S3 will continue work on ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’. They will be thinking about characterisation and will be producing visualisers on the character of Mary Maloney in the second part of the story, selecting textual evidence to support their statements.
S2 English
This week classes 2.1-2.4 will be starting a media unit on Jurassic Park. They will develop their summarising and paraphrasing skills and will start to look at media techniques.
Classes 2.5-2.7 do not have English this week.
S1 English
This week classes 1.1-1.3 will be planning, writing and editing their own poems about their favourite Scottish food.
Classes 1.4-1.6 will be staring a media study of Disney Pixar’s brilliant film, ‘Up’. This week they will be analysing film posters and summarising key points of the film.
World Book Day – Thursday 4th March !
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 !
Spanish Speaking Practice – S.Q.A. National Qualifications
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 !
Live Lesson/Tutorial Schedule – week beginning 01/03/21
| 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 |
S1 French
Pupils are continuing with the unit on Family. Pupils should also complete any unfinished work that they have not submitted.
Higher Spanish
This week pupils are starting the Employability unit and should complete a reading and a listening on this new topic. Pupils should also complete a Directed Writing task as a follow on from their assignment 2 weeks ago. In addition, pupils are reminded that they should be learning their talking answers and starting to prepare to undertake this exam.
S4 Spanish
This week pupils will be focussing on Talking and Writing skills.
S2 French
Pupils should continue with the Week 3 tasks on the desert island project. Some of the islands are sounding great so far!
