For any other lighthouse fans: www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...

An easy read... www.forbes.com/sites/trueta...

Love it ot hate it, here comes the future... openai.com/sam-and-jony... (and it will arrive quickly).

“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ

Why #LearningforSustainability is now key for student teachers in Scotland. Important article in TESScot about the new #LfS framework for initial teacher education supporting #Target2030 #LfSforAll @rushtondr.bsky.social @lfsscotland.bsky.social @olliebray.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Keynote Speaker @olliebray.bsky.social is kicking the day off by sharing where Education Scotland are and planning on going with the Curriculum Review #starme25

Get lost! Well, Millenials & Gen Z will if they over-rely on GPS instead of Maps+Apps. As good a case as any for physical+digital solutions. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @olliebray.bsky.social @appalachiantrail.bsky.social @markrpriestley.bsky.social @hargreaves-s.bsky.social

High levels on the Middle Findhorn towards the end of the week...

You smashed it! :-)

Got a lot of paddling done last week and finally got a float down the Beauly - spectacular gorge at the end....

The polar ears living in an abandoned arctic weather station - www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Out and about on the Jurassic Coast with @lornabray.bsky.social

Announcing our Keynote Speaker @olliebray.bsky.social #scottishteachers #teachscotland #educationscotland #primaryteacher #secondaryteacher

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

📢The Curious Teacher Conference: a 1 day professional learning event to enhance knowledge, skills and wellbeing of school teachers. Keynote speaker: @olliebray.bsky.social (update on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle).

Got the sail up on the canoe today...

@olliebray.bsky.social kicking off the conference with provocations around strategy and strategic change

Exciting to be at the stage of ‘snagging’ for the new Journal of Leadership Scholarship and Praxis in education! We are looking forward to the launch next week when #LSPE will be open access! @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @julie67.bsky.social @douglashutchison.bsky.social @mbcph.bsky.social

This webinar will be a good opportunity to hear about what “evolved framework” will look like, why it it needs to evolve and its role in the #CIC 👇🏻

In December Education Scotland published a Curriculum Improvement Cycle discussion paper called ‘Towards an Evolved Technical Framework.’ Sign up to our webinar to learn more about this paper. 👉ow.ly/T6hT50UJrax

Great listen for anyone interested in the Currixulum Improvement Cycle in Scotland by @olliebray.bsky.social and Andy Creamer. Particularly interesting differentiation between knowledge and content - certainly the best explanation I’ve ever heard! educationscotland.podbean.com/e/the-curric...

Good piece (thanks @joecar80.bsky.social ) - www.joewilsons.net/2025/02/open...

Funny what pops up in the old news feed. 20+ years ago as Fair Trade Towns were taking off, I thought to myself - 'why couldn't FairTrade schools be a thing'. Lots of them now of course 🙂 www.tes.com/magazine/arc...

Great to clip into the skis yesterday

DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Grok … which is the best AI assistant? We put them to the test

It was going to happen sooner rather than later... www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-red-...

In November we published the first in a series of Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) discussion papers. Join us as we unpack this paper which explains why this work is taking place and the findings of the pilot curriculum reviews that took place in 23/24. 👉ow.ly/peBT50UJr77

Since we launched the Curriculum Improvement Cycle news bulletin at the end of last year, over 2000 additional subscribers have signed up. Issue two is now available & you can read this here: ow.ly/Obz150UKfoh You can sign up here: ow.ly/JrNK50UKfok

Applications are now open for several National Advisor posts to join Education Scotland, on secondment, to help support the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. Applications close at Midnight on Monday 10 February. Find out more and apply here: ow.ly/2aYx50UNQLh

Winters back! 😀🧊❄️

Will e getting this for the book shelf h www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Local School Nature Grants are back! 🥳 We're offering: - Two hours of outdoor learning training for your staff; - £500 worth of outdoor equipment; - A climate curriculum pack worth £150; - A climate audit of your site; and more! Don't miss out! Apply before 4 April 👇 ltl.org.uk/projects/loc...

Education Scotland are holding Webinars to raise awareness about the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. Details in attached pics - see events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c42310...

➡️The struggle for curriculum control - and how it impacts teachers How will the Francis Review impact schools and teachers? Is England really 'knowledge-rich'? Is pedagogy change inevitable with curric change? A fascinating chat with @markrpriestley.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

A number of Education Scotland Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) Webinars coming up over the next few weeks. Session 3 - Towards an evolved technical framework. Thursday 13 February at 4pm. Find out more and sign up – ow.ly/T6hT50UJrax

A number of Education Scotland Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) Webinars coming up over the next few weeks. Session 2 - The background and a case for change. Wednesday 5 February at 4pm. Find out more and sign up - ow.ly/peBT50UJr77

A number of Education Scotland Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) Webinars coming up over the next few weeks. Session 1 - An Introduction to the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. Monday 27 January at 4pm. Find out more and sign up – ow.ly/q7cB50UJr3C

Lots of opportunities to get involved in the Curriculum Improvement Cycle in Scotland #CIC

Absolutely fascinating... BBC News - 'Dark oxygen' mission takes aim at other worlds www.bbc.com/news/article...

Stunning day in the Cairngorms! Felt great to be in the mountains today, but don’t be fooled by the perfect skies and beautiful sunshine, it was blowing an absolute hooooolie!! 💨 ⛰️📍Meall a’ Bhuachaille with @olliebray.bsky.social 🩷

Not a lot of snow this weekend but still a fine day for a quick wander up Meall a' Bhuachaille.

Our Education Scotland Associates are a really important development for @EducationScot - it was great to welcome them to the team this week.

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. 👉ow.ly/kKO050UIpVz

Nice positive write up from some recent work with the Annan Academy Cluster in Dumfries and Galloway 🙂 www.pressreader.com/uk/dumfries-...

Finally, this discussion, hosted by the Edinburgh Futures Institute, brings together @olliebray.bsky.social, Louise Hayward & Theodore Pengelley (SQA) in a really good panel on AI & Scottish schools: efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-fu...

I love living in the Cairngorms National Park (@cairngormsnews.bsky.social) for lots of reasons. But, nothing gives me more joy than the few times a year you get to ski along the beach at Loch Morlich 🙂 📷: @lornabray.bsky.social

Brilliant people doing a very good thing with more teacher-led sharing than you can shake a (handcrafted) stick at. Oh, and there’s often cake. What’s not to love? Sign up now and join the Pedagoo party in 2025!

Using play to make sense of the world 🙂. “It’s the internet. That’s the line where it goes to take the information to the houses.”

This perfectly demonstrates the power of open ended materials like blocks to enable children to represent their ideas symbolically. These children are telling a story about their knowledge and experience of the world. #BlocksRock

If you’re looking for a good example of MIT's practical, hands-on approach to education - expressed in the motto Mens et manus, or “Mind and hand” - visit the courtyard of East Campus just as 1st year students arrive on campus each autumn - www-technologyreview-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.tech...