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Home School Partnership Dates for Events…

S1 and S2 Maths workshops for mums, dads and carers starts on Tuesday 20th October 6.30-8.00pm and will run for 6 weeks within the school. Interested? Contact Caroline Stewart, Home School Partnership Worker at Strathaven Academy 01355 524040 on a Tuesday or Friday’s or contact her on 07795090926 to book your place.

Do you have a child in S1 or S2? A workshop for mums, dads and carers looking at the S1 English curriculum with suggestions on how to support your child’s learning at home. The workshop will run on Wednesday 11th November between 7.00-8.30pm within the school. Interested? Contact Caroline Stewart, Home School Partnership Worker at Strathaven Academy 01355 524040 on Tuesday or Friday or contact her on 07795090926 to book your place.

Mums/dads and other carers are invited to take part in an internet safety evening on Wednesday 18th November between 7.00-9.00pm. The evening will highlight the potential dangers children face when online and discuss what parents/carers can do to help protect their children when using the internet. Interested? Contact Caroline Stewart, Home School Partnership Worker at Strathaven Academy 01355 524040 on Tuesday or Friday or contact her on 07795090926 to book your place.

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Pupil Support Blog

The guidance team are in the process of updating the Pupil Support blog.

As events in the school take place they will be publicised on the Home Page, with other pages keeping you up to date with information about PSHE courses and PUPIL ACHIEVEMENTS. You can access the blog using the following link, where any comments or suggestions can be added. Guidance email addresses are also shown and we are very keen for pupils, parents and staff to provide us with information (and photos) of pupil achievements.

Here is the link for the blog.

http://strathavenacademypupilsupport.wordpress.com/

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Pupil Support

In a large, modern comprehensive school such as Strathaven Academy, the guidance system is very important. It is vital that a pupil’s personal needs are not overlooked.
Pupils should know that support exists and that advice is readily available from experienced and caring staff. In order to meet these needs, the school has
given considerable thought to the question of how guidance should be organised
to ensure that the needs of all pupils are catered for.

At the time of enrolment, each pupil is allocated to one of 4 House Groups and specially appointed Guidance teachers responsible for this House look after the pastoral care of the pupil at every stage of his/her school career. As other members of the same family come to the school they join the same House Group, and in this way parents can establish a good working relationship with guidance staff over a number of years.

Promoted Guidance staff work closely with all staff and in particular with register teachers. Wherever possible a register teacher is assigned to look after pupils from S1-S5 thus providing valuable continuity, as pupils see their register teacher daily.

In Strathaven Academy, pupils are allocated to one of the 4 houses, and each member of the Guidance team looks after the pupils in 1 house.

GUIDANCE STRUCTURE

Mrs C Martis - Depute Head Teacher

DUNGAVEL	Mrs J Paterson
LOUDON	Miss A Johnston
KYPE	Ms F Leggate
LETHAME	Mr K Bruce

Guidance provides an important link between home and school. The role of Guidance staff is to provide help and care for all pupils and to ensure that they make the best use of their educational opportunities. Although all teachers in school have a responsibility for the child’s welfare, it is the Guidance teacher who has an “all round” picture of an individual pupil’s progress.

The Personal and Social Education programme developed by Guidance involves developing appropriate skills and attitudes that will help young people to grow into stable, caring and well-balanced adults.

The Guidance teacher is closely involved in all aspects of a young person’s learning and development during his/her time in school. This will normally include matters relating to areas such as curriculum, health, attendance, careers and personal development. Guidance staff encourage parental involvement and seek to establish strong links between school and home.

On any occasion where there is a cause for concern, Guidance staff will contact parents by telephone or by letter.

Similarly, parents are urged to inform Guidance staff of any circumstances which may affect their child’s progress or behaviour in school.

When pupils come to make course choices in S2, S4 and S5, Guidance staff, in consultation with teaching staff, parents and the Careers Service, will help them to make the choices which best suit their needs and ambitions using the wide range of resources and expertise available. The school has excellent links with the Careers Service and institutions of Further and Higher Education to ensure that pupils are made fully aware of the wide range of opportunities which exist.

S2 choices will be made within the guidelines of Standard Grade provision. S4/5 choices will be made from a wide range of National Qualification Courses.