interview • Individual interview for every pupil • Parents welcome to attend pupil interview • Options sheet returned home for further discussion • Signed Options sheet returned to school confirming selection

Supporting our pupils cont. • Subject Principal Teachers explain what is involved in the study of their subject(s) emphasising career links • Pupils issued with • General information -Subject information

Choose Wisely • Following subject for 2 years • Strong influence on the type of career • PLEASE NOTE THAT ONCE PUPILS HAVE MADE THEIR FINAL CHOICE, IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CHANGE.

Choosing Subjects • POSITIVE REASONS • good results in the past • enjoy the subject • need to take the subject for chosen job/career • the subject broadens education and keeps choice of career possibilities reasonably open-ended

Choosing Subjects • NEGATIVE REASONS • believe the subject is easy • like the teacher rather than the subject • choosing a subject because a friend is taking it • don’t get much homework

What can parents do? • Advise your child, if you can • Read and discuss Pupil Reports • Talk to teachers at Parents’ night • Ask the questions • Why are you choosing. . . . . . .? • Are you likely to do well in . . . . . . ? • Do you need . . . . . for your future? • Will you be interested and enjoy . . . . ?

Partnership • Who cares? • You do • Your children do • We do • Let’s keep talking! HOME SCHOOL CHILD

S2 Personalisation & Choice Information Evening 2016 st-a-and-st-b.s-lanark.sch.uk