There will be an exciting opportunity for S2 and S4 pupils to attend a Developing the Young Workforce Career Evening on Thursday 24th November starting at 6.30pm. We have invited a wide range of speakers from different jobs to speak to the pupils about their career pathways and to give pupils an insight into their jobs. This will help pupils as they make their options choices later this session and make decisions about their own future career choices. Further information will be given at assemblies this week and letters will be issued with information about how to sign up for this event by the end of the week. Keep the evening free!
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Dyslexia Scotland Open Meeting
There is a meeting of the Dyslexia Scotland Parent Group on Tuesday 8th November at 7.15pm at Mearns Castle. The topic is the East Renfrewshire Vocational Programme, along with information about the support provided to college students. Parents, pupils and teachers are welcome to attend.
To find out more information about the meeting, please click here.
Dyslexia Scotland
Click here to read information about the Dyslexia Scotland East Renfrewshire branch open meeting on Monday 12th September. The session will focus on ‘Using an Ipad to Support Dyslexia’.
Interested in a career in journalism or the media?
We have a fantastic opportunity for a group of 15-20 senior pupils who are interested in a career in journalism or the media, or who are simply interested in developing their writing skills. Deborah McInnes from the ‘Student Rag’ magazine would like to work with a group of pupils to create a ‘Leavers’ magazine for East Renfrewshire. Pupils will work together to produce and publish a magazine aimed at pupils leaving school. There will be an opportunity to produce articles on a range of topics, be given feedback on your writing from a highly experienced editor and gain experience of working in this type of career. This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your CV, widen the content of college and university applications and get your work published!
There is an initial meeting in the Conference Room at 12.20 on Friday 2nd September. Please give your name to Miss McLachlan in Support for Learning if you are interested in being involved or would like to find out more.
S1 JASS Group
23 of our S1s have successfully completed the Bronze JASS Award and gained their certificates at our Junior Awards Ceremony today.
Having gained essential first aid skills, pupils chose a Cycle for Scotland challenge in order to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation and the Scarlett Fund. Pupils and teachers cycled for 250km, raising in excess of £1000. We were delighted that Nichola Dougan who runs the Scarlett Fund was able to attend the Awards Ceremony today to present the pupils with their certificates.
Well done to pupils for choosing to take part in this initiative and showing dedication and commitment in completing all objectives. Congratulations on achieving the Bronze JASS award!
Careers
Are you interested in a career in the Fire Service, Police Scotland, the Army or the Navy? Skills Development Scotland and Work East Ren have organised an information session on Monday 13th June.
Come along and speak to representatives from all of the above organisations who will be able to tell you more about what they do, what opportunities they have available and how you can go about applying to work with them.
There will also be presentations at the following times:
1.00 – 1.45 Police Scotland
1.45 – 2.30 Army
2.30 – 3.15 Fire Service
3.15 – 4.00 Navy
Skills Development Scotland staff will be available to provide support with your Career Management Skills and help you to plan your next steps. There will also be an opportunity to find out more about Modern Apprenticeship vacancies within East Ren. More information is available here.
If you are interested in attending, please speak to your Year Head or Pupil Support Advisor.
S1 Rapid Response
Yesterday, our S1s became Rapid Response engineers for the day and completed a variety of tasks responding to a hurricane in Hondurus. They had to work together in groups to build a shelter, transport emergency water, purify water, complete an orienteering task and make survival food. This links to work they have been doing in classes across the curriculum such as learning Spanish in Modern Languages, learning about water purification in Science, measuring area in Maths and learning about the formation of hurricanes in Geography.
To see some pictures of the event, please click here. Further pictures will be shown at assemblies next week.
S1 Science Centre Trip
S1 visited the Science Centre this week. Thank you to all of the staff who helped to organise and supervise the trip. The pupils had a fantastic time as you can see from the pictures!
