August 20, 2021
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Welcome back to the new term! We wanted to pass on the good news that Paul Downie, Science Faculty Head at Hyndland Secondary School in Glasgow and currently the WestOS Coordinator, has been awarded the Royal Society of Biology Teacher … Continue reading
June 24, 2021
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Education Scotland is pleased to announce that £430,000 is being awarded to support professional learning in sciences, technologies, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This Scottish Government funding is being provided to support the recommendations of Scotland’s STEM Education and Training Strategy, … Continue reading
May 28, 2021
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Education Scotland is delighted to pass on the news that the new National e-Learning Offer website is now live: National e-Learning Offer | Education Scotland. This has been developed through a partnership involving Education Scotland, e-Sgoil and ADES. All the … Continue reading
May 16, 2021
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Education Scotland hosted a series of webinars in May 2021 for secondary sciences teachers to support the SQA Alternative Certificate Model. The webinars provided practitioners with the opportunity to share practice and approaches with their peers. Attendees were also signposted … Continue reading
March 26, 2021
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Education Scotland will be running series of webinars after the Easter break to support the SQA Alternative Certification Model. The sessions for NQ Sciences have been scheduled for the following dates: 5-6pm Wed 28th April – Biology/Human Biology 5-6pm Tuesday … Continue reading
January 10, 2021
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Updated 19 January 2021 Education Scotland has been working with E-Sgoil, ADES and other partners to develop the three aspects of the National e-Learning Offer: live lessons, supported resources and recorded lessons. These resources have been created and curated to … Continue reading
December 18, 2020
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This blog post provides an update (19 January 2021) in relation to the three aspects of the National e-Learning Offer for senior phase sciences: supported, recorded and live. For information about resources for early, first and second level science, please … Continue reading
September 7, 2020
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In the latest Higher Biology Podcast, published on Monday 7th September, Scotland’s National Clinical Director, Professor Jason Leitch, discusses his learning and career pathway from his biology classroom in secondary school to advising the First Minister on the national COVID … Continue reading
May 21, 2020
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Outdoor Classroom Day is a global movement to inspire and celebrate outdoor play and learning, at home and at school. On Outdoor Classroom Day, practitioners usually organise a special day outdoors for their class. In response to the coronavirus crisis, … Continue reading
May 7, 2020
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Given the rapid shift to learning online, it is more important than ever for practitioners to network, share and support one another. Scottish physics teachers are able to sign up for TalkPhysics and join the Teaching Physics in Scotland group. … Continue reading
