On Thursday, we enjoyed fantastic Outdoor Learning CLPL, learning about the practicalities of providing engaging and relevant outdoor experiences, while also developing our team work and den building skills! A huge thanks to P7 and Miss Daly of Airth Primary School for leading us.

Many thanks to Gill Campbell and Christie McAlpine Falkirk Community Mental Health & Wellbeing for an insightful session, helping us to reflect on supports available to help mental health and wellbeing for both our learners in Falkirk and us. At PLC 2, we explored Components of a Lesson, learning together.

Many thanks to Lysa Thomson for delivering an engaging session on the Introduction to Play Pedagogy. This highlighted the many benefits of play and helped us to develop our thinking about planning for play across all stages. @playisthewayFalkirk

A very informative twilight on Managing Challenging Behaviour. Karen and Catrina's valuable advice on understanding behaviours and supporting learners will help to develop practice, empathy and equity Inclusion&Wellbeing

Developing understanding of how to embed digital technology as a way to enhance learning, teaching and assessment in another fun, informative and interactive session with the DigiLearnFalk team. Many thanks to Kerry, Lauren and Stuart. 💻🍎🏰☀️

Susanne McCafferty Mrs McCafferty  delivered a very insightful session on Adverse Childhood Experiences. Many sobering facts shared about what our learners might experience, but finishing on a message of hope; we can be the ones to make a difference. ❤️

Many thanks to Mark Murray HT St Francis Xavier's for delivering an informative and engaging session on high quality assessment. This helped us to reflect on our current practice and identify how these approaches can be implemented to support teaching and learning.

An incredibly inspiring session on UNCRC, encouraging us to embrace the Rights journey each school is on, to help make a difference. We very much appreciated Headteacher Jacqueline McLaughlin sharing Antonine Primary's achievements in embedding the Rights within their community.

We explored how to engage our learners in effective writing lessons. We considered the structures, routines, resources and supports which need to be in place to ensure success for learners, alongside some fun and excitement, of course! 🧙🧹🪄🎃

We appreciate the valuable input from Louise Amos and JudeDavies on Specific Learning Differences. This allowed us to see the challenges that some of our learners face and strategies that we can put in place to support them.

Thank you to Matthew Coulter St Joseph's RC PS and Iain Livingstone Braes High School for sharing their experience and delivering and informative session on pedagogy.

Learning about achieving a depth and breadth of engaging learning experiences via Maths Through Stories. Huge thanks to Rona Smith Laurieston PS for sharing with us practical tips, fab resources and her enthusiasm at these valuable sessions. #LaurMTS

At our Action Learning Set we explored the themes: Differentiation, Assessement/Feedback and Pupil independence. We worked together to develop our knowledge further and to identify strategies we can take forward in the classroom.

Many thanks to Ashley Johnston St Margaret's PS for delivering our first Practitioner Enquiry Session. This helped to develop our understanding of how to carry out a successful enquiry and prompted us to think of possible lines of enquiry for our projects.

Exploring how to apply the Principles of Curriculum Design in our planning at PLC. Impressed with the levels of skill and reflection coming through in professional dialogue, as probationer colleagues supported one another 🌟

Thank you to Sarah Jane Anderson Scotdec for proving an engaging and practical session on LfS. Our probationer colleagues valued the opportunity to work collaboratively to plan LfS experiences using the materials shared.

Thank you to Lysa Thomson and Eilidh MacDonald for delivering a hands on and inspiring session this week on Planning for effective pedgogy. Our Probationer colleagues valued the time to collaborate to create exemplar IDL planners using children’s voice.

Many thanks to David Short St Andrew's Primary and Ghislaine Tait Kinnaird Primary, for a very informative session providing valuable advice on navigating the recruitment process.

A huge thank you to Morag Simpson and Morag Young Primary PE Specialist Teachers for delivering an engaging and active session focusing on the progression of skills across Early, First and Second Level. Larbert High School HWB St Mungo's HS

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