St Modan's HS Transition

Broad General Education

Curriculum for Excellence is built on the values of wisdom, justice, compassion and integrity. It is recognised that all children and young people should develop skills for life, skills for learning and skills for work which will prepare them for a world which is evolving at a very fast pace.

Our S1-3 pupils continue on their journey through the Broad General Education and our curriculum is designed to ensure adequate breadth and depth alongside opportunities for inter-disciplinary learning.

During S1 and S2 we offer a broad range of courses in 8 curricular areas: Mathematics, Languages (English and Modern Languages), Social Subjects, Science, Technologies, Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing and Religious and Moral Education.

The following subjects will be offered within these curricular areas:

English Mathematics Science

Religious Education Social Subjects Art & Design

Music Physical Education Home Economics French/Spanish

Technology (incl Computing) Drama Health and Wellbeing

The emphasis at St Modan’s is very much on pupils as individuals - each moving at a suitable pace to master content and skills.

We have high expectations for our young people and work hard to provide an environment which is structured and allows them to thrive.

We consistently refer to the 3R's in our classrooms and interactions with our young people.

We expect all young people to be:

• Ready to learn, to try and to be creative.

• Respectful of self, peers, staff, learning and equipment.

• Responsible for their own actions, safety, environment and learning.

We recognise and celebrate the actions of those young people who regularly go 'above and beyond' these expectations, through our Celebrating Success strategies. Young people get recognition through praise postcards, 'hot chocolate' invitations and phone calls home.

Although the last twelve months have been very different due to Covid restrictions, usually we run a wide variety of extra-curricular clubs and activities. Clubs vary on a year by year basis.

Sports clubs include: football, basketball, badminton, dance, hockey, athletics, gymnastics, circuit training, table tennis, netball.

Music activities include: choirs, ukulele club, string and woodwind group, Big Band.

Creative Arts and other activities include: film club, doodle club, textiles club, Anima group, S1 Board Games, chess club, library lunchtime club, S1 Chaplaincy, Buddy lunches, Tech and Computing club, robotics.

In addition, we usually have a school show every June and a cabaret in February. All pupils are invited and encouraged to get involved.

The clubs vary every year and depend on demand and interest. A number of activities take place at lunchtimes and others are after school. A young person can collect bus tokens from the office to allow them to travel home after a club that takes place at the end of the school day.

At St Modan's we have a number of trained First Aiders. We do not have a full time school nurse. If this service is required, we would make a referral through the Forth Valley NHS School Nursing Service.

First Aid Support: Trained staff will support if a child becomes unwell in school by administering basic first aid. If the condition cannot be dealt with by a first aid response, a parent/carer will be contacted or in an emergency an ambulance will be called.

If the pupil is generally unwell, the parent/carer will be contacted to collect the child from school.

Medication: If your child requires regular prescribed medication- ie tablets, creams etc- you should contact the school office and complete a form to give first aid staff permission to store and administer the medication as required. A private first aid room can be provided for a pupil if they require space and privacy for any medical need.

*Please note we are not allowed to hold or administer any medications that are not prescribed by a doctor, this includes paracetamol.

Asthma Inhalers: At high school, most young people carry their own inhalers in their school bag. However, we would encourage all pupils to store a spare inhaler in our medical supplies cupboard. This can be handed into the main reception and a medical form completed by an adult. .

Allergy and Diabetes supplies: If your child has an allergy and is required to carry antihistamine or an epi-pen, we would ask that you contact the school office prior to your child's start date to ensure that we have supplies available for emergency situations.

If your child is Diabetic, we will arrange a visit to the school prior to the start date, in August, to discuss the situation with first aid staff and drop off any medication or supplies prior to your child starting at St Modan's.

Toilet passes: If your child has a medical condition and requires access to the toilet more regularly, we can provide a Medical Pass to allow immediate release from class. This information is usually shared through transition meetings with primary schools, but if you have any concerns, please contact us by email and we will ensure this information is recorded.

Every year, you will receive a Data Form to be updated with all the correct details about your child. Please ensure that all medical conditions are recorded on this form. Any queries, please contact us to discuss them.

St Modan's HS is the catchment school for all Roman Catholic young people from Stirling, Clackmannanshire and West Falkirk, regardless of the primary school attended. If your child attends one of our Learning Community primary schools, then the school will let us know. Our Learning Community Schools are St Mary's, St Margaret's, Our Lady's, St Mungo's, St Bernadette's and St Patrick's.

If your child is baptised Catholic and attends any other primary school, please ensure that you have informed your child's primary school of your intention to transition to St Modan's and please contact our school office to ensure that we have your details on our mailing list.

If your child is a placing request to St Modan's please ensure that you have done three things:

Contacted St Modan's school office to share your contact details

Informed your child's primary school

Completed a placing request form with Stirling Council. The link required for this is:

https://www.stirling.gov.uk/learning-education/schools/enrolling-your-child-at-school/placing-requests/placing-request-form/