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St Luke's High School, Barrhead

A more flexible curriculum — S5 Skills for Work

The following is based on a presentation to the Scottish Learning Festival in September 2008.

This project was designed to meet the needs of young people in S5 who are at risk of falling into the MCMC category.

The course provides progression from the Prince's Trust Xlerate with Xl programme and delivers learning experiences that are relevant, active, challenging and enjoyable. It was delivered in partnership with colleges and other partner agencies, and involved interdisciplinary collaboration within school. The content included:

Breakthrough Programme — Community Services
Life Skills: Parenting — Community Services and St Luke's
Employability — Jobs Action Team
Health and Safety at Work — Cardonald College
Grow, Cook 'n' Eat (gardening skills and healthy eating) — ERC Waste Technology Centre and Reid Kerr College
Working with Others — St Luke's interdepartmental project

Assessment aimed to reflect the students' learning and to maximise achievement and attainment. It included a Core Skills profile, vocational options accredited by colleges, MV Awards, and Youth Achievement Awards.

Going forward, we plan to introduce more Core Skills, NQ Personal Development Courses, and to take part in a PebblePAD e-Portfolio software pilot.