{"id":1143,"date":"2016-11-20T13:40:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T13:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/eastercarmuirs\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2016-11-20T13:40:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T13:40:15","slug":"its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/eastercarmuirs\/2016\/11\/20\/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Johnny Mathis - It&#039;s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (from Home for Christmas)\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WaNwEkCeZrE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another seemingly bizarre music choice but while I was a wee boy the voice of Johnny Mathis would be regularly be oozing out of the record player. \u00a0He was a real favourite of my mum and dad who saw him \u00a0in concert \u00a0a few times too.<\/p>\n<p>Part of me cannot believe I am writing this but you would be amazed at the level of planning and coordination that goes into Christmas time in a primary school! (unless you already work in a primary school then I am sure you will be nodding your head in agreement) \u00a0You may have noticed this\u00a0tweet earlier this week?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our first practise on the stage! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nativity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nativity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/christmasiscoming?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#christmasiscoming<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TXGAUn9iLt\">pic.twitter.com\/TXGAUn9iLt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Easter Carmuirs Primary &amp; ELC (@EasterCarmuirs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EasterCarmuirs\/status\/798157618623774720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We also had a staff meeting on Wednesday to discuss the final points of what needed done, by when and by whom. Christmas, though, is another wonderful context for education\u00a0and this learning and teaching remains as strong a focus at this time of year than at any other.\u00a0Our staff team are so slick and well organised that I just sat in wonderment as the plans unfolded all around me.<\/p>\n<p>Plans are a really important part of life in school and they support every aspect of our work. From individual children&#8217;s education plans to teacher&#8217;s plans for each curricular area and how they will develop and support the learning of our children. \u00a0School improvement planning and \u00a0Cluster Improvement planning with our partner schools and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.falkirk.gov.uk\/services\/council-democracy\/councillors-decision-making\/docs\/management-structure\/Children's%20Services%20Service%20Performance%20Plan.pdf?v=201605301326\">service performance plans from Falkirk Council<\/a>\u00a0also keep everyone focussed on improving outcomes for our children alongside the national guidance contained within the national delivery plan for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Resource\/0050\/00502222.pdf\">Delivering Equity and Excellence in \u00a0Scottish Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Its a fair amount to keep track of and we have pretty robust systems and processes in place to track and monitor our progress every step of the way. \u00a0You also may have noticed that 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