Connected Magazine

The latest issue of Learning and Teaching Scotland’s Connected magazine has now been published and can be found at:

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/Images/LTSConnectedSum08_tcm4-491144.pdf

Refugee Week 16-22 June

Find out more about Refugee Week, including events in Scotland, at

http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk/Home/

You can also read about the plight of refugees in the following books:

Fiction

Divided City by Theresa Breslin

Mud City by Deborah Ellis

Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman

Girl in Red by Gaye Hicilmaz

Kiss the Dust by Elizabeth Laird

Ruby Tanya by Robert Swindells

Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah

Non Fiction

21st century Citizen: Immigrants and Refugees by Cath Senker

In the News: Immigration and Asylum by Iris Teichmann

It Happened to Me: Refugee by Angela Neustatter

One Day We Had to Run: Refugee Children Tell Their Story in Words and Paintings

Book Events in Glasgow

Rodge Glass Thursday 5th June Waterstone's Sauchiehall St 6.30pm Free

Christopher Brookmyre Monday 9th June Waterstone's Sauchiehall St 6.30pm £3

Andrew Murray Scott Saturday 14th June Borders Buchanan St Noon Free

Chris Ryan to Visit Hutchie

We are delighted to announce that best-selling author and former SAS soldier Chris Ryan will be visiting the school on Tuesday 13th May to talk to S1 pupils about his new book Vortex.

There will then be a book signing for ALL interested staff and pupils at 12.30pm.

Books will be available to buy on the day but please remember to bring money as they can't be reserved.

Revision Help

Exams are coming soon for S4-6 pupils - for some useful revision help try these links:

Study Skills from Learning and Teaching Scotland
A collection of interactive materials to help students to become effective learners and manage their own learning. This resource focuses on important exam issues such as essay writing and memory skills.
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/studyskills/15to18/index.asp

Past Paper Questions
The SQA past paper service allows you to download free National Qualifications (NQ) question papers from the 2007 diet.
http://www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/findpastpaper.htm

Exam Guide 2008
This Exam Guide was produced by the Sunday Herald in Spring 2008 to help pupils with revision. It contains useful information on exam structures and technique with practice questions and worked examples for Standard Grade, Intermediate 1 and 2, Higher and Advanced Higher subjects.
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/resources/e/nqresource_tcm4477838.asp