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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. [...]

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Today we had a joint Local Authority presentation and discussion about Curriculum for Excellence. It was a chance for us to hear the latest developments from those close to the initiative and to find out how our colleagues in other LEAs are moving forward. There were some clear messages regarding the science [...]

Apologies for a late post. On Thursday I went to visit Derek Robertson and the Consolarium at Learning and Teaching Scotland in Dundee. For those who have not been yet, the grounds are beautiful and it was a sunny early summer day, so the drive up was also scenic. The building, however, [...]

I  visited the p2/3 class at Whitecraig primary today to look at the work they are doing using Interactive Whiteboards.  The school fairly recently had one installed in every classroom and I wanted to see the impact they have made in Learning and Teaching. 
I am somewhat of a late convert to interactive whiteboards but [...]

I attended  the East Lothian Celebrating Success event today.  The event takes place every 2 years and gives schools the opportunity to show the excellent work they have been doing and share ideas. The theme this year was A Curriculum for Excellence and the schools were to demonstrate something for at least one of the [...]

I have blogged about the Learning Hubs initiative before.  Yesterday, I attended the first Project board meeting to move the project forward in East Lothian and our partner authorities.  Nigel Douglas provided us with an overview of the project and where we are to date.  He has been working to develop a sustainable model for [...]

We had the chance to meet with our Glow mentors today at the Scottish Learning Festival (SETT)  Having had the chance to ‘absorb’ the atmosphere and learn of the progress made with Glow, it was interesting to hear the views of the mentors in East Lothian and begin to explore the way forward.  As though [...]

Well, I’ve heard a few negative things over recent weeks about ‘Glow’ the new name for SSDN.  I did finally manage to open the promotional film to introduce it and I don’t think in all honesty it will win any oscars!  However, one of my mentors today remarked that there are worse things to be [...]

The end of another week draws in.  A particularly long week for me - the first full week in 8 … I really was a part timer!  Thanks to Dave for showing me around Technorati …. I know this is probably ‘old technology’ already for anyone reading for this, but better late than never!  What [...]

This poor blog has been a bit neglected! My excuse?  It’s the school holidays and although I don’t have the long summer break, I have managed to work only 2 days a week through the holidays.  I’d love to say things have been quiet but in reality I have been trying to do my full [...]