Welcome to our Middle School!
Our Middle School educates children from Years 5-9, that's the Scottish Primary 5 to Secondary 2, thus avoiding any gap between primary and secondary and providing a seamless curriculum for these important years.
All subjects are taught by specialist teachers throughout, allowing able children to progress as far and as fast as they wish and bringing lots of knowledge and enthusiasm to all our pupils.
We are developing a unique curriculum which we believe to be both exciting and innovative. We take our pupils on a World Tour: back into pre-history but concentrating on the last 5,000 years (The Old World) and in particular on the most recent 500 years of World History. Geography is intimately linked to this. And as we "travel" in time and around the World geographically, other subjects are linked to the global theme as closely as is sensible: Art for example may be inspired by Classical art when we're studying The Classical World or by colourful African patterns when we're studying The New World.
We haven't attempted here to give you full details but we hope this overview will sum it up for you. Ask if you want to know more!
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Year
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Theme
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Summary of studies
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5
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The Classical World
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Intro to Classical Civilizations, esp. Ancient Rome, and learn how they were the foundation of our own civilization today.
Importance of Latin to English and Spanish, literary and language studies partly linked to Roman Britain, philosophy of Ancient Greeks, Judaism; early mathematicians and scientists; art inspired by classical art.
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6
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The
Old
World
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Ancient Eastern civilizations; The Silk Road and East-West links; the Middle and Near East; the rise of the Arab World and Islam; 5,000 years of history.
Some literature in translation, history, beliefs and the spread of ideas; science and great discoveries/inventions, geology/geography; art and music and the influence of these; other cultural areas such as food and sport.
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7
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The
New World
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The exploration and rise of the New World, including the Americas, Africa, Australia & N.Z. 500 years of recent history.
Range of literature, history, beliefs and the spread of ideas; science and great discoveries/inventions, geology/geography; art and music and the influence of these; other cultural areas such as food and sport.
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8
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The Continent of Europe
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The shaping of Europe geographically and historically. 500 years of recent history.
Range of literature and the arts, history, beliefs and the spread of ideas; geography, science and scientists; the spread of ideas throughout Europe and links with the New World; food and sports. Some emphasis on Spain.
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9
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The
British Isles
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The shaping of the United Kingdom and Ireland geographically and historically. The influence of the Scottish Enlightenment and the spread of ideas. 500 years of recent history.
Range of literature and the arts, history, beliefs and the spread of ideas; geography, science and scientists, inventors and engineers; artists of all kinds. Some emphasis on Scotland.
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Subjects taught:
ARTS - Art, Drama Music
HEALTH EDUCATION - Healthy Eating (incl Cooking & Nutrition), Healthy Living (incl Personal Welfare and Physical Education)
HUMANITIES - English, Latin, Spanish, History, Philosophy (& RE)
SCIENCES - Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Geography, Physics; IT
Where appropriate, we invite visiting lecturers to add to the children's knowledge and understanding, e.g. by asking faith speakers to disucss their religion: last Session, our pupils particularly enjoyed meeting local Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim visiting lecturers while a local artist-photographer explained new photographic techniques using digital cameras.
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