Yer givin' the weans whit????

Slide 1: ISLAY HIGH SCHOOL School of Ambition and Excellence Ian Stuart Yer Givin’ the weans whit????? Part 1

Slide 2: Islay High School

Slide 4: 3. Removal of ‘Age and Stage’ restrictions

Slide 5: 3 New Curriculum Structure • S1 and S2 follow a mainly subject-focussed curriculum in line with National Guidelines • S3 – S6 choose courses from a wide range of subjects (academic and vocational) at three levels of ability

Slide 6: 3 The three levels in the new structure  Level 1  All classes  Access 3, Intermediate 1  mixed age and Standard Grade  5 periods per week (Foundation/General)  1 year in duration  Level 2  Intermediate 2 and Standard Grade  Opportunity for (General/Credit) personalised  Level 3 curriculum  Higher and Advanced Higher

Slide 8: Vocational Video Played here but this cannot be shown here … sorry

Slide 10: Develop the use of ICT  Every Teacher has a Tablet PC  A wireless network  Wireless Projectors in every teaching area  A presentation space in the Assembly Hall  A Media Server – to hold all video’s and audio clips  A Class Server – to hold all the course materials  Existing courses digitised onto the servers  S1 'Benchmarked' for the IC3 international computing qualification, enabling an appropriate starting point for each individual pupil - personalisation  Once these are in place then equip every pupil with an Ultra Mobile PC

Slide 12: The Future? http://islayian.blogspot.com/