Play on Pedals Training

Thanks to ongoing support from Cycling Scotland, we will be offering another free Play on Pedals training courses on Thursday 21st March at Duns PS, with an opportunity to then either be loaned a fleet of PoP bikes, or to set up a loan share agreement with another nearby early years setting for a fleet of PoP bikes. https://www.cycling.scot/what-we-do/training/play-on-pedals

Please can you let – Gordon.Smith@scotborders.gov.uk – know the name and email address of any interested practitioners you have. Places will initially be issued to those settings who do not currently have trained PoP practitioners, then opened up to settings who already have PoP capability.

 

SHINE Newsletter January 2024

Please find below the January 2024 edition of the SHINE newsletter. Please click on the link to read the newsletter:

https://createsend.com/t/d-89D5FCBA5D723A582540EF23F30FEDED

which includes:

  • Register for SHINE Webinar 11. Tues 19th Mar 2024 16.00 -17.00pm : “What Works in Responding to School Non-attendance: Examples from 2 Scottish local authorities”
  • Save the date!Thurs 2nd May 2024 SHINE National Network Conference 2024
  • New video resources on vaping and unhealthy food marketing co-produced with young people: ” Make Good Choices”
  • New resource for members now available : Sharing SHINE MH data with young people
  • Invitation to participate in SHINE affiliated research projects
    • Crowdsourcing for Adolescent Health (new)
    • AMBIENT-Teens sleep study
    • Clock off! – reducing night-time use of interactive electronic devices
    • National evaluation of the Equally Safe at School programme
  • Other events and research opportunities for school communities:
    • SOCITS: Socially Situated Systems approach to adolescent mental health
    • Purrble: an intervention for LGBTQi+ young people over 16 yrs experiencing emotional distress
    • Key stakeholders’ perceptions & attitudes of resistance training in Scottish secondary schools

The SHINE Team

Learning for Sustainability Scotland PL Events

I’m delighted to share details of several upcoming free-of-charge events and opportunities that may be of interest to you and your networks, and would be very grateful for your help in spreading the word to contacts you feel may be interested.

More details on all events and the links for signing up can be found here: Spring 2024: Upcoming opportunities and events from Learning for Sustainability Scotland (mailchi.mp)

  • ‘Connect’ – our monthly sessions for educators with the General Teaching Council of Scotland (29 February, 21 March, 25 April)
  • ‘Effective collaboration for Scotland’s Learning for Sustainability Movement for Change’ – a pan-sectoral discussion opportunity (05 March)
  • ‘Learning for a Sustainable Future’; our highly-successful online learning opportunity, which has, to date, attracted over 17,000 learners from nearly 160 countries. Developed in partnership with British Council and University of Edinburgh (starts 11 March)
  • ‘Responding to Scotland’s Good Food Nation consultation’ – in collaboration with Nourish Scotland (20 March)
  • ‘Monitoring Education for Sustainable Development in Colleges’ – in collaboration with EAUC Scotland (21 March)

Evolve Excursions System – Training for Staff, EVC’s, and HT’s

Evolve Excursions System – Training for Staff, EVC’s, and HT’s

There is a new set of dates on Business World for training on the Evolve Excursion planning system. The three dates are set up separately for Staff users (those who will be planning excursions), Educational Visit Coordinators (those who have responsibility in a school for liaising with staff team around excursions), and HT’s (who have responsibility for approving all excursions). Please go to Business World; Your Employment; Course Catalogue; then search for Evolve and the three courses should then appear. Select relevant course, then (I don’t know why) you need to click the “Search” button twice to get the course details for booking.

Tuesday 5th March, 4pm-5pm, Staff training course

Wednesday 6th March, 4pm-5pm, EVC training course

Thursday 7th March, 4pm-5pm, HT training course

As a reminder, Evolve is the only excursion planning system that SBC schools should be using, and all out of school visits must be captured on it – if the visit is not on Evolve, then the school are operating outside of SBC Excursions Policy.

Any questions please get in touch.

Gordon Smith, Outdoor Education Officer Gordon.Smith@scotborders.gov.uk

Catholic School Leadership Programme

Catholic School Leadership Programme

The Scottish Catholic Education Service and the Archdiocese of St. Andrews & Edinburgh have been working in partnership with Scottish Borders Council to develop an integrated approach to leadership development for aspiring and present Catholic school leaders through the formation of a Catholic School Leadership programme.

This network will offer a framework for identifying, nurturing and developing future and present Catholic leaders within Scottish Borders Council and will feature two aspects: accompaniment and encounter.

  1. Accompaniment Sessions (dates agreed by Facilitators locally)

 There will be 4 on-line accompaniment sessions which will be facilitated by middle and senior leaders in Scottish Borders schools. At these sessions you will use materials prepared by the Scottish Catholic Education Service as part of their Good Shepherd Leadership Pathway programme to consider middle leadership in a Catholic school.  The sessions will involve the Facilitators directing you towards reading and use of video clips to encourage discussion, sharing good practice and reflection on the role of the middle leader in a Catholic school.

  1. Diocesan Encounter Sessions

These in-person sessions will involve all the participants taking part in the Catholic School Leadership programme from across the Archdiocese of St. Andrews & Edinburgh and will be hosted by the RE Advisors.  These sessions will involve a presentation from a Catholic leader, spiritual activities followed by an opportunity to network with colleagues across the Archdiocese.

 Session 1   The role of the Catholic Middle Leader: 22nd October 2024 4pm – 5:30pm

 Session 2   Spiritual leadership in a Catholic school: 24th February 2025 4pm – 5:30pm

Session 3   Relational leadership: 28th May 2025 4pm – 6pm

This network is intended to be supportive and encouraging.  The framework will offer colleagues opportunities to connect and reflect. There will be no formal activity and we hope no implication for workload.

We know that Scottish Borders Council has excellent leadership programmes to support those considering all types of leadership, in both the denominational and non-denominational sector.  This programme is intended to meet the needs specifically for Catholic school leaders. It would therefore be important to note that this offering is intended to support those who meet the requirements to be appointed (at the appropriate time) to the post of a middle leader in a Catholic school.

If you’d like more information on this new programme, please get in touch with Margaret Barton, the Secondary School RE Advisor at margaret.barton@staned.org.uk or Melissa Gavan, the Primary School RE Advisor at melissa.gavan@staned.org.uk