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Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 – Wed, 26th January at 7pm

East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire Councils will jointly host their Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony virtually this year on Wednesday, 26 January at 7pm.

The annual event cannot be held as it normally would due to Covid-19, so instead as in 2021 a Ceremony will be hosted virtually on the Councils’ Facebook and Twitter channels.

The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 is One Day.  Survivors of the Holocaust and of genocide often talk about the One Day when everything changed, sometimes for the worse and sometimes for better.   

The Ceremony will have comments from Provost Fletcher of East Renfrewshire and Provost Cameron of Renfrewshire.  Amongst other things, the Ceremony will also include footage of local residents describing their family’s persecution and their subsequent move to Scotland; music provided by East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire school pupils; a prayer; and an opportunity to light a candle in your own home in memory of all those who were murdered in the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution and in other genocides which have taken place such as in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

You can join the virtual memorial on Wednesday, 26 January from 7pm using the links below:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastrenfrewshirecouncil
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTha5en8Mq3kODNuJvc8Wyw

S5/6 Prelim Timetable

Please find the recently issued Senior Prelim TT for all S5/6 pupils. The prelims will run over two weeks, from January 24th until February the 3rd of February.

The preliminary examinations are a full set of assessments that closely resemble the upcoming final SQA exams. Pupils should have focused revision plans leading up to the assessments.

Please note  – there will be no exam leave for senior pupils during the prelims, however, during the fortnight the pupils will be allowed to revise in class while the assessments are ongoing.

Please be assured that all pupils entitled to support with SQA Assessments will receive their support in full for all of the assessment scheduled. Please ensure that that if you have an entitlement to support, including extra time allowance, it is vital that you use it or you risk not having the same support in the SQA Exams that follow.

As always I look forward to seeing how well our young people prepare and perform in the upcoming assessments.

Mr Beaton

DHT/SQA Coordinator

Barrhead High School

Attached:

Senior Prelim TT (002)

 

Skills Development Scotland – Options when leaving school

Skills Development Scotland national webinar for parents and carers on the options and support available for school leavers.

As part of Scottish Careers Week, Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has a nationwide online session for parents and carers covering options and support available for school leavers on Wednesday 17 November at 6.30pm.

Parents and carers can find out more about the range of options available for their young person as they prepare to leave school and how parents and carers can support them.

SDS Careers Advisers will be providing expert advice and there will be opportunities for parents and carers to ask questions during the session. Help is also available on SDS’s online home for career information and advice My World of Work.

Please register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/school-leaver-options-tickets-195981003457

Find out more about Scottish Careers Week.

S3 Bronze DOFE Group

S3 DOFE Group: 

All S3 students wishing to undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Award should scan both QR codes that are on the DOFE Google Classroom and pay the £23 registration fee on Parent Pay. Please note: the registration fee is non-refundable.

Students should have this completed by Friday, 5th November.

DOFE Progress

All S3 DOFE students having been meeting weekly with Mr Boag and should now know what activities they are undertaking for each of their sections (Physical, Skill and Volunteering).  Students should be thinking about an aim (a measurable goal) for each section and speaking with their assessor’s too.  Students are unsure what activity to undertake should see Mr Boag ASAP.