Blended learning that maximises the time in the classroom with the teacher and provides an engaging online experience is the challenge many schools are being faced with. At Larkhall Academy, we are currently exploring the best way to meet this challenge, finding the balance between introducing new ways of working while honing in on …
The Literacy Academy: Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative
The Literacy Academy is a central change idea of the Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative Literacy Plan informed by the National Improvement Framework, the EEF toolkit and Hattie’s meta-analyses of “what works” in closing the socio-economic gap in literacy. Like many others, we have had to move our programmes on line since …
Jayne Mays, Fintry Primary – Online Learning with STEM Challenges
When the prospect of a lockdown became apparent I, as an RCT teacher for the whole school, began to panic. My main concern was how will we be able to continue to develop the skills that they have spent the past 9 months working on with myself in Digital Technologies/STEM? So when the lockdown resulted …
Craigie High School’s Digital Journey during Lockdown
Craigie High School’s Digital Journey During Covid-19 Lockdown Before Covid-19, Craigie High School was looking to improve digital engagement for both pupils and staff. We werein the process of self-evaluating and looking to work through the Digital School’s award just as Covid-19 closed our schools. We had created a Digital Teacher Learning Community and …
Rosebank Primary School – Engaging Parents and Learners
At Rosebank Primary we have strived to ensure our approach to remote learning for our pupils is delivered in as simplistic and stress free way as possible. We are continually mindful of the challenges many of our parents and families face in supporting their children to learn at home. These include many being new to …
Virtual P7 Transition, Grangemouth High School Cluster
Grangemouth High School have shared the following Sway with us. This is about their collaborative P7 virtual transition programme with Beancross Primary School, Bowhouse Primary School, Moray Primary School and Sacred Heart RC Primary School.
Help from the MIEExpert Community
The amazing MIEExperts up here in Scotland are keen to help teachers across the country whenever they can. As well as sharing on Twitter, below you will find a list of those that you can reach out to in your Local Authority and beyond for help and support with using Microsoft Technologies in your class …
Blogging for Better Engagement with Hottsbridge Primary School, Dumfries and Galloway
Blogging for Better Engagement by Dora Carter, Principal Teacher
Navigating Digital Learning Through Curriculum Planning.
Learning and Teaching At Rosshall Academy, the announcement by Glasgow City Council that every student would receive an iPad came at a time when staff members were refining their Broad General Education curriculums. Through supported collegiate and faculty meetings our school had already critically engaged with literature that looked to ensure an inclusive curriculum that …
Growth Mindset for Experienced Teachers, Mandy Davidson Lenzie Academy
Hi I am Mandy Davidson Acting Principal Teacher Curriculum Support (Wider Achievement) RME/RMPS/Care at Lenzie Academy. I came to be a Microsoft Expert because it was the easiest way to find out how the limited technology I had could be put to the best use. Nobody around seemed to know the answers to my …
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