2809, 2017

Interesting practice exemplar: St Andrew’s Secondary School – weaving employability into the senior phase curriculum

St Andrew’s RC Secondary School in Glasgow has adopted an innovative approach to their senior phase curriculum design which includes an employability stand alongside a two year Higher and traditional pathway model from S4 to S6. The following document and presentation sets out the importance of this particular design feature, the challenges the school faced and the lessons they are learning from the ongoing evaluations of their curriculum design. Evidence about success of the design focuses on

2403, 2016

Agile Software Development opportunity with Industry

Peter Murray
March 24, 2016
CfE, Creativity, Digital Learning, Expressive Arts, Primary, Secondary, Skills, Technologies
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XP2016 in association with Skills Development Scotland Digital World are offering school students, P5 – P7 and S1 – S3, the exciting opportunity to take part in a free software development workshop at the International Conference on Agile Software Development in Edinburgh 24-27th May. This is the first time the digital industry has given school students the chance to take part in an industry conference. Invitation – Software Development

1601, 2015

Save The Date: Social Studies and Digital Technologies Day

Peter Murray
January 16, 2015
Primary, Skills, Social studies, Technologies
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Social Studies and Digital Technologies Day organised by Education Scotland Date: 21st March 2015 Time: 9:30 – 3:00 Venue: Stirling Management Centre, Stirling Places: 40 – open to all primary and secondary practitioners This is an excellent CLPL opportunity to refresh and learn new approaches to integrating ICT and Technologies through Social Studies. There will be three exciting keynote speakers in the morning, followed by an afternoon session with a

0710, 2014

Supporting Outdoor Learning in Secondary Schools

Peter Murray
October 7, 2014
Health and wellbeing, Health and wellbeing, Languages, Numeracy, Outdoor Learning, Responsibility of All, Sciences, Skills, Social studies, Uncategorised
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Supporting Outdoor Learning in Secondary Schools When: Saturday 15th November 2014 Where: Speyside High School, Aberlour Time: 9:30am-4pm In the revised GTCS Standards for Career Long Professional Learning teachers are required to “understand and develop the most appropriate contexts for learning including outdoor learning and be able to apply appropriate pedagogies for these environments”. This event aims to support this and build confidence and capacity in the delivery of outdoor