{"id":69,"date":"2015-08-21T13:53:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T12:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/?p=69"},"modified":"2015-08-21T13:53:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T12:53:10","slug":"welcome-back-angus-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/2015\/08\/21\/welcome-back-angus-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome back Angus Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">by Pauline Stephen<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Hopefully most of you managed to find the sun this summer, although it wasn\u2019t an easy task!\u00a0 Those of us who work in schools can claim two New Years.\u00a0 The one we all get at the end of the calendar year and the start of a new school session.\u00a0 There is nothing quite like that new pencil case feeling.\u00a0 Just like our children and young people who get excited (mostly!) about the start of the session, it is a time of optimism and expectation for many of our staff.\u00a0 Plans are made, exciting lesson ideas are drafted and there is the fun and sometimes challenge of meeting and getting to know new and not so new young people and colleagues.\u00a0 We saw some improvements in our exam results this summer and our schools will be keen to build on this success.\u00a0 Our relentless focus on improving outcomes for our young people hasn\u2019t gone away.\u00a0 We know that part of ensuring this success, is supporting and developing our staff.\u00a0 Keep tuned to the Angus Children and Learning Blog for updates on opportunities to learn with colleagues.\u00a0 The Blog is a great way for us to share ideas and adapt them for our own settings.\u00a0 There is a lot of great practice going on around Angus that is truly making a positive difference for our children, let\u2019s share it and grow it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Pauline Stephen Hopefully most of you managed to find the sun this summer, although it wasn\u2019t an easy task!\u00a0 Those of us who work in schools can claim two New Years.\u00a0 The one we all get at the end of the calendar year and the start of a new school session.\u00a0 There is nothing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2496,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people-directorate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}