Our lady’s High School (Motherwell)
Mar 28, 2015
Our lady’s High School (Motherwell)
Some examples of the projects that learners have been involved in for the Leadership Award…
Project Examples:Project Examples:
Scary Movie Night - event planned for the year S4 – S6 groups with tickets. Watched the film, The Amityville Horror, with popcorn
S1 – S6 Halloween Disco St Valentine’s Disco and rose delivery service Sensory Garden project Easter Egg hunt in sensory garden Car washing events Catering for the Award’s Ceremony Virgin Vie party night S6 Year Book
Project Examples:Project Examples:
Link with local Care Home – Christmas Coffee morning with choir - collection of chocolates and biscuits for the local care home. Presenting the gifts to individuals in the care home with the choir performing and a small ecumenical service
Homeless people project – Parcels with toiletries and basic foodstuffs were delivered to a local centre for the homeless
Christmas party – in local special needs school School website and blog development - School
press release – for the Pope’s visit to Bellahouston Park in Glasgow
From the teachers….
The Leadership Award - what are the benefits to learners?The Leadership Award - what are the benefits to learners?
Independent learning
Preparation for life after school
Recognition of work in school
Making firm links in the school community
Gaining transferrable skills
What advice would you give to centres thinking about delivering the Award?What advice would you give to centres thinking about delivering the Award?
The course is organized in a lecture/tutorial style as all of our students are University candidates. This worked well for them but was a bit of a culture shock at first!
Make sure that students and parents realise that this is a SCQF level 6 subject and needs to be addressed as such
Set clearer deadlines for tasks to be met
Send clear information to parents
From the learners….From the learners….
What did you gain from the Award?What did you gain from the Award?
Learned that organising certain events involves much more work than anticipated!
Learned that to be an effective leader, you need many different skills and qualities
It is difficult to lead a team of different people
Learned how to execute a task and evaluate it afterwards
Learned how to execute a task and evaluate it afterwards
Found out more about myself
It gives you the opportunity to take charge of your own project and be responsible for the outcome
Enjoyed the lecture style environment. It gave me the insight into the life that we might experience at University
Learned that being a leader can be very stressful!
Improved my communication skills
Would recommend it to others but only if they were willing to work hard
It is a different style of course delivery from other subjects and you find out more about yourself and other people
It is a subject which isn’t too stressful and can be enjoyed without the pressure you find in other subjects
Useful for CVs and personal statements for UCAS