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  • Seeking Headteacher participation in research on Professional Update

    We are undertaking a research project entitled ‘Using insight from teachers’ stories of Professional Update to enhance policy and practice’, funded by the SCEL Legacy Fund and overseen by GTCS. We’ve undertaken interviews with both reviewees and reviewers to hear about their experiences and have drawn out key themes from these. The next part of the project is to share key findings with headteachers and to engage with them in focus group discussion exploring what these findings might mean for policy and practice now and in the future. For the purposes of our research we’re looking for 6 local authorities …

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  • ‘Coffee and a Catch-up’ sessions for Early Career Teachers (ECTs)

    Are you in the first 5 years of your teaching career- post-probation?  When did you last make time to catch up with other Early Career Teachers?  Come along to share your ideas, tell us what’s going well and what you would like further support with.  We want to listen and hear your thoughts. There will be one session per term and the dates and booking information are on the attached flyer. We look forward to seeing you and will provide tea, coffee and biscuits! *All sessions will be from 4pm-5pm

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  • Flexible Route Information Session

    We have arranged a Teams meeting for NQTs who are on the Flexible Route.  We have sent this invite to Flexible Route NQTs that we are aware of but we would be grateful if you could ensure this is shared with any new members of staff we may not have been in touch with. Please also let us know who these staff are. The meeting will be on Thursday 21st November from 4pm-4.45pm. The link to join the meeting is Join the meeting now If you have any queries please contact CLPL@scotborders.gov.uk Please note down any questions or queries you …

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  • Minutes (2024-11-01)

    Minutes 01/11/24    Present: Mr Nicoll, RM    Prep for next week:  Attendance – 2 so far    Discussion with BM from BAM:  volunteering from BM workers possible relating to biodiversity  possibly cover the cost of the rainwater retrieval so we can use funds elsewhere.  able to sort chicken coup out for us  open to the idea of a pond using runoff water from the hockey pitch to fill it.   walk through the campus grounds and identify areas that can be better utilised in terms of biodiversity.   mentioned sharing the carbon footprint figures for the campus with us so was …

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  • Meet the cast

    During October our S3 Drama Class have been taking headshots for the cast. They have also interviewed everyone to get to know the cast a bit better. The questions were: What do they enjoy doing in their spare time? What made them audition for this show? And what are they most looking forward to? In her spare time Evie enjoys music, art and writing. She auditioned because she really likes drama and having lots of lines to learn and memorise. She is most looking forward to learning the songs. Lena auditioned because of her passion for drama and the joy

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  • UNCRC in Early Years

    early years / UNCRC Places can be booked through Business World.

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Glow Blogs Update 14 Aug 2024

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