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Eyemouth High School Parent Handbook 2021 EYEMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL Parent Handbook 2021 INDEX Page Assessment & Reporting 23-24 Background Information 6 Contact Details 3 Communication 4 Curriculum 17-22 Ethos 13-16 Inspire Learning (iPads) 25 Parental Involvement 11-12 School Improvement 31-37 School Performance 38 Staff List 8-9 Support for Students 27-30 Term & Holiday Dates 7 Transitions 26 Views of Parents 10 Welcome 5 Appendices British Sign Language 57 Child Protection 55 Disclaimer 63 Dress Code 39-40 Education Enrolment Privacy Notice (Data Protection) 52-53 Education Maintenance Allowance—EMA 56 Educational Psychology Service 58 Emergency Closure of the School 59 Employment of children & young people 41 Extra-Curricular activities / Study Support 42-43 Healthy Beginnings 60 Homework 44-45 Meals 46-47 Mobile Phone Policy 48 ParentPay 51 PE Dress Code 49 School Day 61-62 Student Participation 50 Young Carers 54 2 CONTACT DETAILS EYEMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL HEADTEACHER: Mr R Chapman, BA (Hons), SfH A partner in the Berwickshire Learning Community Committed to achieving success for all Eyemouth High School is a non-denominational, non-gaelic school, with a school roll of 492 Contact Details: Eyemouth High School Gunsgreenhill EYEMOUTH Berwickshire TD14 5LZ Telephone: 018907 50363 Student Absence line: 018907 50464 Fax: 018907 51552 Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.eyemouthhigh.org.uk Office hours are 8:30am to 4:30pm each day, 3:00pm on a Friday Parent Council: www.eyemouthhigh.org.uk/page/?title=Parent+Council&pid=18 3 COMMUNICATION ENROLLING IN EYEMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL If your child is in Primary 7 in one of our associated primary schools, you will have an opportunity to visit us in April and June to meet with teachers and other staff before your child comes here. If you are moving to the area, or if you are considering making a request to bring your child to Eyemouth High School, please contact the school to arrange a visit and a meeting with the Headteacher or other senior member of staff. More information about the placement request process (including your right to appeal) can be found here: https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20038/school_and_nursery_places/576/ make_a_placement_request/1 ENROLLING IN SCHOOL AS AN ADULT LEARNER We welcome adult learners in virtually all subject areas. Adults wishing to further their education should contact the school to arrange a meeting with the Headteacher or other senior member of staff. LETTING US KNOW ABOUT YOUR CHILD’S ABSENCE You can let us know about your child’s absence and the reason for the absence by leaving a message on the Student Absence line (018907 50464). Please let us know before 9:00am on the day (or days) of absence. If you want to request leave of absence from school for your child for reasons other than sickness, please make a request in writing (and in advance) to the Headteacher. Should a student be recorded as absent at registration and no note or phone call has been received, the school will contact parents/carers in the first instance using a GroupCall text message. This system helps ensure the safety and security of students and to put off any students thinking of truanting. Good attendance at school is vital to success, and we ask all parents to ensure that holidays are taken in the generous holiday periods each year. SCHOOL TRANSPORT You can find out about SBC’s arrangements for School Transport here—https:// www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20040/clothing_meals_and_transport/98/school_transport/1 The School Office are happy to assist with any enquiry regarding school transport. You can also contact School Transport at SBC on 0300 100 180. There is information about the Privilege Lift scheme and what to do in adverse weather online. 4 WELCOME TO EYEMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL I would like to extend a very warm welcome to you on behalf of all of the learning community here at Eyemouth High School — students and staff alike. We aim to have a warm and supportive environment, with rich learning experiences, alongside appropriate challenge for all of our young people. This last year we have had a successful inspection which highlighted our significant work in learning and teaching, and were also awarded the GTCS Excellence in Professional Learning Award. We are very proud of both of these and feel they represent that everybody involved at Eyemouth High School is learning and developing. This year, we started our journey as a Research School, as part of the South East improvement Collaborative. This is leading us to look further into effective teaching, especially using the technology that we have access to. Our aim is for our students to develop into fantastic young adults with the skills and values to make a significant contribution in all areas of life. This depends on hard work by each student, and a commitment to implement effective strategies to improve. This is done through subjects, through opportunities to apply skills across subject boundaries, and involvement in the wider life of the school. We work hard through partnerships between our students, parents and carers, school and other agencies to support our young people to develop in all these areas. Working with parents is a vital part of this process, and we value opportunities to engage meaningfully about each young person. This handbook will give you a flavour of what the school is about, and will hopefully answer many of the questions that you may have about Eyemouth High School before your child comes here. It also contains information about how you might like to get involved in the school. If your child is presently in P7, you will have extra opportunities to visit the school and meet with teachers and staff as part of a comprehensive programme of events around transition. If you would like any further information, if you would like to see the school before your child arrives or if you would like to discuss what Eyemouth High School can offer for your child then please do not hesitate to get in touch. 5 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Eyemouth High School serves the rural area of eastern Berwickshire from Cockburnspath in the north to the English border a few miles south of the town. Apart from Eyemouth (population 3500) this is an agricultural area with several small villages and a rugged coastline now recognised as an area of outstanding beauty. The Lammermuirs and the proximity of Northumbria National Park add to the area's scenic attractions. The town of Eyemouth, traditionally heavily dependent on fishing, has witnessed substantial redevelopment in the last ten years partly thanks to European Community funding. The harbour has been developed over the past few years to service the fishing industry and to attract more yachtsmen; a new 18 hole golf course has been opened and the town centre has been renovated in stages. The nearest large town, Berwick upon Tweed, is only 9 miles away and is linked by a frequent bus service to Eyemouth. Berwick boasts a main line railway station, a good selection of shops and supermarkets, an excellent small theatre, cinema, modern sports centre and a wide selection of housing. With the recent further duelling of the A1, access from Eyemouth to Edinburgh by road is much improved with eastern Edinburgh being easily accessible within one hour. In November 2020 the school roll was 493 following recent increases. Eyemouth High School is a member of the Berwickshire Learning Community which also comprises Berwickshire High School [Duns] and the associated primary schools of each of the two high schools. Of Eyemouth High School's five associated primaries the largest by far is Eyemouth Primary. The other four primaries - Coldingham, Cockburnspath, Reston, and Ayton - range in size. The High School works closely with its feeder primaries as part of the Eyemouth Cluster, in particular working on curriculum transitions, allocating resources and planning effective multi-agency working. A school nurse is based within the school. The High School is a fully comprehensive school offering a wide range of courses to cater for a full range of abilities and interests, including to Advanced Higher level. We offer the Science Baccalaureate. We also offer a range of vocational options both through our first rate Horticulture facility and through partnerships with Borders College. The school gives high priority to supporting students through a rolling horizontal pastoral support system, through our Additional Needs Support team, and through close work with other relevant agencies. We are committed to the principles of Curriculum for Excellence. We provide a Broad General Education up to the end of S3 with some further personalisation and choice for pupils in S3. Our enrichment programme provides planned opportunities for wider achievement for S1-2 during the school day, often alongside partners. A wide variety of curricular activities are offered beyond the school and the school day including rugby, hockey, football, badminton, artistic activities, musical and dramatic opportunities to perform, Duke of Edinburgh and groups which run with the support of local groups and partners. The school has had long established links with a school in the German Black Forest and parties from each school have visited the other in alternate years. A large number of other pupil trips take place including an annual sixth year trip to London, currently led by the DHT with senior school responsibility. We regularly run trips to Switzerland, the Normandy Battlefields, and to the EUSA in Belgium. In March 2009, the High School relocated to a state of the art facility on the outskirts of Eyemouth providing first rate accommodation in which we will pursue our aim of developing a culture of ambition and achievement and provide success for all learners through delivering consistently high quality learning experiences.
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