Motivation Respect

Ambition

Enterprise

Co-operation Commitment

Enthusiasm

Determination

Parent Council Agenda

1. Welcome, Sederunt and Apologies 2. Minutes 3. Pupil Management Group 4. Fairtrade/Citizenship/Rights Respecting Schools Award Heather Rowan 5. Show My Homework Ruth Sharp 6. Digital Schools Alistair Vannet 7. National Parent Forum Debbie Newlands/David McDonald 8. Renfrewshire Parent Council Liaison Update Torquil Murray/David McDonald 9. PTA Update Torquil Murray 10. Head Teacher Update Colin Johnson Achievement & Attainment Visit Curriculum ICT Proposed School Holiday Arrangements 2020/2021 YPI Presentations – Wednesday 27 March

Citizenship & Rights Respecting Schools

Rights Respecting Schools Award

• Rights focus of the month

• Awareness of rights

• Working with primaries

• Community involvement in rights

December 2018

• Clarks ShoeShare Initiative - Promoting the Right to Education

Fairtrade Fortnight

• Fairtrade Survey

• Mary Russell Partnership – cocoa journey

• Bake Off with Cocoa theme

• International Woman’s Day – March 8th

Homework - Parent Council 14th Jan 2019

• https://www.gryffehigh.com/

Usage information:

Data from 11th Jan 2019

• Pupils estimated 97% logged onto system

• 84% of pupils have used within the last two school weeks

• Parents estimated more than 60% have logged on (S1 highest at 77%)

• All current teaching staff are using the system

New procedures:

•Separate Homework diary has gone

•Some homework pages / info pages are in learning diaries

Forward planning:

• Reviewing and embedding use of SMHW

• Increasing parental usage of SMHW

• Writing a new HW policy

• Continuing to promote quality and consistency in approaches to HW

Information leaflet

• Details on website

Gryffe High School Parent Council

• The award is based on the school’s self evaluation of our structures and processes, plus a verification visit.

• At that time, Gryffe High School was

only the 3rd High School in Scotland to

receive the award

– and the first local authority school.

“Gryffe High School is a forward thinking and progressive secondary school that works closely with their associated primaries.”

Gryffe High School also uses Glow throughout the school using OneDrive and Microsoft Teams. Pupils in the Focus Group that I attended were keen to tell me about their use, in particular of OneDrive and how this had helped to enhance their learning through collaboration both with peers but also with staff members.

“Throughout the school pupils are able to access a wide range of programmes including Edmodo, Kahoot and Schoology. These are used very effectively for revision of topics in many subject areas and for those studying for exams access to these programmes have been invaluable for their own independent studies.”

Digital schools at Gryffe High School

• We have a positive mindset and a ‘can do’ attitude – determination and commitment.

• We may have obstacles, but how can we maximise every opportunity and object at our disposal?

• We must be creative and positive.

So what are we doing?

The ICT toolkit:

This is available for all staff to access which gives them quick and easy points on how to implement a digital technology in the classroom.

So what are we doing?

ICT Ninjas:

A group of pupils with an interest in ICT. This group will be the pupil face of ICT in the school. They will be completing the Duke of York award, alongside planning CPDs and awareness campaigns.

So what are we doing?

Research and innovation:

As a group we are trying new uses of technology in order to further our understanding and the pupil’s experience.

So what are we doing?

Computer room access:

Monitoring the repairs and accessibility of computer rooms. Allowing accessibility to ICT in the school.

So what are we doing?

Computer suit access:

Monitoring the repairs and accessibility of computer suits. Allowing accessibility to ICT in the school.

Where are we going?

CPD/Whole school

• The launch and support of our ICT toolkit.

• The ICT open classroom.

• The integration of digital technology across IDL work/Primary School links.

Events/future planning

• Digital schools consultation – to achieve consistency.

• The use of digital ninja’s to further the use of ICT – Awareness campaign on glow.

• National Digital Learning Week 2019.

Questions?

• Local Authority Achievement & Attainment Visit

• Curriculum

• ICT

• Proposed School Holiday Arrangements 2020/2021

• YPI Presentations – Wednesday 27 March

Gryffe High School