All posts by Mr Miller
e-Sgoil Study Support
e-Sgoil is pleased to offer you a wide range of real-time, interactive Study Support webinar lessons to help consolidate your school-based learning.
WE ARE PLEASED TO LAUNCH OUR SERIES OF LIVE STUDY SUPPORT WEBINARS WHICH WILL BE RUNNING FROM 26TH APRIL UNTIL 6TH JUNE. PLEASE SEE DETAILS BELOW AND A LINK TO THE BOOKING FORM.
EVENING STUDY SUPPORT WEBINARS
WHAT AND WHEN?
Weekly, 45 minute webinars for various subjects which will build on flipped learning materials shared in advance.
Please note that some courses are delivered in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University.
Our AH French and Spanish webinars are delivered by SCILT – Scotland’s National Centre for Languages.
A new programme of evening study support sessions will resume from Monday 26th April following on from the Easter Study Support. Please see the timetable below.
| 5 PM | 6 PM | 7 PM | |
| Monday | National 5 Mathematics
Advanced Higher English Higher RMPS |
Higher Human Biology
Advanced Higher Physics National 5 Physics Higher Business Management National 5 RMPS |
N5 Computing Science
Higher PE Higher Physics |
| Tuesday | Higher Music
N5 Business Management National 5 Geography National 5 Spanish |
Advanced Higher Music
National 5 Chemistry Higher Spanish Higher Engineering Science |
National 5 Biology
Higher Design & Manufacture National 5 History National 4 English |
| Wednesday | National 5 Admin and IT
Higher French Higher Geography Higher Graphic Communication Advanced Higher Spanish National 5 Music |
Advanced Higher Chemistry
Higher Mathematics |
Higher Biology
N5 Design & Manufacture Higher Computing Science Higher English |
| Thursday | National 4 Maths
Higher Admin & IT Advanced Higher Biology National 5 French N5 Graphic Communication N5/Higher Modern Studies Advanced Higher French |
N5 Applications of Maths
National 5 Art Higher Chemistry |
National 5 English
Higher History N5/Higher Health & Food Technology Avanced Higher Maths (Starts at 7:30pm) |
WHO?
e-Sgoil Study Support live webinar lessons will be delivered by subject specialist teachers who will focus on a pre-published list of topics. Flipped learning materials will be shared with you in advance of live webinar lessons.
HOW?
All live webinar lessons will be delivered through Microsoft Teams within Glow.
FAQS
You will find answers to our most common questions here.
REGISTER NOW
You will need your pupil Glow login details and your Scottish Candidate Number. Your school will be able to help you if you do not have these details.
Please click the following link to access the booking form for the term 4 evening study support webinars: Booking Form.
E-SGOIL EASTER STUDY SUPPORT 6TH-16TH APRIL
e-Sgoil is offering an Easter programme of real-time, interactive webinars covering Nat 4 to Advanced Higher, for Scottish learners in the Senior Phase. The programme is not designed to deliver whole course content but will focus on key aspects of the subject(s) and hints and tips on how to be successful in assessments.
From the 6th to the 16th April, there will be three Live Webinars per course. They will be delivering over 60 courses offering 3 webinars each, over 2 weeks. All the pupils who are already registered for e-Sgoil Study Support in the evenings will be included in the Team but will have to register for e-Sgoil Easter Study Programme. Webinars will use a ‘flipped learning’ approach. This means that young people will have had access to high quality, online resources prior to attending each webinar.
WEEK 1: 6TH – 9TH TH APRIL
- Start times are from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. each day.
- Subject Webinars will take place on Tuesday/Thursday or Wednesday/Friday e.g. Maths could be at 2.00 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday and French at 4.00 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday.
WEEK 2: 12TH – 15TH APRIL
- e-Sgoil Easter study support webinars will be running as per the existing e-Sgoil evening webinar schedule. Additional webinars will be arranged to match week 1 provision.
GENERAL INFO
- The focus for the webinars will be on helping pupils succeed in SQA assessments.
- Resources will be posted in the Webinar teams and they will either be SQA past papers or assessments as well as any relevant materials from West OS and the Supported Learning materials from NeLO.
For more information or to book a place, pupils should visit http://www.e-sgoil.com/easterstudysupportsessions2021/
Parental Options Information Evening – meeting link
(Current) S4/5 – 7:45pm – 8:30 pm – Click here to join
School App Reminder
Please remember to download the school app to stay up to date with the latest news from Stewarton Academy.
Search for ‘school app for parents’ on your phone’s app store platform, select Stewarton Academy and select the year groups and filters you wish to receive information for. We recommend selecting whole school and the specific year groups of your child(ren).
HT School Update for Parents and Pupils – Soft Start and Full Return Arrangements
Good afternoon,
On the back of East Ayrshire Council’s communication with you yesterday, I am writing today to give parents and pupils details of our soft start arrangements for week beginning Monday 10th August and to provide more general information for our full pupil return from week beginning Monday 17th August.
You can access the letter by clicking on either the Microsoft Word or PDF link below:
Stewarton Academy School Return Letter to Parents Aug 5th (MS Word)
Stewarton Academy School Return Letter to Parents Aug 5th (PDF)
I appreciate that there is a lot of information in the letter and have tried to strike the balance between giving you enough information to have confidence in our arrangements for return and not overwhelming our pupils and parents. Please take the time to read the guidance from EAC and our letter today thoroughly and to visit the website link for catering arrangements hyperlinked in my letter.
Further communication will follow in the days and weeks to come as some of our arrangements are adapted and I urge you to please ensure you have downloaded the school app and selected the appropriate year group notifications.
Despite the difficult times we have faced and significant mitigations being undertaken to maximise staff and pupil wellbeing and safety, I am very excited to be welcoming our young people back into school.
Thank you again for your continued support,
Ryan Miller
Head Teacher
SQA Results, Support and Appeals – Update for Pupils and Parents
Good afternoon,
I have written to pupils and parents this afternoon with an update ahead of SQA certification tomorrow. The update contains a good luck message, information on support available for pupils and guidance on the SQA appeals process. You can access the letter via the school app or by clicking on either the Word or PDF document links below:
SQA results, appeals and support letter for parents and pupils (Word)
SQA results, appeals and support letter for parents and pupils (PDF)
Remember to visit our Twitter page to access more information from our partner agencies that will be on hand to offer pupils support from tomorrow.
Wishing you the best of luck tomorrow,
Mr Miller
Head Teacher
Stewarton Academy Arrangements for Pupil Return in August 2020
Good morning,
Following last night’s communication from East Ayrshire Council, I am happy to share with you Stewarton Academy’s model and arrangements for pupil return from August. You can click the links below to access my letter to parents and pupils, and a document outlining the detailed arrangements for pupil return in August.
- Letter from Mr Miller to parents and pupils – PDF
- Letter from Mr Miller to parents and pupils – Word doc
- Stewarton Academy August return arrangements – PDF
- Stewarton Academy August return arrangements – Word doc
I strongly encourage you to read all three documents linked in this message to gain a full understanding of our model for return, the rationale that underpins it and the issues to which we still await clarification.
The communications are lengthy and there is a lot of information to absorb but I hope the detail provided leaves you with a sense of clarity and confidence in our plans as we move forward.
I want to thank you for your overwhelming support over the last few months and to pay tribute to the work of my staff in getting us to this point with a model and offer I am proud of under the current circumstances.
I hope you and your family continue to be safe and well as we head into a much-needed weekend.
Ryan Miller
Head Teacher
Weekly Curriculum Planners – w/b 15th June
Good afternoon,
With two school weeks remaining, the curriculum grids below will be the final ones we publish before the summer holidays to ensure that pupils have time to get feedback on their work from teachers during the final week of term. As a result, we have extended the deadline for pupils to complete and submit this work to Wednesday, 24th June.
Further updates will follow at the end of this week and beginning of next week about plans for return in August. I also look forward to meeting with the Parent Council on Tuesday and will share with all parents the update I provide for them via the website and app.
You have been nothing short of fantastic in your support of us throughout this school closure period and I could not be more appreciative. I also want to re-iterate how proud I am of the staff for their work and of the pupils for their engagement under such testing circumstances.
Have a good week, and take care,
Ryan Miller
Head Teacher
Head Teacher Letter to Primary 7 Parents
Good afternoon,
I have written to all Primary 7 parents this afternoon ahead of their children joining us as our new S1 cohort in August. Some of the detail may be pertinent or of interest to our current parent body, and you can access a copy of the letter at the following link:
Kind regards
Ryan Miller
Head Teacher
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