Catriona Gill from Education Scotland will be leading the second of our Headteacher engagement sessions on Play Pedagogy at the Inspire Building on Friday 20th September 2024.
Those who attended the first session on Thursday 2nd May who have not yet submitted their evaluation form can still do so.
An additional workshop will be led by Catriona on Friday 4th October for all play pedagogy leads in schools.
Further information will be sent out at the beginning of next term.
Early Years
Thank you to everyone who has participated in the 2024 School Placement Survey so far and completed one of the questionnaires. The survey is still ongoing, but you can already see a summary of some of the findings in this interim report for participants. The report tells you about the design of the survey and the planned next steps.
On 23 April, members of the Edinburgh Early Phase Partnership had a meeting to discuss your feedback. Some possible actions were talked about, and we also share these with you in the report so that you can see how the survey might influence some important changes.
The University of Edinburgh are delighted to invite head teachers, teachers, local authority officers, mentors and regents to the School Placement Survey presentation on Thursday 13 June 4.00 – 6.00pm at Holyrood Campus, room 5.11 in Charteris Land, please see map attached. Refreshments will be available.
The focus of this meeting is to discuss the findings of a report from work which began in 2023 when the Edinburgh Early Phase Partnership distributed online questionnaires to students on placements, as well as mentors and regents in schools.
The aim was to gather feedback on placement experiences in order to improve conditions for the coming academic year. The primary purpose of the survey is to evaluate ITE placements and improve the experiences and processes within them, across the partnership.
The responses have been analysed and collated in a report and the focus of this meeting is to discuss the findings and what they might mean for the student/mentor experience.
If you are interested in attending the event please complete this booking form: https://forms.office.com/e/vK3HkCDyGw
Both Heriot Watt and Robert Gordon universities are offering fully funded places on a range of short, post-grad level online courses.
You can find more information about the Heriot Watt courses here:
Upskilling Scotland Scholarship | Heriot-Watt University (hw.ac.uk)
and details about the courses at Robert Gordon University here:
Please that you will need to apply for funding as per the instructions on these pages and that you will need to undertake study in your own time.
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Please use the below to sign up for the upcoming practitioner event on 25 June in Peebles run by No Knives, Better Lives. The event is for all practitioners working with young people and is focused on preventing youth violence. We are running the event in partnership with the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit to expand the learning opportunities for attendees. Attendees can expect an introduction to current projects and resources including:
There will also be support to explore the specific challenges you face in your community. There will be plenty of opportunities for exchanging ideas, tips and learning.
You can now access recordings from the #SBCway speaker series sessions!
Guest speaker series – YouTube
Chris Such – Guest Speaker Series
The Development Education Centres Scotland offer a range of free, Career Long Professional Learning (CLPL) opportunities for educators to support the development of Global Citizenship Education within their setting.
Here you can find the CLPL twilights on offer for early, primary and secondary level educators over the coming year.
Click on the event detail button for more information and to book your place.
For further information please visit the NHS website.
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