Welcome to Middle School!

This week we are beginning the new draft timetable for children from P6-S5. This will enable us to ensure that children are working right to the end of term and use this time in order to begin new coursework and check that the timetable will run smoothly when the new session starts in August.

As part of the new timetable, and in tandem with the new Curriculum for Excellence we are altering the structure of the school slightly to ensure continuity and progression from primary to secondary departments and to develop the potential of extending learning through inter-disciplinary projects.

These changes will mainly affect children from P7-S2 which will now be known as 'middle school.' These children will have secondary classes as previously but also experience a component of inter-disciplinary activities and projects.

We are very excited about the project and hope it will lead to depth, continuity, progression and relevance in our learning across these years which precede exam courses.

We will be holding an information evening in September for parents on 'A Curriculum for Excellence' which will include details of middle school and information on the new exam structure which will come into place in Scotland.