Scott Lavery\’s Enterprise Blog

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

One of the agenda items from yesterday’s strategic forum meeting was to discuss the format for this year’s Enterprise Awards.  Last year’s event was a huge success and raised the profile of Enterprise in education scross the authority and also gave us an opportunity to recognise the efforts of all stakeholders involved in Determined to Succeed.  What I [...]