Scott Lavery\’s Enterprise Blog

I had a very interesting session with the staff at Whitecraig Primary yesterday.  The head teacher had asked me to work alongside staff in school to identify ways of developing teaching and learning in consulation with the children.  This work will mirror what I am carrying out at Wallyford. 
Yesterday was about the staff refecting on [...]

I spent the morning in 3 different classes at Wallyford Primary School on Monday.  This was my first session focusing on developing teaching and learning in line with the major educational agendas.  I was developing learning intentions (What) and asking pupils to explore the relevance of the lession (Why) whilst setting their own success criteria [...]

 
I was asked to showcase our work on ‘Joining the Agendas’ at the Learning Festival on Wednesday.  In order to make this relevant to the audience, I enlisted the help of staff at both Gullane Primary School and St Gabriel’s RC Primary School.  Both schools have demonstrated clear links within teaching and learning to the [...]

Following on from the successful pilot project last session at Musselburgh Burgh last session, I am now leading the Joining the Agendas workshop with the whole staff at Wallyford Primary School.  The idea behind this is to allow staff the opportunity to reflect on their practice and give support to them in relation to learning [...]

I am now into the second year of my secondment and have a variety of challenges ahead.  the major focus for this year is on sustainability beyond 2008 and my role will be to support schools in developing this over the coming session.  There are a number of exciting projects happening over the coming year [...]