Videoconferencing in the Advanced Higher French class
Currently in Renfrewshire only Gryffe High School offers French at Advanced Higher level. Students in other schools wishing to study this subject must travel to this base school. To ensure that no student is disadvantaged and to encourage any student who may be unable to study an Advanced Higher language because of other curricular commitments Renfrewshire Council set up the RAFLE (Renfrewshire Advanced Higher Language Electronically) initiative which, through the use of videoconferencing and a dedicated website, allows more students to continue with their language studies. As part of this initiative all modern languages departments in the authority were equipped with videoconferencing units.
Marie Wilson teaches French at Gryffe High School and works with pupils in Renfrewshire who are unable to attend the Monday Advanced Higher French lessons at Gryffe High School via videoconferencing.