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Gradually moving from X to Bluesky! We're the Scottish Development Education Centre - follow us for resources, events, and ideas to inspire a fairer, sustainable future. www.scotdec.org.uk
Next week Scottish Book Trust will be marking the first ever Reading Schools Week! Take a look at our top resource picks for schools in Scotland via Stride magazine:
#ReadingSchoolsWeek #YearOfReading
#ReadingSchoolsWeek #YearOfReading
Reading for Change in Scotland: 5 Resources for Reading Schools Week - Stride magazine
Take a look at these classroom resources for Scotland's first Reading Schools Week and explore how reading can inspire action.
stridemagazine.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Next week Scottish Book Trust will be marking the first ever Reading Schools Week! Take a look at our top resource picks for schools in Scotland via Stride magazine:
#ReadingSchoolsWeek #YearOfReading
#ReadingSchoolsWeek #YearOfReading
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Wrote a wee something on behalf of @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social .
Thanks to @scotdec.bsky.social for highlighting through their STRIDE #GlobalCitizenship magazine 👇🏽
The time for change is now.
#PeaceEducation 🕊️
stridemagazine.org.uk/features/fro...
Thanks to @scotdec.bsky.social for highlighting through their STRIDE #GlobalCitizenship magazine 👇🏽
The time for change is now.
#PeaceEducation 🕊️
stridemagazine.org.uk/features/fro...
From Neutrality to Peace: responding to the rise of racism - Stride magazine
Education is often presented as a neutral space. Nuzhat Uthmani argues that neutrality in education is untenable and potentially harmful.
stridemagazine.org.uk
January 27, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Wrote a wee something on behalf of @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social .
Thanks to @scotdec.bsky.social for highlighting through their STRIDE #GlobalCitizenship magazine 👇🏽
The time for change is now.
#PeaceEducation 🕊️
stridemagazine.org.uk/features/fro...
Thanks to @scotdec.bsky.social for highlighting through their STRIDE #GlobalCitizenship magazine 👇🏽
The time for change is now.
#PeaceEducation 🕊️
stridemagazine.org.uk/features/fro...
We had a brilliant day with Falkirk’s newest cohort of primary teachers - getting to grips with Global Citizenship Education, where it sits as part of Learning for Sustainability in the 🏴 curriculum + trying out some methodologies to help learners make sense of the big issues in our shared world 🌍
January 28, 2026 at 11:53 AM
We had a brilliant day with Falkirk’s newest cohort of primary teachers - getting to grips with Global Citizenship Education, where it sits as part of Learning for Sustainability in the 🏴 curriculum + trying out some methodologies to help learners make sense of the big issues in our shared world 🌍
The new music section of A’ Adam’s Bairns explores Burns in a fresh and inclusive way to explore ideas of welcome, identity and belonging.
The resource includes teaching notes and PowerPoints, making links between Burns, music and art: aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
#BurnsNight #RobertBurns
The resource includes teaching notes and PowerPoints, making links between Burns, music and art: aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
#BurnsNight #RobertBurns
January 21, 2026 at 11:31 AM
The new music section of A’ Adam’s Bairns explores Burns in a fresh and inclusive way to explore ideas of welcome, identity and belonging.
The resource includes teaching notes and PowerPoints, making links between Burns, music and art: aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
#BurnsNight #RobertBurns
The resource includes teaching notes and PowerPoints, making links between Burns, music and art: aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
#BurnsNight #RobertBurns
The antiracisted.scot English and Literacy materials are now live.
The new Anti-Racist Literacy Framework sits alongside practical classroom materials for 1st - 4th CfE levels, designed to support learning across a range of genres and themes: www.antiracisted.scot/literacy
#antiracist
The new Anti-Racist Literacy Framework sits alongside practical classroom materials for 1st - 4th CfE levels, designed to support learning across a range of genres and themes: www.antiracisted.scot/literacy
#antiracist
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The antiracisted.scot English and Literacy materials are now live.
The new Anti-Racist Literacy Framework sits alongside practical classroom materials for 1st - 4th CfE levels, designed to support learning across a range of genres and themes: www.antiracisted.scot/literacy
#antiracist
The new Anti-Racist Literacy Framework sits alongside practical classroom materials for 1st - 4th CfE levels, designed to support learning across a range of genres and themes: www.antiracisted.scot/literacy
#antiracist
One of our fave projects last year! ❤️
In partnership @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social we designed resources for CfE 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Levels bringing Stevenson’s stories to life through contemporary visual storytelling, accompanied by curriculum-linked teaching materials: scotdec.org.uk/resources/re...
In partnership @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social we designed resources for CfE 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Levels bringing Stevenson’s stories to life through contemporary visual storytelling, accompanied by curriculum-linked teaching materials: scotdec.org.uk/resources/re...
January 19, 2026 at 5:23 PM
One of our fave projects last year! ❤️
In partnership @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social we designed resources for CfE 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Levels bringing Stevenson’s stories to life through contemporary visual storytelling, accompanied by curriculum-linked teaching materials: scotdec.org.uk/resources/re...
In partnership @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social we designed resources for CfE 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Levels bringing Stevenson’s stories to life through contemporary visual storytelling, accompanied by curriculum-linked teaching materials: scotdec.org.uk/resources/re...
Looking for a lesson plan for Robert Burn's Day?
We're running a free bitesize session for primary teachers on the 15 Jan linking to CfE music + expressive arts! Pupils learn the song and give a personal response to it through art.
Includes teaching notes + PowerPoints:
#RobertBurns #BurnsNight
We're running a free bitesize session for primary teachers on the 15 Jan linking to CfE music + expressive arts! Pupils learn the song and give a personal response to it through art.
Includes teaching notes + PowerPoints:
#RobertBurns #BurnsNight
Burns, Belonging and Song: A Bitesize Lesson Plan
Explore this classroom-ready lesson linking Burns, music and art ahead of Robert Burn's Day
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Looking for a lesson plan for Robert Burn's Day?
We're running a free bitesize session for primary teachers on the 15 Jan linking to CfE music + expressive arts! Pupils learn the song and give a personal response to it through art.
Includes teaching notes + PowerPoints:
#RobertBurns #BurnsNight
We're running a free bitesize session for primary teachers on the 15 Jan linking to CfE music + expressive arts! Pupils learn the song and give a personal response to it through art.
Includes teaching notes + PowerPoints:
#RobertBurns #BurnsNight
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Are you an Early Years practitioner looking to explore the newest anti-racist education resource?
Join us on Teams tomorrow for our workshop exploring activities and Anti-Racist Curriculum.
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-scotlands-new-anti-racism-education-resource-at-early-level-tickets-1393979091989
Join us on Teams tomorrow for our workshop exploring activities and Anti-Racist Curriculum.
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-scotlands-new-anti-racism-education-resource-at-early-level-tickets-1393979091989
September 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Are you an Early Years practitioner looking to explore the newest anti-racist education resource?
Join us on Teams tomorrow for our workshop exploring activities and Anti-Racist Curriculum.
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-scotlands-new-anti-racism-education-resource-at-early-level-tickets-1393979091989
Join us on Teams tomorrow for our workshop exploring activities and Anti-Racist Curriculum.
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-scotlands-new-anti-racism-education-resource-at-early-level-tickets-1393979091989
We've launched the Remediating Stevenson resources in partnership with @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
CfE 2nd, 3rd, 4th Levels, including curriculum-linked, classroom-ready materials that take a critical literacy and decolonial approach.
Access the resources on the Scotdec website: lnkd.in/eqV-uxkV
CfE 2nd, 3rd, 4th Levels, including curriculum-linked, classroom-ready materials that take a critical literacy and decolonial approach.
Access the resources on the Scotdec website: lnkd.in/eqV-uxkV
September 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We've launched the Remediating Stevenson resources in partnership with @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
CfE 2nd, 3rd, 4th Levels, including curriculum-linked, classroom-ready materials that take a critical literacy and decolonial approach.
Access the resources on the Scotdec website: lnkd.in/eqV-uxkV
CfE 2nd, 3rd, 4th Levels, including curriculum-linked, classroom-ready materials that take a critical literacy and decolonial approach.
Access the resources on the Scotdec website: lnkd.in/eqV-uxkV
A weekend of inspiring workshops with brilliant young people from Peebles High School at Beyond Borders 🌍
We looked at images of what's happening in the world right now, and dug into root causes, effects and possible solutions using an issue tree - a key Global Citizenship Education Methodology 💡
We looked at images of what's happening in the world right now, and dug into root causes, effects and possible solutions using an issue tree - a key Global Citizenship Education Methodology 💡
August 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A weekend of inspiring workshops with brilliant young people from Peebles High School at Beyond Borders 🌍
We looked at images of what's happening in the world right now, and dug into root causes, effects and possible solutions using an issue tree - a key Global Citizenship Education Methodology 💡
We looked at images of what's happening in the world right now, and dug into root causes, effects and possible solutions using an issue tree - a key Global Citizenship Education Methodology 💡
We're in the Discovery Zone @edbookfest.bsky.social! Showcasing how Global Citizenship Education can transform the way we teach + learn, running our Refuse, Repair, Rethink activity on consumption + waste and sharing a curated literacy resource list linking fiction to global issues 🌍
#EdBookFest
#EdBookFest
August 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We're in the Discovery Zone @edbookfest.bsky.social! Showcasing how Global Citizenship Education can transform the way we teach + learn, running our Refuse, Repair, Rethink activity on consumption + waste and sharing a curated literacy resource list linking fiction to global issues 🌍
#EdBookFest
#EdBookFest
Come along to our drop-in teacher networking event at
The Crannie 5-7pm on Mon 1 Sept - meet orgs like @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social
Dynamic Earth + more!
Discover new resources, class activities and professional learning for the new school year 🙌
bit.ly/scotdec-teac...
The Crannie 5-7pm on Mon 1 Sept - meet orgs like @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social
Dynamic Earth + more!
Discover new resources, class activities and professional learning for the new school year 🙌
bit.ly/scotdec-teac...
August 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Come along to our drop-in teacher networking event at
The Crannie 5-7pm on Mon 1 Sept - meet orgs like @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social
Dynamic Earth + more!
Discover new resources, class activities and professional learning for the new school year 🙌
bit.ly/scotdec-teac...
The Crannie 5-7pm on Mon 1 Sept - meet orgs like @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social
Dynamic Earth + more!
Discover new resources, class activities and professional learning for the new school year 🙌
bit.ly/scotdec-teac...
Open to teachers with an interest in English, Literacy + Art - join us at 4.30pm at @edinburghuni.bsky.social on 28 Aug!
Meet the teachers + artists behind the project + receive tailored examples connected to your local context.
Refreshments + free copies available for attendees - sign up below👇
Meet the teachers + artists behind the project + receive tailored examples connected to your local context.
Refreshments + free copies available for attendees - sign up below👇
August 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Open to teachers with an interest in English, Literacy + Art - join us at 4.30pm at @edinburghuni.bsky.social on 28 Aug!
Meet the teachers + artists behind the project + receive tailored examples connected to your local context.
Refreshments + free copies available for attendees - sign up below👇
Meet the teachers + artists behind the project + receive tailored examples connected to your local context.
Refreshments + free copies available for attendees - sign up below👇
We've created free Global Goals Packs for primary and secondary level!
Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.
17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ buff.ly/3u1dKQ5
Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.
17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ buff.ly/3u1dKQ5
August 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We've created free Global Goals Packs for primary and secondary level!
Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.
17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ buff.ly/3u1dKQ5
Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.
17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ buff.ly/3u1dKQ5
🌍 78% of primary pupils are worried about climate change, and teens say it's affecting their mental health. Ahead of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, explore our Climate Justice Toolkit + video resource to tackle eco-anxiety.
🔗 scotdec.org.uk/resources/ta...
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🔗 scotdec.org.uk/resources/ta...
🔗 wosdec.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Tackling Climate Anxiety in the Classroom – Scotdec
This resource is for teachers to support thinking about the impact the Climate Emergency has on learners from upper primary through to secondary.
scotdec.org.uk
May 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🌍 78% of primary pupils are worried about climate change, and teens say it's affecting their mental health. Ahead of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, explore our Climate Justice Toolkit + video resource to tackle eco-anxiety.
🔗 scotdec.org.uk/resources/ta...
🔗 wosdec.org.uk/wp-content/u...
🔗 scotdec.org.uk/resources/ta...
🔗 wosdec.org.uk/wp-content/u...
In our May newsletter, we’re sharing brand new anti-racist education resources for 1st Level, a new music section for A’ Adam’s Bairns, and tools to support young people facing climate anxiety ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week.
#EduSky
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#EduSky
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Scotdec newsletter: May 2025 🌎
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May 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
In our May newsletter, we’re sharing brand new anti-racist education resources for 1st Level, a new music section for A’ Adam’s Bairns, and tools to support young people facing climate anxiety ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week.
#EduSky
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#EduSky
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Looking for ways to confidently teach about conflict, peace, and controversial issues in your secondary setting?
Join us for an interactive session and explore tools, strategies, and practical ideas for tackling big global issues in the classroom:
buff.ly/68hMgp2
Join us for an interactive session and explore tools, strategies, and practical ideas for tackling big global issues in the classroom:
buff.ly/68hMgp2
May 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Looking for ways to confidently teach about conflict, peace, and controversial issues in your secondary setting?
Join us for an interactive session and explore tools, strategies, and practical ideas for tackling big global issues in the classroom:
buff.ly/68hMgp2
Join us for an interactive session and explore tools, strategies, and practical ideas for tackling big global issues in the classroom:
buff.ly/68hMgp2
Critical literacy matters — now more than ever.
Teaching young people to ask who tells the story, and why, builds active, informed global citizens.
Explore stories of youth voice and action in @stridemagazine.bsky.social
#WorldPressFreedomDay
Teaching young people to ask who tells the story, and why, builds active, informed global citizens.
Explore stories of youth voice and action in @stridemagazine.bsky.social
#WorldPressFreedomDay
May 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Critical literacy matters — now more than ever.
Teaching young people to ask who tells the story, and why, builds active, informed global citizens.
Explore stories of youth voice and action in @stridemagazine.bsky.social
#WorldPressFreedomDay
Teaching young people to ask who tells the story, and why, builds active, informed global citizens.
Explore stories of youth voice and action in @stridemagazine.bsky.social
#WorldPressFreedomDay
Our updated Pants to Poverty resource pack with smallsforall.org is available to download.
Link learning on the importance of education and the impact it has on our life chances with the Global Goals and the UNCRC in your primary setting 🌎 bit.ly/scotdec-reso...
#edusky
Link learning on the importance of education and the impact it has on our life chances with the Global Goals and the UNCRC in your primary setting 🌎 bit.ly/scotdec-reso...
#edusky
May 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Our updated Pants to Poverty resource pack with smallsforall.org is available to download.
Link learning on the importance of education and the impact it has on our life chances with the Global Goals and the UNCRC in your primary setting 🌎 bit.ly/scotdec-reso...
#edusky
Link learning on the importance of education and the impact it has on our life chances with the Global Goals and the UNCRC in your primary setting 🌎 bit.ly/scotdec-reso...
#edusky
Uncover the latest addition to aadamsbairns.org.uk - a music curriculum element!
Spark convos about Scottish identity and diversity with upper primary and secondary classes + support learning within CfE’s Expressive Arts framework:
aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
@rcsofficial.bsky.social
Spark convos about Scottish identity and diversity with upper primary and secondary classes + support learning within CfE’s Expressive Arts framework:
aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
@rcsofficial.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Uncover the latest addition to aadamsbairns.org.uk - a music curriculum element!
Spark convos about Scottish identity and diversity with upper primary and secondary classes + support learning within CfE’s Expressive Arts framework:
aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
@rcsofficial.bsky.social
Spark convos about Scottish identity and diversity with upper primary and secondary classes + support learning within CfE’s Expressive Arts framework:
aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
@rcsofficial.bsky.social
Languages + Global Citizenship go hand in hand 🤝
This free downloadable resource is for MFL teachers looking to explore common vocabulary through global issues: migration, Fairtrade + gender equality 🌍
#scotlandloveslanguages @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social
This free downloadable resource is for MFL teachers looking to explore common vocabulary through global issues: migration, Fairtrade + gender equality 🌍
#scotlandloveslanguages @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Languages + Global Citizenship go hand in hand 🤝
This free downloadable resource is for MFL teachers looking to explore common vocabulary through global issues: migration, Fairtrade + gender equality 🌍
#scotlandloveslanguages @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social
This free downloadable resource is for MFL teachers looking to explore common vocabulary through global issues: migration, Fairtrade + gender equality 🌍
#scotlandloveslanguages @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social
Celebrate Rights year round in your primary classroom with this resource
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚
✅ Coded with CfE's Es + Os
✅ Early, 1st + 2nd Level
bit.ly/scotdec-book...
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚
✅ Coded with CfE's Es + Os
✅ Early, 1st + 2nd Level
bit.ly/scotdec-book...
April 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Celebrate Rights year round in your primary classroom with this resource
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚
✅ Coded with CfE's Es + Os
✅ Early, 1st + 2nd Level
bit.ly/scotdec-book...
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚
✅ Coded with CfE's Es + Os
✅ Early, 1st + 2nd Level
bit.ly/scotdec-book...
Are you a young leader looking to join a movement for global change through taking action in your community?
Check out our Youth Action Toolkit, an interactive resource designed in partnership with North Berwick High School: buff.ly/3C6pEvB
Check out our Youth Action Toolkit, an interactive resource designed in partnership with North Berwick High School: buff.ly/3C6pEvB
April 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Are you a young leader looking to join a movement for global change through taking action in your community?
Check out our Youth Action Toolkit, an interactive resource designed in partnership with North Berwick High School: buff.ly/3C6pEvB
Check out our Youth Action Toolkit, an interactive resource designed in partnership with North Berwick High School: buff.ly/3C6pEvB
Calling secondary teachers of all subjects!
Want to strengthen your learners' skills as Responsible Citizens and Effective Contributors?
This online session explores how Learning for Sustainability and Global Citizenship can be embedded across Curriculum for Excellence:
Want to strengthen your learners' skills as Responsible Citizens and Effective Contributors?
This online session explores how Learning for Sustainability and Global Citizenship can be embedded across Curriculum for Excellence:
Learning for Sustainability: Global Citizenship Approach at Secondary Level
The session will develop understanding of how the cross-curricular theme of Learning for Sustainability can be embedded into your curriculum
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Calling secondary teachers of all subjects!
Want to strengthen your learners' skills as Responsible Citizens and Effective Contributors?
This online session explores how Learning for Sustainability and Global Citizenship can be embedded across Curriculum for Excellence:
Want to strengthen your learners' skills as Responsible Citizens and Effective Contributors?
This online session explores how Learning for Sustainability and Global Citizenship can be embedded across Curriculum for Excellence:
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This #EarthDay explore powerful, honest and hopeful voices on climate, nature and our planet’s future with these must-read green books. 🌍🌱
14 books on climate change for adults
Discover powerful and inspiring voices on climate change, nature and the environment through these fantastic green reads. We've included a mix of uplifting, informative and honest books on wide-rangi
www.scottishbooktrust.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This #EarthDay explore powerful, honest and hopeful voices on climate, nature and our planet’s future with these must-read green books. 🌍🌱