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THE
GUIDANCE SYSTEM
Your child
will be assigned to a guidance teacher, according to the class teaching
group in S1. The guidance teacher will follow your child through school,
subject only to changes in staffing.
Guidance
teachers are associated with one of five houses, and a number of house
activities and competitions take place throughout the school session.
| HOUSE |
PT GUIDANCE |
ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE SUPPORT STAFF |
| Burns |
Mr Richardson |
Mrs Devlin (4B2) |
| Dunlop |
Mr Rigg |
Mrs McLintock (1D2), Mrs McKenzie (5D2), |
| Fleming |
Mrs Kulma |
Mrs Devlin (3F1), |
| Scott |
Mr Howie |
Miss Findlay (1S2), |
| Wallace |
Mrs Devlin |
Mr Cowan (2W2), Mrs Forsyth (5W) |
Mrs Kulma
Mr Richardson
Mr Howie
Mr Cowan
Mrs Forsyth
Mr Rigg
Mrs McLintock
Mrs McKenzie
Mrs Devlin
AIMS
- To provide a support system for pupils which will allow them to make the most of the opportunities available.
- To give each pupil a member or staff to whom either he or she can turn to at any time for advice on a wide range of matters.
- To operate a link between school and parents are kept fully informed on all matters concerning their children.
- To prepare their for the subject chioces which will have to be made at the end of S2, S4 and S5.
- To try to ensure that each pupil is following the course best suited to his/her abilities and ambitions and to monitor the puil's progress throughout the entire course.
- To prepare pupils for adult life through a Personal and Social Education Programme which includes topics not normally covered by school subjects including Careers, Health, Safety and Leisure.
- To give to the entire staff a point of reference for each pupil. The guidance teacher is the member of staff with the widest knowledge of a pupil, coverage such matters as attendance, behaviour, progress, ambitions and exam results.
- To give to parents and outside agencies such as the Careers Service, Police, Children's Panel, Social Work Department and possible employers a known point of contact for each pupil in the school.
ANTI-BULLYING POLICY
There may be times when your child feels that he or she is being bullied. It is most important that parents who are concerned about possible bullying should contact the school at the earliest opportunity to discuss the problem. This discussion will include the action which will be taken and how your child can be supported. Bullying is a problem which cannot be stopped by pupils, parents or teachers acting alone and parents should therefore not hesitate to seek the advice and support of the school, if the need arises.
Senior pupils are trained to act as mediators for younger pupils in the school.
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