February 2025 News
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Upcoming Professional Learning
This online professional learning will provide an overview of the context of Education Scotland professional learning linked to Inclusion, Wellbeing and Equalities in Scotland. Two sessions taking place on 4.2.25 & 11.2.25 4.00pm – 5.15pm provide the context for the suite of professional learning and resources available for practitioners linked to Inclusion, Wellbeing and Equalities and Relationships and Behaviour.
11.2.25 Promoting Positive Relationships and Behaviour Policy Context plus Expectations and Consequences
Sign up via this link.
The 5 sessions taking place on Tuesday afternoons from 25.2.25 – 25.3.25 4.00pm – 5.15pm will provide an overview of what practitioners need to know and should be able to understand relating to supporting learners using relational approaches. This includes understanding the biology of the brain and getting to really know your learners to support them. In addition, the sessions aim to provide practical supports, and skills, for practitioners to use when behaviours become distressed. It is beneficial if you are signing up for the ‘It’s all about relationships’ programme that you attend all sessions. It would be a good idea to please protect the dates and times in your own calendar when you sign up for these sessions and notify us if you are unable to attend.
The 5 sessions are as follows:
25.2.25 Relationships Matter & Relational approaches (whole school)
4.3.25 The Brain and Emotional regulation/ Self regulation/ Regulate, Relate, Reason & Restore (Knowledge and Understanding)
11.3.25 What is trauma? What is Nurture? Window of Tolerance (Knowledge and Understanding)
18.3.25 Co-regulation and De-escalation (Knowledge and Skills Development)
25.3.25 Attunement, Active Listening and Reframing (Skills Development)
Sign up for all five sessions via this link.
Keynote and Q&A with Angela Saini
10 Feb 2025 16:00 – 17:30
Join us for a thought-provoking online webinar featuring a keynote talk by award-winning author Angela Saini, focusing on the intersectional experiences of race and gender in education. Angela will share insights from her latest book, Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule, along with her acclaimed works Superior: The Return of Race Science and Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story. Her work delves into the power structures that shape our understanding of race, gender, and hierarchy, offering essential perspectives for those working in education.
Link to sign up: Keynote and Q&A with Angela Saini (Online Webinar) Tickets, Mon 10 Feb 2025 at 16:00 | Eventbrite
LGBT Inclusive Education: Guidance, Practicalities and Planning
26 Feb 2025 16:00 – 17:30
LGBT inclusive education is for everyone. It is needed to foster a safe and supportive environment for all children, young people and adult learners, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender.
This webinar will explore:
- Guidance and national approach to LGBT inclusive education
- Examples and case studies of integrating this in our settings and practice
- Insights into young people’s experiences of online prejudice, homophobia and misogyny at school
- The positive impact of LGBT inclusive education
Link to sign up: LGBT Inclusive Education: Guidance, Practicalities and Planning Tickets, Wed 26 Feb 2025 at 16:00 | Eventbrite
February Updates and Resources
National Guidance on LGBT Inclusive Education
Scottish Government has published the National Guidance on LGBT Inclusive Education. The guidance sets out the ‘National Approach to LGBT Inclusive Education’ and includes content relating to professional learning, what LGBT Inclusive Education should look like in practice, and how it connects to broader education in Scotland. The guidance outlines that schools and education settings should integrate LGBT Inclusive Education across curriculum in line with the national approach. Professional learning and resources to support this are already available via the LGBT Inclusive Education National Platform. Education Scotland’s IWE Professional Learning Framework also includes resources which underpin this approach, for example the professional learning resource on “Diversity in the Curriculum: Mirrors and Windows” which promotes a practical approach for more inclusive curriculum design.
We are partnering with Time for Inclusive Education on our next LGBT Inclusive Education webinar to explore the new guidance, provide examples and case studies of integrating this into curriculum, and share the positive impact of LGBT Inclusive Education.
The Right Way to Meaningful Participation
A resource to support meaningful engagement with young people – created by Scottish Youth parliament.
Quit Fighting for Likes (YouthLink Scotland)
The Quit Fighting for Likes campaign aims to support young people to navigate social media safely and prevent violence. During Monday 10th – Friday 14th February 2025 they are running a week of action to encourage organisations and individuals to share the campaign materials and run activities directly with young people.
- Run Quit Fighting for Likes activities with young people
- Host a Quit Fighting for Likes assembly at your school
- Share Quit Fighting for Likes on social media
- Talk to a young person about their experiences online in a supportive and non-judgemental way
Fearless is an independent charity Crimestoppers’ youth service. 
They provide young people aged 11 – 18 years with key information about crime and give them a safe place to speak up with information 100% anonymously through their website or by calling them on 0800 555 111.
Learn more and download free resources: Fearless Scotland | Crimestoppers
The Month of the Military Child
The Month of the Military Child is a time of celebration for the Armed Forces community. Held annually in April, it’s a chance to shine a spotlight on Forces families, sharing awareness about the positives and challenges of life in and around the Armed Forces.
Ahead of this year’s Month of the Military Child, The ADES Forces Children’s Education website has developed a free short informative guide to help educators and families discover ways to engage children and young people in the classroom, at home and in the wider community.
A guide for Month of the Military Child : Forces Children’s Education
