1. Friday 9th February 2017

2. Our Strategy for Closing the Gap
Understanding why/how poverty influences attainment
Using research evidence to inform our interventions
Systematic and smart use of data

4. The Renfrew High Experience

5. Our Curriculum Rationale
Our curriculum will:
provide learners with a wide variety of relevant, challenging and enjoyable learning opportunities and experiences
support learners to attain and achieve to their highest potential
develop our learners' skills, talents and personalities to prepare them for learning, life and work beyond school as happy, confident and responsible people who enjoy success in a sustained positive destination

6. What is the Renfrew High Experience?

7. What would you want for your children?

8. What would you want for your family and friends?

9. Task 1
Please discuss what experiences would you like your children / family / friends to have throughout their time at school? Also consider, do our students experience this?

10. Where are we?
Is Graeme sleeping?

11. Curriculum areas and subjects Interdisciplinary learning
The curriculum is the totality of experiences planned for young people. These are grouped into four categories:
Curriculum areas and subjects
Interdisciplinary learning
Ethos and life of the school
Opportunities for personal achievement

12. Task 2 What other experiences can we offer?
What resources do we need to be able to offer these experiences?
Please indicate if you would like to be involved in taking a particular activity forward.

13. Skills for Life, Learning and Work
All children and young people are entitled to opportunities for developing skills for learning, life and work. The skills are relevant from the early years right through to the senior phase of learning and beyond.
The skills should be developed across all curriculum areas, in interdisciplinary studies and in all the contexts and settings where young people are learning….. As such they are the responsibility of all pre-school, school and college staff, professionals and adults working with children and young people.

14. Task 3
What skills for life, learning and work in the context of Renfrew High School do you consider to be a priority for our young people?
How are we developing these skills?

15. Task 4: Our Non-Negotiables
Every child who attends Renfrew High School should achieve…………….

16. My Success Criteria
Is Graeme still sleeping?