Siân Neil

We're running a spring series of webinars to provide updates on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle! Join us on Thursday 12 March to find out about the tools and resources available to learn more about how the curriculum is changing.

👉https://ow.ly/7KJK50YmAUE

Education Scotland's ELC ASN Spotlight on Inclusion, Wellbeing, and Equalities Professional Learning Framework with a computer and graduate icon.

Explore the Inclusion, Wellbeing and Equalities Professional Learning Framework, offering flexible resources that support self-directed, collaborative or facilitated professional learning across ELC and school settings.

🔗 https://ow.ly/AGue50YpJwJ

Education Scotland is leading a systematic review of the Scottish #curriculum called the Curriculum Improvement Cycle.

Next week we'll be focusing on #ExpressiveArts! 🖌️🩰🎼📽️ 🎭Look out for new reels, a brand new podcast episode and more.
👉https://ow.ly/XyxX50WO7gP

Graphic for Education Scotland's ELC ASN Spotlight on a tartan background highlighting Realising the Ambition with a rocket symbol.

❓ What do children need to grow and develop – including those with additional support needs?

Section 3 of Realising the Ambition helps practitioners reflect on how relationships, interactions and the environment support every child.

🔗 https://ow.ly/Z1xp50YkXQE

The late Professor Carla Rinaldi pictured smiling brightly at the Education Scotland office, Glasgow, in 2023.

Colleagues at Education Scotland are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Carla Rinaldi. Her impact on early childhood education is world-wide and we are proud to acknowledge her influence here in Scotland. Our thoughts are with her family, friends and colleagues.

Read our latest article on Linkedin about the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. Liz and Lysa share their experiences of participating in the Literacy and English Core Group from an ELC perspective.

www.linkedin.com/posts/educat...

#Dunblane Forever in our thoughts

Photo of rugby players and match details. 11.30am on 8 March at Edinburgh Northern RFC, EH4 1DN.

Looking for something to do before the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 match on Saturday? Come and support the Scottish Parliament & Bishopton RFC as they raise funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young ❤️

You can donate to the charity in memory of Matthew Seymour ⬇️

www.c-r-y.org.uk/matthew-seym...

#MonTheBish

🎙️The Learning Conversations podcast is now live!

In this episode Chief Exec Gillian Hamilton discusses Froebelian practice with Professor Tina Bruce CBE.

Froebel’s work changed the way we think about and value early childhood. #Froebel #TeamELC

👉 educationscotland.podbean.com/e/focus-on-f...

The Learning Conversations – Focus on Froebelian practice Have you listened to The Learning Conversations? The podcast series is hosted by Gillian Hamilton and aims to explore a wide range of topics relating to education that will be of interest to those wor...

In this article, our CEO Gillian Hamilton reflects on her most recent podcast conversation with Tina Bruce discussing all things early education and #Froebel. www.linkedin.com/pulse/learni...

Fantastic to have 7 of this cohort dedicated to capacity building and curriculum in early learning and childcare in Scotland #BeingMe #TeamELC #WeAreES

Please could you add me to the list.

Next Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) Newsletter comes out in mid January - sign up here to help keep up-to-date with the journey so far ow.ly/WHBk50Uu3Rq (1000s have 🙂)

Great to have Education Scotland's early learning and childcare team here on Bluesky. Why not give then a follow?
#TeamELC #BeingMe @esteamelc.bsky.social

No better post to start with then a snippet of the animation resource that I created with SEEN, a @barnardos.bsky.social initiative, and Shenny Animation Studio.

A joyful way for Early Years Educators and settings to be introduced to my work around anti -racist practice

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'Slow, deep, unhurried learning' a wonderfully thought-provoking exploration of what children really need to thrive by Prof. Alison Clark, Donna Green & Catriona Gill - Froebel Trust. A must-watch for anyone passionate about childhood education. 🌱#edusky #MorePlayPlease #earlychildhood #Froebel

Nursery child draws a trumpet suspended by a cord from the ceiling.

His noticing eye and hand capture the mathematics of shape, space, number, angle, design, valves, finger buttons…

We see the anatomy of a trumpet.

I started with this one many many years ago. Black and white images but strong straightforward instructions.

Well done! Keep going - it's a great hobby.

I have a similar picture from 1997 before I thought better of it and put my bobbins away until my children were grown.