ACfE In Action

Hi there, welcome to our blog! We are three Primary Teachers from East Lothian who are seconded for two days a week to promote A Curriculum For Excellence within East Lothian.

 All About Us…..We are:

Sheila Howat - Acting Principal Teacher at Ormiston Primary School. I currently share a Primary 3 class with our probationer. I was seconded for one day a week last year to work on Mathematics within East Lothian and thoroughly enjoyed the experience of working with different schools, classes and teachers. When the opportunity for this secondment arose I was excited by the challenge and keen to learn. I was eager to explore how we could offer more personalisation, choice, relevance, challenge and enjoyment to the children in our classes. Watch this space to find out more!

Jackie Hunter - Class Teacher at Prestonpans Primary School. This year I am teaching Primary 4 with a probationer. This is the first time I have ventured out on a secondment and I am looking forward to developing my own teaching and learning skills as well as working with the children in a different way which will hopefully give them more opportunities to personalise their learning in a relevant and challenging way.

Katherine Macnaughton - Class Teacher at Campie Primary School. I am the third secondee and I am currently sharing a Primary 2 class with a probationer. I put myself forward for this secondment as I wanted to discover and develop good practice within the authority in relation to the Curriculum for Excellence. I am hoping this will benefit my own professional development and in particular my teaching which in turn should really benefit the pupils. I think it is an exciting time where the children are personalising their learning which should not only motivate them to succeed but raise their self esteem.

Our First Project

Our first challenge is to undertake a piece of work in Cockenzie Primary School for one planning block (September-October) in three classes; early, middle and upper. Katherine is working in Primary 1/2, Jackie in Primary 4 and Sheila in Primary 6. We are exploring the current plans with class teachers, finding more opportunities for choice and looking for meaningful cross curricular opportunities within them. We are particularly interested in working on three principles from A Curriculum For Excellence; Challenge and Enjoyment, Relevance and Personalisation and Choice. As we are all working within different classes and studying different topics the project is set to be exciting!