S1-S3 Support Evening For Parents (27 September 2023, 6-8pm)
We are excited to welcome Parents and Carers of S1 - S3 pupils to our annual support evening on Wednesday 27 September between 6 - 8pm. We would like to take this opportunity to work with our parents to help you support your child even further across a whole range of learning and wellbeing topics.
This year we will have a series of workshops to attend depending the pupil stage etc.. Each workshop will be 30 minutes long. Workshops will run several times throughout the evening . This will give parents and carers the option to choose the workshops most pertinent them and allow parents and carer flexibility around when they arrive and leave the event.
The workshop programme is as follows no booking is required.
Workshop | Key Theme | Target Audience | Time Workshop |
Workshop 1 Success in S1 Maths | An opportunity to work with our PTC Maths Barry Whelan on how you can best support your child in S1 Maths & Numeracy | S1 parents & carers | 6.30 pm, 7.30 pm |
Workshop 2 Success in S1 & S2 Literacy | An opportunity to work with our PTC English Susi Davidson on how you can best support your child in S1 & S2 Literacy and to learn about a new reading initiative being introduced to all S1 pupils. | S1 & S2 parents & carers | 6 pm, 7.00 pm |
Workshop 3 Success in S3 Literacy | An opportunity to work with our PTC English Susi Davidson on how you can best support your child in S3 Literacy. | S3 parents & carers | 6.30 pm, 7.30 pm |
Workshop 4 Success in Senior Phase English | An opportunity to work with Anne Hart from our English department, as to how the skills in S1-3 English link directly to qualifications in S4. This may interest parents of S3 pupils in particular. | S3 parents & carers | 6 pm, 6.30 pm |
Workshop 5 Success in S2 Maths | An opportunity to work with our PTC Maths Barry Whelan on how you can best support your child in S2 Maths & Numeracy | S2 parents & carers | 7.00 pm |
Workshop 6 Success in S3 Maths | An opportunity to work with our PTC Maths Barry Whelan on how you can best support your child in S3 Maths & Numeracy | S3 parents & carers | 6.00 pm |
Workshop 7 Supporting your Child's Emotional Wellbeing | An opportunity to work with DHT Support; Evelyn Russell, and PTC Wellbeing Sheila Colthart to discuss ways you can support your child | S1-3 parents & carers | 6 pm, 6.30 pm, 7 pm |
Workshop 8 Digital Tools to Support Learning | An opportunity to experience the key tools which your child can utilise to support their learning. | S1-3 parents & carers | 6 pm, 6.30 pm, 7 pm |
Workshop 9 Online Safety | An opportunity to hear how parents and carers can help young people to stay safe in the digital era | S1-S3 parents & carers | 6 pm, 6.30 pm |