This week pupils are practising their reading and listening skills on the topic of Learning. They should complete a directed writing task and send finalised speaking questions to Mrs Jackson, if they haven’t already done so.
S4 N5 Spanish
S4 Pupils should continue to prepare the Talking Presentation and Questions. Complete exercises given last week. There were Grammar, Reading and Listening. In addition to this, pupils should now begin the topic of Technology and write a Job Application Letter.
S2 Spanish
This week, pupils should complete the worksheet “En el pueblo” as well as continuing to work through the accompanying PowerPoint. More detailed instructions can be found on the Teams page.
S3 Spanish
Pupils are not timetabled for Spanish this week. If they have not yet completed last week’s work they should do so and send it to their teacher.
S1 Spanish
This week, S1 pupils are continuing work on the topic of Family and Pets. The PowerPoints and Worksheets to complete are available on MS Teams and pupils should send work to their teachers.
S1 French
This week, pupils are building up vocabulary on family and pets and learning two key verbs. They are also finishing with drawing pictures of pet animals and labelling them.
Burns Day
Today is Burns Day, the day we celebrate the work of the National Bard, 262 years after his birth. Unfortunately we cannot celebrate the way we normally would however we have asked students in S1-2 to undertake a short research task today just to mark the day. We wish everyone has a lovely day and hopefully we will be able to celebrate again next year. Burns’ famous words from “To a Mouse” have never seemed so apt. “The best laid schemes o’ mice and men gang aft agley”. Stay safe everyone !
Mrs Burton’s N5 English Class
This week we will be starting Act 2 of the play “Sailmaker.” During the double period we will listen to the play while following it on the PDF. Any student who cannot join the Live Lesson will find the links in Files on MS Teams to allow them to listen to Act 2 and also to follow on the text.
S2 English
S2 classes will be embarking on writing their final newspaper report based upon the events of the poem “The Ballad of Billy Rose” which they studied last term. Students will find a copy of the poem in Files. For the last two weeks students have worked on the skills of newspaper writing this final task will allow them to showcase the skills they have developed. The task should take a some time as students ensure they have all of the information required and their report is written in the style of a broadsheet newspaper.
Mrs Burton’s Higher Class
This is class will start the week with a Live Lesson to read and discuss Chapter 9 of “A Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” This is an important chapter for the overall plot so it is important students have a sound knowledge of these events. For the rest of the week students will build their notes on chapter 9 using the materials provided by Mrs Burton. There are live tutorials when pupils are timetabled to be in class which allow students to ask for help or to discuss ideas.
