Want to pass on your skills to our young people?
We just had someone on Parent Council volunteer this week to help S5 and S6 pupils analyze their online reputations — and to calculate the effects on their applications for work, college and university. Businesses, recruiters, and admissions boards all study their applicants’ social media these days. The young people in this week’s group were glad to know this, and wanted to learn more. The S6 pupils also got a workshop on building a CV for success, for which they were very grateful.
Do you have professional skills you could offer our young people? The Parent Council would love to hear from you!
budget cuts: what would they mean to education?
Schools are at considerable risk in the coming public-sector budget cuts, many teachers worry. So reports the Scotsman today, referring to a survey by watchdog organization Children in Scotland, the results of which are to be published tomorrow. Teachers, and families too, observe that cuts to education would greatly impede young people’s social mobility, particularly those children in deprived circumstances. Budget discussions will be underway soon, so this is good reading for every parent and carer.
student audience wanted for BBC’s Question Time in Edinburgh!
If you are 16 or 17 years of age and would like to take part in the studio audience of BBC Question Time, hosted by David Dimbleby on Thursday, 13th June 2013, please contact Alison or Roy, at 01299 829299.
Arrival time for the show willl be 6.00 – 6.30 p.m., and it’s being broadcast from the Edinburgh Corn Exchange.
Present on the question panel will be Ruth Davidson MSP, Leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Anas Sarwar MP, Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour, Angus Robertson MP, Leader of the SNP at Westminster, George Galloway MP, Respect MP, and Lesley Riddoch, Scotsman columnist.
For good viewing over Christmas — our librarians recommend …
Check out these great films that are on the TV over Christmas. Or why not read the book! This list comes to us by kind permission of librarian Helen Smith.
Questioning the presence of the military in schools — public debate 11 Oct. 2012
Will McCallum, Education Campaign Worker with ForcesWatch, a public policy group, alerts us to the Edinburgh part of a national series of debates on the presence of the military in schools. This is to take place on 11th October, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. in the St Augustine centre on George IV Bridge.
Broughton High School Parent Council 