1. Irvine Royal Academy Course Choices for S2 pupils 2012
Mr Hotchkiss Depute Headteacher
A University of Glasgow partner school

2. Course Choices for S2 pupils 2012
Curriculum for Excellence
Broad General Education
S1 to S3 levels 3 and 4
Personalisation and choice

3. Mandatory subjects English – 4 periods Mathematics – 4 periods
Modern Language - 3 periods

4. Choices Five other subjects each with 3 periods Curriculum areas
Sciences
Social Studies
Technologies
Health and Wellbeing/Expressive Arts
One from each and one other from any

5. Sciences
Biology
Chemistry
Physics

6. Social Studies
Geography
History
Modern Studies
Religious Education

7. Technologies Administration Business Management Computing
Design and Manufacture
Graphic Communication

8. Health and Wellbeing/ Expressive Arts
Art and Design
Hospitality
Music
Physical Education

9. Choices form Sciences Social Studies Technologies HWB/ Arts Biology
Geography
Admin
Art and Design
Chemistry
History
Business Management
Hospitality
Physics
Modern Studies
Computing
Music RE
Design and Manufacture PE
Graph Comm

10. Choices form - example Sciences Social Studies Technologies HWB/ Arts
Biology
Geography
Admin
Art and Design
Chemistry
History
Business Management
Hospitality
Physics
Modern Studies
Computing
Music RE
Design and Manufacture PE
Graph Comm

11. Core subjects PE – 2 periods RE – 1 period PSE – 1 period
Mentoring – 1 period

12. Curriculum Enhancement
A chance to try one or two year courses
Wide variety
Non-traditional
Mixture of Interest, Vocational and Subject
Some will lead to National 4 and 5 SQA qualifications
Examples: Drama, Duke of Edinburgh, Leadership, Philosophy, Sociology

13. S4 and beyond English and Mathematics
Four other subjects from the six in S3
National 4 and National 5 qualifications
Curriculum Enhancement continues (Second year of two year courses or new one year course)
Core PE, RE, PSE and mentoring

14. Timeline Information Evening – 2nd February
Reports issued – 9th February
Parents’ evening – 20th February
Course choice booklet and forms issued – 24th February
Last day for return of form to Guidance – 16th March