S3:4:5 senior phase parents information evening presentation January 2016

1. Currie Community
High School
Senior Phase Parents Information Evening
January 2016

2. Welcome
 Doreen MacKinnon, Head Teacher
 Clive Walton, Depute Head Teacher (S4 Year Head)
 Alan McKinney, Depute Head Teacher (S3 Year
Head)
 Hazel Moar, Pupil Support Leader

3. Aims of the Evening
 Course Choice process and support available
 Subjects and courses
 Progression routes from S4 – S6
 Support available during the process
 Expectations of high standards and commitment
from senior students
 The Education Maintenance Allowance
 Alternatives to returning to school

4. The Senior Phase S4 –
S6
 The Senior Phase offers our students the
opportunity to expend and deepen their learning as
they begin to build their portfolio of qualifications.
 These qualifications will be a combination of
academic qualifications as well as a range of
qualifications which recognise wider achievements.
These may include the SQA Employability Award;
SQA Leadership Award; Saltire Award for
volunteering; and/or the John Muir Award.

5. Reasons for returning
 Higher Education
 Further Education
 Christmas Leavers – applies to S4 and S5 only -
(d.o.b. 1 October – 28 February)
 Can’t/Won’t get a job
 Parents want them to

6. Progression Routes
 CfE Level 3C or 3S in S3 can lead to National 4 or
possibly National 5 in the Senior Phase
 CfE Level 4C or 4S in S3 can lead to National 5 in
the Senior Phase
 National 4 may lead to National 5 or to another
National 4 in another subject
 National 5 can lead to Higher
 Higher can lead to Advanced Higher

7. Pathways in the Senior
Phase
 All S3, S4 and S5 students will have a choice of 2
pathways to take them through the remainder of
their school career and beyond. Students may
move from one Pathway to another at transition
points (S4-S5; S5-S6).

8. Pathway 1
 Students may choose to follow between 6 and 8 National
Qualifications and will be timetabled 3 periods a week for
each NQ. Those choosing to follow 6 or 7 NQs will
choose one or two Wider Achievement courses or
Private Study and will be timetabled for each 3 periods a
week.
 Please note: to ensure success in National 5
courses in this model, students should continue
with a subject which they have studied up to CfE
Level 4.
 All students must study English and Maths in this
pathway. Students cannot study at Higher or
Advanced Higher level in this pathway.

9. Pathway 2
 Students may choose to follow 5 National Qualifications
and will be timetabled 5 periods a week for each NQ.
The following conditions apply in this pathway:
 S4 students must study English and Maths.
 One Wider Achievement option is permitted in this
pathway.
 Students in S6 may study 4 Highers or 3 Advanced
Highers and have 1 or 2 columns for private study.
 S4 and S5 students are not permitted Private Study in
this pathway.

10. Which level?
 Highers are hard work for even the most able pupils
 National 5 is demanding and more challenging than
the credit course
 Take advice and make an informed choice using:
• Entry requirements
• Reports
• Pupil Support Leaders
• Subject leaders

11. Unit and Course
assessments
 National 3 and National 4 will be marked and
assessed by the school
 National 4 Courses will be made up of Units,
including an Added Value Unit. In order to achieve a
Course at National 4, learners will need to pass all
Units plus an Added Value Unit assessment
 National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher Courses
will also include Units that are assessed and
marked by the school. In order to achieve a Course
at National 5, Higher or Advanced Higher, learners
must pass all Units plus a Course assessment.

12. 21/1/16
2016-17 Senior Phase Pathway 1. Personalisation and Choice Sheet. Dummy Run
Pupil’s Name: ___________________________________________ C lass: __________________
·! All pupils following Pathway 1 will continue to study English, Maths, PE, Personal & Social Education and Religious & Moral Education.
·! Please put ‘1’ beside your 1st
choice and ‘2’ beside your 2nd
choice.
·! It is important to note that courses will not run if there is insufficient uptake in the dummy run.
C Science
D Modern
Languages
E Social Subjects
F Expressive
Arts
G Technologies H Specialisation
Biology French Geography
Art &
Design
Business
Education
Art & Design
Chemistry German History Drama
Computer
Science
Biology
Physics
XL
Modern
Studies
Music
Design &
Manufacture
Computer Science
Geog. French
PE
(H&WB
& EA)
Health &
Food
Technology
Graphic Comm.
JET RMPS
Physics Geography
Wider
Achieve-
ment (with
SQA units eg
Leadership
Development,
Volunteering)
Wider
Achieve-
ment (with
SQA units eg
Leadership
Development,
Volunteering)
Chemistry
Health & Food
Technology

13. Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E
Advanced
Higher *
Bus. Mgmt.
Home Ec: H&FT
History
Art & Design
Biology
German
Graph. Comm.
Modern Studies
RMPS
Art & Design
Geography
Physics
English
Maths
Chemistry
Computing
Science
Drama
French
Music
Higher
Bus. Mgmt.
Design & Man.
English
Home Ec: L&CS
History
Media Studies
Art & Design
Biology
German
Graph. Comm.
Modern Studies
Physics
RMPS
Art & Design
Chemistry
Geography
History
Modern Studies
P.E.
Physics
Music Tech.
English
Maths
P.E.
Accounting
Biology
Chemistry
Comp. Science
Drama
French
Maths
Music
Sociology
National 5
Bus. Mgmt.
Design & Man.
English
Hospitality:
(Practical Cookery)
Art & Design
German
Graph. Comm.
Hospitality:
(Cake Making)
Laboratory Skills
Physics
RMPS
Art & Design
Chemistry
Geography
History
Modern Studies
Music Tech.
P.E.
NPA*** Web Design
Fundamentals
Creative Ind.
English
Hospitality (Practical Cookery)
Maths
P.E.
Practical Woodworking
Retailing
Spanish
College**
Accounting
Biology
Comp. Science
Drama
French
Lifeskills Maths
Maths
Music
National 4
Bus. Mgmt.
Design & Man.
English
Art & Design
Graph. Comm.
RMPS
Physics
Art & Design
Geography
History
Modern Studies
Music Tech.
P.E.
P.E.
Practical Woodworking
Comp. Science
Drama
Lifeskills Maths
Music
Biology

14. The Learning
Agreement
 Outlines the expectations of the school in terms of
commitment, behaviour, attendance and punctuality
 Is signed by all of our senior students and is a
contract between the students and the school
 Is essential for all students applying for an
Educational maintenance allowance –EMA
Students who fail to meet these expectations can be
asked to leave.

15. Education Maintenance
Allowance - EMA
 This is a means tested weekly allowance for
students aged 16 – 19
 Payment is made directly to the students’s bank
account
 Payment is based on attendance and effort and can
be withheld if targets are not met

16. Expectations of S4, S5 and
S6
 Positive attitude and commitment
 Positive contribution to the life of the
school
 All students will go into positive
destinations, employment, training,
Further or Higher Education
 All students will achieve their
potential

17. Timelines
 12 January Senior Phase Parents’ Information Evening
 29 February S4 Tracking Reports issued
 4 March S3 Reviews of Learning and Profiles completed
 8 March S4 Parents Consultation
 18 March S5/6 Tracking Reports issued
 21 March S5/6 Parents’ Consultation
 25 March S3/4/5 Course Choice completed and S5/6
Tracking Reports completed