A big thank you to Heather McManus for delivering a wonderful presentation on the teaching of reading.We are delighted that you shared your wealth of experience and depth of knowledge with us.Engaging in professional reading promoted thoughtful discussion and a lively Kahoot gave lots of laughs! 📚

During this week’s core sessions we focussed on the key elements that contribute to successful writing lessons.We explored stages of the writing process including exploration of resources & how to include opportunities for meaningful feedback.Our Halloween themed context brought added excitement! 🎃

A big thank you to Ashley Page, Falkirk’s Numeracy and Maths Officer for presenting at this week’s core sessions. Ashley’s insights were incredibly valuable and we left feeling inspired and equipped with a wealth of practical strategies to try out!

We took our learning outdoors this week at our fabulous twilight session delivered by Stacey Cassidy @airthprimary.bsky.social. We gained lots of practical ideas and developed our knowledge of planning for effective outdoor learning. 🏕️🪾🪵👬

Thank you to Catrina Fraser from Includion Wellbeing Service for helping to deepen our understanding of behaviours and providing us with strategies that can support our learners in class.

This week we explored planning using the Literacy Progression Pathways to meet the needs of all learners. We then took time to share our own weekly plans with our peers and discussed our non negotiables and personal choice when it comes to creating our own plans. 📔

A huge thank you to Yvonne Manning @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social for inspiring us to share a love of reading for enjoyment in our classrooms and for sharing the positive impact that this can have on our learners. 📚📖🫶🏼

Thank you to David Ironside @braeshighschool.bsky.social for delivering an engaging on Learning Intentions and Success Criteria which challenged thinking and sparked discussion amongst our probationer colleagues. We look forward to session 2 in the new year. 😀

A warm welcome to our new cohort of Falkirk primary probationers.
We were delighted to have Laura Jarvie, HT @carronshoreprimary.bsky.social with us to deliver our first session within our CLPL programme. Thank you for your inspiring input on the importance of developing positive relationships.