BBC Bitesize — a resource for National 4/5 learners this year
Here is an interesting post from the Edinburgh Council’s Digital Learning Team blog yesterday.
‘BBC Learning have launched new BBC Bitesize content to support learners taking new National 4/5 qualifications this year.
Packed with quizzes, videos and infographics, these guides are available on mobile, tablet and desktop and will help you get to grips with the new qualifications.
The new material comprises nearly 5000 pages, more than 7000 infographics, 2000 photos and over 500 new quizzes, presented alongside thousands of educational video clips, mapped to the curriculum. Bitesize_sqa_national4_big
The launch of the National 4 and 5 content is the latest step in the new BBC Knowledge and Learning online product, which when complete will bring together factual and learning content from over 100 existing BBC websites, from Bitesize and Food to Science and History. It’s a great free resource so check it out!’
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!
Don’t forget, you can check your PC calendar online!
Just a reminder to busy parents and carers, that you can check all dates of Parent Council meetings (and many school functions) in the ‘Diary‘ calendar within our blog! You’ll find Septemberfest listed there, for example, the S1 parents social, and the AGM and all the other meetings (with agendas and minutes).
This being a Google tool, you can overlay it with your own online private calendar, to help avoid double-bookings! It’s hectic helping a youngster through the school years. We aim to make it that much easier.
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.
it’s the countdown to Septemberfest!
Remember, it’s Saturday the 21st, from 11:00 to 4:00, at the school, and admission is FREE! There’s lots of things to do and see, and there are many ways to get involved and help, too. If you’d like to be a part, let us know, at intouch@broughtonhighpc.org!
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