West Barns Primary School was inspected in November 2013. The lead inspector during the feedback challenged the school community to develop the curriculum to make it the ‘West Barns Curriculum’. Over the past 18 months, the school community has worked to develop the curriculum – moving from ‘a blank wall’ to a shared understanding of the rich West Barns Curriculum experienced by the learners. Follow the link to the West Barns Curriculum Magazine to look at how the school has outlined the curriculum for parents:
Parentzone Scotland brings together the contents of the previous Parentzone and Scottish Schools Online websites to form a single resource.
In the Find a school section, you will find all the schools information previously held on Scottish Schools Online – contact details for every primary, secondary and special school in Scotland, as well as information on school awards and links to school websites. This section also now includes information on performance of leavers from S4-S6 for each secondary school in Scotland.
The website also contains:
information and resources to help you support your child’s learning from early years to beyond school
new resources to help you support your child’s learning at home in literacy, numeracy, health and wellbeing and science
Carolyn Hutchison, Glasgow University provides an overview of the Evaluation of S.E.A.L. (Stages of Early Arithmetical Learning) approach to teaching Numeracy in East Lothian.
Now added to the Making Maths Matter Youtube Channel :
At the recent ‘Making Maths Matter’ Conference on 13th March, Professor Louise Hayward from Glasgow University provided an overview of the International research and current thinking on ‘Closing the achievement gap’ between those in the most and least deprived areas. This focus is a National and Local priority and the overview from Louise provides clear points for reflection as we continue to develop strategies in schools and communities to improve achievement.
