We are all missing familiar faces…we are all learning new things every day. 

This is what learning means to us.  

Take Care and stay safe.     

Boroughmuir Staff

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P7s Please Meet our PE Department

As promised in the newsletter last week….

Here is a video for our P7s to help you meet more teachers and find out more about individual subjects. there are more of these to come over the next few weeks.  

Thanks to our PE department for creating this for us all and making us smile. 

Have a good day.

Ms Presly

National 5 Physical Education

The National 4/5 course enables pupils to demonstrate and develop movement and performance skills in a variety of physical activities.

Learners will develop an understanding of how mental, emotional, physical and social factors can impact performance whilst investigating various ways to develop performance.

Learners will use various methods to collect data/information on performance, which will allow them to identify performance strengths and areas requiring development.

Learners will also gain knowledge of how to design, implement, record and monitor training programmes to successfully develop performance in variety of activities.

Written Portfolio (50%)

All learners will complete a written portfolio to demonstrate their knowledge of the course content. The portfolio will allow learners to identify an aspect of performance requiring development, collect data on performance, design and implement an individual training programme and record/monitor progress throughout.

The Portfolio contributes to 50% of the overall course grade.

Lessons in Physical Education will be split between practical and classroom-based theory sessions.

Performance Assessment (50%)

All pupils are required to be assessed in two activities of their choice. Performances are assessed in the following areas: Performance repertoire, control and fluency, effective decision making, roles/responsibilities and tactics/composition, rules/regulations, etiquette and the managing of emotions.

Pupils are expected to prepare for the Performance Assessment from the start of S3 by regularly practising their activities at our extracurricular or local sports clubs. Most activities will be assessed in school. However, if we do not have the facilities to accommodate an activity, pupils will be expected to submit video evidence of their performance. All activities must be assessed in performance/competition settings.

The Performance Assessment contributes to 50% of the overall course award.

We were unable to visit our Cluster Primaries as planned yesterday but we have produced the next best thing.  This newsletter  is being shared with all our cluster primaries this week.  We also have a number of young people joining us from a school outwith our cluster so this goes to you too. 

Over the next few weeks we will be uploading more information to support transition and welcome our P7s.  Stay safe and well and we are very much looking forward to meeting you all soon. 

MS Presly DHT 

Thanks ever so much.

Juliet 

Dear Parent/Carer

If your child receives instrumental lessons please can you ask them to check their school email over the next few days as their instrumental teacher will be in touch to give support for practicing at home.  They shouldn’t worry if they didn’t take their instrument home, they should just let their teacher know. 

Many thanks, 

Miss MacLeod – CL Expressive Arts.

Click below to download a copy of the new BHS Highlight Reel

All work placements, including week-long work experience and JET placements, will also be cancelled.

JET :  

• JET placements are cancelled for this session effective from today.
• The DYW/JET Team are updating employers today
• We would ask school JET coordinators to update pupils and parents/carers.
• Pupils should attend school on Friday instead of their placement.  The team are trying to arrange virtual links with employers and more information will follow.

JET Parent/Pupil Information sessions :

• These are cancelled.
• DYW/JET Team have produced resources to share with parents via school websites such as Information Sheets and Ppts.
• These will be emailed to school JET coordinators and we would ask for these to be uploaded.

Flexible Work Placements :

• These are cancelled.
• All pupils on flexible work placements should attend school instead.
• Schools should update relevant employers
• Schools should email DYW/JET Team DYW@edinburgh.gov.uk with pupil names so that these placements can be cancelled on WorkIT

Week-long work experience:

• These are all cancelled
• The DYW/JET Team will communicate with employers over the coming days.  
• We would ask schools affected to please update parents/carers.
• The DYW/JET Team will also follow-up directly with relevant schools.

Week long work experience calendar :

Many thanks to all our S2 Parents/Carers who joined us last Thursday night. I have attached the slides we used in our presentation.  We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow night at S2 Parents’ Evening. S2 pupils will receive their log in details and booklets in PSE this week to support their online course choice process.         

Ms Presly & Mr Hembury