{"id":17425,"date":"2018-06-20T14:31:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/eslb\/?p=17425"},"modified":"2018-06-20T14:31:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:31:24","slug":"winners-of-the-2018-scottish-education-awards-castlebrae-community-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/2018\/06\/20\/winners-of-the-2018-scottish-education-awards-castlebrae-community-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of the 2018 Scottish Education Awards: Castlebrae Community High School"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Congratulations to\u00a0 Castlebrae Community High School for winning the ‘Employability and Creativity across Learning’<\/strong> award along side the two other finalists, St Albert’s Primary<\/strong> School and Park School Kilmarnock\u00a0(Film\u00a0clips)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In recent years the school has undergone a profound change in outlook, ethos and culture with\u00a0employability and creativity at the core of this. The\u00a0 cross-school approach to skills development\u00a0and\u00a0the collective effort\u00a0 to inspire learners in pursuing\u00a0their\u00a0vision for a positive\u00a0future \u00a0has had a significant impact not only on young people themselves but the whole school community.<\/p>\n

The school has worked with a wide range of partners\u00a0to support their journey towards ensuring that young people are aspirational, ambitious and have access to appropriate learning experiences\u00a0and support at all levels to equip them for their futures\u00a0.\u00a0 In particular the partnership with Edinburgh International Festival \u00a0has been a catalyst for transformational cultural change for the young people, staff and the EIF events team itself.\u00a0\u00a0Their three year partnership programme resulted in the creation of\u00a0far-reaching\u00a0learning opportunities for pupils and staff alike, from regular inputs to learning and teaching,\u00a0the offer of work placements to hosting a major event at the school as part of the Edinburgh Festival.\u00a0 The role of EIF staff as student mentors has been of significant added value to the young people. The ambitions and aspirations gained by the young people through this project has been further developed\u00a0through a \u00a0wider range of partnerships with Edinburgh Rugby, RBS, Columba 1400 and Foxlake (see Junior Adventure\u00a0Leader programme<\/a>)\u00a0,\u00a0providing a sustained investment in the young people within the school community.<\/p>\n

Castlebrae CHS provides a\u00a0tailored\u00a0 curriculum to better meet the needs of their learners (eg. through the Skiff boat project,\u00a0 various vocational courses, a pupil lead community\u00a0bistro<\/a> (Social Enterprise Academy award 2018)) which young people reported as having a significant impact on their confidence and the acquisition of transferable skills such as communication, teamwork, problem solving, leadership \u00a0etc..\u00a0 The overall impact in terms of ethos, attendance, attainment, parental engagement, enrolment and positive destination figures in this area is also tangible.<\/p>\n

If you want to find out more about the school’s\u00a0approach why not attend their seminar at the Scottish Learning Festival<\/a>, Thursday, 20 September (12 noon).<\/p>\n

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Congratulations to\u00a0 Castlebrae Community High School for winning the ‘Employability and Creativity across Learning’ award along side the two other finalists, St Albert’s Primary School and Park School Kilmarnock\u00a0(Film\u00a0clips) In recent years the school has undergone a profound change in outlook, ethos and culture with\u00a0employability and creativity at the core of this. The\u00a0 cross-school approach to skills development\u00a0and\u00a0the collective effort\u00a0 to inspire learners in pursuing\u00a0their\u00a0vision for a positive\u00a0future \u00a0has had<\/p>\n

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