Video support for NQs

 

This website was created by Philip Ford, an English Teacher from Glasgow. A few years ago he started making YouTube videos for the kids in his classes, to help them revise and retain the knowledge that they needed to succeed in their SQA exams. When he discovered that his students were also being helped by lots of other teachers across Scotland who were doing the same thing, he thought that it would be a good idea to bring all these useful videos together on one website.

On this site you will find links to short videos that explain key concepts for the most popular National 5 and Higher qualifications. They have all been made by Secondary School teachers to help students to understand their chosen subjects, and ultimately get the best possible grades.

National Developments FEB 2020 (Education Scotland)

The Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative commissioned our colleagues in Education Scotland to produce a ‘National Developments’ PDF which includes key policies on a page.  This will be updated every August and February, in line with INSET days.

Our hope is that this will support our establishments in their improvement planning as well as enrich PRD discussions.  This document can also be found on CPD Manager.

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Forth Valley and West Lothian Education Scotland Team Update February 2020

Click on the link below for the Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative Education Scotland Team Update for February 2020.

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In this update read about work which has been undertaken alongside partners across the FVWL Regional Improvement Collaborative (RIC) highlighting one or two particular actions the Education Scotland team members have been engaged in and drawing upon their national roles and engagements.

The FVWL Education Scotland Team involves staff with a range of expertise, combining their national remits with support for the FVWL RIC.

FV&WL RIC Workstream Plans 2019-2020

We have set out our vision and priorities. In this document workstreams provide a detailed overview of their aims, priorities and plans set out in short, medium and long term timescales for implementation.

 

FV&WL RIC Workstream plans 2019-2020

 

The underpinning workstreams are Improving Performance, and Career Long Professional Learning (CLPL), which support the work of the core priority work streams: Numeracy, Literacy and Early Learning and Child Care (ELC). New workstreams have also been introduced this session: Health and Wellbeing (HWB), and Curriculum including STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

We work in close partnership with colleagues in Community Learning and Development (whose plan is included in this document) and the RIC Educational Psychology team who are supporting the CLPL plan. The
RIC Education Scotland team have worked collaboratively with the RIC Strategic Board and the Connect workstream leads to develop an offer of support that ties with local authority and national plans.

 

February 2020 Edition of Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative Newsletter

Click on the link below for the February 2020 edition of Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative Newsletter.

February 2020 FVWLRIC Newsletter

This edition of the Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative Newsletter highlights the Ferre Laevers event and Nursery Equity and Excellence Leads/Nursery Teacher Network in the Early Years Workstream; the Literacy Workstream CLPL programme including the “It’s a good time to give it LAL-day literacy showcase; Maths recovery, P1/2 Conceptual Understanding, 5/10 frame training, cuisenaire rods and Numicon Intervention programme in the Numeracy Workstream; bringing our Early, Primary, Secondary and Community Learning & Development colleagues together onto the same professional learning platform by the end of June 2020 in the CLPL workstream; Data Literacy CLPL programme in the Performance Workstream; and new appointments and priorities for the health and wellbeing workstream.

 

Forth Valley and West Lothian Education Scotland Team Update January 2020

Click on this link for the Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative Education Scotland Team Update for January 2020. In this update read about work which has been undertaken alongside partners across the FVWL Regional Improvement Collaborative (RIC) highlighting one or two particular actions the Education Scotland team members have been engaged in and drawing upon their national roles and engagements.

The FVWL Education Scotland Team involves staff with a range of expertise, combining their national remits with support for the FVWL RIC.

Winter Edition of Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative Newsletter

Click on the link below for the winter edition of Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative Newsletter.

Forth Valley and West Lothian RIC Winter Newsletter December 2019

It has been a busy period with the establishment of 3 new priority areas for development: Health & Well Being, Curriculum and STEM.

Detailed outlines of plans for all work streams can be found in the Plan 2019-2022 which can be found on our RIC Blog.

Our main focus as a Collaborative is to enable people to come together and support improvement in areas such as learning and teaching, developing curriculum and raising attainment in numeracy and literacy.

The RIC CLPL programme and the Numeracy & Literacy Academies are designed to support these specific areas, build knowledge, skills and confidence for practitioners, making a difference for children from age 3-18. If you would like to know more about what your school is getting involved with across the RIC, a map of involvement will be produced in January along with the ‘Plan on a Page’.

You are also part of a neighbourhood of schools and your Head Teacher/Head of Establishment can provide details of your group and its activities.