The following information represents broad timelines for where classes should be at various points in the year. At any given point an individual class may be slightly ahead of schedule or slightly behind – this is based on teacher judgement and will take into account the classroom teacher’s assessment of the need to consolidate certain aspects of learning with individual classes and pupils.
S1 RME
Date | Target |
August-September | Beliefs and Values |
September-October | Symbols |
October-November | Local Christian Faiths- visiting the local Church of Scotland and hosting the local Baptist Church in the school |
November- March | Judaism |
March-May | Plastic Pollution |
S1 Social Subjects
Single teacher delivery of discrete subjects.
Date | Target |
2/9/22 | Complete What is History? |
23/9/22 | Complete Inspirational Women in World History |
26/9/22 | Start the Scottish Wars of Independence |
3/10/22 – 7/10/22 | Take a week out of Wars of Independence to do our section of the Remembrance IDL Project |
25/11/22 | Finish Scottish Wars of Independence |
28/11/22 | Start Modern Studies course |
3/3/23 | Finish Modern Studies course |
6/3/23 to 9/6/23 | Complete Geography course. All assessments to be completed by the end of course. |
S2 RME
Date | Target |
August- November | Study of Ernest Gordon. Understanding Christian values, analysing and evaluating moral issues raised in the story. |
November- February | Study of Islam. Understanding and explaining the key beliefs in Islam. Comparing and contrasting Islam and Christianity. |
February- May | Underdevelopment-
Death of Jesus Martin Luther King |
S2 Social Subjects
Six rotas with subject specialist teachers.
The following are the rota dates for the S2 courses:
Rota 1 runs until 23rd September.
Rota 2 runs 26th September to 2nd December.
Rota 3 runs 5th December to 10th February
Rota 4 runs 20th February to 17th March
Rota 5 runs 20th March to 28th April.
Rota 6 runs 1st May to 2nd June.
The table below shows which class is with which teacher in each rota:
Rota 1 and 4 | Rota 2 and 5 | Rota 3 and 6 | |
2SS1 | History with G MacKay in B23 (T4, W3, Th2, F6) | Geography with B Pace in B20 (T4, W3, Th2, F6) | Modern Studies with S Levine in B7 (T4, W3, F6)
Modern Studies with S Mason in B22 (Th2) |
2SS2 | Modern Studies with S Levine in B7 (T4, W3, F6)
Modern Studies with SMason in B22 (Th2) |
History with G MacKay in B23 (T4, W3, Th2, F6) | Geography with B Pace in B20 (T4, W3, Th2, F6) |
2SS3 | Geography with B Pace in B20 (T4, W3, Th2, F6) | Modern Studies with S Levine in B7 (T4, W3, F6)
Modern Studies with S Mason in B22 (Th2) |
History with G MacKay in B23 (T4, W3, Th2, F6) |
2SS4 | History with S Mason in B10 (T6, W2, F2)
History with D Whiteford in B20 (Th4) |
Geography with D Whiteford in B19 (T6
Geography with B Pace in B19 (W2, Th 4, F2) |
Modern Studies with Connell Duffy in B21 (T6, W2, F2)
Modern Studies in B22 with H Ellis (Th 4) |
2SS5 | Modern Studies with C Duffy in B21 (T6, W2, F2)
Modern Studies in B22 with H Ellis (Th 4) |
History with S Mason in B10 (T6, W2, F2)
History with D Whiteford in B20 (Th4) |
Geography with D Whiteford in B19 (T6)
Geography with B Pace in B19 (W2, Th 4, F2) |
2SS6 | Geography with D Whiteford in B19 (T6)
Geography with B Pace in B19 (W2, Th 4, F2) |
Modern Studies with C Duffy in B21 (T6, W2, F2)
Modern Studies in B22 with H Ellis (Th 4) |
History with S Mason in B10 (T6, W2, F2)
History with D Whiteford in B20 (Th4) |
S3 Geography
End of September | Complete Environmental Hazards, including assessment |
End of December | Complete Climate Change |
End of March | Complete Africa – continent of contrast unit |
April/May | Enquiry skills unit, including Balfron investigation |
S3 History
Date | Target |
28/10/22 | Complete WWII topic |
31/10/22 – 11/11/22 | Class time to work on investigation |
14/11/22 | Start Mary, Queen of Scots topic |
25/11/22 | All investigations handed in |
27/1/23 | Mary, Queen of Scots topic finished |
30/1/23 | Start National 5 History course – World War II, starting with War With Japan |
9/6/23 | Complete to end of section 3 of WWII course – Life in Occupied Europe |
S3 Modern Studies
24/6/22 | Complete the causes of crime section |
7/10/23 | Class test completed |
3/3/23 | S3 Crime course completed |
6/3/23 | Start National 5 Modern Studies Course – Crime (Prisons and Alternatives to Prisons) |
9/6/23 | Complete National 5 Crime unit |
S3 RME Course
Date | Target |
August- November | Capital Punishment. Developing N4/5 skills in responding to moral issues- being able to analyse and evaluate responses to capital punishment. |
November- February | Animal Issues. Further development of important RME skills including deeper analysis and evaluation. Using MTV skills to develop these skills further. |
February- May | The Existence of God. |