Secondary

New - The Celtic Band

Pupils from the Royston Language Unit visited Smithycroft Secondary School to hear a performance by the School Celtic Band and to perform their own dance.

New - Setting challenges

Find out how Craigie High School used a vertical system of registration, with S1-S6 in the same registration class, for setting challenges for pupils.

New - Computing for girls

Hyndland Secondary School in Glasgow ran a project which aimed to encourage more girls to study Standard Grade Computing.

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New - Pebble Sounds - Music production (S5-S6)

Find out how senior pupils at Saint Augustine’s High School produced their own music CD to be sold commercially in Edinburgh.

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Understanding wind power (S1-S2)

Discover how the science department at Eastwood High School in Glasgow helped pupils understand wind power as a renewable energy source by creating their own working windmills.

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S2-S5 pupils help redesign an old cotton mill

Since May 2002 pupils of Rothesay Academy have worked with Fyne Homes, the Lighthouse National Residency Scheme, a local housing association, local landscape architects and sculptors, in the design and redevelopment of the site of a former cotton mill.

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Challenge days

Biggar High School’s curriculum working group decided to build upon developments in enterprise in education, and introduce a series of Challenge Days into the S1/2 curriculum.

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Subject specialisation in S1-S2

As part of the P7-S1 interface, P7 pupils are given the opportunity to choose one course from the S1-S2 elective package. Those choosing music in the community or art and design follow the course through to S2.

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S3 business placements

Pupils are split into small groups, accompanied by a teacher, work in a local business on a project for two days. The groups work collaboratively with their business partners, who offer guidance and support.

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Youthstart

The Youthstart programme is a one-year, full-time college course designed as an alternative route to study National Qualifications. The programme offers development of core and vocational skills, ICT, numeracy, communication skills, PSE and a work placement.

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Secondary pupils' music partnership with BBC Radio Scotland

The Auchmuty Cluster is a group of primary and secondary schools in Fife which are all developing their own radio stations. Pupils will write, record and publish their own work on the internet.