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Thursday 5th March is World Book Day. Our annual celebration of books and reading will take place in the school library with a small informal event at lunchtime. There will also be a short story read to pupils in 4-6 minute sections at the beginning of each lesson.World Book Day was created in 1995 and we have been marking the event in the school library for the last 15 or so years.Evidence from the Book Trust shows that reading for pleasure has many benefits, from overcoming disadvantage, developing improved mental wellbeing, relationships and social skills, supporting and improving attainment in education, developing creativity and empathy. (Further information: files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documents/BookTrusts-Benefits-of-Reading.pdf?v=1743075166)We aim to promote reading for pleasure here, by allowing choice of reading, whilst also giving pupils time set aside to read. Marking events such as National Poetry Day and World Books Day reinforce this by providing a fun way to engage with and talk about reading, sharing our favourite books or even making suggestions for the library.Tomorrow, £1 book tokens will be given to those who want them. They can be used in part payment for a new book or in exchange for the official WBD £1 books from local bookshops. We will also have a few available in the library.Pupils may also like to enter the Book token design competition with good book token prizes for both the school and the pupil. Entry forms avalable from the library – closing date (to allow time to be sent off for official date of 27th) is Friday 20th March) (Further info and entry form: www.worldbookday.com/competitions/design-a-national-book-token-competition-2026/)
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S1-3 – the Broad General Education phase (BGE)

The BGE (Broad General Education) curriculum at Stromness Academy aims to give a foundation in a wide range of subjects. It meets the national requirements of Curriculum for Excellence ^[1] which requires that pupils follow a broad curriculum covering eight areas of study:

Expressive Arts
Languages (including English, Gaidhlig/Gaelic and Modern Languages)
Health and Wellbeing
Mathematics
Religious and Moral Education
Sciences
Social Studies
Technologies

It also meets the entitlements to language learning set out in the “1+2 approach”.[2]

Our S1 and S2 curriculum focuses on breadth: pupils study a wide range of subjects, to give them a core set of skills and allow them to discover which areas they enjoy and do well in.
As pupils move into S3, they are able to begin to make choices to structure their time in school to suit their strengths and interests. The curriculum remains broad, but pupils can use choices to begin to specialise in some areas.

For more detail of the curriculum structure, please see Stromness Academy Curriculum Rationale

For details of subjects offered, please see the relevant course choice brochures here

[1] Curriculum for Excellence

[2] 1+2 Approach

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