February 24, 2016
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Language is a key element of our surrounding culture and it is vital that we get this message across to our pupils. Literacy is one of, if not, the most important subject of Curriculum for Excellence. I found today’s workshop on writing very interesting and loved this idea of writing a micro story on our Twitter pages. […] Continue reading
February 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Health and Wellbeing, the Physical Education/Activity side.
Today’s health and wellbeing input on Fitness brought quite a few things I’ve learned throughout school into practice. Why is oxygen important when exercising, and what methods of training are linked. There are also the individual fitness factors; Cardiorespiratory Endurance (CRE), muscular endurance, strength, speed, power, and flexibility; which are all tested by different means […] Continue reading
February 23, 2016
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Tricia asked us as part of our questioning and discussion to come prepared to the second workshop with a context and questions to follow this context. When looking at this I felt extremely nervous as it looked a lot more difficult than she had explained. However as I got started it was such a straight […] Continue reading
February 22, 2016
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In the technology workshop with Richard we discussed the crossing of curricular areas. This was something that I hadn’t put much thought into in terms of lesson planning however after this workshop I can’t wait to try this more often. We discussed food textiles and how one of the experiences and outcomes could be chosen […] Continue reading
February 21, 2016
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Comments Off on What is Scientific Literacy?
“Scientific literacy is the knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic productivity.” While this is a definition of scientific literacy, once you begin to look into what it means to be scientifically literate, it is easy to see that it is […] Continue reading
February 21, 2016
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Comments Off on We Need More!
Health and Wellbeing. This is a subject which I strongly, strongly believe should be introduced more throughout every single year spent within school. I understand that a lot will be covered within this as it is a main focus within the curriculum however personally I find that many teachers are too shy or uncomfortable with […] Continue reading
February 21, 2016
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Comments Off on Technology Lesson
During technology input myself, Danielle, Erin, Katie, Ailsa and Lucy worked collaboratively to come up with a lesson plan that involved an area which we weren’t too confident about. By the end of this workshop I realised that planning a technology lesson wasn’t as daunting as I first thought and it’s something I would love to experiment with […] Continue reading
February 20, 2016
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Comments Off on The Importance of Health & Wellbeing.
Health and Wellbeing is becoming more and more prominent in the Scottish curriculum and is strongly embedded across all the curricular areas. Curriculum for Excellence aims to ensure that all children and young people in Scotland develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they will need if they are to flourish in life, learning and work, now and […] Continue reading
February 18, 2016
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Comments Off on Creating Motivation
What is Motivation? There are so many ways we could define motivation. The Oxford English Dictionary states that motivation is a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a certain way. It also states that it can be a desire or willingness to do something. In other words, motivation is enthusiasm to do something. […] Continue reading
February 18, 2016
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Comments Off on Health and Wellbeing – One girl’s opinion
In my opinion Health and Wellbeing is one of the most important areas in the Scottish curriculum. It is where students are able to learn about and discuss relationships, physical education and wellbeing, mental wellbeing, emotional wellbeing and social wellbeing just to name a few. In the principles and practice document for the Scottish curriculum it […] Continue reading
February 18, 2016
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Comments Off on Classroom Organisation and Management
I was given the task to design a classroom layout for a class of 28 pupils; 23 boys and 5 girls. This is the classroom layout I designed; I would really like to have a smart board and a white board so that demonstrations can take place in different areas of the classroom. I have heard of many […] Continue reading
February 18, 2016
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Comments Off on A Child’s A-Z Guide
What can you tell from this picture ? You may agree or disagree with me, but certainly when I think of doing anything to do with children: look at activities; plan lessons; or prepare any task including children what sparks up in my mind first is the HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF A CHILD. Definitely something […] Continue reading
February 16, 2016
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Comments Off on Just Another Post About Science Literacy..
If you’re looking at the title and thinking its a bit strange, let me explain… For our latest tutor directed task at the university, all the first years were asked to get together into groups and write 600 words as a team about what science literacy is, discuss an example of inaccurate media reporting and to […] Continue reading
February 16, 2016
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Comments Off on Deepening our understanding: Science Literacy
Richard Holme organised; Lauren Summers, Amy Turner, Hannah Stillwell and myself into a group to work on a mini assignment exploring our knowledge of science literacy. During this TDT I researched more into science literacy which deepened my knowledge of it, as did reading what the others had researched about it. Working together gave us the […] Continue reading
February 16, 2016
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Comments Off on Scientific Literacy TDT
Scientific literacy is a term that is used to describe someone who can understand science. A more elaborate explanation of that is someone whom has the capacity to use scientific knowledge, to be able to identify questions about science and to draw evidence-based conclusions from science experiments (OECD, 2003). The European Commission (1995) elaborated further […] Continue reading
February 16, 2016
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Scientific Literacy Group TDT John Muir, Shaun Finnigan, Danielle Mackay, Rachel Billes The term ‘Scientific Literacy’ is one that can often be heard in academic conversation but what does it actually mean? To be literate is having the “ability to read and write” (Oxford Dictionary, no date), therefore it would be assumed that being […] Continue reading
February 16, 2016
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Comments Off on Drama conventions …
… So, What is a convention? Well…. Normally a convention is a way in which something is carried out. There are agreed rules and criteria which make up the convention. A drama convention is where the actions of an actor/actress are decided by the writer or director and are done so to have dramatic, or […] Continue reading
February 14, 2016
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Comments Off on Science Literacy
After a recent input on the ‘Science Literacy’ we were asked, in groups, to produce an informative short piece related to the input. Not only was this to consolidate what we had learned but also to develop our understanding, awareness and appreciation of what ‘Science Literacy’ really is and how fundamental it is within the […] Continue reading
February 13, 2016
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Comments Off on Language development within early level CfE
This is an essay I wrote for Uni, although it is rather dry to read I thought it was worth posting. Enjoy. This post will explore the issues surrounding the language development of children working within the early level of … Continue reading → Continue reading
February 13, 2016
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Comments Off on Sit Down and Shut up
I’m sure it would not be too hard for us all to think back to a teacher who had a very “sit down and shut up” attitude, and these would often be teachers whose subjects I tended to like less. In the classrooms of the past, it was clear that the teacher was in control and […] Continue reading
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