Course Choice 2020 Choosing Courses Free Choice via website S4 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Course Choice 2020

Choosing Courses • Free Choice via website • S4 choose 5 plus English and Maths • S5 choose 5 subjects • S6 choose at least 4 Higher/Level 5 OR 3 Advanced Highers • Two reserves • Success confirmed post-Easter • Note: still no guarantees as 100% success rate is highly unlikely

Timescales • Assemblies with pupils – pre-February break • GDPR letter • Course choice booklet available by February break • Usernames/passwords/link to website 17th February • Website closes Sunday 1 st March • Recommendation: Start discussions at home and with teachers now

You need to know…! • Usernames and passwords will be given to pupils on return from February break • The link will be sent to you via email • The course choice booklets will be on the school website if required • When you hit confirm – that’s it! You can’t go back and make changes. • The system will close at the end of February – choices must be entered by then or they are not accounted for in creating the columns.

And you really need to know… • The system ranks your choices from 1 – 5. • You MUST make sure your child prioritises! • The same applies to the two reserve choices

Support to choose • PSLs will meet with each pupil to discuss • Gillian Ross is available for appointments and drop-ins. • Subject teachers have lots of specialist knowledge - encourage your children to talk to them • University and college websites provide a wealth of information. They are also at the end of a ‘phone and are always willing to talk. • Contact us if you need anything – we are here to help ☺

Types of Qualifications • Nationals 3 / 4 / 5 / H / AH • National Progression Awards (NPAs) • Skills for Work Courses (SfW)

SQA Qualifications National 4 National 5 • Pupils complete units • Pupils complete an assessments assignment, folio, • Pupils complete an performance element • Pupils sit an exam in Added Value Unit • On successful May/June • On successful completion, pupils achieve an ungraded completion pupils course award achieve a graded • Pass/Fail course award A-D

Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) What is SCQF? • A framework to recognise lifelong learning. • Can help you to understand and compare a range of qualifications. • Covers achievements from school, youth clubs, college, university and the workplace. • Shows that qualifications have the same worth wherever they have been achieved.

SCQF Qualification Framework