1. HIGHLANDS SCHOOL
Mosquera Darroza, Paula Ríos Bergantinhos, Iria
Rodríguez Pérez, Leticia Seoane Gesteiro, Tamara
Skourtis, Vassia

2. SCHOOL PROFILE
● Contact information
– Address: 4901 Craig's Road, Edinburgh,
Scotland, UK.
– Telephone number: 131 539 9001
– Website: www.highlandschool.uk
– E-mail: highlandschool@gov.uk
● Members of the English department
Ms: Mosquera, Ríos, Rodríguez, Seoane and
Skourtis

3. SCHOOL PROFILE
● Description of the school & community:
– Sub-urb Edinburgh: low-income area
– High qualified professionals
– 4 Departments
– Physical characteristics:
● Two floors
● Elevator
● School library
● Ceremonial hall
● Small school canteen
● School yard
– Classes: 20 children (50/50)
– Don't have parental support

4. How do we know our students?
1)Playing games like: “Guess who is he/she?
– One child has to guess information about one
of his/her classmates
– This child has to tell if the first one has
guessed well or not and then he/she will pick
one other of his/her classmates
2)Asking their parents about their children
– Must be polite and careful
– The best way in order to get this information is
sending a letter

5. The letter
● Polite
● Precise
● Clear &
Simple
● Organized
● Careful
● Complete

6. The survey

7. EVALUATION
● Socio-economic status
● Social skills of the children
● The educational needs of the children
● Personal resources to help the children with
special educational needs
● The involvement of the parents in the education
● The hobbits and interests of our students

8. Methods of evaluation
● Socio-economic status: a survey
● Social skills of the children: the children do a game
and the teacher fills an observation sheet
● The educational needs of the children: we decided to
ask for help to a professional
● Personal resources to help the children with special
educational needs: interviews with other teachers
● The involvement of the parents in the education: a
survey
● The hobbits and interests of our students: with a game
like “Guess who is he/she?”

9. THE END
● Thank you so much for your attention.