Richard Wilson

I had a visit from one of our Educational Psychologists on Friday to discuss what we do in school to support Emotional Literacy amongst our students. As well as the Jenny Moseley inspired circle time we have some additional resources which we have found to be very useful. The company
Incentive Plus have many resources which you can see catalogued on thier web site. A set of cards called What would you do if…… and Dilemmas, which promote emotional literacy and are really effective and simple to use. Although the company place an age of 10+ on theuir usage, I have used them as far down as P3 with great effect.

A few years ago we had a pupil in school who was experiencing quite severe emotional and behavioural difficulties. Continue Reading »

I have been very busy engaged in school and home business over the holidays. I had to advertise and appoint an Admin Asst, Janitor and playground supervisor over the vacation period and am glad to say the process, which can be protracted, is nearing its conclusion. I am always gratified by the level of interest in any jobs we have on offer here, it allows for a great level of choice and lets us choose the best possible candidate for each post.

On return I had a look about to see what was on offer for my own development as a Head Teacher and decided to sign up for the
Five Minds for the Future launch in Glasgow. Continue Reading »