Public speaking for schools?
What’s an advantage private school pupils may have over state school pupils, come graduation time? Debating experience and a lot of interview coaching, says Stephen Twigg, shadow education secretary. He says public speaking should be a formal part of the national curriculum. Read about his proposal, which he hopes will help level the odds for all young job-seekers, here.
Lastest issue of ‘Teen Titles’ now in the Library
The latest issue of ‘Teen Titles’ has just arrived in the Library. As ever, it is full of reviews of the latest books for teenagers, and all the reviews are the honest and unedited opinions of teenagers.
This issue features Calum Munro, Connor Bennet and Alex Marshall’s interview of Don Calame, author of ‘Swim The Fly’.
The following Broughton pupils had their reviews published in this issue, and if they haven’t already done so, they should pop into the Library to grab their free reviewer’s copy: Connor Bennett, Megan Black, Lukasz Bojarski, Amelia Brown, Louise Clyne, Ella Duffy, Kyle Fitzpatrick, Aillidh Gladstone-Wallace, Jasmine Hill, Alicja Janksowska, Harriet Johnston, Dorka Kaare, Sarah Malcolm, Alex Marshall, Amy Milner, Calum Munro, Emily Pickup, Georgia Forsyth Sijpestijn, Magnus Westwell.
If your young reviewer would like to feature in the next issue, please let them know that they should ask Miss Paton the Librarian for more information.
National Parent Forum of Scotland
We’re alerted to the existence of a National Parent Forum of Scotland, who appear to do much the same as we do on the Parent Council here at Broughton, only with a focus on large-scale curriculum and policy issues. They lodge within the very fine Education Scotland online resource page here.
young job-seekers and the skills shortage
More than 450,000 young adults who should be building careers lack the skills they need to do it, particularly in communication, team-working, and customer service. Entry-level jobs used to teach these skills. The job market having shifted in the last decade, however, those jobs are no longer there. The Work Foundation warns of a long-term problem if too many young people fail to join the workforce. Plenty of jobs do exist, points out the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. But because of a mismatch betyween the aims of education authorities and employers, many of these jobs go unfilled — in spite of the growing surplus of unemployed young people. Read about this important paradox here.
Football Academy attracting star talent
Musselburgh football prodigy Jason Jarvis is coming to Broughton in August, reports the East Lothian Courier, part of the Scottish Football Association’s growing Performance Schools inititative designed to get Scotland back to World Cup-level football. There are seven schools in this new programme. It’s encouraging to see young power players like Jason choose Broughton. Read more about the young star here.
Broughton High School Parent Council 