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Prestwick Academy

S3 Learning Pathways Evening Planning for the senior phase. Prestwick Academy. Curriculum for Excellence. Transition to the Senior Phase - Year 1 and beyond. S3 Final year of the Broad General Education More Personalisation & Choice/ Depth / Progression. Senior Phase

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  1. S3 Learning Pathways Evening Planning for the senior phase Prestwick Academy

  2. Curriculum for Excellence Transition to the Senior Phase - Year 1 and beyond S3 • Final year of the Broad General Education • More Personalisation & Choice/ Depth / Progression Senior Phase S4 -Year 1 2014-15

  3. Senior Phase Entitlements

  4. Senior Phase S4-S6 Study for qualifications Challenge and Depth to learning Wider Achievement Planning beyond school More formal assessment Further development of 4 capacities Promotion of active and healthy lifestyle Skills for learning, life and work Continued emphasis on Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Well Being

  5. Curriculum for Excellence: the structure and design of new National Qualifications in Scotland

  6. Qualifications are changing -why?Scotland’s National Curriculum • ‘5-14 Curriculum’ 1991-2010 • Levels titled A-F • Standard Grades 1989-2013 • Grades 1-7 • National Qualifications –Highers/Int. 1 & 2 1999-2014 • Grades A-D • ‘Curriculum for Excellence’ 2010-…. • Levels titled ‘Early, First, Second, Third, Fourth and Senior Phase

  7. National Qualifications

  8. New National Qualifications • National 1-5 available from August 2013 • New Highers introduced in 2014 • Designed to support Curriculum for Excellence • Give young people the skills, knowledge and understanding you need to succeed • Ensure that skills and abilities are appropriately assessed and recognised

  9. New National Courses: design • Schools and colleges will mark and assess the new National 1,2,3 and 4 courses • National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher will involve as additional assessment-question paper or coursework marked by SQA • Assessments will be appropriate to subject and level • SQA is working with schools and colleges to ensure all assessments continue to meet national standards

  10. How will they be graded? • Courses at National 2,3 and 4 will not be graded. They will be assessed as pass or fail • Courses at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher will be graded A to D or ‘No Award’ • If you fail a Course assessment you will receive credit for the Units you have achieved • SQA are preparing sample question papers and other resources

  11. Senior phase - structure for 2014-15 S5/6 – 5 columns S4 – 7 certificated options S1-S3 BGE– including S3 learning options

  12. CfE – S3 Curriculum 2013-14Final year of the Broad General Education

  13. Dialogue and Consultation • S3 Learners Questionnaire • 92% agree or strongly agree that they like having the range of subjects in S3 • 90% enjoy learning in their class • 95% are getting along well with their learning • 80% say they have a good pace of learning • 83% have a good understanding of the skills they are learning • 92% say they are encouraged and stretched to work to the best of their ability

  14. CfE – S4 Curriculum 2014-151st Year of the Senior Phase – National Qualifications levels 4 & 5

  15. Guidance Input – Miss McQueen • Don’t choose subjects because of friends/teachers • Strengths • Subjects you enjoy • Guidance InterviewsCarole Miller SDS Careers Advisor • Parents’ Night – Wednesday 12th February 4.30-7pm • Deadline for Learning Pathways Form: Friday 28th February

  16. CfE – S5/6 Curriculum 2014-15

  17. Colleges and Universities “There has been discussion with higher and further education providers to establish clarity about how they intend to deal with qualifications acquired at different stages in the senior phase.” (Building the Curriculum 3)

  18. Increased competition Reduced opportunities

  19. Progression within our senior phase Opportunities for blended learning School University Vocational (flexible) Community College

  20. Senior Phase Experiences

  21. Developing essential skills Blended learning – case study • Sara, S6 • Community learning – Peer Helper, Young Fundraiser, Duke of Edinburgh • SQA Leadership Award, Int 2 Community Involvement, DofE Gold • School based learning – 4 Highers • (RMPS, Maths, Bus Ed, Psychology) • School/College Links – Higher Psychology • Work Experience – Youth Justice Team, SAC

  22. Completed by all S3 • Record, reflect on and celebrate skills and achievements S3 ProfileS

  23. S3 Profiles

  24. “I have improved my numeracy skills in not only maths, but also physics, learning different formulas and using them correctly. I have analysed graphs and interpreted the resulting information. I have carried out calculations based on the information and data from the graphs and tables produced.” S3 Profiles My latest achievements are discussing and reading “Of Mice and Men “and “the Hitch-Hiker”. I now have a better understanding of how writers create sympathetic characters, and I learned and understand a new term foreshadowing when studying the novel. I completed a personal reflective essay where I successfully got my point across I think I referred well to a variety of questions in close reading. My next goal is to improve my spelling and my grammar.

  25. How to get involved SQA. More information can be found on our website: www.sqa.org.uk/curriculumforexcellence BBC Bitesize will also be working with us to produce materials to support pupil revision of new qualifications. Engage For Education :www.engageforeducation.org Engage for Education is a platform for Scotland’s education community to engage directly with the Scottish Government about the issues important to them Parentzone is organised into distinct and user-friendly areas covering issues that affect parents during the different stages of their children's education. For more information, visit: -www.parentzonescotland.gov.uk

  26. How to get involved Skills Development Scotland – My World of Work www.myworldofwork.co.uk/parentzone School Website www.prestwick.sayr.sch.uk SQA Parental Information Tonight’s presentation Learning Pathway forms

  27. Any questions

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