Scott Lavery\’s Enterprise Blog

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 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 ran a joint CPD session with my colleagues in Edinburgh recently which was designed to show staff how resources from RBS could be used to meet the recommendations of Determined to Succeed.  The event itself was very successful in getting the message across and a number of school in both East Lothian and Edinburgh [...]

On Wednesday, I attended the PT’s Seminar which was focusing on how Principal Teachers can lead curricular change.  As my substantive post is Principal Teacher, I felt it was important that I kept updated of the developments happening across the authority.
Two Principal Teachers (Douglas Mitchell and Martin Brown) from City of Edinburgh led the session and discussed their [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I posted information on the enterprise blog regarding the North Berwick cluster event held last week. 
 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/enterprise/2007/02/12/north-berwick-cluster-get-enterprising/
The event itself got me thinking about what a powerful tool enterprise is in relation to team work.  The most rewarding experience from my perspective was the integration of the children from the various feeder primaries and how some of their [...]