Author: Mr McGurn

Purple Friday@ RBA!

The newly formed Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) at RBA came together as we wanted to ensure our new school provided an inclusive and welcoming ethos for all people no matter their gender or sexuality. Robert Burns Academy is committed to ensuring every student feels included and respected. The group consists of pupils of all year groups and a number of staff and we aimed to provide pupils with lots of opportunities to promote LGBTQ+ equality in the Campus. For our first task, we wanted to let our whole school community know why we have set this up and why it’s important to promote equality across the Campus. We decided to set our first task around Purple Friday, which takes place on the last Friday of LGBT History month – a month to celebrate the LGBT community and to raise awareness of the importance of inclusion, equality and acceptance. The GSA have planned several events and tasks which will take place over the next few months. If you would like any more information about the GSA, get in touch with Miss Ross – eacara.ross@glow.sch.uk

Remote Learning and Senior Phase Practical Lessons w/b 1st March

The attachments below have this week’s remote learning topics.

BGE Online 1st March

SP Online 1st March

SLC

SLC 1st March S1

SLC 1st March S2

SLC 1st March S3

SLC 1st March S4

SLC 1st March S5&6

Practical Lessons

The timetable for week 2 of senior phase practical lessons is attached below. Please remember that attendance during these times is vital in completing work towards National Qualifications. School transport will run as normal for those who usually make use of it.

Practical Lessons Timetable March 1st – 5th March

Timetable for Practical Lessons w/b 1st March

Today we had over 90% attendance from our young people in S4-6 who were expected in school to continue with their practical work. This is a big improvement from yesterday and we thank our parents and pupils for their commitment to their qualifications.

The attachment below has the timetable for the week beginning 1st March. It is essential that pupils only attend school if they have been notified by their teacher on their class Team, even if their subject and class are on this timetable.

Pupil Timetable 1 March – 5 March

A webinar for parents: Helping your child with S2/3 subject choices

MESSAGE FORWARDED ON BEHALF OF KEN EDWARDS

 Helping your child with S2-3 subject choices – support for parents and carers

 I’m pleased to be able provide information about the above forthcoming webinar for parents starting at 6.30pm on Thursday 25th of February.

This event is open to parents and carers across Scotland who have young people in S2/3 making their Senior Phase course choices.

A copy of the approved press release is shown below and contains further details of the event as well as a link to Eventbrite where parents can register to attend (here.)

Thanks

Ken Edwards

Education Programme Lead

Senior Phase Pupils Returning to School w/b 22nd February

Please find attached documents containing more information for Senior Phase pupils returning to school next week.  The first document is general information and guidance on how the school day will operate, please take time to read this before returning to school.

 

The second document is a timetable showing which subjects will be in each day to allow pupils to plan in advance what days they will be in school. Pupils should look for their subject and the time that they usually attend that subject (right hand column) to see what date applies to their class. However, it is important that pupils check their class Teams page and only attend on this day if their class teacher has confirmed this with them.

 

We urge pupils to take part in the voluntary testing programme. These tests are available from the school. See previous communications for details of the testing programme and how to give your consent.

 

RBA Phased Return

Pupil Timetable 22 Feb – 26 Feb (1)