{"id":156,"date":"2019-11-20T14:35:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T14:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2023-05-23T09:05:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T09:05:19","slug":"pupil-options","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/pupil-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ffc905\">S1-3: Broad\u00a0General Education (BGE)<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Our S1-3 students continue with the<strong> Broad General Education<\/strong> that they began in Primary School. This covers eight curricular areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>English<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Expressive Arts<\/strong> (including Art, Drama, Music)<\/li>\n<li><strong>European Languages <\/strong>(Spanish, French)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Health &amp; Wellbeing<\/strong> (Personal &amp; Social Education (PSE), Physical Education (PE), Home Economics<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maths<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sciences<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Social Subjects<\/strong> (including Geography, History, Modern Studies, Religious &amp; Moral Education (RME))<\/li>\n<li><strong>Technologies<\/strong> (including ICT, Technology)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our curriculum aims to develop students&#8217; knowledge, skills and attributes. The content of courses is informed by national <a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/Documents\/All-experiencesoutcomes18.pdf\"><strong>Experiences and Outcomes<\/strong><\/a>. Assessment of outcomes is informed by <a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/improvement\/learning-resources\/curriculum%20for%20excellence%20benchmarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>national benchmarks<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To keep track of students&#8217; learning in each of the curricular areas, we think about their progress in terms of five\u00a0<strong>Levels<\/strong>. In general, students work to achieve the Early, First and Second Levels in Primary school; in Secondary school, they are working to achieve the Third and Fourth Levels.<\/p>\n<p>Assessment\u00a0in S1-3 is designed by teachers in our school. We use this to collect evidence of each\u00a0student&#8217;s progress towards achieving a\u00a0curriculum Level. Different students progress through the curriculum at different rates, but as a general guide it is expected that\u00a0students should be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>achieving the Second Level by the end of Primary 7, meaning that they are <strong>starting to work at the Third Level in S1;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>achieving the Third Level by the end of S3<\/strong>, but many will achieve this Level before that point, meaning that they will be working at the Fourth Level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A student&#8217;s curriculum includes learning opportunities beyond traditional subject areas. e.g. via clubs, sports, school shows and performances, assemblies,\u00a0 wider achievement awards such as Duke of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of S2, students begin to personalise their curriculum\u00a0by choosing <strong>nine subjects to study in S3.<\/strong>Choices must include at least one subject from each curricular area.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of S3, students personalise their curriculum further as they prepare for the Senior Phase of their education. They <span style=\"color: #ffc905\">usually<\/span> choose <strong>seven course\u00a0to study in the Senior Phase<\/strong>. These courses are called &#8220;Nationals&#8221; and are offered at different levels e.g. National 3, National 4, National 5.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ffc905\">S4-6: Senior Phase<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Senior Phase is the stage of the curriculum where students work to achieve national qualifications. Usually, these qualifications are achieved by studying Scottish Qualification Award (SQA) courses. A range of different levels of qualification are available, including National 3, National 4, National 5, Higher, Advanced Higher. Details about the different levels offered can be found at the <a href=\"https:\/\/scqf.org.uk\/interactive-framework\/\">Scottish Credit &amp; Qualifications Framework <\/a>website.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond SQA courses, a student&#8217;s curriculum in the Senior Phase includes PE, PSE and RME, along with wider achievement opportunities e.g. through work placements, volunteering, committees and wider achievement awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S1-3: Broad\u00a0General Education (BGE) Our S1-3 students continue with the Broad General Education that they began in Primary School. This covers eight curricular areas: English Expressive Arts (including Art, Drama, Music) European Languages (Spanish, French) Health &amp; Wellbeing (Personal &amp; Social Education (PSE), Physical Education (PE), Home Economics Maths Sciences Social Subjects (including Geography, History, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/pupil-options\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our Curriculum<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8709,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8709"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1069,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions\/1069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}