Category: THS Faculty of Languages and Literacy

Over the coming weeks, S1 pupils will be revising the unit “Mi Familia” which we worked on throughout the period of remote learning. This week, classes are revising vocabulary relating to family members.

We are delighted to be back in school and working with our young people.

During these three weeks all students will undertake English/Literacy in class with S5/6 having one double period of English on a Monday.   Class teachers will set work for the rest of the week.  Mrs Burton’s class also have a live lesson on Thursday during periods 3&4.

S4 will have a double period of English per fortnight.  Students in classes 4.4-4.6 will be in class this week and students in classes 4.1-4.3 will be in next week.  S4 students will be working on the “Sailmaker” past paper from 2014 this week  with classes 4.4-4.6 working on this in class and classes 4.1-4.3 preparing this exercise this week and bringing it with them next week.

Classes in the B.G.E. (S1-3) will have one double period per week, all classes in a year group are working on the same thing and class teachers will set work which should be done during the rest of the week.

During this three weeks all Spanish and French will be undertake remotely and pupils should check MS Teams and ensure they complete the tasks set.

Hopefully all of our young people will be back in school full-time from Monday 19th April 2021 and we can move towards some kind of normality !

Please note there is a change to this week’s Live Lesson timetable which was published on the Languages Blog on Sunday.  There will not now be a Live Lesson for Mrs Nelson’s Higher English class tomorrow.   This lesson was NOT included on the list emailed to parents on Saturday.

Apologies for any confusion.

 

Well done to everyone who took part in our Masked Reader Competition to celebrate World Book Day.   Thanks to all the staff who took time to record their story behind the mask !  Congratulations to the Sausage Dog a.k.a. Mrs Meharry who won the popular vote.

Well done to Zara Menzies and Cale McFeely in S1 who were joint winners and Owen Murphy is S2.  You can collect your prize from Nessie when we return !

Monday	P2	5AH1	Higher English	MJ Burton	Tutorial
	P3&4	4G	N5 Spanish	S Jackson	Tutorial
Tuesday	9.30am	4A4	N5 English	K MacDonald	Live Lesson
	P1	4A1	N5 English	R MacPhail	Tutorial
	P1 & P2	4A3	N5 English	C Sullivan	Tutorial
	P1	4A2	N5 English	MJ Burton	Live Lesson
	10am	2.4 Spanish	BGE Spanish	S Bell	Tutorial
	11am	4E	N5 Spanish	S Bell	Tutorial
	2.00pm	1.3 Spanish	BGE Spanish	S Bell	Tutorial
	P7	5HC2	H English	R MacPhail	Tutorial
Wednesday	P1 &2	4G Spanish	N5 Spanish	S Jackson	Tutorial
	P3& 4	5CN5	N5 English	C Sullivan	Tutorial
	P3 &4	5CH1	H English	Mrs Nelson	Live Lesson
	11am	1.6 Spanish	BGE Spanish	S Bell	Tutorial
	11am	5CH2	H English	K MacDonald	Live Lesson
Thursday	P1&2	4F	N5 Spanish	T Campbell	Tutorial
	P3 &4	5AH1	Higher English	Mrs Burton	Live Lesson
	P3 & 4	5AN5	N5 English	Miss McKenna	Tutorial
	P6&7	4G Spanish	N5 Spanish	Mrs Jackson	Tutorial
Friday	9.00am	5CH2	H English	K MacDonald	Live Lesson
	P3&4	4F Spanish	N5 Spanish	T Campbell	Tutorial

Today is World Book Day – a day we always celebrate. There are lots of fun activities on the Teams pages.  We are very excited to launch the Taylor version of “The Masked Reader” – see if you can guess who is reading the book !   We can’t wait to share this with you ! Please find attached your World Book Day token.  These can be exchanged for one of the £1 WBD books which are available in the Supermarkets or you can use it as part payment for any other book.  Normally we would distribute these in school.  Have fun and happy reading !!!!!

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We are delighted to welcome back Mrs Alison Rooney to the faculty.  Mrs Rooney has returned following a lengthy illness, we wish are well and are very glad to have her back with us.  Mrs Rooney will be delivering both English and Spanish when our young people return.

We are also delighted to welcome Mrs Frances Fraser to the department.  Mrs Fraser will be working in the English Department and we are delighted to have her on board.  Mrs Fraser looks forward to meeting pupils and parents and getting to know the wonderful community that is Taylor High School.

This Thursday is World Book Day and although we are not in school we intend to celebrate this day with some fun activities for S1-2 which will remind us ALL why we love reading !

Watch this space !

We have invited some students into school to give them an opportunity to practise their Spanish speaking with one of the Spanish teachers.  Teachers will also post reminders on their MS Teams pages.  This is a great opportunity to improve your skills before the assessment.  Please make the most of this chance by coming with your materials and in full school uniform.  We can’t wait to see you !

Monday	p2	5AH1	Higher English	Mrs Burton	Tutorial
	P3	4A2	N5 English	MJ Burton	Live Lesson
	P3	4A4	N5 English	K MacDonald	Live Lesson
	2.30pm		Higher English	KMacDonald	Live Lesson
	2pm		N5 Spanish	S Bell	Tutorial
Tuesday	P7	5AH2	H English	R MacPhail	Tutorial
Wednesday	10am	3C Spanish	BGE Spanish	S Bell	Tutorial
	P3 & 4	3D	N5 Spanish	T Campbell	Tutorial
	P3 &4	5CH1	H English	Mrs Nelson	Live Lesson
	11am	3C Spanish	BGE Spanish	S Bell	Tutorial
Thursday	P3 &4	5AH1	Higher English	Mrs Burton	Live Lesson
	P3 & 4	5AN5	N5 English	Miss McKenna	Tutorial
	P7	4A1	N5 English	Miss MacPhail	Tutorial
Friday	9.00am	5CH2	H English	K MacDonald	Live Lesson