The Assessment Team have been working to prepare for a National Quality Assurance Group (NQAG) training event tomorrow. NQAG members comprise practitioners from all Scottish Government sectors and representatives from education authorities, the college sector, higher education, Education Scotland and the Scottish Qualifications Authority. The NQAG quality assure material before it is published to the National Assessment Resource (NAR). A quality mark is added to materials that NQAG identify as particularly strong examples.
Daily Archives: November 28, 2011
Curriculum Update at Glow Key Contacts
Today I went along to the Glow Key Contacts Meeting to give an update about new resources from the Curriculm Team at Education Scotland.
You will find the presentation I used here. (Glow log in required)
The resources I highlighted included:
Come and meet Debi Gliori!
Debi Gliori lives in Scotland. Debi is well known for both her picture books and her novels for children and has been
shortlisted for all the major prizes, including the Kate Greenaway Award (twice) and the Scottish Arts Council Award. Debi was the Shetland Islands’ first Children’s Writer-in-Residence. She published her first book in 1990 and since then has published so many successful books that she has lost count. She has written and illustrated No Matter What, The Trouble With Dragons, Stormy Weather and, most recently, The Scariest Thing of All for Bloomsbury.
shortlisted for all the major prizes, including the Kate Greenaway Award (twice) and the Scottish Arts Council Award. Debi was the Shetland Islands’ first Children’s Writer-in-Residence. She published her first book in 1990 and since then has published so many successful books that she has lost count. She has written and illustrated No Matter What, The Trouble With Dragons, Stormy Weather and, most recently, The Scariest Thing of All for Bloomsbury.In this session she will work with pupils from Primary 2 at Haddington Infant School – why don’t you join her?
Yes I would love to join her! (29.11.11 @ 1.30pm)
Can’t join in at the time? Remember to watch again!
Wonderful New French resources for MLPS
Are you teaching French in Primary school? Do you want to make your lessons more interactive? Are you concerned about how to ensure your learners have good pronunciation and can develop their listening skills? Look no further!!!
Some very kind, not to mention talented, people at Dumfries and Galloway council have spend a huge amount of time creating Activeboard flipcharts for every topic covered by the materials in the in the resource packs originally developed by Glasgow City Council. All the activities have been recorded by native speakers and the sound files embedded in each flipchart so that perfect pronunciation is available at the click of a mouse button!
The files will only open if you save them first onto your PC , then open your Promethean software, click on file and then browse for the saved flipchart file.
The flipcharts can be used as templates, developed and changed in any way teachers see fit to meet the needs of their learners. They should be compatible with other interactive whiteboard software.
Many thanks to Janice Byers from Dumfires and Galloway Council for making these resources available to everyone and to Glasgow City Council for giving permission for the reproduction of their graphics.
To access the materials, please click here.
If you use the materials, please let me know how you get on by posting a comment below, or by sending me an email to fhiona.fisher@educationscotland.gov.uk
National Science and Engineering Week
Organised by the British Science Association, National Science and Engineering Week aims to inspire the next generation of scientists with a programme of fun activities. It will run from 9-18 March 2012 and will explore the theme ‘Our World in Motion’.
The event highlights how the sciences and engineering relate to our everyday lives. With over 4500 events and activities attended by 1.7 million people in 2011, it is one of the UK’s biggest celebrations of science, engineering and technology.
To take part in 2012, you can either plan your own event or ask a local organisation to take part.
Resources
- STEM Central
- High-quality resources, teaching ideas, videos and interactives to develop learning experiences relating to Scottish engineering.
- British Science Association
- Find out more about National Science and Engineering Week.
