SQA study leave for all S4,S5 and S6 students is as follows:
Last day of school – Monday 28th April 2014
All students return to school – Monday 2nd June 2014
There are two exceptions:
All students sitting the Modern Studies examination on Tuesday 29th April are permitted to be absent from school on Monday 28th April to prepare.
All students sitting the Physical Education examination on Monday 2nd June will return to school on Tuesday 3rd June.
We wish all our students well in these important examinations.
New SQA Qualifications
Advice and information for parents and carers
Advice and information for young people
ESSENTIAL STUDY
WEBSITES
ART
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html More Art resources than you can shake a stick at. Every resource needed for Standard Grade, Higher, Int 1, Int 2 and Advanced Higher Art is on this mammoth site.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com good resources for Standard Grade, Int 1, Int 2 and Higher
http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective This is a Standard Grade site designed to help drawing in one-point perspective.
http://www.vangoghgallery.com A complete Art site dedicated to the work of Vincent Van Gogh.
BIOLOGY
Standard Grade Biology Bitesize is an excellent source of information http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/biology/
BUSINESS
http://www.bized.co.uk/learn/index.htm a good resource site for Standard Grade, Int1, Int 2 and Higher
CHEMISTRY
http://www.gcsescience.com/content.htm Although written for GCSE, has much to offer Standard Grade pupils.
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html Web Elements is an interactive Periodic Table. Pupils can click on the table to research elements, uses, properties, structure and history. The site also contains video clips of the reactivity of some elements.
http://www.rsc.org/Education/SchoolStudents/index.asp Royal Society of Chemistry Student zone. This site contains information on careers in Chemistry. The site also contains chemistry games, events and an exam doctor.
http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/periodic_table.html This site contains an interactive Periodic Table. Pupils click on the elements to find out more information about specific elements.
http://www.chemicalconnection.org.uk/ Four subject themes allow you to explore some of the ways chemistry affects us all.
COMPUTING
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/computing/ This is an excellent source of information
www.computingteacher.co.uk contains worksheets, example exam questions and lots of revision material listed per topic.
ENGLISH
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/english/ This is an excellent source of information essay writing is an important skill.
Much information can be gained from the site http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/gloess.htm which is dedicated to essay writing skills.
For help in writing comparing/contrasting essays, visit http://www.mic.ul.ie/lsu/essay_structure_comparative.htm which may help you.
For hints on writing discursive essays, visit http://www.mic.ul.ie/lsu/Essay_Structure_dicsursive.htm which has good advice and hints.
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare a very good source for most of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets
GEOGRAPHY
For Standard Grade, the site http://www.scalloway.org.uk is well worth a look. This covers a whole host of useful concepts, all geared to the Standard Grade syllabus.
Another good Standard Grade site is http://www.geographyhigh.connectfree.co.uk/s4revision.html which also has much to commend it for study.
http://www.georesources.co.uk a very good site for photographs and other resources connected with Geography and Geology. This is an excellent source of information for.
HISTORY
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/history/1890_1920/index.shtml this is a good starting point for studying World War 1 in Standard Grade History.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone This is a much more detailed website covering World War 1 with much information for Standard Grade or Higher History.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/history/germany_1918_1945/index.shtml This is good starting point for Standard Grade History on Hitler’s rise to power.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/history/1930_1960/index.shtml This is a good Standard Grade History website on the causes and run up to World War 2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo This is a much more detailed website covering World War 2 for Standard Grade or Higher History.
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/wwi/objectives_wwi.html This is a site which details the causes of World War 1 and checks your knowledge and understanding.
http://www.historyonthenet.com various history topics
HOME ECONOMICS
http://www.nutrition.org.uk Useful site for Food & Nutrition, diet, etc in Home Economics.
http://www.food.gov.uk Useful facts and background on food, diet, hygiene, etc.
http://www.foodtech.org.uk Another useful site on food technology. Ma
MATHS
This is an excellent source of information for Standard Grade Maths http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/mathsI/
This is an excellent source of information for Standard Grade Trigonometry Algebra & Statistics http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/mathsII/
For Standard Grade (S3) Credit Mathematics, visit http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/maths/homelearning/S3courseC.html which has the entire S3 Credit Mathematics course, with revision.
For Standard Grade (S4) Credit Mathematics, go to http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/maths/homelearning/S4courseC.html which has everything for Standard Grade S4 work
The site http://www.walter-fendt.de/m11e contains some good illustrations of mathematics principles with moving graphics. Excellent browsing.
There are good interactive mathematics examples at http://wims.unice.fr/wims/wims.cgi Some of them might be too difficult even at Higher, but worth looking at items like graphs of derivatives (S5/6)
MUSIC
http://fcweb.fcasd.edu/~traugh/imrp1.html This is a site offering advice to instrumental music pupils.
http://pianoeducation.org This is a site dedicated to piano education.
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/m/musiceducation.htm This is a good resource for Standard Grade and Higher Grade music information and background.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/guide/ Pictures, sounds & stories of the symphony orchestra
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/music.shtml The BBC’s music learning home page
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/discoveringmusic/audioarchive.shtml BBC archive and analysis of musical perfomances
http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml A fun guide to the orchestra http://www.musicatschool.co.uk Music @ school http://www.liberton.edin.sch.uk/Music/index.htm Music resources, worksheets & games
PE
This is an excellent source of information for Standard Grade PE http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/pe/ P
PHYSICS
This is an excellent source of information for Standard Grade Physics http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/physics/
http://www.gcsescience.com/pcontent.htm
http://www.helpmyphysics.co.uk as a useful source of good materials.
RE
www.bbc.co.uk/religion An excellent site for background on the main religions and ethical issues. This contains a lot of material for essays on issues like euthanasia, ethics of war, human cloning, genetic engineering, etc. Tech
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
www.graphiccommunication.org.uk for CAD etc
www.berkley7.freeserve.co.uk/index.html for design & technology
GENERAL REVISION
A good general revision site for all subjects at http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/GCSE These are based on the English GCSE, but many topics are common to Standard Grade courses.
http://www.sparknotes.com good general revision site with an American slant.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/index.shtml This is an excellent source of information for general Standard Grade revision in Biology, Chemistry, Computing Studies, English, French, Geography, History, Mathematics, Modern Studies, PE and Physics.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/history/1890_1920/index.shtml This is a good starting point for studying World War 1 in Standard Grade History.
http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/index.asp Useful resource for general Science education
