Nufield Research project

They take place over the summer after S5 and involve both online activities and two-weeks on-site research. Placements take place at a variety of locations including offices, museums, research centres, laboratories or fieldwork settings across the UK. Your on-site placement activity will not cost you or your parents/carers anything.
We reimburse travel costs for all students, and depending on your family circumstances, you may also be eligible to
receive a bursary. Nuffield Research placements are supervised but independent research projects relating to an area
of science, quantitative social science, computing, technology, engineering or maths (or a combination of these).

 

See the attached poster.

Nuffield Research Placements Student Information Leaflet

 

In the latest blog post from the SQA, Gill Stewart, Director of Qualifications Development at SQA, provides an overview of support for learners taking National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher courses in 2022.

Please click on the link below to read the post

SQA Support for learners taking National Qualifications in 2022 – an overview

 

Following on from the recent prelim exams and subsequent pupil reports being issued change of level letters were sent out to selected parents in the senior phase. These letters made recommendations on current pupil levels moving up or down a level in order to increase their chances of attaining the best grade with this sessions qualifications.

As you may be aware those parents who received a recommendation were asked to complete the online response form/QR code or return the tear of slip from the letter. As things stand there are still a number of responses outstanding.

Can we ask that, if possible, parents complete the  online response form or scan the QR code to confirm their childs level.

Please click or scan below.

Senior Phase Change of Level Return Form

 

S4 Pupils who hope to study:

• Law
• Medicine
• Dentistry
• Vet Medicine
• Engineering
• Primary Teaching
• Accountancy & Finance

The S4 element of Reach and Access will take place online again this year and will be available from 17^th February. There is no formal registration process for S4 pupils so any eligible pupils should go to the following webpage – www.gla.ac.uk/s4online, from 17^th February onwards.

Any pupil who has already given their name to Mr Sheridan should have been added to a Team for this, see him if you have not been added.

There will also be talks at the end of March – dates tbc.

The S4 online module introduces pupils to the Reach and Access to a Career professions including information on entry and subject requirements, skills development and career pathways. The module is designed so that pupils can work through it in their own time, should really only take around 1hr and can also be done in stages.

Eligibility criteria

Just a quick reminder that all pupils wishing to take part in Reach or Access must meet the eligibility criteria and be on course to meet the entry requirements for the profession they are interested in applying to.

If you are unsure about these, please check the information on the link here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/study/wp/reach/.

Please do get in touch if you have any questions.

Mr G Sheridan

nlsheridang@northlan.org.uk

S3 Pupils will be issued with Reports today to be brought home. Any absent pupil should report to the school office from after tomorrow to pick up their report.

The QR code above can be used to feedback views about these reports.

As previously detailed in Fridays post tomorrow evening, Tuesday February 8th, we will be hosting an online drop in session for the parents/carers of next sessions S4-S6 pupils at 6.30pm. During this time we will be able to provide feedback on SQA related issues, the upcoming option process and any matter concerning the Senior Phase qualifications

As a prelude to this we have filmed a short video explaining the S4 into S5 option process and possible pathways into Further/Higher education and the world of work. Please click on the link below to access the presentation.

We hope that you can join us on Tuesday evening  when we will be available to answer any of your relevant questions. Texts inviting parents will be sent on Monday afternoon.

We are looking forward to welcoming along to our online event tomorrow evening the parents/carers of our S4 pupils. We anticipate that this evening will run smoothly and to further support its success there are just a few points to highlight. Namely:

• Teachers will be available from 4.00-6.20pm to undertake appointments.  Only appointments that have been pre-booked up until 9pm tonight can be taken
• Meetings will be open for up to 5 minutes at which point they will automatically close. At this point the next round of meetings will begin
• The video technology in use requires that participants have a web cam and microphone. This should be tested prior to the meeting starting
• Chrome (internet browser) is recommended for use on a laptop/PC/Tablet or smartphone as it’s best for connectivity.  Safari (internet browser) is recommended for iPhone/iPad.
• Microsoft Teams, Zoom or any other software that may have control over your microphone/webcam should be closed before joining the parents evening video meeting
• If you encounter a grey screen where you expect a video meeting it is an indication that your device/computer cannot connect to the video meeting server.  If possible, we recommend trying a different internet connection or even a different internet browser. If still unsuccessful and if you have access to another device then it should be used.

Video help guides are available in a previous post should you require further assistance.