Dear Parent/Carer
New Timetable
As you may be aware, we start our new timetable on Monday 2nd June 2014. At this time we will be moving to a new 40 period week. Start and finish times of the school day will remain the same and there will be no alteration to transport arrangements.
Period Times will be as follows:
Registration: 9.00-9.15
Period 1: 9.15-9.55
Period 2: 9.55-10.35
Interval: 10.35-10.50
Period 3: 10.50-11.30
Period 4: 11.30-12.09
Period 5: 12.09-12.48
Lunch: 12.48-1.28
Period 6: 1.28-2.07
Period 7: 2.07-2.46
Period 8: 2.46-3.25
These times will avoid the need to have one period shorter than the others.
Other changes taking place at the start of the new timetable include:
PSE – this will now be known as Health & Well-being and will usually be delivered by your child’s Pupil Support Teacher.
Interdisciplinary Learning – A slot has been made available in S1 & S2 to allow pupils to do work which is not specific to one subject area. This will include study & research skills as well as the opportunity to take part in non subject specific projects.
In S3 one period per week will allocated to ensuring that pupils receive their entitlement within Curriculum for Excellence in covering as wide a range of curricular areas as possible.
HMIe – Inspection
The HMI report is available on-line, both at the Education Scotland Web-site and our own Web-site – http://www.stranraeracademy.org.uk.
We are currently working with staff from both Dumfries & Galloway Council and HMI to produce an improvement plan to meet the recommendations in the Inspection Report. This will be made available, via our web-site, before the end of term.
Parent Council
A reminder that the next meeting takes place in the Conference Room on Thursday 12th June at 7pm. All parents and carers are welcome to attend.
Yours faithfully,
Norman R. Dawson
Headteacher
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