Welcome to St John's RC Academy
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Attention - All Pupils!
It’s time to embark on excellent learning!
Have you heard about the new website that’s been launched to help bring the Scottish Government’s Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) to life for young people?
BeXcellent offers an easy-to-understand approach to the new curriculum and the personalised, creative learning it promotes.
The site will provide:
• a simple guide to the new curriculum
• activities designed to stimulate independent learning and new ways of thinking
• great resources to support learners when thequalifications associated with CfE are fully implemented.
BeXcellent speaks directly to children and young people about what Curriculum for Excellence means for them, and should be used to open up discussion between them, their parents and carers and the teachers and other professionals working with them.
Competition
There is also a BeXcellent competition, calling for entries from individual young people and groups which demonstrate excellent learning across a range of categories. Winning entries must be inspiring and innovative. (closing date – 8 June 2012)
Prizes include footwear from Schuh, and interactive learning experiences from Polybius Games Ltd and the National Trust for Scotland, which embody the ambitions of Curriculum for Excellence.
Visit www.BeXcellent.org.uk today by clicking here!
For all parents from the National Parent Forum of Scotland
Click on the following link to download e-flyers for the forthcoming courses/workshops that may be of interest.
29th May 6pm - 7.30pm, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
All Parents – Cyberbullying Information
Click here to download the summary report of a recent survey about Cyberbullying undertaken by Respectme.
There is also an updated advice leaflet to download by clicking here.
This information to parents is invaluable in protecting our children from the misuse of technology. Please take some time to read over the report.
To find out more about Respectme click here.
Parents and Carers - Your View Counts!
We know that being a parent or carer is rewarding and great fun; we also know that there are times when it can be tough and some advice and support would be helpful. All families need some extra support at times and this will be different for each family at different times. To help us with planning our services we would like to hear from all parents and carers with a child from bump to 18 years about what type of support and information families would find most helpful . We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete this short survey by following the link below:
http://pkc.parentconsultationsuvey.sgizmo.com/s3/
If you would like more information about support for parents and carers in your local area please contact the Adult and Family Learning Team on 01738 477697.
Olympic Torch Relay - Our moment to shine
St John's RC Academy are delighted to confirm that two of our pupils will be taking part in the Olympic Torch Relay as it makes its way through Perth.
Louise Ford (P7) and Chris Wardlaw (S5) will carry the torch through the grounds of Scone Palace and Stirling during June 2012. Colin Keough - a member of staff from the Live Active Leisure team based at our North Inch Community Campus - will carry the Olympic Torch through the streets of Dunblane on this exciting and highly prestigious national event.
It is fantastic to have St John's RC Academy pupils and North Inch Community Campus partners take part in this once in a lifetime opportunity and no doubt we will all be there to cheer them on and join in on the celebrations.
A huge well done to Louise, Chris and Colin for being recognised by the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Team.
School Newsletters
All our school newsletters - primary and secondary - can be found here.
If you wish to receive e-mail newsletters and be kept up to date about all aspects of school life here at St John's RC Academy please click on the newsletter sign-up tab or follow this link - click here.
SCHOLAR at St John's RC Academy
SCHOLAR is one of the world's largest school e-learning education programmes and it is available to every pupil studying Intermediate Maths and selected Higher and Advanced Higher courses at St John’s RC Academy.
For further information please click here to download the SCHOLAR ‘log in and learn’ parent information leaflet.
This is a fantastic resource to support your child’s home study.
School lanyards
St John's RC Academy lanyards are now available from our school office for £1.
The lanyards - with protective card casing - are very useful in protecting smartcards which are used each day by our young people to buy lunch and open doors. A large number of pupils have lost/damaged their smartcards and this causes problems for them getting to class on time. This simple solution will protect the cards and help to keep them safe.