Article 14 Learning Pack
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Rights Respecting Schools – Article of the Week – Article 7
Article 7 Learning Pack
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Article-of-the-Week-Article-7-Final-010520
Letter to Families – Show My Homework and Online Learning
Please click on the letter below from Mr Anderson for important information about Show My Homwework and Online Learning:
One Parent Families Scotland
One Parent Families Scotland has been delivering services for parents across North Lanarkshire for over 13 years. Information about current service provision can be found here:
Show My Homework or General Enquiries
Please direct any enquiries specific to Show My Homework or general enquiries to us using the following email address:
school_office@airdrie.n-lanark.sch.uk
Please stay safe and take care
Mr Anderson Headteacher
I hope you are safe and well
Hello everyone I hope that you are all safe and well and that your families are all safe and well too.
Today marks the start of the summer term with 10 school weeks until the official start of the summer recess.
None of us know when we will work together again under normal circumstances. I thank all of our pupils, our families and my colleagues for all that Is being done during our time in lockdown.
It is important that we all continue to follow the advice that we have been given to stay safe at this time.
The summer term has started, I want to encourage all of our pupils to continue to connect with the Learning resources available on:
Show My Homework, the school website and via the web links issued by staff on Twitter. There is a “pinned” tweet on the schools twitter account. Please use the email address below for support with Show my Homework or for general enquiries;
school_office@airdie.n-Lanark.sch.uk
Please also look after your mental health and well-being. We have signposted Resources on Twitter. We all need support at this time and connecting with these resources might help.
SQA are due to update us today on the processes that we will use to support course awards for S4 to S6 pupils. Please keep up to date via the SQA website.
Stay safe and take care
kindest regards
Mr Anderson
Headteacher
SCHOLAR: Upcoming Online Tutor Sessions
SCHOLAR’s upcoming Online Tutor Sessions are:
|
Day
|
Date |
Time |
Subject |
Level |
| Monday |
06/04/2020 |
6pm |
Computing |
National 5 |
| Tuesday |
07/04/2020
|
6pm
6.01pm |
English Chemistry |
National 5 Higher |
| Wednesday |
08/04/2020 |
6pm |
Physics |
Higher |
| Thursday |
09/04/2020 |
6pm 6.01pm |
Biology Maths |
Advanced Higher Higher |
Please note that worksheets will be available and should be attempted before some sessions.
STEM-related career experience programmes
InvestIN is delighted to offer six STEM-related career experience programmes LIVE & ONLINE this spring for students aged 15-18.
Our ‘Live & Online’ programmes give students the opportunity to gain crucial work experience from the comfort of their own homes. They are delivered by top professionals who will immerse students in simulations of their real-life work PLUS be on-hand throughout to answer their questions live.
The full list of our STEM-related programmes is set out below, including highlights of each one. Click on any programme to view a detailed timetable and to register now.
Highlights & Dates For STEM-Related Programmes
The Young Investment Banker Programme
18th April
Coaching on: pricing and trading stocks, valuing companies, negotiating in a live deal, and building a portfolio
The Young Engineer Programme
19th April
Coaching on: building the ultimate electric vehicle, mapping a mission to Mars and creating the city of the future
The Young Doctor Programme
25th April
Coaching on: stitching up a wound, x-ray examination and taking a patient’s medical history. PLUS dedicated coaching on medical school applications, interviews and tests
The Young Psychologist Programme
26th April
Coaching on: Clinical, forensic and business psychology. Advising police during a live hostage negotiation, communicating with patients during a CBT session, and using psychology to win the ‘hearts and minds’ of consumers
The Young Architect Programme
9th May
Coaching on: Cutting-edge, 3D visualisations of innovative designs. Smart city and digital infrastructure scoping. RIBA Stages 2 and 3 of building design in accordance with a client brief
The Young Computer Scientist Programme
17th May
Coaching on: Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. Discover ‘Big Data’, contribute to the design of an AI system, experience ‘penetration testing’ and carry out a forensic investigation
Click below to read our testimonials and feedback:
FAO Pupils and Parents: SQA Statement on Coursework for National Courses
SQA statement on coursework for National Courses
Tuesday 24 March 2020
Following the announcement by the First Minister on Sunday, that no young person with SQA coursework to complete should attend school to do so, we continue to work hard on how we should take coursework evidence into account, in determining young people’s final grades.
Everyone here at SQA will do their utmost, given the current situation, and with the support of the education system, to ensure that learners’ hard work is rightly and fairly recognised and allows them to proceed to further learning or work.
The current public health advice has meant that we have had to make some really difficult decisions about coursework. This means that for this year, schools and colleges are not required to submit learner coursework for marking, in Higher and Advanced Higher courses.
We have taken this difficult decision to be as fair as possible to all Higher and Advanced Higher candidates, whilst taking on board the current public health advice, the many varied coursework requirements across different subjects, and how these are managed in schools and colleges across the country.
I appreciate that some learners may have already completed their coursework for Higher and Advanced Higher courses. This work can still be used as part of the suite of evidence for teachers and lecturers to draw on as they consider estimated grades.
We have received coursework for a range of National 5 subjects and have contacted National 5 coursework markers to confirm marking arrangements. All National 5 coursework, due to be uplifted in April and May, will not be submitted for marking.
We will provide further details on the estimation of grades, that we will need from teachers and lecturers to inform certification, and fuller details of our approach to certification, as soon as possible.
This is an unprecedented situation for us all, and circumstances are rapidly changing. With every change in circumstances, we continue to consider how best to recognise learner achievement in as fair a way as possible.
Please be assured that everyone here at SQA is fully committed to working with you to deliver for Scotland’s young people. Thank you for your patience and continued co-operation.
Fiona Robertson
SQA Chief Executive and Scotland’s Chief Examiner
This statement has been issued to Heads of Centre and SQA Co-ordinators in schools and colleges, and a copy provided to local authority Directors of Education and Heads of Education.
Accessing Scholar
Pupils no longer need their username and password for SCHOLAR. They should log into GLOW and click on the SCHOLAR tile on either their Launchpad or the school Launchpad. This will log pupils into SCHOLAR and load their personal profile of Subjects.
Staff can monitor pupil use and achievement. Staff need their SCHOLAR username and password to log into SCHOLAR. This can be obtained from your school contact.
SCHOLAR Subjects
The following subjects are covered by SCHOLAR. The materials encompass ALL the relevant SQA content, activities, end of topic tests and recorded tutor sessions to improve pupil attainment.
- National 5 – Biology, Chemistry, Computing, English, ESOL, Mandarin, Mathematics and Physics.
– Nat 5 Support Materials in French, Gaelic, German and Spanish - Higher: Accounting, Art and Design (Textile option only) Biology, Business Management, Chemistry, Computing Science, Economics, English, ESOL, French, Gaelic, German, Human Biology, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology and Spanish.
- Advanced Higher: Accounting, Biology, Business Management, Chemistry, Computing Science, Economics, English, French, German, Mathematics, Physics, and Spanish.
