Design a miniature garden linking sustainability & nature’s engineers for Keep Scotland Beautiful Pocket Garden Design Competition. Pupils aged 3-18 to design a mini garden with food for people, good for wildlife & reuses something. Closes Fri 23 Feb keepscotlandbeautiful.org/news/2024/jan/…

A lovely surprise & kind words from friends & colleagues today. Not sure where the 25 years have gone but a fantastic privilege to still be working with schools across D&G. There are however a few more grey hairs! Dumfries and Galloway Council Education Service

STEM Bulletin 280 is now available to read at buff.ly/3VFvEXe. It is another pretty packed bulletin - enjoy!

Disappointed to not be launching our annual D&G STEM Conference today, but don’t worry, take a look at our 2023 bit.ly/3mVkONy and 2022 bit.ly/3LneXaZ legacy materials, including keynote addresses, partner CLPL & marketplace and our settings & schools’ showcase.

Sustainability isn't just a buzzword - it's the key to safeguarding our planet for generations to come. From renewable energy to circular economies, small steps add up to big change. RT if you agree! 🔁💚

How teachers can put sustainability ‘front and centre’ tes.com/magazine/analy… Conor Jon Ellis Tes Scotland Tes magazine

Great CLPL opportunities!

Two pupils from Hardgate Primary, Noah & Calum (P6), went to the Glasgow Science Festival to take part in a STEM challenge to encourage children to become engineers in the future. The boys beat 5,000 others & were crowned Creating Engineers Champions 🏆 orlo.uk/ra2GT

You can find our legacy materials from the 2023 bit.ly/3BCSIdR and 2022 bit.ly/3PoGQSj Learning for Sustainability conferences here. You’ll have access to keynote addresses, partner CLPL & marketplace and our settings & schools’ showcase.

Yesterday afternoon was full of emotions as we said thank you, farewell, good luck and all the very best to both Mr Burns and our Primary 7s - 29 years for Mr Burns as Headteacher of Belmont Primary School, with many of our P.7s joining him for 9 of those years.

These new primary topic planners were designed by a former teacher for CfE. Ideas to bring Learning for Sustainability into popular primary topics - Children's Rights, Anti-Racist Education, Diversity, Maths, Solar System, Toys, Climate + more: buff.ly/3vibHL0

great start to CYPIC National Improving Writing Programme Cohort 3. Looking forward to working together on our improvement journey. Dumfries and Galloway Council Education Service scotgovCYPIC

Pupils News enjoyed the regional maths competition today at ST Joseph College thankyou 🙏🏻 to Anne Carlyle🧡 for taking them to this event!

Come and join our dynamic and exciting new team as Quality Improvement Manager (Secondary & Performance). Happy to discuss any questions you might have if you are keen 👍🏼 myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/falki…

Come and join our team ⭐️

In 2025, SSERC will be 60 years old, and to celebrate that special occasion, we have launched a competition which is open to all learners in Scotland. The following link provides more information buff.ly/40WXhxE Open to all schools in Scotland.

Find out more about the new Mathematics and Numeracy Self-evaluation Framework at our awareness raising webinar. 🗓️ 11th Nov at 4pm. 🔗 Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/mathematics-… #Maths #CurriculumImprovement #SelfEvaluation

Looking forward to working on the framework with schools & clusters across D&G Dumfries and Galloway Council Education Service

A useful webinar to raise awareness of the new self-evaluation framework. Dumfries and Galloway Council Education Service