Learn at Home Resources
A guide to accessing Office 365 can be found here.
Assessment and Study Planning
The resources below are of particular use to pupils currently preparing for NQ assessments.
General Resources
- School Website – Faculty Pages
- School Twitter
- BBC Bitesize – Free online study support resource to help with revision. Go to the Secondary menu and choose the appropriate level from the Scotland list.
- SCHOLAR – Online courses at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher levels. To access SCHOLAR materials you will need your SCHOLAR username and password.
- Collins Learning – Free resources and downloadable answers from HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
- SQA – Website of the Scottish Qualification Authority where you can find course specifications and past papers in every subject. You can also build your own personal examination timetable. If you have not already done so you can register with MySQA so you can receive your results by text and/or email.
- SQA – Understanding Standards
- SQA – Past Papers
- Bright Red Publishing
- Scholastic Learn at Home – Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.
- Twinkl – One month free subscription to enable parents and carers to have resources
- ACHIEVE – A study toolkit for Scottish National 5 exams and covers 11 of the most common National 5 subjects.It can be used both in school and remotely
Mental health and wellbeing
- Mental Health – our school website
- BBC – Protecting your mental health during the coronavirus
- SAMH
- Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
- Exam Stress – our school website and SAMH
- Mental Health Foundation
- NHS self help leaflets
- Young Minds
- Mind
- The Mix – for a range of issues not just mental health
NEW – a collaboration between Shout, the Mix and Young Minds, a new OneSpace service has been launched as a single place to help people under 25 quickly connect with clinically assured online support and information, to support their mental health and wellbeing. This service can be accessed here: https://onespaceto.org/
Staying Active (Active Schools)
For Parents
- Parentzone – particularly the section on learning at home
- Parentclub – though perhaps more designed at Younger children
Education Scotland have a new page specifically for Transitions between schools or after school https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/learning-at-home/covid19/transitions/
A new resource has been produced by the mental health foundation to help children talk about their feelings with parents or carers https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/MHF-Scotland-Parents-Pack.pdf
Subject Specific
Art
Free social platform for all ages
A place for art, learning and socialising
Sketchpad 5.1 for PC or Mac
https://sketchpad.app/en/
Sketchpad makes it easy to bring your ideas to life
It’s a game to download draw something classic, social drawing and guessing game.
A free online Pictionary drawing game, draw and guess with fun multiplayer games.
Go to Art factory to choose from a variety of
art lessons
art appreciation
design lessons
Research Artists and Designers
( Record factual notes, give your personal opinion of the style ,complete sketches)
Henri Matisse (French artist)
Vincent Van Gogh (Dutch painter)
Banksy (Street Artist)
Andy Goldsworthy (British sculptor)
Offline activities :
Collect on your walk (small, natural)
Observe ( Be inspired by your surroundings take photographs inside or outside)
Draw what you see from a window in your home
Create a collage timeline
Draw objects in the home�� (Tone, colour, form)
Sketch (record highlights of your day, make them into a mini sketchbook)
Recycle ♻️ (create artwork using cardboard, cut, glue, draw, paint on top of it)
Biology
Business Management
Design, Manufacture and Graphics (CDT)
Graphic Communication Resources:
http://www.getagrip.graphics/index.htmlhttps://www.designclass.co.uk/graphic-communication.html
Design and Manufacture Resources:
https://www.designclass.co.uk/design–manufacture.html
http://www.technologystudent.com/
https://www.focuselearning.co.uk/ – email Mr Collin for a login / check your teams.
Practical Woodworking:
https://www.designclass.co.uk/n5-woodwork.html
https://www.scottishwood.co.uk/scottish-hardwoods
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3EpWncNq5QL0QhwUNQb7w – Paul Sellers excellent channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3_pS3LvNKw – One of Matt Estlea’s project (see other videos)
Leckie & Leckie Textbooks Online:
https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/STAUGUST24/Student/ – email Mr Collin for a login / check your teams.
Chemistry
Computing Science
S2
All S2 BGE work can found in the class notebooks.
S3
All S3 work can found in the class notebooks and pupils should check Teams for a list of activities to do when required.
N5, Higher, Advanced Higher
All revision materials are in the class notebooks. Check Google Classroom for teacher updates.
Drama
Pupils should log into Teams to access work.
English
New English work for S1/2 learners.
Please follow the links below for access to the new work. There is a document in each folder that contains instructions on what to do – please read this first!!
S1 Link to English Work:
Link to Office365
S2 Link to English Work:
Online Learning for s1/2 English
Reading Read a book for a minimum of 45 minutes a day. Free ebooks can be found:
Reading Tasks: Note down any words that you don’t know – look them up using a dictionary/online dictionary. Write the definition down in your own vocab list. Use these words in a new sentence.
Literacy Games:
- Primary Homework Help – Literacy
- Education City – free trial available
- Twinkl
- English On-line
- TeachWire
Teams: Look out for specific English resources coming your way from your teachers.
S3 – S6 Online Learning:
All should be set up on a digital platform: Google Classroom or [https://office365.edin.org/](OneDrive and Teams) will be used to communicate.
All seniors should have a SCHOLAR password and be using this as well as the links below to supplement learning:
ESOL
Google classroom for S4/S5/S6 students.
Past papers that can be accessed via SQA website or Google Classroom. Written work can be submitted either via email – 9064341@ea.edin.sch.uk or Google Classroom as prompted.
Scholar for Nat 5 and Higher pupils
Useful websites for Nat 2/Nat 3/Nat 4 and Nat 5 students:
- Perfect English Grammer
- ESOL Courses
- ESOL Literacies National 2 Learning Support Material
- National 3 ESOL Support material
Geography
All S1&2 pupils have now been added to either S1 or S2 Social Subjects Teams where they can also access the home learning materials.
- S1 pupils will be issued with a Weather and Climate booklet – also available on school website
- S2 pupils will be issued with a home learning activity sheet – also available on school website
S1 and S2 resources available on Geography subject page.
- Microsoft Teams set up for S3, N5/H and Travel & Tourism classes. Files and tasks will be shared here.
- S3 pupils have been issued with the Rivers booklet to accompany e-resources (via Teams)
- National 5 pupils have been issued with ‘Intermediate’ textbook 17.03.20
- Higher pupils have been issued with Study Packs for revision of the whole course
- BBC Bite Size – Higher
- BBC Bite Size – National 5
Health and Well-being
Miss Cox has created a whole-school Health and Well-being Team which all pupils should be members of.
History
All S1&2 pupils have now been added to either S1 or S2 Social Subjects Teams where they can also access the home learning materials.
- Mrs Cochrane – 1M1/1A1 – students have their own booklets: The Scottish Wars of Independence. They should continue to work through tasks in booklet.
- S2 – World War 2 – all classes will be issued with booklets and tasks to work through.
- S3 – Scotland and the Era of the Great War. Students have booklets to work through. They should access BBC Bitesize for clarification or development of notes. Students can also access SQA past papers and work on their exam technique, using skills help sheets previously provided (6 question stems).
- S4 – Pressure for Democratic Reform. Students have booklets to work through. They should access BBC Bitesize for clarification or development of notes. Students should work through their past paper booklets for all topics.
- S5 – National 5. Students should work through past paper questions and access BBC Bitesize for further clarification and development of notes. Students have access to the 3 text books for the course.
- Mrs Cochrane – S5/S6 – Higher. Students should tackle as many past paper questions as possible for paper 2. Essay: To what extent was propaganda the main reason why the Nazis were able to stay in power 1933-1939? (2017)
- Mr Langan – S5/S6 Higher. Students to work on past papers questions for both Paper 1 and Paper 2. Students have learned all source templates, they must revise these and implement them using past papers. Students must also re-draft all completed essays for the British and German units using feedback which has been provided. Essay: How important was Prussian economic strength in the achievement of German unification by 1871? (2017)
Home Economics
Microsoft teams created for each class/teacher S1-S5.
S1 – 4 Weekly Booklets: Food Safety, Textiles, Health Eating and Health and wellbeing for pupils to work through. Current Recipe book for pupils to use in to practice practical skills where possible.
S2 – World wide cuisine project, homework project, homework log book on teams to work through. Recipe book in teams to practice practical skills where possible.
S3 Core – 2 Recipe books to choose recipes from. Practical cookery workbook to work through.
S3 Elective (Cookery School) – Weekly homework Log book to be updated with previous recipes done. Current Recipe book to use for help as well as continuing through.
S4 – (National 5 Practical Cookery) – Pupils have access to TimePlan workbook, Knowledge Revision Pack, Recipes, Self Log Book for practicals, past paper questions.
S5 – Time plan help sheets. Practice paper feedback. Nat 5 recipe book. 19/20 Revision pack workbook.
Useful topics and links to help
- Food hygiene, Eat Well guide, Meal planning, Seasonal foods, Sugar in foods, Allergies
- Healthy eating, Nutrients, Digestion, Where food comes from, Cooking skills, Recipes,Quizzes, PowerPoints worksheets etc
- Recipe ideas with limited ingredients
- Avoiding food waste
- Sewing skills videos on YouTube including:
- S4-6 Practical cookery – Eatwell guide Scottish Dietary goals SQA materials – Understanding standards & Past papers
Maths
All classes are on Microsoft Teams except Dr Garside’s S3 and S4 classes, who should use Google Classroom and OneNote.
BGE
Senior
- Maths 777
- Maths 180
- Math Tutor
- Hints for Exams – hints for starting exam questions at various levels
- Advanced Higher Maths
- National 5 Maths
- Higher Mathematics
- National 5 Maths
- Dynamic Maths
N5 Applications of Maths
Modern Languages
S1/2 Online Learning
Work on revision of topics already covered using the links below:
- www.linguascope.com – pupils have usernames and passwords
- https://www.languagesonline.org.uk/
- https://www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk/
S3 – S6 Online Learning:
All should be set up on a digital platform: Google Classroom or One Drive and Teams will be used to communicate.
S3s not continuing with a language have been given instructions from their teacher about what they should be doing. For most it is a research project using their ipad.
All S4-6 should also have a SCHOLAR password and be using this to supplement revision.
Modern Studies
All S1&2 pupils have now been added to either S1 or S2 Social Subjects Teams where they can also access the home learning materials.
- S1/2 Modern Studies – pupils will be issued with task sheets to take home and complete as necessary. Also available on school website.
- 3C (Mrs Aitchison) – pupils should access tasks and resources via Google Classroom. Pupils have been issued with booklets.
- 3D – Mr Carlin – pupils should access tasks and resources via Google Classroom
- S4-6 pupils should access materials and tasks from their teachers via Teams (Mrs Aitchison)
or Google Classroom (Mr Carlin) - 4C (Mrs Aitchison) class have been given source practice questions booklet. They also have
past paper knowledge questions for all the topics. - 5A (Mrs Aitchison’s section) have been given past paper essay questions for Mrs Aitchison’s
topic.
PE
Physics
- Fizzics
- Hyper physics (suitable for AH)
- Bitesize N4
- Bitesize N5
- Bitesize Higher
- Scholar
PSE
RE/RMPS
OneNote set up for S1-S3 with pupil tasks accessed through office365.edin.org Higher RMPS pupils to continue accessing materials on OneNote.
Spanish
Work for S1 and S2 can be found in Teams. (You’ll be glad to know that Mr Moore in Computing will not be marking your Spanish homework).