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• Our digital strategy planning page

  Further information on the rationale for planning with this tool can be found on this page: Use Use this link for further information on how to plan a digital strategy

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  Digital Learning, Teaching and Assessment

• Glow Blogs Update October 2026

  

  There has been a new release on Glow Blogs, dealing with some issues, updating themes and plugins. Fixes The Tiled Gallery Block is again available on Classic-themed sites. See the Tiled Gallery information on our blocks information site. Problems with the appearance of widgets in the editor have been fixed. A problem where raw HTML was displayed on some posts listed on Local Authority home pages has been fixed. Jetpack blocks which are not suitable for Glow Blogs have been removed. These would have required linking with a WordPress.com account, involving payments and or external data storage. Jetpack Custom Content ...

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• CLD and professional learning – an analysis

  Education Scotland’s role is changing. Going forward the organisation will have a focus on curriculum and professional learning. In late 2024, a paper was presented to Education Scotland’s (ES) leadership team giving an overview of the context for our Education Scotland’s CLD officers’ support to the sector. A recommendation from that paper was to initiate an exploratory phase of work to develop ES’s potential role within the recommendations from the independent review of CLD, and within the refocussed work of ES. To support this proposal, we undertook an appraisal of the current evidence on professional learning in Scotland, to assimilate ...

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• Room 1 – 9.10.26

  Hello! We’ve been very busy in Room 1 since the September weekend so we thought you would love to see what we’ve been up to with a selection of photos from the last two weeks ☺️ - We’ve learnt two new phonemes over the last two weeks. ‘a’ and ‘t’ 🐜🎾 - We’ve now worked on all numbers to 10 and used ten frames to help us recognise quantities. We will continue to revise ordering numbers and understanding more and less. 🔢 - Some pupils have created amazing builds with Lego! - We also introduced a big question. ‘Who Helps ...

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  Newton Farm Primary School and Nursery Class

• Room 24 – The Week

  The Blog By Orlaith, Lucy and Millie   Police First the Police came in to tell us about how to ride E-bikes and E-scooters safely. We must ride our electrical devices properly, he said! Also, the Police come round everyday to check on our school so we are being safe.   Science 1 - Lava Lamps In science we were learning to make Lava Lamps! Here's how we made it: First we put water in a jar. Next we put green food colouring to make it pop! Then we put oil in. Finally we put fizzy tablets in to make ...

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• Room 7 09.10.2026

  This week, Room 7 were inspired by the wonderful book, ‘Leaf Man’, by Lois Ehlert. After reading the story, we went on our own autumn leaf hunt and collected a variety of leaves, noticing their different colours, shapes, sizes and textures. We then used our imaginations to transform our leaves into our very own Leaf Man pictures. We experimented with arranging, overlapping and turning the leaves to create people, animals and imaginative characters. 🌿 Our Learning Focus Through this experience, we have been developing our: Creativity and imagination – using natural materials to create our own pictures and ideas.   ...

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  Newton Farm Primary School and Nursery Class