Welcome to Guidance and Social Education
Menzieshill High School is ‘A Caring School’. To achieve this we aim to
- Ensure that this is a happy school where pupils are known as individuals and feel valued as individuals.
- Ensure each pupil’s personal, social and intellectual development to their full potential.
- Help each pupil become aware of his/her own behaviour and development and to accept responsibility for both.
- Identify and respond quickly and appropriately to the specific needs of the individuals.
- Encourage good working relations between pupils and teachers based on mutual respect and co-operation.
- Help each pupil develop self-confidence as well as consideration for others and their points of view regardless of gender, race religion, etc.
- Establish an effective partnership with the home with respect to all aspects of pupil development.
- Liaise with all available support services in the interests of individual pupils wherever necessary.
- Systematise and make effective the recording and communication of information relevant to the welfare of each pupil.
It is our intention set out how the planned provision of curricular, careers and personal guidance in the context of the school as a caring community is put into practice in Menzieshill High School. Links will be added to all the areas below.
Guidance and Social Education Noticeboard
What's On
Welcome to new pupils
See our Welcome to new pupils and to our parents evening.
At the end of October, we invite P7 pupils to take part in our Primary Maths Challenge in which mixed teams engage in problem solving activities and have fun working together with others
Rag Bag Textile Recycling
The next “Rag Bag” collection will be Thu 5 February 2009.
Why not donate any unwanted clothes, belts, shoes, etc to a good cause and raise a bit of cash for school funds?
Bags for any donations can be picked up from Mr Thompson in Room GB06 or Guidance Base.
Go on, have a January “clear out” and help others at the same time!
Find out more:
Visit the Rag Bag website:
What's new
The 'F' Word
LIFT OFF's Student Finance Comic has just been launched... Marie's a smart lady. She's figured out how to get her hands on the money she'll need when she's a student. Have You? Read more on
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Lift Off's Student Finance Comic
S4 Prelim Examinations
Started on Monday 10 November. Timetables and advice have been issued to pupils:
- S5/6 will have access to downloadable copies of revision materials for the final exams
- S3/S4 will have access to downloadable copies of revision materials for the final exams
- S1 and S2 Workbooks for most of our topics will be added to the S1/S2 course page
have been placed on the website.
Next steps
The Guidance Team
Guidance Profile
The Guidance team consists of seven Principal Teachers.
Staff
House |
Guidance Teams |
Aberfeldy |
Mrs Dillon, Mr Brown, Mrs Seith |
Fortingall |
Mr Thompson, Mrs Reid |
Weem |
Mrs Hay, Mrs Seith, Mr Watson |
Young Mother’s Unit |
Mrs Seith |
Clubs and Supported Study
Information to follow for the new session 2008/2009.
Deadlines
2009 SQA Examinations
Find Out More … from departments
Homework
Staff encourage pupils to return all homework issued promptly and maintain good reading habits
Dates and deadlines to follow
Homework links
- S1 and S2
- S3 and S4
- S5 and S6
Downloads
We make worksheets, sound and video files available from our website. These may require freely available ’plug-ins’. These enable your computer to display the files, listen to sound or view the films or animations. One of the most common is Adobe pdf. Our files are checked when they are uploaded so will be safe to download. Please follow the tips to keep your computer safe from viruses when downloading from other sites.
Internet safety
We work hard in the school to keep our website up to date and relevant. If you spot anything, please do not hesitate to let us know and we will fix it. Access to the internet in school is monitored and we block some websites. We cannot guarantee the content of other websites so parents should keep their computers secure by switching on anti-virus and parental control software.
We cover this topic in Social Education and advise is issued to all pupils in S1 ICT.
More guidance to follow …
LOOS Links
Learning Out Of School Links provide quick links to websites recommended by the department to continue your language learning.
We have carefully selected some great websites to improve your learning. All you need is a computer, internet connection and follow the simple instructions.
You will find links to a wide range of websites which include activities such as:
- Fun: Lots… online quizzes,
- Listening:
- Reading: tests, drills and exercises
- Speaking: Pronunciation guides
- Writing: Use an instant verb conjugator; grammar guides
- Interest: Find out more about subjects..
Here is an example:
In Usborne Quicklinks you will find links to the websites recommended in Usborne Internet-linked books, and free pictures and puzzles to download for your own personal use.
Best of ...
Here are some links to success stories from session 2007-08
- March 2008: S2 Peer
Education Group presentaion
S2 pupils gave a presentation at assembly on smoking
- March 2008: S6 First Aid
S5/6 Year pupils at Menzieshill High School who had undertaken Emergency First Aid Training with St. John’s Ambulance received their certificates from Mr Laidlaw and Mr Doherty.
Careers Education
The provision of Careers Education and Guidance in Menzieshill High School helps young people develop skills, attitudes and abilities in which will enable them to be effective in a variety of adult occupations and roles.
Click to read more...
Partner agencies
The Guidance team work with a number of partner agencies:
- Bi-Lingual Service
- Careers Adviser
- Childrens’ Panel
- Child & Family Psychiatry
- Dundee Educational Psychology Service
- Medical Services
- Off-Site Educational Units
- Police
- Primary Schools
- Sensory Services
- School Community Support Services
- Social Work
Personal and Social Guidance
Guidance staff try to meet the particular needs of all pupils. These needs may be varied and multiple, therefore the Guidance teacher is flexible in his/her approach. Decision making skills will be taught in Social Education programmes and encouraged during structured interviews or counselling sessions... click to find out more.
Resources
The team have a Guidance base on the top floor. We use a number of rooms for Social Education.
For Social Education, we have a variety of texts to suit all ages and stages which our pupils can access.
Young Mothers' Unit
The Young Mothers’ Unit at Menzieshill High School caters for the extra needs of pregnant school girls, young mothers who are still in school and their babies.