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Literacy
MARKING CODE - to ensure that pupils see the importance of literacy in all subjects.

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Literacy
MARKING CODE - to ensure that pupils see the importance of literacy in all subjects.

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Literacy
WORD OF THE WEEK - each department will regularly choose and display a subject  word.

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Literacy Awards
One of our BGE Finale challenges was to complete a literacy award: results will be displayed soon.

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Numeracy
S5-6 pupils are looking at quantitative date for their chosen discursive topics.

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Numeracy
In English pupils been working out how many jotter pages are needed to write an A-Z list with 2 letters per page!

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Health & Wellbeing
S3 pupils are reading "Stone Cold" and discussing family relationships and homelessness.

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Literacy

We discussed palindromes with the Nat 5 Music class today as we tried to remember the name of a minim!

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Numeracy
S3 Boys were working on estimating the distance of their javelin throws and setting personal best distances in athletics.

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Literacy

S1 pupils have been using a Graffiti wall in gymnastics as an exit strategy to describe their skills in Gymnastics

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Literacy

Pupils were asked to do a source question on the impact of weather. They were given two sources, one a synoptic chart showing the weather forecast and the second one was an advertisement for a football match. Pupils were then asked to write down reasons why the football match was called off.

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Literacy

In both rooms we have literacy underground maps highlighting connectives pupils can use in extended writing pieces. Each 'underground line' has a title; examples, comparing, emphasising and sequencing to assist with developing their responses.

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Literacy

S3 pupils have been working on a newspaper report detailing the events of Kristallnacht.

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Literacy
Reading group in S1/ S2.  Reading out loud in small groups in supportive setting to improve literacy skills.  Then using stories as a starter for class discussion.
Asdan Group working on Harry Potter project
Dyslexia Screening is on going
Dyslexia information groups ongoing throughout the year

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Literacy and Numeracy
N5 Hospitality have been working on writing time plans and answering techniques for their final exam.

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Literacy
Practical Cake Craft Final Assignment
The class have been completing the written planning work for the last cake they will make for the Nat 5 course. They have all now started to follow their written plan of work to make and decorate their cake.

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Health & Wellbeing
S1 Have been working on their coffee shop project. In Home Economics they have been planning a menu. This week they will be preparing the sample foods for judging.

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Numeracy

Higher & N5 pupils have used statistics in their discursive writing.

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Numeracy

S1 pupils have been working out how long it will take to read the class novel at the current rate.

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Health and Wellbeing

Many S4 pupils have written about health and well-being issues for their writing portfolios: mental health issues; eating disorders; smoking; drug abuse...

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Health & Wellbeing

S3 pupils have been watching documentaries about health related issues in preparation for factual writing.

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Numeracy
S1 have been learning to accurately convert between units of measurement.

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Skills for Life
Mr West has been working on payslips with his S5 class

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Literacy
S2 have been working hard to improve their spelling and their understanding of Mathematical words. This weeks words are:
Algebra
Expression
Substitute
Equation
Evaluate
Solve

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Numeracy
S1 have been learning to tell the time on an analogue clock.