{"id":3406,"date":"2025-12-15T14:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/?page_id=3406"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:05:06","slug":"s56-course-choice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/pupils\/course-choice\/s56-course-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"S5&6 Course Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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S5\/6 Course Choices<\/strong><\/h1>\n

S56 Options form 26-27<\/a> – Download optin form here<\/p>\n

S5\/6 Course Structure<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • 6 Columns to choose from<\/span><\/li>\n
  • No subject is mandatory<\/li>\n
  • 5 periods a week Columns A to E.
    \nDirected Study (S6 only) will be timetabled within the school<\/li>\n
  • S4 to S6 can all be in the same class in Columns B to E \u2013 focus is on pupils being at the right level\/stage as opposed to the same year group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Compulsory Health & Well-Being Subjects<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 for ALL S4-S6 pupils<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    • Physical Education (2 periods per week)<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Personal and Social Education\/Active Citizenship (1 period per week)<\/li>\n
    • Religious and Moral Education (1 period per week) \u2013 S6 Leadership with RMPS input<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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      S5\/6 Personal Development Class Options<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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      • All Personal Development options are 4 periods per week and are all accredited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Possible options for next session include:<\/p>\n

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        • \u00a0CSLA (PE) \u2013 Levels 5 and 6<\/li>\n
        • Hospitality \u2013 Level 5<\/li>\n
        • NPA Art & Design \u2013 Level 5<\/li>\n
        • NPA Photography \u2013 Level 5 (Art & Design)<\/li>\n
        • NPA Long Hair Design with Make-up \u2013 Level 5 (Glam Candy)<\/li>\n
        • Young Enterprise Award \u2013 Level 5 (Business Education)<\/li>\n
        • SQA Volunteering Award \u2013 Level 5 (Pupil Support)<\/li>\n
        • NPA Professional Theatre Practice \u2013 Level 6 (Performing Arts)<\/li>\n
        • NPA Music Performance \u2013 Level 6 (Performing Arts)<\/li>\n
        • SQA Leadership Award (Language Ambassador) \u2013 Level 6<\/li>\n
        • Duke of Edinburgh Award (Bronze \/ Silver \/ Gold)<\/li>\n
        • Powering Futures (formerly Fuel Change) with Young STEM Leader \u2013 Levels 6 and 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          Senior Phase is more than Subject Choices<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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          • Leadership opportunities including School Captains and House Captains<\/li>\n
          • Learner\u00a0<\/span>Parliament<\/li>\n
          • Pupil Participation<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Whole school committees e.g. Charities<\/li>\n
          • Humanutopia Heroes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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            Opportunities to help prepare for a Positive Destination<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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            • REACH Programme<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Top-Up Programme<\/li>\n
            • Career Ready Programme<\/li>\n
            • Career insight visits \/ projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Points to Note<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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              • Advanced Higher subjects can be chosen in any column. \u00a0However, pupils must make a second choice under that column.<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Partnership links with other local schools and colleges.<\/li>\n
              • All courses are not guaranteed to run (any level), pending pupil uptake and staff availability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                S5\/6 Course Choices S56 Options form 26-27 – Download optin form here S5\/6 Course Structure 6 Columns to choose from No subject is mandatory 5 periods a week Columns A to E. Directed Study (S6 only) will be timetabled within the school S4 to S6 can all be in the same class in Columns B …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16047,"featured_media":0,"parent":165,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16047"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3406"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3468,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3406\/revisions\/3468"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}