S3 Design

Ailie and Jonathan were modelling their completed design works today - the photos will be used in their design folios which will be sent away on the 30th April.

Jonathan's "Bug"

Ailie's "Cowardly Lion"

The rest of the class were putting the finishing touches on their folio sheets...

Self Evaluations in S1 and S2

Today, in our joint S1/S2 class, pupils are evaluating their progress this year. They are looking at questions asking them which things they have improved at, what skills they have developed, and then they are choosing three areas to improve in over the remainder of this year. Targets that pupils have selected include:
- spending more time on homework
- watching the news twice a week
- answering more questions in class- I'm going to answer two questions every lesson voluntarily!
- making sure I listen carefully to the teacher the first time the task is being explained.

S1 and S2 are becoming confident individuals, successful learners, effective contributors and responsible citizens!

Art NAB

S3 were working hard today on their final NAB in art - an essay summary of their research work in the Visual Arts. They only have 300 hundred words and 30 minutes to give an overview of everything they have learned... the hardest thing is definitely being concise!

Galliano Gazette!

I was in Paris over the holidays and paid a quick visit to designer John Galliano's boutique on the Rue St Honore in the city centre. It is a beautiful shop filled with exciting and dramatic creations! The staff were very friendly and showed me 3 of Galliano's "Masterpiece Creations" - these are one of a kind outfits and are straight from the catwalk shows. Here is an example...

Galliano often uses a special newspaper print pattern in some of his designs. The boutique was kind enough to give me an example sheet of wrapping paper with the design on it to bring home and show the pupils:

Higher: Health and Wealth!

Megan and Rebecca are starting their next topic in Higher Modern Studies- Health and Wealth in the UK. They will be finding out what inequalities exist in society in terms of social class, gnder and race, and investigate the extent to which these inequalities affect health and wealth. They will explore the different views on who should be responsible for tackling these inequalities, and then investigate how successful recent local and national strategies to combat inequalities have been.

S1 are Successful Learners in RME!

Today, S1 are starting personal projects on Famous Christians. They are working towards giving a 5 minute solo talk at the end of this term on the person they have researched. They each have one book on their person, and wil be required to do lots of personal research at home. Please encourage your son/daughter with their reading and notetaking!

Peer assessment in S2 History

S2 are marking one anothers holiday homework this morning. The class have written diary entries, poems or news reports depicting life in the trenches in WW1. They are giving one another marks of ten for how accurately their work reflects conditions in the trenches.




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