Primary 4 parents and carers gathered in the hall on Thursday 28th September to hear about Cathedral Primary’s ‘Active8’ approach. Active8 organises learning and teaching across each school day in a way which maximises pupil engagement, challenge and personalisation & choice. Active8 also frees-up more time for teachers to deliver high-quality direct teaching input to ability groups, as well as work with individual pupils. The presentation included an interview with two Primary 6 pupils about the difference between their learning before and after the introduction of Active8.

As you may have read in a recent newsfeed article, Glasgow University are supporting Cathedral Primary in researching the impact of Active8 on pupils’ learning. The approach has also gained interest from a number of other schools, and a group of staff from St Andrew’s Primary in Falkirk will be visiting Cathedral later this month to see it in action.