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How do you improve the quality of pupils' understanding? Get them talking about what they are learning. Look at this research ⬇️🤯and use our active talk tasks to deepen your pupils' comprehension.

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Early years experts create guide to highlight importance of play - Nursery World A new free resource emphasising the importance of play in children’s early years and how educators can promote play, has been launched.

‘The Play Matters Guide 2025 highlights the need for children to have more free time & unstructured play rather than “rigid academic instruction or excessive screen time.” It
highlights research-backed evidence for play’ @ruthswailes.bsky.social @aaronearlyyears.bsky.social #EduSky

Episode 4: Letting go of ego Our ego gets in the way of great leadership: we need to let it go gently.

"Letting go of ego doesn't mean letting go of leadership. It means leading in a way which elevates others rather than yourself. It means valuing the mission more than the credit; the outcome more than the applause." @benniekara.bsky.social short podcast: benniekara.substack.com/p/episode-4-...

Launching the Tiny Rights Detectives Report: Strengthening Babies’ Rights in Scotland Together is an alliance of Scottish children's charities that works to improve the awareness, understanding and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). We…

🎉 Newly published: #TinyRightsDetectives "Exploring Pathways to Justice for Babies" #BabyUNCRC

We were delighted to contribute to this wonderful work by @together-sacr.bsky.social

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In recent years, Fife Council has been able to deliver services without having to make significant savings.

But it has now reached a turning point.

With tightening finances, the council must save over £46 million by 2027/28.

The Accounts Commission's new report: bit.ly/Fife_Council_2025

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Our next free webinar is ‘AI in the Curriculum: transformational, terrifying or just a bit annoying?’, ed by Prof Judy Robertson Uni of Edinburgh )and Andrew Hay (Newbattle HS) - Tue 11 March, 4.00-5.30.

Sign up at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...

Great day, thank you for the informative and entertaining sessions, just what we needed! ❤️ And thank you for the book too!

Delighted to share the @ScotAssemblyPC survey report on parental involvement which highlights how much more work there is to do so all parents & carers have a voice & feel involved in their child's learning & school life. Parental involvement is essential!
parentcarerassembly.scot/news/all-new...

'Digital Discourse Initiative' Launched to Counter the Effects of Online Hate in Schools - Time for Inclusive Education Time For Inclusive Education

We have launched the Digital Discourse Initiative with a free online professional learning course for Scottish educators, to equip them with the knowledge & tools to address issues like online disinformation and hate.

💻 Teachers, access the course: tie.scot/professional...

HOW MOVING TO A KNOWLEDGE BASED CURRICULUM COULD REVITALISE SCOTTISH SCHOOLS - Reform Scotland Reform Scotland, Scotland’s independent, non-partisan think tank, was delighted to host a discussion about how moving to a knowledge-based curriculum could

If you missed our fascinating education discussion earlier today with Bruce Robertson, Daisy Christodoulou, Prof Paterson and chaired by Chris Deerin, catch up here
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www.reformscotland.com/event/how-mo...

A new funding body landscape emerges in Scotland The Scottish government aims to shift around the pieces of the post-school funding system by autumn 2026. Michael Salmon walks us through it The Scottish government aims to shift around the pieces of ...

'the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) will take on all the funding responsibilities from Skills Development Scotland (SDS), which currently handles apprenticeships and training. And the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) will take further education student support off SFC’s hands'.

Getting maths curriculum right ‘needs wisdom of the entire system’ The ‘vagueness’ of the current maths curriculum must be addressed, says the Scottish government’s specialist adviser - but he has no plans for ‘sweeping’ changes to content

Getting maths curriculum right ‘needs wisdom of the entire system’

Interesting! One clear message here is the the current Outcomes technical framework is on its way out. Good! It was always the weakest aspect of CfE

www.tes.com/magazine/new...

As part of the next phase of work on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle we are looking for participants to join collaboration groups for Expressive Arts, Modern Languages, Religious & Moral Education, Social Studies & Technologies. The closing date is 5 February.

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A really worthwhile read for all involved in Scottish education #CIC

Promise Online Session on Voice - The Voice of the Infant Join this interactive session to discover how we can better understand and amplify infant voices across systems, policies, and practice.

Join this interactive online session to hear inputs from @celcis.org, @nspcc.bsky.social, @barnardosscot.bsky.social & others, on the need to better understand and incorporate infant voice across a range of systems, policy and practice areas.

Learn more and register today: ow.ly/tTEj50UIs4L

Why Educational Data Matters - Reform Scotland SCOTTISH SCHOOLING IS A DATA “BLACK HOLE”

"no coherent way of tracking children’s learning, no data to investigate the effectiveness of different teaching strategies, no evidence on the relationship between children’s progress & social circumstances"
Why we need better educational data ⬇️
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...

Why we need better statistical data for Scottish education - Reform Scotland The quality of statistical evidence on Scottish education is poor. Although useful summary information is published annually, that provides no more than a

"data proposed here would be objective & politically neutral. It would thus strengthen the basis of educational policy-making, and would offer the opportunity for sustained educational improvement"
Lindsay Paterson on the new Commission on School Reform report
www.reformscotland.com/2024/11/why-...