Scott Lavery\’s Enterprise Blog

It has been a while since I last gave an update on my work in Wallyford. All classes are now using the WHY question where relevant and discussion with both staff and pupils has shown this to be successful in improving motivation.
Since returning after the October break, I have been working closely with the [...]

I have been working alongside the staff and children in the various classes at Whitecraig Primary School for the past four weeks looking at how we can join the main agendas together to improve teaching and learning. As in Wallyford, I have been focusing on consistency across the school and mirroring in the various [...]

Over the past two weeks, I have been involved in delivering a number of CPD opportunities for staff. This ranged from working with a number of nursery teachers from across the authority looking at how enterprise fits into their settings to delivering training to all probationers in East Lothian. What has impressed me [...]

I have been very pleased with the response to the work I have been carrying out in relation to joining the agendas. A number of new schools have expressed an interest in the programme and I have been involved in preliminary meetings with them.
At St Gabriels, I have met with the staff to discuss [...]

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 [...]

I have now completed my pilot project at Musselburgh Burgh Primary School with a variety of staff ranging from the Support for Learning teacher to the probationer in Primary 1.  It was refreshing to work with such an open and receptive staff who were willing to look at new ideas and improve the quality of [...]