Please find copies of the May Assessment Calendar (click on link for updated version) and The Final Push: Study Guide. Click on the images to open the full document.
April 1, 2021
by Mr COWAN
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March 31, 2021
by Mr COWAN
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Grange Academy – NHS Update
Please see attached letter from NHS Ayrshire and Arran
March 30, 2021
by Mr COWAN
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Skills Development Scotland – Leaving School Webinar
Leaving School Webinar – Support for Parents and Carers
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) are offering the above webinar for parents and carers starting at 6.30pm on Thursday 22nd April 2021.
This virtual event will offer parents and carers across Scotland the opportunity to find out more about supporting their child as they prepare to leave school this summer.
The webinar will have information about options, next steps and how to access a wide range of SDS support. It will also have a question and answer session.
Please click this link to Eventbrite to register.
March 29, 2021
by Mr COWAN
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Virtual Easter Concert
Despite not being able to meet together for extra curricular activities or to present concerts etc, the Performing Arts Department have been hard at work creating this Virtual Easter Concert.
A huge thank you to all of our pupils, Performing Art staff and our Music Instructors for their creativity in bringing this project to completion. A special thank you to Mr Keachie for his editing skills!
Please click here to watch the concert!
March 29, 2021
by Mr COWAN
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e-Sgoil Easter Study Support
As part of the National eLearning Offer, eSgoil are offering a programme of Easter Study Support. Click on the image below to find out more information and click here to register. Sessions will take place on Teams and you will need your Glow email address to register – please speak to Mr Cowan if you would like any more information or help. You must register by 6pm on Tuesday 30th March 2021.
March 26, 2021
by Mr COWAN
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Letter from Head Teacher – Litter in the Community
March 26, 2021
by Miss MacKinnon
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Senior Reports:March 2021
Here is the letter which accompanies S4-6 reports: Senior Reports Letter March 2021
March 22, 2021
by Mr COWAN
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Easter Holiday 2021
Dear Parent/Carer
We will close at 2:30pm on Thursday 1st April for the Easter Holidays.
East Ayrshire Council Transport have informed us that pupils who use school buses and taxis will be collected from the school at approximately 2:30pm.
Thank you
March 18, 2021
by Mr COWAN
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SQA Update
Dear S4-6 parents and carers,
It’s been wonderful to have your children back on campus this week and Senior Phase classes have been benefitting from the intensive support that comes with face-to-face time in small groups with each of their teachers.
Having had time with each House Group now, in the Year Group Teams pages, we have summarised some of the discussions going on in classrooms. Senior reports will go out next week but here is a copy of the most recent post to senior pupils, for your information, in the meantime.
Thank you.
Mary MacKinnon
Depute Head Teacher
Hello Seniors,
Since the return to campus, one or two of you have contacted me to ask for a reminder about how final grades will be assessed. I think maybe as we edge closer to the May assessments, it’s all starting to become a bit real and the nerves are kicking in. Stay calm. The most common question I’m hearing is if you did some good coursework before/during lockdown, can that still count towards your final grade or does it all hang on the May assessments?
There will be a letter going out with your reports which will answer your FAQs. Here’s a wee summary in the meantime.
When we use the word “coursework” that’s things like folio essays, assignments, practicals. Those all count towards your final grade, unless through the course of the year, the SQA removed them as compulsory coursework. Ask your subject teachers what their proportion of your overall grade is. (For example, your English folio is 30% of your overall grade.) That all still counts but has to be done under controlled conditions, not at home. (That’s why we’ve had you in for practicals over the last few weeks.)
Before the current lockdown, you received a letter explaining that your final grade will be based on two assessment blocks: the January one and the April one. Sadly, lockdown made the January one impossible. That left the April one. You then received a letter saying we have put the April one back a bit to May. (To create more teaching time.)
So that’s where we’re at.
It has been our advice from the word go that you should be putting lots of effort into your ongoing assessments throughout the year. That’s not because of Covid – that would be how to get a good grade every year.
As you know, home/lockdown work isn’t done under exams-conditions so that wouldn’t count as assessment evidence. That leaves any of the assessments you might’ve done between August and December under exam-conditions in class. As explained in a previous letter, a limited number of those may be used as part of “supplementary holistic” assessment evidence. That hasn’t changed. However, SQA have always said that the most convincing, robust assessment is that which covers the whole course (i.e. a prelim-type whole paper rather than snippets of partial papers) and also that which is taken from late in the course (because grades are better the more practice you’ve had.)
Long story short, the May assessments plus your coursework assignments form by far the most significant part of your final award. A very limited number of supplementary pieces may, in some cases, factor in.
Thanks.
Miss M
March 16, 2021
by Mr COWAN
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Arrangements for Wednesday 17th March 2021 (Douglas House)
DOUGLAS HOUSE PUPILS ONLY SHOULD ATTEND ON WEDNESDAY
On arriving at school, pupils should report to the following areas where they will be issued with their personalised timetable which will run for the next three Tuesdays.
S1
All S1 pupils should report to the English Department
S2
Pupils are divided by their Practical Class Group. Staff will be available in the Street to help pupils who may be unsure of their practical section.
Pupils in 2P4 should report to the Technical Department
Pupils in 2P5 should report to the Social Subjects Department
Pupils in 2P6 should report to the Music Department
S3
S3 pupils should report to their Column H class. This is the class they would have had pre-Christmas on a Wednesday P7, Thursday P4 and Friday P5.
The classes in this column include:
Miss Bonnar’s History class
Miss Hagan’s Biology class
Mrs Marshall’s Biology class
Mrs Hill’s Chemistry class
Mrs Lennox’s Art class
Mr McGarvey’s Art class
Mr Gilchrist’s Graphics class
Mr Dunlop/Miss Strickland’s business Class
Mr Baird’s PE class
Mr Campbell’s PE class
S4
S4 pupils should report to their Column F class. This is the class they would have had pre-Christmas on a Monday P6 and 7, Tuesday P3 and Friday P3.
The classes in this column include:
Mrs Barlow’s Geography class
Miss Bonnar’s History class
Mrs Bremner’s Chemistry class
Mr McPherson’s Physics class
Mrs Lennox’s Art class
Miss McConachie’s Drama class
Mrs Waters’ Design and Manufacture class
Mr Dunlop/Miss Strickland’s Admin and IT class
Mrs Linton’s PE class
Mr Livingstone’s PE class
Miss McBride’s HE class
Mrs McDowall’s HE class
SFA Performance School Class
S5/6
S5/6 pupils should report to their Column B class. This is the class they would have had pre-Christmas on a Monday P6 and 7, Tuesday P3, Wednesday P5, Thursday P5 and Friday P3.
The classes in this column include:
Mr Taylor’s Maths class
Mr McCormick’s Maths class
Mr Smith’s AH Maths class
Mrs Grieve’s Maths class
Mrs Strange/Mr Houston’s Maths class
Miss Catherine’s Maths class
Mrs Wilson’s Maths class
Mrs Jackson’s Spanish class
Mrs Jiang’s Mandarin class
Mrs McLean’s Biology class
Mr McGarvey’s Biology class
Miss Hagan’s Biology class
Mr Ogilvie’s Chemistry class
Mr Ramsay’s Music class
Miss Smith’s Musical Theatre class
Miss Crossland’s PE class
