Thank you all for joining us today 🥰 Your feedback is so valuable and appreciated! We hope you enjoyed the day, and found it a useful opportunity to network with colleagues across Aberdeenshire #beingusinAberdeenshire
In this short launch episode, we introduce our brand‑new Aberdeenshire ELC Blog page and chat about what you can expect to find there, from inspiring practice to helpful updates and future episodes – but we won’t spoil it all here; tune in to hear what’s coming, how you can get involved, and why we’re so excited to share this new space with you.
Since completing our Bookbug Training we have had various sessions in nursery, inviting parents and families. We have tried different times in the morning and afternoon. We always have a few parents attend with siblings. Before Christmas we had a Bookbug in the community, held at the Church Centre. A few families from the community came along and enjoyed the session with the nursery.
This term we had a Bedtime Bookbug in the school hall. This was at 6pm and children came in their Pyjamas. We had 27 children attend this session. Children from the nursery, from the school and the community. We made the room cosy and comfy and dark with a few lamps. We got very positive feedback from all the families that attended.
We also had a Grandparents Bookbug session, we ran this alongside Pancake Day. We baked pancakes and invited the Grandparents in for a pancake then they stayed for a Bookbug session. This was well attended and everyone involved had something positive to say about the morning.
Listen to our 8 minute audio clip for an overview on the how to use the Quality Improvement Framework for ELC to self-evaluate practice in your setting. This podcast is most suited to practitioners with limited experience of self-evaluation and also those who wish to refresh their knowledge.
We can’t wait to welcome you all to Kings Church, Aberdeen. Please see the agenda below.
We were delighted with the uptake and feedback from our Summer of STEM which ran from the 11th – 15th of August. There were 13 different packages delivered over the five days, including 4 which were delivered by Education Scotland’s STEM Education Officer, Hazel Gardner. In total, over 300 practitioners attended the sessions over the week.
At the end of each session, we gathered feedback on that package, which has been hugely useful in allowing us to amend packages and plan for future delivery.
