{"id":1549,"date":"2018-01-17T00:33:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T00:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/?page_id=1549"},"modified":"2019-02-20T16:43:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T16:43:28","slug":"course-choice-advice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/course-choice-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Choice Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>When choosing which subjects to study, you should consider:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>what are my <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">skills<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; what am I good at?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>what are my <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">interests<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; what do I enjoy?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>what<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"> job<\/span> am I interested in\/what\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">career area <span style=\"color: #333333\">am I interested in?<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003300\">You are recommended to take <strong><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>a range of subjects<\/em> <\/span><\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0 this is due to the fact that:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>you may change your mind in the future and decide to follow a very different career path<\/li>\n<li>the job you are interested in may not exist in the future<\/li>\n<li>you have to be prepared\/have the skills to fit the future job market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>You should conduct research:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>make sure you are making decisions and choosing subjects which will allow you to progress to the course\/job\/apprenticeship you are interested in.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/course-choice-advice\/course-choice-research\/\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for more advice (and an example) on course choice research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u00a0Advice from Senior\/Ex Pupils &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 26px;font-weight: bold\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/course-choice-advice\/course-choice-pupil-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Advice from Skills Development Scotland- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/choosing-my-subjects-0\">Course Choice TOOL<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Course Choice Information Evening, 7\/2\/19 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/futurepathways\/uploads\/sites\/3154\/2019\/01\/Course-choice-evening-poster-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Course Choice Forms &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/course-choice-advice\/course-choice-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a><\/h2>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #008000\">In S2 &#8211; pupils choose 9 subjects to study in S3\u00a0 <\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">(they will also have maths, english and CORE PSE, RME, PE and leadership on their timetable)<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080\">In S3 &#8211; pupils choose 7 subjects to study in S4<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">(pupils will also have CORE\u00a0<\/span>PSE, RME and PE on their timetable)<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #993366\">in S4 &#8211; pupils choose 5 subjects to study in S5<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366\">(pupils will also have CORE\u00a0PSE, RME and PE on their timetable)<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #993300\">in S5 &#8211; pupils choose 4 subjects to study in S6<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\">(pupils will also have CORE HWB on their timetable)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When choosing which subjects to study, you should consider: what are my skills &#8211; what am I good at? what are my interests &#8211; what do I enjoy? what job am I interested in\/what\u00a0career area am I interested in? You are recommended to take a range of subjects &#8211;\u00a0 this is due to the fact &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/course-choice-advice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Course Choice Advice<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3233,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1549","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1845,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1549\/revisions\/1845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}