Firstly, Thank You to all the parents, carers and students who took part in the virtual DOFE Information Evening last night. It was a lengthy presentation, but I hope you now have all the knowledge you need to make good progress with the Bronze DOFE Award.

If you missed the presentation, the following documents will be useful:

1. DOFE Parents Information Evening 2020
2. DOFE Physical PDF
3. DOFE Skill PDF
4. DOFE Volunteering PDF

The current restrictions are making it more difficult to complete the award and as a result Duke of Edinburgh Scotland have relaxed some of their rules to allow students to complete their physical, skill and volunteering closer to home. More info can be found on the #DOFEWithADifference website.

In particular, with S3 DOFE students thinking about each of their sections, the Activities Ideas List is a good place to start.

Once registered the eDOFE account is where students upload all their evidence. If you need advice on how to use eDOFE then these eDOFE Training Videos may be useful.

Timescales going forward:

1. By the end of October, Students are required to complete a registration form and pay £22 through ParentPay.
2. By the end of October, students need to decide which physical, skill and volunteering they can undertake, and which section will be their 6-month section.
3. By the end of May 2021, students need to have (or almost have)completed all three sections and have all evidence uploaded into their eDOFE account.

If students are unsure how to progress with their DOFE, then please see Mr Boag ASAP.

The Engineering Academy offers an alternative route into an Engineering degree at the University of Strathclyde.  The first year is an enhanced HNC programme which is taught at one of seven partner colleges and allows direct transfer into a variety of degree programmes

 We have the opportunity to work with the Engineering Academy to support our students onto their programme.  If any senior students wish to be part of a Question & Answer session or wish to speak to a few Engineering Academy Graduates who can tell them more about their experience and how the academy supported them through their studies, then please see Mr Boag (Maths Dept). 

The programme code on UCAS is 0BRT.

More Infdormation about the Engineering Academy can be found here:

1. Engineering Academy flyer
2. Engineering Academy Booklet
3. Engineering Academy Application Process

Our latest student newsletter has been published today:

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ERCAB Newsletter 24.09.2020 The East Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau have released their latest Weekly Update.

Please find our latest Parent Update – 29th September.

Please read, as there is a lot of information regarding our Health & Safety procedures, calendared events and October school.

If you have ay questions, please contact the school directly on schoolmail@barrhead.e-renfrew.sch.uk

All previous Parent Updates can be found here.

Our latest student newsletter has been published today:

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FINAL DATE CHANGE

Please accept my apologies for changing the date of this meeting again. We are not able to hold the DOFE meeting on Monday, 5th Oct due to a Parent Council meeting running at the same time.

The date of the DOFE Meeting will be as originally planned – Wednesday, 7th October at 7pm.

***** Post Updated at 11.39am – Wed, 30th Sept ****

S3 Duke of Edinburgh virtual Parents & Carers Information Evening – Monday, 5^th October at 7pm (was previously Wed, 7th Oct).

All S3 students wishing to undertake the DofE Bronze award this year should attend the above online meeting together with a parent or carer.

The evening will provide details on how students complete the award, all costs involved and all recent changes to DOFE due to lockdown restrictions.

More information has been posted on the Duke of Edinburgh 2020-21 Google Classroom, which all S3 DOFE students should now have access to.

A hyperlink to the online meeting will be posted in the above Google Classroom nearer the time. In the interim,  S3 DOFE students should make sure they can access the above Google Classroom – and see Mr Boag ASAP if they cannot.

Our latest student newsletter has been published today:

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Please find our latest Parent Update – 17th September.

Please read, as there is a lot of information regarding homework club, supported study and digital learning

I you have ay questions, please contact the school directly on schoolmail@barrhead.e-renfrew.sch.uk

All previous Parent update newsletters can be found here.

SmartSTEMs is a charity that we have worked with for 6 years now, who inspire and engage our S1 students with all things STEM.  Every year a number of our S1 students would attend a smartSTEMs event and hear from industry leaders about the interesting, creative and varied STEM careers open to them. Students would also have the opportunity to get hands-on with technologies such as drones, cyber security and many others.

With all SmartSTEMs events cancelled they are looking to create a series of short STEM related videos on two things:

1. #MyJob – what STEM field you work in and what skills that mainly involves.
2. #MyJourney – the route you took to get to where you are today.

If there are any parents or carers, working in a STEM job, who are willing to share their experiences, then please register your details directly with SmartSTEMs. Please be aware that the STEM videos will be uploaded on to the SmartSTEMs YouTube Channel and could be shared with schools as far afield as London and the Netherlands.

Finally, if you wish to learn more about SmartSTEMs, then give their Annual Report a read – Barrhead High feature on page 17.