Posted in Vocational on Aug 14th, 2008 4 Comments »
I visited the Dovecot Tapestry Studios this evening which is situated in a £5 million refurbishment of the Victorian Edinburgh Infirmary Street Baths . I had a secondary motive for the visit as it was in that very pool that I learned to swim.
The renovation of building was exceptional - sensitive to it’s history - yet a [...]
Posted in Curriculum for Excellence, ICT, Ideas, Partnerships, Vocational on Jun 2nd, 2008 4 Comments »
I met this morning with Chris Mullender, a games developer from Dunbar, Ollie Bray, Graham Sales (a student of gaming technology at Abertay University) and David Gilmour to explore how we might make better use of gaming technology within the East Lothian education system.
I was intrigued to find out that schools would be much better making use of [...]
Posted in Curriculum for Excellence, Ideas, Vocational on Jun 17th, 2007 3 Comments »
Following on from my recent post on Sixth Year here are some possibilities:
Highers (two-year programme) or direct route Advanced Highers are taken in Sixth Year and not fifth.
Offer an International Baccalaureate (16-19) for students who wish to undertake such study - one term of which is completed abroad - or perhaps something more akin to the Welsh [...]
Posted in Finance, Learning and teaching, Vocational on Feb 13th, 2006 No Comments »
TFT Number 2
Check out the new part of the site written by our Educational Psychology Service entitled -
Everything you wanted to know about Teaching and Learning and ………..more. I think this is a tremendous resource and demonstrates how educational psychologists can play a central role in developing teaching and learning. All too often Educational Psychologists’ [...]
Posted in Integrated Children's Services, Unions, Vocational on Dec 6th, 2005 No Comments »
8.30-9.45am Met with Jennifer Tulloch who runs “The Shed” our pre-vocational centre for S3 and S4 pupils. Jennnifer has done a wonderful job getting this centre up and running with over 200 pupils accessing the facility during the year. However, there is a need for us to reflect upon the future of pre-vocational work in [...]
Posted in Culture change, Leadership, School visits, Vocational on Oct 12th, 2005 No Comments »
Straight out to North Berwick Nursery for a meeting with Sue Leach and Donald McGillivary. we were looking at a range of topics and I've agreed to go back and speak to all staff on the 28th Oct. Stopped off at Athelstaneford Primary School on the way back. Quick tour of the school with Ronnie [...]
Posted in ICT, Partnerships, Vocational on Oct 10th, 2005 1 Comment »
Met with Wendy McAdie from Jewel and Esk Valley College at 9.00am. We spoke about links between East Lothian Schools and JEVC; links with Queen Margaret's University; pre-vocational courses and the need to be more explicit about the purpose of such courses; the Christmas leaver programme and associated funding; and the idea of staellite courses [...]
Posted in Assessment, Curriculum for Excellence, School visits, Vocational on Sep 3rd, 2005 No Comments »
Met with Education Officers at 8.30am. We have clarified the role of this meeting and the more formal School Liaison Group which will take on more of a strategic function. The Education Officers are critical to the development of education in the authority. If there is a problem it's that they are spread too thinly [...]