An exciting day with some great conversation!

Film and Theatre studies graduate here! Love this! variety.com/2025/film/gl...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌍Scotland has become the first country in the world to introduce Film and Screen studies into primary and secondary schools. Thanks to Scottish Government, Screen Scotland, Education Scotland and all teachers and pupils in pilot schools for making this happen. 📽️🎬 📺 www.screen.scot/news/2025/se...

This weekend’s reading!

My favourite subject (not incl Star Wars!) in this month’s The Psychologist!

The world is a poorer place without the great Giles Havergal. Working with him and learning from him was a career highlight and an absolute joy. He was smart, hilarious and intriguing with enough mischief to put me in an Elizabethan frock. He'll be missed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Outdoor Learning is inclusive learning” - So true! ltl.org.uk/news/attainm...

2:22 A Ghost Story did not disappoint, plenty of jump scares! 🎭

“Education is not just reading, writing & maths but also learning about human rights, different cultures, and the natural environment.” Children must be heard by decision-makers and Young Advisor Robert told the UN about the importance of free pre-primary & secondary education.

Big thanks to DYW Live and eSgoil for partnering with us to deliver our Talk to a Farmer event last week. 🤝 You can now access all the videos and learning resources for use throughout the year: www.rhet.org.uk/teachers/tal...

Welcome back! SSERC are delighted to offer our YSL6 Level as part of the e-sgoil DYW Live platform 😍 If you have not delivered YSLP before, this is a great opportunity for your staff and YSLs to be supported through these sessions by experienced TAs ✨ Register via Glow launch pad💻

“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw

Love this! 🦁 ⚽️ #Euro2025 Having autism has worked to my advantage in football - Lucy Bronze www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

My murder mystery company featuring alongside Claude! So proud of my phenomenal team! 28 years, Scotland’s Oldest Murder Mystery Company! www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Love this! www.glasgowworld.com/best-in/glas...

Today is the first anniversary of UNCRC incorporation into Scots law. Having children’s rights in law is a huge milestone but it’s just one step. We’ll keep holding people in power to account so every child in Scotland can have their rights respected, protected, and fulfilled.

Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me

“Inclusive education is not about being “woke” or meeting diversity targets or indoctrinating children. It’s about making sure that the next generation grows up knowing that being LGBT isn’t shameful or controversial, it’s a human experience like any other.” ✍️ Kelly Given @scotnational.bsky.social

Love this! We can usually involve. We can usually listen. And we can always observe. Children and young people always have expertise to share with us and each other.

Stole this off my teen, genuinely brilliant such an important book in an innovative format, thoroughly recommended.

Blue skies for days!

Cracking issue of The Psychologist this month! 📖 📕

Questions about AI are common from children and young people - both on the benefits and how useful it is, and the worries around what it means now for children and for the future. ⬇️ MCPs have helped create a teaching resource to guide those very conversations. Click through for more details.

How Scottish schools are opening up financial careers to girls www.tes.com/magazine/ana... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

#WeeInspirations #5WaysWith explores different ways to creatively engage your little ones in artistic play using accessible & easily found objects. If you have some chalk, we have 5 exciting ideas for you to try ⬇️ 🎥 vimeo.com/464179305 💡https://starcatchers.org.uk/work/5-ways-with-chalk/

#InternationalDayofPlay - a fantastic accessible opportunity to explore the right to play with children from across the WHOLE of Scotland. Please share!

🧸Celebrate play, creativity & children’s rights this #InternationalDayofPlay. Join Nicola Killean, eSgoil & children across Scotland for a fun, BSL-interpreted online assembly. 🐰 🗓 Wed 11 June, 9:30 – 10am. More info 👉 bit.ly/43mdb48

Providing support for teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic was critical. @DrSandraCullen of @DCU on the creation of a virtual staffroom @esai_irl #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/virtual-staffroom/

"The UNCRC is the glue that holds our commitment to babies, children and young people together. It's a foundation and an OPPORTUNITY" Juliet Harris, Director of Together, on making children's rights real. An inspiring start to our keynote programme. @ulgrid.bsky.social @together-sacr.bsky.social

When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Always makes the most sense when children and young people make their own sense of it. Thank you! @childrenparliament.bsky.social

Young people making key funding decisions on youth arts anyone? Brilliant to see. www.youthlink.scot/news/new-wav...

Carl Sagan speaking at MIT in 1987 on lowering our C02 emissions. Apply these words to any technological problem our world faces today and it holds up.

NEW: The final paper on Scotland’s 'curriculum improvement cycle' (or CIC) has been published - we reveal its key messages tes.com/magazine/new... @olliebray.bsky.social @emmaseith.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social

New national initiative from @skillsdevscot.bsky.social & partners Try Something Different: Apprentice for a Day Young people shadow an #apprentice to get insights into what’s involved. Info for: employers www.apprenticeships.scot/employer-app... young people www.apprenticeships.scot/young-person...

All Scottish educators should read this important document - the 3rd in the series outlining the proposed changes to the technical framework of Curriculum for Excellence blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/pu...

📣Our member @starcatchersuk.bsky.social recruiting for "Early Years Development Coordinator" #JobSearchTogether #CharityJobs 🗓️Closing Date: Tuesday 29th April 2025 📍Hybrid: Edinburgh View here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Rare and exciting opportunity to join our Education and Children’s Services leadership team. We are recruiting a Chief Officer for Children’s Services/Chief Social Work Officer. Please share amongst your networks. Closing date 31/03/25. myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/com...

#WomenEdWednesday 💜 @womenedscotland.bsky.social @womened.bsky.social

📢 It’s almost time! Tomorrow at 2PM, join Commissioner Nicola Killean & e-Sgoil live for an uplifting assembly packed with laughter yoga, mental health chats, and feel-good vibes—all with BSL interpretation! Watch live: bit.ly/3Wt1rKC

Tmrw is #InternationalDayOfHappiness Join me, Scotland’s Children’s Commissioner Nicola & most importantly, children from across Scotland for a positive BSL-interpreted assembly! We'll be celebrating rights & making connections to mental health and wellbeing.➡️ www.e-sgoil.com/bge-primary/... #edusky

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...

It’s #LGBT history month! What’s happening this month? Tell me!

The Play Scotland training schedule for 2025 is open for bookings! Whether you would like support writing a play policy, introducing play pedagogy, or understanding benefit-risk, we have training for you. Book your place here: buff.ly/3v9qmrZ #ScotEduSky #EarlyYearsSky #EduSky #Play #MorePlayPlease

Looking for examples of senior phase curriculum options info for learners and parents on ThingLink or something similar….. anyone able to help me out? #Thinglink #curriculum

The Curriculum Improvement Cycle is a real opportunity to listen to our children and young people, to ensure our curriculum is relevant, engaging and releases the creativity and passion of Scotland's teachers. Read the latest discussion paper here: ow.ly/ubyk50Uu0r2

Loved reading this. What Hannes Puman achieved on El Cap, Yosemite last week was incredible. What makes me even more proud was he was supported by former Kingussie High School Pupil Jamie Lowther. www.climbing.com/news/the-sch...

Here is the latest Education Scotland paper on the CFE reform cycle. To be read by all working in Scottish education. The beginning of the end for CfE’s outcomes-based framework Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC): Towards an Evolved Technical Framework blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/pu...

Tech rehearsal for Yukemuri Forum 2024, hosted by Gumma Prefecture Japan. Sharing the stage with the OECD's Miho Taguma as well as Shun Ito and Miyuki Takahashi. Other participants there in person - I'll be a floating head! We will be talking about Social & Emotional Learning.

This year at Education Scotland we introduced a new programme - Leading Professional Learning. Feedback has been very positive & we also see this as a key capacity building exercise as part of our curriculum review work. Here is a short video to see what participants think of the learning so far.