Learning for Sustainability

Preparations are underway for a major update to the Education Scotland websites to ensure we continue to meet the needs of practitioners as Scotland’s education system evolves.

By November, four sites will be available, which will be search-driven to help users quickly access the information they seek.

• Corporate website – with information about Education Scotland, policy and legislation, news, Scotland’s education system and our role in it
• The National Improvement Hub – the dedicated source of education improvement materials and resources for education practitioners
• Parentzone Scotland – the dedicated information site developed for, and with, parents
• National Qualifications site – providing practitioners with support materials for qualifications.

In preparation, we have been reviewing the content on our current sites. Education improvement materials and resources that remain relevant are being moved to the National Improvement Hub. Some topic-specific content is being moved to partner organisations and will appear on their websites. Other content is being archived for future consideration, and may be deleted or re-worked and used again. Where content has already been moved, site visitors will find a relevant link or message.

The websites with sciences and learning for sustainability content will be affected as follows:

STEM Central – core content is being migrated to the National Improvement Hub. The site in its current format will no longer be available beyond end of October 2016.

Weather and Climate Change – core content is being migrated to the National Improvement Hub. The site in its current format will no longer be available beyond end of October 2016.

Exploring Climate Change – core content is being migrated to the National Improvement Hub. The site in its current format will no longer be available beyond end of October 2016.

NQ Higher Sciences – content is being migrated to the new National Qualifications site. The site in its current format will no longer be available beyond end of October 2016.

Giant Pandas – the site in its current format will no longer be available beyond end of October 2016. In time, some of the content will appear on the Beyond the Panda website developed by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.

Schools Global Footprint – this website is being deleted and will no longer be available beyond the end of October 2016.

Ready for Emergencies – the site in its current format will no longer be available beyond the end of October 2016. The content is currently being migrated to Scottish Government’s Ready Scotland website.

NQ Course Material Glow site – materials that have been developed for NQ Sciences by Education Scotland will appear on the new National Qualifications site. Most of the other material developed and shared by local authorities will not be available beyond the end of October 2016.

Sciences and Learning for Sustainability pages on Education Scotland’s Corporate site – core content will remain but there will be a significant reduction in content in the resources and sharing practice sections. Some content will be migrated to the National Improvement Hub.

National Assessment Resource – sciences content will no longer be available beyond the end of October 2016.

Due to the volume of content being migrated there may be a period of time at the end of October where some content being retained may not yet be available on the National Improvement Hub or partner websites.

If you have any further questions then please email: nih@educationscotland.gsi.gov.uk

It is now easier than ever to navigate to the Learning for Sustainability (LfS) community on Glow. Join the professional discussions or download and share resources easily just by adding the LfS tile to your RM Unify Launch Pad. That means every time you want to visit the community it is just one click away.

To find out how to add a tile to your Launch Pad then watch this simple video: https://glowhelp.wikis.glowscotland.org.uk/Adding+TigTag+Tiles+To+Glow

The video demonstrates how the TigTag app can be added to your Launch Pad but it is the same process for adding the LfS tile. Just look for the tile with the LfS logo in the app library instead – see image below.

 

 

Are you looking to develop learning for sustainability (LfS) in your school, centre or authority?

Would you like to have a valuable opportunity work with like-minded practitioners to share practical ideas, approaches and resources?

The purpose of the LfS Practitioner’s Network is to create time and space for a cross-authority group to share practice and successes in relation to global citizenship, outdoor learning, children’s rights, sustainable development education. Through high-quality professional collaboration and dialogue, attendees work in a coordinated way to address common needs and co-create new resources and approaches. The events are open to practitioners from early learning and childcare, primary secondary and ASN sectors.

The LfS Practitioner’s Network events will be held on the following dates:

• Thursday 3rd November – Glasgow City Hotel
• Wed 18th January – Edinburgh Doubletree Hilton
• Friday 17th March – Stirling Court Hotel

The events are free and will start at 9:30 and finish at 15:30 . To book please register via this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YQDCPN3

See the LfS professional learning community  to access the resources produced by the network to date.

Here’s what attendees said about last year’s events:

“Loved hearing about all the excellent LfS projects going on across Scotland…inspiring stuff! Looking forward to collaborating with like-minded people to spread the good work more widely.”

“Great to share practice and successes across different sectors. Need to identify gaps and future opportunities for Learning for Sustainability (LfS) to ensure we keep the momentum going.”