Education Scotland primary resource round-up 4
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February 2016
ow.ly/L8apc Evaluating and Improving the Curriculum-Primary
Practical ‘pick-up’ and use professional learning activities and examples of how schools are
developing monitoring and tracking and understanding of progression. Have a look at the minikeynotes on the Introduction page too.
ow.ly/L8c0I Quarterly Primary e-bulletin sign-up page
Free email update alerting you to the latest news for the primary sector. Bulletins for other areas
are also available for sign-up on the same page
ow.ly/VpSkV How good is our school? (4th edition)
Download the new version of the document to see what has changed. This is a year of getting to
know the document before it is introduced in session 2016-17.
ow.ly/YAIP8 The Scottish Attainment Challenge
Find out what the Attainment Challenge means for you. Access information, research, apply for
the innovation fund and join in the conversation about what is going on in schools across the
country.
ow.ly/YAJul The National Improvement Framework
Launched on January 6th this is a must read document for all practitioners. Download it to read
about how the framework will support excellence and equity in Scottish education.
ow.ly/LrpD Building the curriculum in West Barns Primary School
Read the blog posts describing how the West Barns school community has been developing its
curriculum and download the materials they used. CfE magazine for parents recently added.
ow.ly/UBkVv Approaches to physical activity in primary
Find out about improving health and wellbeing through physical activity, like the Daily Mile, in your
learning community by watching these short films from primary schools across Scotland.
bit.ly/numeracyhub National Numeracy and Mathematics Hub
This interactive resource includes professional learning resources for progression and numeracy
across learning, access to relevant research and e-modules. Watch again is available for all Glow
TV.broadcasts
ow.ly/LrfiE National Numeracy Progression Framework
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Designed to support progression, the resource identifies key milestones and the building blocks
that children need to know before they move to the next stage of learning in numeracy.
ow.ly/YAGVo Numeracy in Social Studies
A resource to help you use Social Studies as a context for teaching
numeracy can be found on our Social Studies pages.
ow.ly/VpVFf Group discussion professional learning resource
This resource contains ideas and guidance on high quality group discussion, in and out of the
classroom.
ow.ly/QH3tK Literacy Professional Learning Workshops
Professional learning resources focused on listening and talking, reading and writing. These areas
for development were identified through the SSLN.
ow.ly/LriiP Primary One Literacy Assessment in Action Resource (POLAAR)
POLAAR is based on a staged intervention model. It is designed to help
teachers and others identify and assess children who are most at risk of
developing later difficulties with reading and writing.
ow.ly/RN8WI Assessing progress and achievement professional
learning resource
Find the Significant Aspects of Learning, overarching and curriculum area papers, progression
frameworks, annotated exemplification of work other resources here. These are all supported by a
‘pick up and use’ professional learning resource.
Glow login Tigtag and Tigtag Junior Science
If you haven’t used this fantastic resource for primary science yet please go and have a look. For
4-11 year olds it contains videos, lesson plans, images, activities and facts. You’ll find Tigtag and
Tigtag Junior in the app library when you log on to Glow. That link will then take you to the Tigtag
site out with Glow.
ow.ly/YAM6P Citizen Science and Curriculum for Excellence
This downloadable guide explains more about citizen science and how to embed it within learning
across different curriculum areas.
bit.ly/scienceshome Primary and early years’ sciences
A range of science resources and watch anytime Glow Meets covering different topics, including
assessment in primary science and topical science. Now includes science frameworks from local
authorities.
bit.ly/1EMcq6r Revised Modern Languages Principles and Practice document
This revised document takes into account the implementation of ‘Language Learning in Scotland:
A 1+2 approach’. It contains updated learning statements on the expected achievement in
language learning for most children by the end of primary 7.
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ow.ly/YAMGD Technologies- enrichment and enhancement organisations
If you are interested in developing coding in school, use this list to find out about not-for-profit
organisations that offer support.
ow.ly/Vq4bH Career education and work placement standards
Have a look at the career education standards to see what it means for
early, first and second level.
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