Author: Mrs Burton

As the holidays commence I wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy holiday and to thank eveyone for their commitment and patience during a very strange academic session.  We have all had to adapt very quickly and I have been so impressed with our young people and their commitment to learning and to our school community; they have done themselves, their families and our school community very proud.  Thank you to them for making our job so much easier.

We are very much  looking forward to seeing our young people again in August and kicking off academic session 2020-21. In the mean time, on behalf of the faculty, I wish to thank you all and we hope you have a happy, safe (and sunny) holiday !

Mrs Burton.

This week the N5 group are revising what has been covered over the last few weeks in Act 1 of ‘Sailmaker’. Pupils can choose the activities they would like to undertake from the revision sheet posted both on MS Teams and Edmodo.

This group are continuing with S4 Daily tasks from BBC Bitesize.  Students are reminded they should join the MS Team as a matter of urgency.  Work should be sent to Miss Murphy or Mrs Nelson on MS Teams.

 

S2 should be working on their chosen book using the Active Reading booklet to practise the Active Reading Strategies.

Work should be sent to their teacher using MS Teams.

This group have been working hard to develop their knowlegde of language which will be highly beneficial for Higher and indeed for the world beyond.  This week they are looking at word choice and how effective it can be when creating text.

Miss MacPhail’s class are coming to the end of their work on punctuation as we appraoch the end of the academic year.

This week they are  finishing off their work on apostrophes, looking at ellipsis before ending the term with another quiz. 

Thaks to the First Years who took part in the quiz on Friday and those who messaged to say they had enjyed it.  To build on this, and following many requests, we will thie week  have a Kahoot quiz every day to consolidate what we have been learning that day !

Today is the big day for the S1 Kahoot Quiz !  I have posted the link and the PIN on both MS Teams and Edmodo.  Well done to all who have completed this and many thanks to those who messaged us to say they had enjoyed it !  You have until Sunday to take part in this quiz.

Think we will have another one before the end of term !

Please find attached a list of online resources which have been provided by the school librarians.  Some of these are already on the list on the blog but some of them are not so it’s well worth a look, especially if you are looking for reading materials over the Summer holiday. English online resources during lockdown 2

Languages Faculty MS Teams Codes

Please note we are moving from Edmodo to MS Teams.  For the next (and last week) we will post on both platforms, however from August we will only be using MS Teams.

Pupils are encouraged to join the appropriate MS Team today to give them time to  become familiar with MS Teams.  Codes are attached to this message, pupils can access them by clicking the underlined text at the top of this post.

Codes are set up in new year groups, therefore anyone who was in S1 before lockdown would now join the S2 Team.