{"id":5277,"date":"2021-02-15T16:36:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T15:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/brannock\/?page_id=5277"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:38:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:38:35","slug":"s3-into-s4-course-choices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/brannock\/s3-into-s4-course-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"S3 into S4 Course Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/brannock\/uploads\/sites\/26737\/2026\/02\/13140041\/S3-to-S4-Options-Form.pdf\">S3 to S4 Options Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>S3 pupils will receive a paper copy of their options choices with their current subjects pre-populated, from this pupils will indicate one subject they would like to drop. The form above shows you how this form will look.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To parents\/carers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You will have received an email from the school with a link to this section of the website. Here you will find a presentation which will guide you and your child to make the best options choices for them to be successful in S4 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/brannock\/uploads\/sites\/26737\/2026\/02\/13140055\/S3-to-S4-Options-Information.pdf\">S3 to S4 Options Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is important that when your child completes their option choices that you sign and return their form to school so that we can attempt to meet their curricular needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information to current S3 learners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please use your S3 reports, parents evening meetings and any discussion with your Pupil Support teacher <span data-contrast=\"none\">(Mrs McConville for pupils in the LCSC).<\/span> during your PSE period (and\/or any other time if required) to help you complete your choices.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that we will do everything possible to ensure that pupil choice is met.<\/p>\n<p>However, classes can only run where numbers choosing the subject (and level) are sufficient to justify this and where we have sufficient staff.<\/p>\n<p>The curriculum rational for the school can be found<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/brannock\/bhs-curriculum-rationale-january-25\/\"><strong> here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The anticipated timeline for options choices is below:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Monday 23 February<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211; receive options form in PSE from Pupil Support Teacher. Paper copy to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">pupils and copy on school website along with guide to choosing subjects.<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Monday\u00a02 March<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211; pupils will use time in PSE to discuss options with Pupil Support Teacher (Mrs McConville for pupils in the LCSC).<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Friday 6 March<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211; initial submission of options forms\u00a0due to Mr Connelly.<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S3 to S4 Options Form S3 pupils will receive a paper copy of their options choices with their current subjects pre-populated, from this pupils will indicate one subject they would like to drop. The form above shows you how this form will look. To parents\/carers: You will have received an email from the school with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/brannock\/s3-into-s4-course-choices\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">S3 into S4 Course Choices<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36156,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5277","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/brannock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/brannock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/brannock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/brannock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/brannock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5277"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/brannock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6805,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/brannock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5277\/revisions\/6805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/brannock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}