St. Augustine's High School

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St. Augustine's High School, established in 1969, is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Edinburgh, Scotland. The current headteacher (head master) of St Augustine's is Mr. Andrew Gray.

Contents 1 History 2 Future 3 School Philosophy and Educational support 3.1 Support for Learning and Addressing Special Needs 4 Staff as of 2006 5 Extra Curricular Activities 5.1 List of achievements 5.2 Other Activities 6 Uniform 7 External links 8 Notes

[edit] History

St. Augustine's RC High School was founded in August 1969, from the merger of Holy Cross Academy, established 1907, and St Andrew's Junior Secondary, established 1962. St Augustine's moved to its present site on the west of Edinburgh in October 1969.

The school, named after St Augustine, is open to people of all religions, many of which are represented within the student body.

[edit] Future

Construction on a new building for St Augustine's will begin in 2006 with completion scheduled for July, 2008. The new design will be based on a starburst pattern containing one building with a large cafeteria in the middle section. The new design will also contain a soundproof exam room which can only be accessed from outside.

[edit] School Philosophy and Educational support

The philosophy of the school is best expressed by its "one main aim":

"to provide for its students education of an assured quality within a caring, Christian community in which all individuals are given the opportunity to develop their full potential."

Additionally, the school has recognised that anyone can have difficulty learning any subject and that it is the responsibility of all staff members to assure that all students master the subject matter. The philosophy behind this is called the "Whole School Responsibility".

Whole School Responsibility

Everybody has a difficulty learning something at sometime. It is the responsibility of every teacher to support students with their learning and this they do in a number of ways:

*by finding time to talk to students individually *by showing students ways to improve their work *by letting students see examples of good work *by customising tasks and materials to aid learning

[edit] Support for Learning and Addressing Special Needs

St Augustine's has a Support for Learning program that is designed to assist students who have learning difficulties or special needs. The staff of the Support for Learning department have specialised training that allows them to determine the best methods of assisting students with learning needs, with both Learning Assistants and volunteer prefects providing additional support for the department. Both one-on-one tutoring and in-class assistance are provided depending on the needs of the student.

In such cases where the needs of a student are significant, they are given an official Record of Needs^[1]. These students are the first to be considered when the Support for Learning staff decide their priorities.

[edit] Staff as of 2006

• Head staff list
  • Head: Mr Andrew Gray
  • Deputy Head: Mr Theodore Macnamee
  • Heads of years (S1-S3): Mr Jimmy Quinn, S4-S6: Mr Charlie Scullion
  • Head of Support for Learning (SFL): Mrs Maggie McLardie

• Heads of Departments
  • Art - Mr McGravie
  • Business Studies - Mr Gibb
  • Biology - Mr MacDonald
  • Chemistry - Mr Hembury
  • Computing - Mrs Fyfe
  • Drama - Mr Boothroyd
  • English - Mrs Rayner
  • Geography - Mr Clarke
  • Mathematics - Mr Downie
  • Modern Studies - Mrs Dempsey
  • Music - Mrs Eunson
  • P.E - Mr Hamilton
  • Physics - Mr Dane
  • R.E - Mr Staines

[edit] Extra Curricular Activities

• Football team for all ages.
• Girls Football team
• Gymnastics Club
• Netball Club
• Drama Group
• Music Department
• Ski Group

[edit] List of achievements

• Under 18 girls football:- Scottish Champions
• Under 16 girls football:- Scottish Champions
• Under 13 boys basketball:- Scottish Champions
• Under 13 girls basketball:- Runners Up (Scottish Championship)
• Under 13 girls netball:- Runners Up (Scottish Championship)

[edit] Other Activities

• The school held mock elections, voting electronically in an initiative involving the Modern Studies and Computing Departments.
• Pupils go on Work Experience (internship) to the Scottish Parliament, local theatres and a wide range of local businesses.
• Pupils in S5/6 worked with people from The Ministry of Defence in a morning's role play exercise.
• Pupils in S1 to S4 took part in the UK Mathematics Challenge gaining awards at the Bronze, Silver and Gold levels.
• Biology pupils took part in the Nuffield Science Summer School and the Life Sciences competition at Napier University.
• Chemistry pupils visited the Grangemouth Oil Refinery[1] gaining important insight into the oil industry.
• 20 S6 pupils successfully completed an S QA unit in Community Involvement through the "Paired Reading" scheme in the Support for Learning Department .
• Staff members accompanied pupils on regular visits and trips both within and outside school hours. These trips focused on various curriculum enhancement activities such as the Shakespeare Club, Theatre Trips, Battlefields Trip to Belgium, Music and Drama Trip to Venice and a School Exchange with Florence.

[edit] Uniform

Girls:

• Black trousers or skirt and tights
• Black shoes
• White blouse with school tie and black jersey or white polo shirt and school jumper

Boys:

• Black shoes
• Black trousers
• White shirt and school tie with blazer or white polo shirt with school jumper.

Trainers or other types of footwear is forbidden.

Any football colours are forbidden

Occasionally, there will be non uniform days, with the proceeds going to charity. They cost £1 to attend and there will normally be fun events, such as plays or karaokes on during these days. No football colours during these days.

[edit] External links

• St. Augustine's website

[edit] Notes