Literacy, Numeracy and Health & Wellbeing

In line with ACfE we have been looking at ways of incorporating literacy, numeracy, health and wellbeing into all areas of the curriculum as well as ways to record this.

We have selected three projects, one for each of the areas, and have created some lively displays in the entrance hall of the school. On them you can see some of the things the pupils have been doing in different subjects and how the areas of literacy, numeracy, health and wellbeing are being addressed.

James Watt College Partnership

Pupils in S2 who have chosen to do Skills for Work courses at the James Watt College next year were meeting the college staff and undergoing interviews today.

Pupils have applied to do a range of courses including construction, engineering, hospitality, childcare and sport. The pupils were able to learn more about the courses on offer and to ask questions about them - it all seemed to go well.

Co-operative Learning Afternoon

In our co-operative learning afternoon P2-7 were learning about bullying. The pupils were split into mixed age groups and were given the task for creating a at about bullying. The group then performed these plays to the rest of the pupils.

Co-operative Learning Afternoon

In our co/operative learning afternoon P2-7 were learning about bullying. The pupils were split into mixed age groups and were given the task for creating a at about bullying. The group then performed these plays to the rest of the pupils.

Parents' Evening

May we remind you that Parents Evening for pupils in P1-S2 is this Wednesday (12th May). You will have received an appointment time along with your child's report card. If you are unable to attend please contact the school so that another arrangement can be made. We look forward to seeing you there. Thanks.

Post election analysis

S1 and some of S2 spent time today looking at the results of the election and how to display the data effectively. Nicol suggested using pie charts. We found that pie charts (shown by Jennifer) were useful for showing the share each party got. In particular it was easy to see if the party with the largest share got a majority. However, they weren't useful for analysing detail and comparing the results in different areas. Daria suggested using a bar graph (shown by Euan) to compare the results of the Cedars School election with those of Inverclyde and Scotland. This proved effective for showing the differences in results.

Pupils extended their knowledge of data handling, using spreadsheets and how our political system works!

Mr C

Our Election results

It's been great in school today- election fever has hit! Here are our results:

Primary:
Conservatives: 21
Labour: 10
Liberal Democrats: 6
SNP: 3

Secondary:
Conservatives: 22
Labour: 14
Liberal Democrats: 12
SNP: 16

Overall school results:
Conservatives: 43
Labour: 24
Liberal Democrats: 18
SNP: 19

Well done to Megan and Rebecca for their organisation skills today!



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More votes being cast in our mock election

The upper secondary have now cast their votes... Results to be posted soon!












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Election Day

The Higher modern studies class are running the school's mock election today. Pupils are coming to the GP Room and voting for one of the Inverclyde constituency candidates. At the end of the day we will post our results on the Hansard MockVote website. Our results will be collated with other participating schools' and published next week!

Everyone has been involved in our whole school project on the election. Posters and leaflets have been made in S1 and S2 English, policies and electoral systems examined in Computing, games played on the MP for a day website, and lots more! Can you spot the rosettes the primary classes have been making?















Mr Creighton will use our school results in his statistics lessons tomorrow, and we are all looking forward to seeing how our results compare with the national results!

S3-5 will soon come to vote and then we can begin to count...


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Golf Week 3

Today we were refining our putting technique at Gourock club. After last week two of the boys went up to the golf club after school to play. Hopefully developing a hobby that could last a lifetime :)










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