welcome to the evening for new s1 thursday 23rd june 2011
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Welcome
To the Evening
for new S1
Thursday 23rd June 2011
Order of Evening
• Introduction and Information - Mr Sutherland and Mrs Howie
• Ties / Lockers – Mrs Macaskill
• Partnership with Parents – Mrs Rodger
• The pupil experience – Mrs Neri and Eilidh McSherry
• A final word – Mr Sutherland
Aim High!
Respect
Relationships
Responsibility and
Resilience
underpin the life of our school.
Every child in our school will achieve their full potential. Our school is a community where children will feel happy, healthy, safe and valued and will develop into active and responsible citizens.
School Aims: Our Pupils
• are at the centre of all our activities and are fully involved in the life of the school
• experience a progressive learning environment which is optimistic and motivational
• have opportunities to achieve and to have these achievements recognised and celebrated
School Aims: Our Pupils
• strive constantly to improve
• treat everyone with respect, concern and tolerance and are treated that way themselves
• take pride in our community
• become independent lifelong learners
Transfer arrangements
• Visits by Guidance and Support for Pupils
• Curricular links
• Cluster Activities
• Induction Days
• Part of ongoing programme of education
Class groupings• 180 pupils maximum (173 in August)• 6 register classes• 9 practical sets• Classes are mixed ability (set in
mathematics)• All classes follow a common course• Classes contain pupils from different
Primaries and family groupings are used
Guidance 1
• Providing care for the individual– pastoral care– course guidance– careers guidance– social education– target setting and tracking of progress
Guidance 2
• All pupils assigned to a House• All members of family usually in same
House• Four Houses
– Craig– Fidra– Glen– Law
Guidance 3
• Registration teachers
• Guidance Staff
CRAIG FIDRA GLEN LAW
Mr McDowell
Mrs Logan / Mrs
McCormack
Mrs Neri Ms Prete
Support for Pupils• Knowledge of pupils’ needs• Appropriate curriculum• In-class support• Extraction• Support Bases• Senior Pupil support
– paired reading– in-class support– ‘buddying’ / mentoring– Support Bases
The School Day
• 6 periods of 60 minutes each
• Single periods
• School day starts at 8.39 am sharp
• 15 minute interval
• Lunch from 1.00 pm until 1.50 pm
• School closes 3.50 pm (and 12 noon on Friday)
Catering
• Our canteen
• Cashless Catering
• Smartcards – used in canteen and library
• Cards need to be ‘charged up’ in August
Homework• Parental Support• Role of Pupils• Diaries/planners• Various types and many forms
– projects– revision of class work– homework exercises– increasing use made of school website– grid for parents on website from August
Assessment and Reporting• Levels of attainment to reflect Curriculum
for Excellence• ‘Settling in sweep’- September• Open Afternoon for S1 parents – Friday
30th September• Consultation Evenings – Thursday 19th /
Tuesday 24th April• Full report – June
Curriculum for Excellence
• A huge and very important area
• Could take up an evening in its own right
• Will hold an evening on Curriculum for Excellence for S1 parents in the autumn!
Pupil Dress 1
• Positive identity with school
• Security
• Place of work
• Parental support
Pupil Dress 2
• White shirt/school tie
• Black school trousers/skirts
• White polo shirt (S1/2)
• Black sweatshirt (S1/2)
• Black footwear
• Group and individual photographs Wednesday 24th August
Our Core Beliefs
• ‘Aim High’ in everything
• Gain the maximum experience from school through the four Rs– Responsibility, Respect, Relationships,
Resilience
• Educate mind, body and spirit
• Working together: staff, pupils and parents