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Mhairi Stratton from Humbie primary spent last summer developing an early numeracy tracker based on he principles of Maths Recovery. The purpose of the resource was to use maths recovery assessments within the classroom context to know where children are in their development and understanding of number and to track their progress. [...]

Buggy Buddy books in action
One week ago today, we held a target literacy conference in East Lothian. Literacy is a key focus for the authority and this conference was the starting point for building a coherent strategy to ensure all our children are literate. One of the key outcomes of our Service Improvement [...]

Tonight I attended the Internet safety presentation at Dunbar Grammar, led by Ollie Bray and PC Gunn. Like many of the parents, school staff and other folks there, I thought I knew about the Internet and social networking sites, both the positives and the dangers. I came away from the talk thinking that [...]

The School Evaluation visits are drawing to a close this term. The focus for the visits has been the school’s work with the community and developing partnerships. Dunbar Grammar have come up with an innovative initiative for next session. The school have identified that some pupils in S6 struggle to write a [...]

The BBC is embarking on a mission to find Britain’s Best Young Speaker. This thrilling, once in a lifetime competition will be shown on BBC TWO early in 2009.
In this epic elimination show, thousands of 14 to 18 year olds will compete in a series of challenges that could [...]

At the Early Years Head Teacher’s meeting today, we evaluated our use of Learning Stories in the Early Years to record children’s achievements. The Learning Stories were introduced in East Lothian two years ago, the purpose to involve children in making decisions about their learning, to record achievements and show the progress made.
The [...]

In June this year, East Lothian Council, in partnership with Lothian and Borders Police, will be hosting a series of Internet safety and responsible use training sessions for parents with pupils in P5 - S6 across the county.  This is in response to growing concerns, expressed by individual parents and parent councils, about how to [...]

Today, Stenton Primary held a Curriculum for Excellence assembly for Parents. The aim was to raise awareness of the new curriculum and to explain, in the words of the children, what it means in practice. In the last few weeks as I have attended events as the new outcomes and experiences [...]

Thank you to David Gilmour for providing the link for the Active Learning website mentioned in my previous post.  It is still under development but definitely worth keeping an eye on: http://edubuzz.org/blogs/activelearning.

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I attended a drop in meeting today at the Musselburgh cluster with Prmary 1 teachers to look at how Active Learning is developing within their classrooms. Primary 1 teachers received a half day training in the principles of Active Learning in June and have been experimenting with implementation this session. Claire Lavelle, [...]