WCHS – Raising Attainment and delivering
opportunities for all
Why Pathways?
• Journey through education and learning in
school and beyond.
• Learning choices involve courses,
qualifications and learning experiences at
any stage or stage of your life.
• Help to map out the courses and
qualifications that will help you to reach
your objectives and potential
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Curriculum for Excellence
Flexible Pathways
Transferable Skills
Changes of Career
David James
(Skills
Development
Scotland)
Dominique
Bramwell
(Napier
university )
Ian
Sutherland
(Edinburgh
university)
Kami Galvin
(West
Lothian
College)
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www.wchs.org.uk – on the web
@WestCalderHigh –on twitter
@WestCalderHigh – on facebook
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Course choice focus week in classes
◦ Career pathways
◦ https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/
◦ Information on what is involved in studying a
subject at the next level
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PSE: focus on course choice forms
Course Choice Booklet and forms on school
website
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30th January: Subject Fayre
Course Choice Meetings
◦ (w/b 30th Jan& w/b 6th February)
◦ Head of House meets with pupil in the library
◦ Parent invited to attend
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Invitation by letter in advance
Copy of relevant course choice form
Pupil will bring home form if parent cannot attend
No obligation
Course choice form –deadline
on form
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Any changes due to courses not able to run
will be revisited by the Head of House
Parents involved in this discussion, either by
meeting or telephone
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Draft course choice form
◦ All possible subjects on form
◦ Not all will run
◦ Designed to offer opportunities for all
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Included, Engaged, Involved
◦ Head of House is first point of contact
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Partners literature – prospectuses