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If you have any questions about  S2 options please contact you child's pupil support teacher using the appropriate email below:

Mr Prentice - Bruce House

nlprenticer@northlan.org.uk

Mr Galloway - Lewis House

nlgallowayg@northlan.org.uk

Mr Gardiner - Lomond House

nlgardinera@northlan.org.uk

Miss Gilchrist/Ms MacAngus - Ness House

nlgilchristl@northlan.org.uk

nlmacangusr@northlan.org.uk

Mr Neil - Skye House

nlneils@northlan.org.uk

Mrs Heselwood/Mr Macleod - Thistle House

nlheselwoodc@northlan.org.uk

nlmacleodk@northlan.org.uk

Mr Brown and Ms Croft - Wallace House

nlbrownm5@northlan.org.uk

nlcroftsd@northlan.org.uk

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Where could your subject choices take you video.

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Where could your subject choices take you video.

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Where could your subject choices take you?

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Five things to think about!

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The parents and carers’ guide to option choices | My World of Work

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Our option choices guide has everything parents and carers need to know. Find answers to questions others are asking and get support from My World of Work.

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Future jobs and industry: responding to the speed of change

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We have produced this padlet so that all the resources you may need to help you make your subject choice can be found in one place.

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Making tough choices with Kid President!

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Making tough choices with Kid President!

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Good advice from Planit, well worth a read

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If you have not already created an account with My World of Work make sure you do. This fantastic resource can be used throughout your school years and beyond to help you plan your career.

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This link will take you directly to the Planit options advice pages

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Option choice isn't always easy, but it is important. Your choices in school will have an impact on your future learning and career options. So, it's worth putting in the time to think them through properly and plan ahead.

It's important that you:

find out as much as you can about the subjects and courses open to you - your subject teachers will help you with this

are positive and realistic about what you can achieve

think ahead, about how useful subjects and courses will be to you in the future

understand why you are choosing a particular subject or course, and sure that your reasons are good ones

explore the wide range of careers open to you, and the different routes you could take to get into them

keep your future career options as open as possible

ask for information, support and advice when you need it.

Getting ready to choose

These interactive tools will help you prepare for your option choice decisions.

Subject Choice - helps you to reflect on the subject and course options that are available to you, and rate them according to your level of interest.

Options Elevator - helps you to think about the steps you should take before you make your choices.

The Great School Subject Debate - helps you to think about your reasons for choosing certain subjects.

Struggling for career ideas

If you don't have any career ideas yet, don't worry. It's still early days, and if you need some suggestions you can use CareerMatch. It produces a career ideas report based on your interests.

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Option choice isn't always easy, but it is important. Your choices in school will have an impact on your future learning and career options. So, it's worth putting in the time to think them through properly and plan ahead.

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CareerMatch helps by suggesting career sectors that match your interests. It finds these out by asking you 80 questions. It’s easy to use and only takes around 15 minutes to complete.

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Knowing where to begin when you first start exploring your career options isn't easy.

CareerMatch helps by suggesting career sectors that match your interests. It finds these out by asking you 80 questions. It's easy to use and only takes around 15 minutes to complete. When completing CareerMatch for the first time, if you decide that you want to change any of your answers part way through, you can use the arrow to the left of the question to move back.

When you've finished you can save your CareerMatch report to your Portfolio. You can also print it out, and do it again if your interests change. The good thing is that your answers are saved, so if you go back into CareerMatch you'll see that for each question your original answer is highlighted. If you only want to change some of your answers you use the arrows to the left and right of the questions.

As an added extra you can also use your CareerMatch responses to generate a report listing courses that match your interests. Just select CourseMatch and View results.

Please note: If this is the first time you've used CareerMatch you'll need to sign up before you can use it. This allows you to save your career suggestions in your Portfolio and access our other career planning tools and resources.

Launch CareerMatch

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Knowing where to begin when you first start exploring your career options isn't easy. CareerMatch helps by suggesting career sectors that match your interests. It finds these out by asking you 80 questions. It's easy to use and only takes around 15 minutes to complete.

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Animal Me helps you discover what makes you tick and what you’re good at. You’ll learn about your personality. Plus – just for fun – you’ll find out which animal is most like you.
It’s easy to answer and only takes five minutes.

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Animal Me helps you discover what makes you tick and what you're good at. You'll learn about your personality. Plus - just for fun - you'll find out which animal is most like you.

It's easy to answer and only takes five minutes.

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Animal Me Quiz | My World of Work | Home

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Animal Me helps you discover what makes you tick and what you're good at. You'll learn about your personality. Plus - just for fun - you'll find out which animal is most like you. It's easy to answer and only takes five minutes.

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If you and your child would like to make a virtual appointment with our school careers advisor please email Morven Jarvis or Gail McNeil on the email addresses below to arrange an appointment.

Morven.Jarvis@sds.co.uk

gail.mcneil@sds.co.uk

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Choosing school subjects – advice for parents and carers

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Choosing school subjects – advice for parents and carers

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This 4 minute clip gives advice to parents and carers to help with subject choice conversations.

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The parents and carers’ guide to option choices | My World of Work

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Our option choices guide has everything parents and carers need to know. Find answers to questions others are asking and get support from My World of Work.

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Skills development Scotland website designed for parents to help support their child's career planning

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We're here to help you explore where current and future opportunities for your child might be. Stay up-to-date with the skills most in demand now by employers, and the sectors and industries that are set to grow.

You'll find details on the vacancies advertised over the past 12 months, and the salaries associated with these roles.
†Burning Glass Technologies: Labour Insight. 2019 * There are an estimated 13,000 digital technology job opportunities every year across all sectors

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We're here to help you explore where current and future opportunities for your child might be. Stay up-to-date with the skills most in demand now by employers, and the sectors and industries that are set to grow. You'll find details on the vacancies advertised over the past 12 months, and the salaries associated with these roles.

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Good advice for parents on supporting their child through the learner journey.

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Want to find out more about a particular job/career? Or just want to see what kind of jobs are out there. This website has clips for every job/career currently out there.

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Click below to access the national parent forum of Scotland's guide to STEM subjects

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Advice for parents

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The Personalisation and Choice Booklet provides you with course information from all the Subjects.

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Click on the link below to access a short guide on how to fill out the electronic options form below.

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Please find attached the option form,

Click on the link below to access the electronic option form to be inputted into Options by 20th February 2026, after 1:1 interviews with Pupil Support Teachers who will send your son / daughter home with the completed form for you to agree to and upload into Options.

https://www.studentoptions.co/GHS_S2/index.php

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S2 into S3 Course Choice Form 2026-27 (2)

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This activity will help you to:
★ access information about subject choice on My World of Work
★ use the Subject Choices tool
★ understand how different combinations of subjects can lead to different career suggestions

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Five Steps to Choosing Your New School Subjects

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East Lothian Works Campaign to Support Young People Transition to the Next Level

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It can be a bit worrying choosing GCSE and A Level subjects, let alone further education choices, especially when you don't know what job you want yet . It doesn't have to be.

There are thousands of interesting opportunities and organisations all around the world. They may need someone just like you to come and work for them in a few years' time. It's just a matter of finding out what's out there, what interests you, what you would be suited to and what skills you will need.

That's where First Careers comes in.

Careers inspiration

While you've been busy at school, we've been busy checking out hundreds of organisations to discover the most interesting jobs. From a video game sound designer, to a food and drink manager on a cruise ship, to a football photographer, we've met real people with real jobs, so you can see for yourself what they do each day.

Careers advice with a difference

Our honest job profiles give a taste of what it would be like to land your dream job, plus many of our interviews are carried out by young people, so you get the lowdown on the things that matter most to you (like, whether maths is really important, after all).
Check out our careers library
PARENTS!

If you're not sure how to start a conversation about careers, or how to advise your children on possible careers they may be suited to, why not sit down as a family to watch a few short films, or read some of our day-in-the-life job profiles, then use them to talk about possible career options? Career aspirations start earlier than you think, so it's good to get kids thinking about their futures.

TEACHERS!

Looking for ways to introduce careers advice? Watch our videos in class or print out some job profiles to kick off a discussion about the types of jobs your pupils might be interested in. First Careers is a digital outreach program that brings careers inspiration into your classroom and helps give subjects real world meaning.

Work Experience Opportunities

After you have been inspired, keep an eye on our work experience opportunities tab where you will find the latest exciting openings to see first hand what it's like to work within some of the country's biggest and most successful companies.

First News

First Careers is brought to you by First Group Enterprises Ltd who also publish the children's newspaper First News.

Children can subscribe to First News at home. For details on our education products for schools visit First News Education.

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First Careers showcases the world of work to through videos and interviews to inspire young people and school children. Discover professions, jobs, work experience and opportunities to motivate primary and secondary pupils.

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Explore digital careers

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Explore digital careers. Be inspired. Become a digital human.

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S2 S3 Making Subject Choices - Actvity 1 - Odd one out - YouTube

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All you need to know about national qualifications when choosing your subjects.

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Which Nationals or other qualifications should I take?

This is really down to a combination of things: your own interests, which optional subjects your school allows you to choose, and your future plans. You can also take SVQs (Scottish Vocational Qualifications). These start at SCQF level 4 and offer courses in over 500 fields. You can also take Highers or Wider Achievement Awards.

If you want to start work sooner, you can take a Foundation Apprenticeship as soon as S6, or you can go on to a Modern Apprenticeship after school instead. For this you'll often need at least three National 4s to apply, sometimes more depending on the course.

So, depending on whether you'd like practical experience in a job you'd like, or would prefer to continue in academic study, there are a wide range of options available to you.

Ask your teachers about the courses available, do your research and discover the best fit for you. This is the first time you can focus on the subjects you like the most and feel you will do well at.

When will I choose my Nationals?

Depending on your school, you will pick your Nationals either at the end of S2 or S3. You will then start taking the exams in S3 or S4, although you can continue to take them all the way into S6.

How many Nationals should I take?

You should expect to take around six subjects. Most courses and jobs you might want to apply for in the future require you to have grades between A to D at National 5 or higher.

Which National subjects are compulsory?

Two of your Nationals will be English and Mathematics, or Application of Mathematics. There may be other compulsory subjects, depending on your school, so check with your teachers.

Can I resit my Nationals?

Yes, if you get a No Award Result at National level 5 or a Fail at National 4 then you can resit your exams to get a pass. You only have to retake the parts of the course that you didn't pass, although if you want to improve your overall grade you can retake the whole year's study.

Your teachers can advise you on whether a resit is a good idea for you, and can tell you when they are likely to take place.

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Scottish National Qualifications: Everything you need to know about choosing your exam subjects

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Course Chose Evening Wednesday 6th February @6PM

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What to do next.

If you have decided you want to change/swap a subject AFTER you have submitted your options form (via Forms) could you ask your parent/guardian to email Mr Adler at nladlerp@northlan.org.uk. You may also collect a Change of Subject letter from Mr Adler in his office F062 which will require a parent/guardian signature.

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This link takes you to the SQA national Qualifications page. On this page you can find out more about the course requirements

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Find detailed information on National 1 to 5, Higher and Advanced Higher qualifications by course/subject