Scott Lavery\’s Enterprise Blog

Yesterday, I attended the Curriculum for Excellence Planet Earth Seminar held at Murrayfield Stadium.  Delegates from a number of authorities were invited to look at the first outcomes written in science and comment on these.
From a primary perspective, I could see a great deal of scope in what we were shown.  The idea that staff [...]

I ran a CAT Session at Levenhall Nursery on Friday afternoon with the staff to look at how enterprise fits with the nursery curriculum and also looking at links with A Curriculum for Excellence.  I initially asked the staff what they thought enterprise was and immediately was told it was about making and selling.  I was [...]

I ran the second day of this course on Thursday of last week and again enjoyed delivering this.  This was due to the fact of spending time with a small group of like minded people who believed in the same principles in relation to enterprising teaching and learning. 
The day focused the staff on the idea [...]

Last week, both Myself and Ruthanne Baxter met with Dave Wharton (West Barns primary) and Ruth Munro (Dunbar Grammar School) to discuss joint projects we had become involved in. 
At West Barns, Dave is working on a play around the themes of peer pressure and bullying with the Primary 6/7 class.  They are working in partnership [...]

award-document.doc
I have attached the draft document for the enterprise awards for this year.  I would welcome any comments on this before any plans are finalised. 

As part of the probationers programme,  I ran two sessions aimed at raising awareness of what Enterprise in Education and Determined to Succeed is.  The sessions were great fun to deliver with a good deal of interaction taking place with those on the course.  As with a number of sessions I have been running, I felt it [...]

On Friday, I ran a CPD session which looked at the links between enterprise and A Curriculum for Excellence.  The purpose of the afternoon was to raise staff’s awareness of how enterprising teaching and learning allows them to effectively deliver on the four capacities.  The session itself received a great deal of positive feedback as [...]

I held a meeting on Monday to discuss the format for the Enterprise Awards Ceremony in June with the cluster enterprise coordinators.  The feedback from the group was we needed to have more rigorous criteria for the awards this year to add value.
The plan, at present, is to split the school awards into two sections.  The first award will be an [...]

I have been involved in a number of meetings now with our Creative Links Officer, Ruthanne Baxter looking at how we can work more closely together in relation to our agendas.  These meetings have proved to be very successful and as a result we now have three joint ventures which are being looked at by [...]

On Friday, I went to Haddington Infant School to see how their enterprising lessons developed across the school.  This was part of their in service day training on February 14th.  The staff were very positive about what they had achieved and it was good to hear staff making a connection with the way they already teach [...]