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Week beginning 15.07.24
Outdoor Week This week the children took part in numerous outdoor activities and the rain did not stop us! ☔️ On Tuesday we took part in different camping and den building experiences. Indoors we built dens for the animals using loose parts in the small world area. Outdoors we used tarp and rope to makeSustainable Solutions, Roads of the Future Challenge Finale
“Think Innovatively, Think Sustainability” Overview of Roads of the Future Competition Transport Scotland’s Academy9 challenges pupils to design their own sustainable road in the line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their designs are judged by sustainability experts currently working on the A9 Dualling programme. The challenge is teacher- led and supported by a sustainability mentor assigned to each school. Resources are provided, including a step-by-step lesson plan<br><br><a class="more-link" href="https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/academy9/2024/07/17/sustainable-solutions-roads-of-the-future-challenge-finale/">Read More</a>Continue reading Sustainable Solutions, Roads of the Future Challenge Finale
Week beginning 8th July – Summer Festival Week
This week at Oakburn has been Summer Festival Week. On Monday it was Crazy Hair Day! Some of the children came in with some fanatic hair styles and we took part in a range of crazy hair experiences. On Tuesday we toasted marshmallows by the fire. We learned all about how to keep ourselves safeContinue reading Week beginning 8th July – Summer Festival Week
Switch on your ‘Risk Radar’ for Summer!
Statistically, children are most likely to trespass on construction sites and get injured (or worse) over the summer holidays and with live construction sites on many doorsteps and holidays looming, we’ve been out spreading the word about the dangers of construction sites. Academy9 delivered three Risk Radar sessions for P5-6 pupils at Newtonmore Primary School, Breadalbane Academy and Pitlochry Primary School in June. The event is designed to highlight awareness<br><br><a class="more-link" href="https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/academy9/2024/07/16/switch-on-your-risk-radar-for-summer/">Read More</a>Vision Schools Scotland hosts first conference on teaching and learning about the Holocaust
Vision Schools Scotland, in partnership with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) held its first international conference on teaching and learning about the Holocaust at the SEC, Glasgow on Sunday 23 June 2024. Lord Eric Pickles, United Kingdom Special Envoy …Week beginning 01/07
This week in our summer plan it was Movement Week. On Monday it was ‘Oakburn Euros’ . Where we played football and took part in a range of different ball games. On Tuesday it was Danceathon and Gymnastics Day. The children used the soft mats to practice forward rolls and handstands. We then did someLatest News
Glow Blogs Webinar
Susan Sey, Education Scotland Product Manager ran a Glow Blogs Webinar last week.Glow Blogs Tutorial: Simple Links Site
This tutorial shows how to make a one page site with Glow Blogs. The tutorial will cover using the block editor, patterns & the document overview. This will be a Links in Bio type of page or site that is common on the internet now, sometimes called Link Trees sites.Glow Blogs New “New Site” Functionality
The latest release of Glow Blogs makes a slight change to how you create a new site. There is an added choice when creating a site: You can choose between the Classic and Block editor. Choosing Classic will create a site with the default editor for posts and pages is the classic editor and the […]H5P in Glow Blogs – News
The First Annual H5P Academy Awards were just announced. The winners in the different categories: Although they are all from higher education they give a good idea of how H5P can be used at a sophisticated level. The winners are linked from the announcement. H5P updates There has been a new version of Game Map and […]Glow Blogs Twitter Changes
Twitter/X keeps changing the goal posts for integration with other systems. Recently they have stripped out most of the functionality for free third party use.