Lesley Laing

First day with my class. Full of excitement and nerves. It's what the last 12months have been all about! Good Luck to all the Probationers today!

My classroom is nearly ready! It's getting very real now! #ProbationerTeacher #Primary6

Graduation! For every graduate, there is a team behind them. My graduation was a celebration and a thanks to everyone who got me over the finishing line...the friends I made, the tutors, my mum and dad, my kids (for seeing lessons of me) and most of all Jamie! #primaryteacher #pdgepUoE

This week has been about my boys approaching the end of his primary school journey. Full of happy memories and friendships. ❤️

Hope it went well x

Completing the pgde with the best grad ball to celebrate. So lucky to have had all these people there with my on the journey. #PGDEp #UoEPGDEp

What a week! From last weekend where Cameron ran in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival followed by @sophiegrant.bsky.social and I smashing the Half Marathon. Then there has been completing an amazing placement, with a Nathan Evan gig thrown in! #ExhaustedpgdeStudent

Exploring digital pedagogy and some resources for children to learn through. I'm keen to enhance my lessons and consider the digital world and incorporate it into my lessons. #digitalpedagogy #beebots #micro:bit #UoEpgdep

STEAM Week at Moray House. #pgdep #STEAMweek

This week I went back to uni. Integrating RME and Expressive Arts by looking at Festivals and creating transient art was thought provoking. Followed by solving problems in Technology. Can't forget lunch in the sunshine with some of the people getting my through this amazing but intense year!

Designing and creating their own anemometers to measure the wind. The children used so many meta skills - collaboration, communication, focus, creativity, adapting....and more! Fingers crossed for a windy day for testing them! #UoEPGDEp #primaryscience

Planning is so much nicer with my furboy cuddled up beside me. #teacherlife

After learning about how important it is to include everyone's story, it was amazing to see the Discovery Museum in Newcastle tell the untold stories of history. #UoEPGDEp #untoldstories

After what feels like a lifetime of writing an assignment it has been nice to get out in the fresh air. Walks with the Furboy and Parkrun with my small boy. #UoEPGDEp #autumnwalks #parkrun

My walk through Princes Street Gardens isn't getting old even though it's Week 10 of the PGDE.
Last week in uni before placement! #UoEPGDEp

Pluriliteracies Week....AMAZING! Thought provoking, fun and inspiring. We can meaningfully include languages into our teaching not only to teach children a different language, but to see, include and learn from children by including their language and stories #inclusion #UoEPGDEp #pluriliteracies

What amazing friends!

It is! The power of a run on my mind is truly amazing 💚

World Mental Health Day
This afternoon we were thinking about our protective factors. Running has been my saviour through some harder times. It's a non-negotiable in my life. Time is always made for a run to help my head space. #worldmentalhealthday #UoEPGDEp #runformentalhealth

Enjoyed learning about Autism and how theory has, thankfully, changed. Very informative lecture that will inform my practice as a teacher.

My towel elephant.....when you have to make one as a pre-engagement task! #UoEPGDEp #towelelephant

What an amazing day at the Inclusion for All conference. Really thought provoking! Lovely to discuss how we can make a difference to individuals and to society. Loved our pencils too! #socialjustice ##UoEPGDEp

I still have anxiety about maths and I'm determined to make sure I support children to love maths and realise noone is 'bad' at maths.
Teaching methods for addition and subtraction was very interesting this morning. #UoEPGDEp #teachingmathematics #primaryteacher

Bucket school! We ventured outside for Outdoor Learning with a sciences focus. Really great getting to experience this before taking it into the classroom #outdoorlearning #primarysciences #UoEPGDEp #primaryteaching

Thanks!

Thanks! My 11 year old is now wondering what he can make with his old clothes and wants to male something too!

We have been engaging in a lot of learning about sustainability this week and how we can embed this as teachers. Today we recycled old t-shirts and made something else. My boys love my playing card pouch. #UoEPGDEp #sustainability

A morning spent developing a curriculum framework that embodies Learning for Sustainability. Loved working on this across our groups too.
#UoEPGDEp #LearningforSustainability #socialjustice #learning #inquiry #cfe

Thinking about 'awe and wonder' today. Things that make me wonder
1. autumn leaves - they make me appreciate the beauty in our world
2. Clouds - the shapes, the texture, the need...so many things to consider.
3. Arthur's Seat - reminds me we are in a special city. #RMEdrift #UoEPGDEp #awe&wonder