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• Roots of Empathy

  We are absolutely delighted to confirm that Action for Children have kindly offered to host a Roots of Empathy course in the Scottish Borders next academic session. This course will only be able to run if we have enough interest across out schools. A minimum of 6 delegates are required to run this course and the cost per school would be £1682.63 and £306.50 for annual re-accreditation.   The opportunity was discussed with Cluster Leads on Friday, so this might be something you would like to discuss with your Cluster Lead first.   Roots of Empathy is a Mental, health …

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• Nurturing Nature – Family Learning in local Greenspace

  Monday 15 February 2027, 9am – 3:15pm – Broomlands Primary School Equip Early Years Practitioners with practical tools and understanding to deliver a family learning programme harnessing the benefits of their local green spaces. Participants will: • Understand the benefits of the nurturing nature approach • Consider ways of engaging with parents and carers in a natural environment • Understand their role in modelling play and learning to families • Explore practical examples of group management, risk benefit assessment and the resources required to lead these sessions • Take away practical skills and resources to support delivery of the nurturing …

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• Paediatric & Emergency First Aid 2026/27

  We now have Paediatric and Emergency First Aid courses confirmed for next academic session. These courses will be added to Business World (course title – Paediatric & Emergency First Aid – Education Only). Any interested staff should book via Business World. It is important that any staff interested discuss this with their line manager. As there is a cost incurred to the local authority we cannot support additional staff attending this training who are not listed as part of school risk assessments. PLEASE NOTE – all staff who attend this training will receive two certificate confirming they can deliver emergency …

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• STEM Inservice Day – February 2027

  SAVE THE DATE!!!!!!!   We are delighted to confirm that the STEM Inservice Day will run again in February 2027.   Date – 15 February 2027 Venue – Wilton Primary School   Facilitators will include: GeoBus Edinburgh University Bright Green Nature Inspire Learning Team and more……   Spaces can be booked through Business World.

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• Moving & Handling

  It is a mandatory requirement for all enhanced provision staff to complete Moving & Handling training. There will also be staff within mainstream settings who require this training for specific children within their setting. Full Day Course – 19 October 2026, 15 February 2027 and 4 May 2027 Staff should attend this training at line managers request. This training is for new starts, those who have not completed this course before or whose certification has lapsed. Refresher Training – 25 March 2026, 9am-12 noon

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• New: Standard for Middle Leadership Resource

  The GTCS have launched a new area on the website for registrants who are aspiring or existing middle leaders. The resource engages with the Standard for Middle Leadership (SML) and explores the role of middle leaders through the lens of how they ‘understand and demonstrate self-awareness and inspire and motivate others’ (SML – 2.2 Professional Responsibilities). This is a recorded professional discussion between Kathleen Kerrigan, Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow and Jacqueline Morley, Teaching Standards Education Officer at GTC Scotland. The discussion has 4 chapters: The role of the SML as an underpinning framework to ‘becoming, …

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