Dear Parents,

The entry of children into the senior school can be somewhat bewildering. The formal teaching of science will almost certainly be a new experience. We would like to take this opportunity to outline the course of study your child will be taking over the next three years.

The three disciplines; biology, chemistry and physics are taught as separate subjects within the timetable. We have produced our own teaching materials in the form of A4 booklets. These serve as the foundation upon which we experiment in the two labs at school, the Maxwell and Fleming labs located on the top floor of the new building. Each child has a notebook for the recording of these experiments.

Homework is set once a week and more often than not the solutions to these ‘preps’ can be found within the materials. We would urge you to remind your child that the materials are to be used constantly as a source of information. Preps will be far less painful as a result.

We would ask at this point that you provide your child, as soon as possible, with an A4 lever arch style folder and a ready supply of clear ‘poly-pockets’ for the safe storage of the handouts.

More details of the course are outlined in the ‘Introduction’ handout which you may wish to browse through. It is full of useful tips and you will see the timetable for the exams. Craigclowan delivers the syllabus leading to the Common Entrance Examination in the final term of Form 8.

In addition to the exams we will report on your child’s progress through the term mark orders and various parents meetings. You are, of course, welcome to speak to either of us at any time if there are any matters arising.

Yours faithfully,

Florence Proctor & Jonathan Doak