Uddingston Grammar School
It is a new way of learning about the World It means you will learn in different ways It means you will have more choices over what you do It means you should always find something interesting to do and learn It means your teachers can try new things with you It means your subjects are now joined up and work together Uddingston Grammar School
We have changed the topics you are studying We have changed how much ‘teacher’ teaching you get We have brought in new courses We have changed how much groupwork you get We have changed how we report on you We will be changing how you choose OPTIONS You will get DIFFERENT qualifications from school Uddingston Grammar School
New types of courses – called NATIONALS National 3 = FOUNDATION National 4 = GENERAL / INTERMEDIATE 1 National 5 = CREDIT / INTERMEDIATE 2 Uddingston Grammar School
That depends… You WILL sit ENGLISH, MATHS and PE, but may have 4,5 or 6 other options What levels will they be ? That depends on YOU and your teachers Uddingston Grammar School
New Nationals They go up to Level 6 and 7 National 6 = HIGHER National 7 = Advanced Higher Is every school doing the same ? NO Uddingston Grammar School
We are supposed to START the Nationals in S4 – we are not – we are starting in S3 We are supposed to only sit 6 – we are not – we are looking at about 8 Some schools are doing similar things to us, but some are not Uddingston Grammar School
We are Uddingston Grammar We think YOU deserve the BEST We think only having 1 year to study is too short We think only having 6 subjects restricts your options We think our system offers YOU more choices and more chances Uddingston Grammar School
We need to ask the staff, your parents / guardians, and you what you think about our proposals We need to make a decision before Summer so that we all know what it is we want Remember – Curriculum for Excellence is the best thing to happen to Scotland’s education system in over 30 years – you are very lucky to be part of it ! Uddingston Grammar School