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– Pastoral Support |
Article 3 – Anyone making decisions that affect young people should make young people’s interests a high priority.
Pupil Support Department
The Pupil Support team aims to support every pupil in their development as individuals, and to enable them to be happy, safe and to achieve their potential.
Our priority is to ensure a pupil centred approach by:
- Encouraging pupils to make informed decisions and choices
- Working in partnership with parents/carers, other agencies and the wider community.
- Promoting an ethos of respect in line with our school values
We operate a vertical pupil support system which means that your child, and other brothers and sisters, will have the same Pastoral Support Teacher.
At Barrhead High School we feel it is very important that a good working relationship can be established, not only between teacher and pupil, but, equally importantly, between Pastoral Teacher and parent/carer. We hope that if you have any concerns or questions you will not hesitate to contact us.
In addition to their normal teaching duties, Pastoral Support staff are involved in a number of important activities:
- Welcoming new S1 pupils as part of our primary transition programme
- Monitoring the attainment and achievements of all pupils
- Monitoring attendance and late coming
- Supporting pupils with pathways options choices in S2, S4 and S5
- Supporting pupils with their post-school transition, for example, applying for college, university, jobs and modern apprenticeships
- Supporting pupils with regards to their emotional health and wellbeing
- Working with partner agencies to provide tailored individual support, e.g. Educational Psychology, Youth Counselling, CAMHS, School Nurse, Social Work, Children 1st and more.
- Leading and delivering the Pastoral and PSHE Curriculums (see below.
Our Pupil Support Team are:
- Mrs Maura Mahon – Principal Teacher of Pupil Support (Inclusion)
- Mr Maybury – Principal Teacher of Pupil Support (Pastoral)
- Miss Van Looy – Principal Teacher of Pupil Support (Pastoral)
- Ms Smith – Principal Teacher of Pupil Support (Pastoral)
- Ms McGuire (Acting) – Principal Teacher of Pupil Support (Pastoral)
Pastoral Curriculum
All pupils in S1-S6 have one period of Pastoral every week. This is always taught by their pastoral care teacher.
Our programme covers many of the Curriculum for Excellent Health and Wellbeing Benchmarks in addition to Skills for Learning, Life and Work.
Pupils from S4-S6 additionally undertake activities to ensure they meet their entitlements outlined in the Career Education Standard (3-18) to ensure they are prepared for their transition out of school as part of the school’s Developing the Young Workforce initiative.
Pupils from S1-S4 also cover the Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Education curriculum in their Pastoral lessons. All content is age and stage appropriate.
Parents and carers can view the RSHP resources at: https://rshp.scot
If you have further questions about the national RSHP resource, the FAQ section on the site may be of help: https://rshp.scot/faq/
Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) Curriculum
All pupils in S1-S4 additionally receive one further period of PSHE per week. PSHE lessons are delivered by a range of teachers and additionally cover topics including Mental, Emotional and Social Wellbeing; Substance Misuse, Planning for Choices and Changes and Food and Health.
Please click the links below for an overview of our Pastoral and PSHE curriculums:
