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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 1st 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

assessments

• Pupils complete an

Added Value Unit

• On successful

completion, pupils achieve an ungraded course award

• Pass/Fail
• Pupils complete an

assignment, folio, performance element

• Pupils sit an exam in

May/June

• On successful

completion pupils achieve a graded 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