Exam Leave: Monday 27th April

Please be advised that Exam leave begins on Monday 27^th April.  See letters below to find out who is entitled to exam leave:


S4 Study Leave Arrangements Letter

S5 Study Leave Arrangements Letter

S6 Study Leave Arrangements Letter

National Parent Forum's Revision in a Nutshell guides for the new Highers

Below are the links to the National Parent Forum's Revision in a Nutshell guides for the new Highers (20 subjects) and updated Revision guides for National 5s (20 subjects).

Tina Woolnough, the Edinburgh representative on the National Parent Forum of Scotland and co-creator of the Curriculum for Excellence in a Nutshell guides for parents, has asked us to highlight the new Nutshell guides.  The original ones were well received two years ago when the nationals were first being introduced and we hope you will find these equally helpful.

The revision guides contain direct links to SQA specimen question papers, exemplar question papers plus past question papers, where appropriate.  They are designed as digital resources and work well on IPads or other tablets.

The guides advise learners to check with their teachers to make sure that material is relevant.  They are primarily intended to provide the SQA direct links by subject in one place, and to give some additional revision opportunities (if relevant) including web-links to school pages or to the websites of subject-relevant organisations.  

20 Revision Guides for the new Higher qualifications
http://www.npfs.org.uk/new-higher-revision-guides/

20 Updated Revision Guides for the National 5 Qualifications
http://www.npfs.org.uk/national-5-revision-in-a-nutshell/

The following may also be of interest, if schools wish to share them with parents or flag them up:

Assessment in the Senior Phase in a Nutshell
This is a summary of the types of assessment in the new National Qualifications
http://www.npfs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nutshells_assessment_E1.pdf

Learning Pathways in a Nutshell for the Senior Phase and beyond
http://www.npfs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nutshells_pathway_P1.pdf

The National Parent Forum of Scotland's publications guide
http://www.npfs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/NPFS_publications_guide_2015_E.pdf

Vision and Values Voting Day (23/04/15)

Gracemount High School is having the voting day on the Thursday 23^rd April.

All parents/carers and partners are invited to come into the school to cast their vote. Voting slips will be available from the school office all day on the Thursday.

Our Vision and Values document can be downloaded here.