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SQA Results


The waiting is almost over and hopefully you still have some nails left!

The SQA results will be dropping through letterboxes (or arriving by text / email for those who signed up for that service) tomorrow morning (Tues 7th Aug). There will be staff in school tomorrow morning in case of any issues arising.

We hope that the results received match the effort put in by our pupils in the months of preparation beforehand. Unfortunately that is not always the case. If you do not receive what you were hoping for, there will be a number of supports in place.

On Thurday 9th Aug, Mr Beaton (S5) and Miss Potter (S6) will be available from 10.30 am to renegotiate option choices for pupils who require to make some changes – whether because you did not achieve what you had hoped for or because you exceeded your expectations. We will also have our Careers Adviser in school at that time for those requiring further discussions.

SQA will operate a Candidate’s Advice Line from 7-10 Aug to help regarding certificates 0345 279 1000 , but it would be best to phone the school first.

Skills Development Scotland (Careers Service) will also operate a helpline from Tues 8th Aug – 0808 100 8000.

Remember the old ‘appeals’ system no longer operates but if a school has concerns about results which suggests the possibility of an error, there is action the school can and will take.

Best wishes to all our pupils for tomorrow.

Mr Sinclair

Celebrating outstanding success

On Tuesday evening, we held our SQA Awards Ceremony to recognise a number of individuals who had outstanding success in their SQA exams.

imageAs usual we recognised the pupils from S4 who had attained a National 5 award in 8 or 9 subjects. This year we had 21 of them including 2 who achieved 9 A passes – Ben Cross and Briony Giblin.

We also acknowledged the 27 pupils in S5 who achieved 4 or 5 Highers. 4 of these young people achieved all 5 awards at an A grade.

imageFor the first time this year we also identified and recognised the individual with the highest mark in each subject in the SQA exams.

 

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Another new award this year has been to celebrate the Dux and Runner-Up – the S5 pupils who scored the highest levels across all their 5 subjects. This year Iain MacCuish was our Dux and Amie MacKenzie was Runner-Up.

 

Well done to all pupils whose achievements were recognised on the night. Well done to all the other pupils whose own achievements were also significant for them.

SQA RESULTS

SQABy now all our S4, S5 &S6 should have received their SQA results and hopefully most will be happy with their achievements. We have seen some very good results.

However we know there will be some pupils who have not achieved what they hoped for. If you wish to discuss your results further, and particularly if you need to renegotiate your option choices for this session, Mrs Crawford (new S5) and Mr Beaton (new S6) will be available this Friday (12th Aug) to meet with you between 8.45 am and 10.20am or from 12.30pm to 1.30 pm.

School Starts Back

SQAHopefully most pupils have enjoyed their holiday weekend – unfortunately for a few there have still been SQA exams! Our exams finish on Friday with PE.

 

Tomorrow (Tuesday) is an Inservice Day so only pupils with exams should be in school. On Wednesday 1st June, we start the new timetable and the existing S1, S2 and S3 move up to S2, S3 and S4 respectively. School starts at the usual time of 8.45 am.

Seniors (new S5 and S6) return on Monday 6th June at the usual time of 8.45 am. Some pupils will need to see Mrs Crawford about changes to options if we have not been able to run all the courses.

SQA EXAM UPDATE

SQAWe are now half-way through Day 2 of the exam programme and things are progressing well.

Over the past few days we have been monitoring noise levels from the work on the new build. While it is great to see things progressing quickly, we have been conscious that we are in the noisiest period of the building work – the piledriving of the foundation supports into the bedrock.

While the noise-levels are not too high, the constant thumping could be disturbing to pupils’ concentration. Consequently, we took the decision yesterday, based on that monitoring, to re-room our exams to the opposite side of the school. When pupils sign in they may be told a different room to go to from what is on their exam timetable but otherwise things will be as before.

We will continue to operate this for the duration of the noisier work to ensure that all pupils have the best conditions possible to produce their best work.

Mr Sinclair

 

 

SQA Exams

SQAOur first SQA exams commence tomorrow (Wed 4th May) with Lifeskills Maths for some S5/6 pupils.

S4 will see their diet kick off with National 5 English on Thursday (5th May), which is also the day for Higher and Advanced Higher English.

We are then in to what will be a fairly intense exam period for some pupils, with in some cases an exam a day and even for some the possibility of 2 exams on the same day (Business Management & Computing).

I wish all our pupils well and trust that the efforts made in class, at home, through Supported Study and Easter School, will now pay off and everyone achieves what they have worked hard for.

Pupils have been issued with individual timetables. Pupils in S4 with 5+ National 5 exams and all pupils in S5/6 may use the time that they do not have exams to work from home with their parents’ permission. They have also been informed about additional support sessions, usually organised for the day preceding each exam, when staff will be timetabled to be available to offer additional help. Please encourage your young person to take advantage of these.

Other pupils in S4 will have been given an individual timetable with additional activities during this period.

Pupils should be in full uniform if they come into school throughout the exam period whether they are in for exams or in to seek additional help. In the latter case they must sign in at the school office so we know they are in the building.

Mr Sinclair

 

S4,S5 & S6 Master Classes Timetable

To support all of our S4, S5 and S6 students who will be undertaking SQA examinations over the next month, we have organised a Master Class Timetable.

Master Classes give students the opportunity to meet with their teachers the day before the SQA examination. Students can use these classes for personal study, examination advice or as a final opportunity to revise parts of their course with the teacher.

Students are also welcome to attend school at any time during the study leave period to complete personal study.

 

Spring Break

The school will dismiss slightly early today at 2.30 pm for the Spring Break.

Pupils will return at the normal time on Monday 18th April 2016.

Yesterday we had a photoshoot for the start of the work on the new school so watch out for that in the press over the next week or two. It is great to see the work started and so far all is going smoothly. Can I thank all parents and pupils for their cooperation in not coming into the school grounds for drop-off or pick-up. That appears to be working well. Please let me know if you have any concerns.

The SQA exams will commence 2 weeks after our return, we have a busy schedule for Easter School for S4-6 and the S3 will be coming back to exams at that time as well – no rest for the wicked!

Please encourage your young people to strike a healthy balance between studying and some break periods as well.

Mr Sinclair

SQA Music & Drama Exams (practical)

Students sitting National 5 Music, Higher Music or National 5 Drama should note the following:

The National 5 and Higher Music practical exams will take place between Friday, 18th March and Wednesday, 23rd March.

Students will be allocated a day and time for their practical exam.

The National 5 Drama practical exam is on Tuesday, 22nd March.

Students should make sure they are aware of the time of their assessment.

Good Luck!

SQA French Speaking Exams

Students sitting National 5 French or Higher French will have their speaking exam this week.

Tuesday, 8th March – National 5 French Speaking Assessments.

Wedensday, 9th March – Higher French Speaking Assessments.

Students should make sure they are aware of the time of their assessment.

Good Luck!