Stirling High School
Creative Industries Faculty
Welcome
The Creative Industries Faculty of Stirling High School is a forward looking, industry-focused faculty including the Music, Art & Design and Health & Food Technology Departments.
We are committed to providing a wide range of learning experiences that prepare pupils for future pathways within our school and towards the world of work.
We value the impact that extra curricular experiences have on pupils' learning and personal development and offer a wide range of clubs, activities, workshops, performances and exhibition opportunities to celebrate the fantastic talents of our school community.
Summer Concert Tuesday the 18th of June 2024-School Assembly Hall, 6:30pm
News
Scholar has now introduced a National 5 Music resources that has a range of great learning materials. Access from your home screen and ask your teacher if you don't know your log in details.
Practical Cookery have a new study and revision resources https://www.studydojos.com/n5-sqa/practical-cookery
We are in our 3rd year of offering Creative Thinking at SCQF level 5 and 6 in the Senior Phase as a collaboration across the Creative Industries Faculty. Click here to visit our Creative Thinking page for more details and course choice information.
We are pleased to continue partnership working with staff from Forth Valley College again this year in the Health & Food Technology Department who will deliver the new Hospitality Foundation Apprenticeship, Bakery NPA Level 4 qualifications.
- Annual Christmas Concert- Church of the Holy Rude
The Christmas concert is held annually in The Church of the Holy Rude on the last Monday of this term. All extra curricular music groups and clubs will perform in the concert so please put the last Monday before the end of term in your diary and share with parents and carers and friends.
We are delighted to be the home of the Stirling & District Schools Pipe Band led by Mr Gibb. The band compete both in the community and nationally at a range of events and Highland Games throughout the year. Follow the band @StirlingschPB
We welcomed members of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to our Music Department to lead a workshop about Minimalism and Film Music and the BBC Learning Lab to create a Sound walk through Stirling's landmarks (see the video gallery at the bottom of the page).
The S1 Steam Hub Curriculum now has a new page with information about pupils' project-based skills development within the 5Cs skills framework
New pages added: we have added celebrating success pages for each subject showcasing pupils' creativity in all subjects.
New pages added: we have added study skills information and resources for each department.
See our Art pages for updated examples of our talented pupils' art work.
Alumni Information:
Former pupil and internationally acclaimed opera soloist Margaret Marshall OBE has launched an impressive website with information and recording from her exceptional career. Please visit www.margaretmarshallsongbird.com for information and inspiration.
Former pupil John Lunn (Composer of the music for the hit series Downton Abbey) has composed music for a new Netflix series and film The last Kingdom he explains his work on the franchise here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKrk_MfOd9w&t=14s
Celebrating our Learners' Achievements
Virtual Concerts & Gallery
To celebrate what would have been our Summer Concert this year and all of the great work and creativity of pupils during this period of home learning, please enjoy the selection of performances and Art Gallerries below that have been created during home learning by our school pupils and the Stirling Council Music Ensembles featuring some of our pupils:
SHS Virtual Choir
Stirling & District Schools Pipe Band
Stirling Council Senior Guitar Ensemble
SHS S3 Music Performing Class Band- Shotgun
Stirling Council Schools Choir- The Parting Glass
SHS Art & Design Department Pupils
Click the videos below and enjoy!
Our BBC Learning LAB
Stirling Sound Walk Podcast
Art & Design Dept.-Virtual Galleries
A Musical Celebration at Christmas from
Stirling High School Music Department
We hope you enjoyed our Christmas video.
Thank you to all pupils and staff who contributed to the video.
Feel free to Tweet @SHS_MusicDep to tell us how much you enjoyed it.
Supporting our learners
We aim to ensure that pupils' learning experience is enjoyable and rewarding. To ensure that we do our best to reach this goal we provide the following opportunities, experiences and resources:
Google Classrooms
Extra Curricular groups and clubs both at lunchtimes and after school.
Opportunities to celebrate and showcase learners' achievements within and beyond the school community
Regular Study Support
Twitter and this website as an easy to access source of information and recent successes.
Team building opportunities on school trips, camps and outdoor activities.
Study Planner
Download our planner to help pupils manage their workload and prioritise their learning in periods of home-learning and when in school.
Skills Development: The 5 Cs
The Creative Industries Faculty build a range of subject-specific skills, qualities and attributes in our pupils as they progress through the Broad General Education and the Senior Phase. In addition, we have a strong focus on the 5 C's skills framework as we develop pupils' key transferable skills for the work place.