Curriculum and Pedagogy
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0-3 Being Me in PKC Target Audience: ELC practitioners working with under 3s Developing a sound understanding of the key principles of supporting children 0-3. Attachments, baby brain development, schematic play, experiences, interactions and spaces relating to the under 3s. Working with Children 0-3 - Being Me in PKC View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 6 February 2025 - 9.30am - 3.30pm - venue TBC 27 March 2025 - 9.30am - 3.30pm - Crieff 14 May 2025 - 9.30am - 3.30pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Rm 410
Presenter: Catriona Roberts - Perth and Kinross Council
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0-3 Practitioner Network Target Audience: All practitioners working with children under two years of age, including those from local authority, partner provider and childminding settings. This network has been created following feedback from practitioners who attended the 0-3 Being Me in PKC training. We hope to give you the chance to meet termly with other people who work with children under three years of age. The network will give you the chance to talk to others, share good practice and hear about current local and national policy and practice related to working with children under three. During this first online meeting, we want to hear from you about what you want from the network, so please come along and share your thoughts and ideas! View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 2 September 2025 - 3.15pm - 4.15pm - Venue TBC 2 December 2025 - 3.15pm - 4.15pm - Venue TBC
Presenter: Nina Roberts and Carol Probert - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: To offer professionals working with children under three the opportunity to:
Participate in professional discussions, sharing experiences and examples of best practice with like-minded practitioners.
Engage in continuous professional learning activities that focus on both local and national policy and practice relevant to their work.
Be empowered to implement the learning gained from the network into their daily practice.
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A Closer Look at NSA in an ASN and EAL Context Target Audience: Staff supporting pupils with ASN to access NSA testing This course will include content that is relevant when working with children and young people who require additional support with their learning or for whom English is an additional language. It contains details of platform functionality that can be used to support accessibility as well as practical advice on using NSA with children and young people who require additional support with their learning or have English as an additional language (EAL) view course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 5 February 2025 - 3.30pm - 5.30pm - Online MS Teams
Presenter: Lorna MacKintosh
Aims and Outcomes: Develop familiarity with the functionality of the assessment platform to support accessibility. Provide practical advice on using NSA with children and young people who have ASN or EAL.
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A Rights-Based Approach in ELC Target Audience: Practitioners working in ELC or Early Years classes This interactive online course aims to develop practitioner professional understanding of rights and the UNCRC, and increase skills and confidence to deliver a rights-based approach to working with children within ELC. The course explores: key foundational concepts and the language of rights; what a rights based approach looks like in ELC; and sharing how we can support the day to day fulfilment of children's rights in our setting.
view course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 22 April 2025 - 12.30pm - 1.45pm - online Ms Teams Link to join meeting will be sent to those who register (at least 24 hours ahead of session)
Presenter: Ben Sparham - Highland One World and Sally McDougall - EYO, Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: Outcome 1: Increased practitioner knowledge and understanding of key concepts and the language of rights. Outcome 2: Increased practitioner knowledge and understanding of what a rights based approach looks like in ELC.
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Climate Ready Classrooms (CRC) Primary Target Audience: Primary Teachers Co-delivered between Keep Scotland Beautiful and Highland One World, this CLPL will begin by providing teachers with an overview of the Climate Ready Classroom Primary pupils’ session and activities. This will be followed by a more in-depth look at the concepts of climate justice and global citizenship that will be introduced to pupils through the workshops, highlighting and sharing resources and ideas to support practitioners to take these topics forward with confidence. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 29 January 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.15pm - Online MS Teams
Presenter: Keep Scotland Beautiful and Highland One World
Aims and Outcomes: To equip practitioners with ideas and resources that can support them on taking further some of the learnings of the Climate Ready Classroom Primary pupil course, in particular around global citizenship and climate justice.
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Collaborative Conversation - Planned Purposeful Group Time Target Audience: ELC Practitioners Consistent Approaches to Planning - Collaborative Conversation focusing on effective group times. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 22 April 2025 - 10.30am - 11.30am - online Ms Teams
Presenter: Sophie Lowe - Perth and Kinross Council
Outcomes: Clear understanding of the expectation around group times in line with national practice guidance. Opportunities to learn from local good practice examples. Opportunities for professional discussion around planned purposeful group times.
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Communication Champion Introduction Training Target Audience: New or recent Communication Champions in ELC settings This introduction training is a short course to develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence of practitioners who will be a new or recently new Communication Champions for session 2025-26. The course has 3 parts all which should be undertaken:
Part 1 - view Word Aware Webinar and undertake reading (approximately 90 minutes);
Part 2 - will take place online and provide an introduction to role of the Communication Champion. The session will focus on Word Aware and how children develop language;
You will be given a practical task to undertake in your setting prior to attending part 3.
Part 3 - learning reflection and sharing of practical task. Importance of the quality interaction to support language development.
View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: Part 1 - August-September 2025 - independent e-learning must be completed, prior to attending part 2 Part 2 - September 2025 - 3.15pm - 4.15pm - Ms Teams Part 3 - November 2025 - 9.30am - 11.30am - venue TBC
Presenter: Wendy Baird, Claire Reid and Pauline Linn - Perth and Kinross Council
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Creative Approaches to Learning and Teaching Target Audience: Class Teachers at all levels This opportunity will support practitioners to use creative approaches to learning and teaching to engage, motivate and challenge learners. Practitioners will explore creativity skills and learner engagement using the Daydream Believers resources to plan and carry out a project with learners. Programme Overview: 2025 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING - Programme Offers View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: Session 1: 13 November 2025 (In-service Day) - 1.15pm - 3.30pm and venue TBC Session 2: 26 March 2026 - 4.00pm - 5.30pm - venue TBC
Presenter: Kirsty Harker (Education Support Officer) - Perth & Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: To support practitioners in planning and delivering creative learning experiences and gathering evidence of learning and impact to inform learning and teaching.
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Developing Global Citizens through Play at Early Level Target Audience: Practitioners working in ELC or Early Years classes An interactive online course for Early Level practitioners (based in nurseries or P1/composite classes) to develop skills and confidence to embed Global Citizenship Education through a child-led, play based approach. The course, and accompanying resource, aims to provide inspiration and support for practitioners and children to explore and celebrate our diverse world with curiosity, empathy and respect. The course will explore: what we mean by Global Citizenship and what this looks like at Early Level; how we can adjust experiences, interactions and spaces to support young children to develop the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes of Global Citizenship; and provocations, strategies and resources available to support your practice. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 22 April 2025 - 9.00am - 10.15am - online Ms Teams Link to join meeting will be sent to those who register (at least 24 hours ahead of session)
Presenter: Rachel Avery - Highland One World and Nina Roberts - EYO, Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: Outcome 1: Increased practitioner knowledge and understanding of what Global Citizenship is and what this looks like at Early level. Outcome 2: Increased practitioners knowledge on how we they can adjust experiences, interactions and spaces to support learners to develop the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes of Global Citizenship.
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Digital Literacy in ELC Improvement Programme Target Audience: Early Years Practitioners This training offer has been offered to support ELC Setting who have digital as a focus for improvement. The programme will involve looking at improvement methodology and how this can be applied to develop digital literacy and skills in ELC. The programme will consist of three sessions and attendance at all three sessions is required to complete the programme. The expectation is that practitioners set goal to improve on an identified area with regards to digital literacy and skills in ELC and work with their team to achieve this. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: Session 1: 20 November 2025 - 9.00am - 11.45am - Perth Grammar School Session 2: 5 February 2026 - 9.00am - 11.45am - Perth Grammar School Session 3: 14 May 2026 - 9.15am - 11.15am - Perth Grammar School This training consists of three sessions and attendance is required at each session to complete the Programme. There are tasks set and opptional support coaching sessions between inputs to support practitioners with their test of change.
Presenter: Meg Brough, Pauline Linn and Linda Reid - Perth and Kinross Council
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Digital Improvement Programme (Primary) Target Audience: Suitable for all practitioners in a primary setting who are looking to improve their own practice or to use digital technology to support a larger area of their school development plan. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: Session 1 - Research to Support Improvement- 9 September 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.00pm - Online Ms Teams Session 2 - Identifying an area for improvement - 11 November 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.00pm - Online Ms Teams Session 3 - Implementing change and monitoring progress - 10 February 2026 - 4.00pm - 5.00pm - Online Ms Teams Session 4 - Sharing Summit - 12 May 2026 - 4.00pm - 5.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth
Presenter: Meg Brough - Perth and Kinross
Aims and Outcomes: Increase knowledge, understanding and confidence to develop digital literacy within the context of your setting, and how to use digital tools to support all aspects of learning and teaching.
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Digital Improvement Programme (Secondary) Target Audience: Suitable for all practitioners in a secondary setting who are looking to improve their own practice or to use digital technology to support a larger area of their school development plan. This is new enquiry-based training programme will support staff to implement digital tests for change in their settings. • Practitioners will have an increased knowledge, understanding and confidence to evaluate and improve the quality of digital learning experiences in their Primary setting. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: Session 1 - Research to Support Improvement - 16 September 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.00pm Online Ms Teams Session 2 - Identifying an area for improvement - 18 November 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.00pm Online Ms Teams Session 3 - Implementing change and monitoring progress - 24 February 2026 - 4.00pm - 5.00pm Online Ms Teams Session 4 - Sharing Summit - 12th May2026 - 4.00pm - 5.00pm 2 High Street Perth
Presenter: Meg Brough - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: Increase knowledge, understanding and confidence to develop digital literacy within the context of your setting, and how to use digital tools to support all aspects of learning and teaching. Practitioners will have increased understanding of how to use research and professional judgement to implement a small test for change and measure impact. Practitioners will have collaborated with colleagues from other settings to share good practice in using digital learning. Book here: |
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ELC Induction Target Audience: All new ELC staff, including supply PA, ECP and EYPSAs. This is a mandatory session for all new staff in local authority early learning and childcare settings. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 2 October 2025 - 6.00pm - 7.30pm - online MS Teams
Presenter: Carly Williams, Sally McDougall, Catriona Roberts - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: During the session you will have the opportunity to: Consolidate learning gained from engaging in the self-directed early learning and childcare induction. Meet members of the PKC Early Years team and other new staff. Ask any questions you may have.
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ELC Maths Improvement Programme Target Audience: This training offer has been developed in partnership with Education Scotland to support settings who have maths and numeracy as a focus for improvement. The programme takes an improvement methodology approach to identify and target gaps in learners progress. The programme consists of four sessions, all of which must be attended to complete the programme. One representative from each setting is required although it is expected that their work will impact a setting wide improvement. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 14 January - 1.30pm - 4.00pm, 28 January - 3.00pm - 4.30pm, 11 February - 3.00pm - 4.30pm and 25 March 2025 - 1.30pm - 4.00pm - To be confirmed All Sessions are to be attended
Presenter: Sophie Lowe & Yvonne Somerville
Aims and Outcomes: Identify an area of improvement and undertake a small test of change using improvement methodology approaches which improves maths learning in ELC settings. To increase practitioners understanding and ability to implement high quality maths and numeracy experiences that enrich play and learning. To connect and collaborate with other practitioners with maths and numeracy as a focus for improvement.
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Practitioners will have an increased knowledge, understanding and confidence to use tracking data to identify and target areas for improvement within the context of maths and numeracy. Practitioners will have increased understanding of how to apply elements of an improvement methodology approach. Practitioners will have collaborated with colleagues from other settings to share good practice in maths and numeracy in ELC
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ELC Workforce Network Target Audience: all local authority and partner provider ELC staff, including supply PA, ECPs and PSAs, who are keen to update their professional knowledge and practice. This new termly professional learning offer will give you the chance to hear about current policy and practice related to working in Early Learning and Childcare. You will have the chance to engage in professional discussion with colleagues and take part in practical sessions which will support you to apply your learning to your practice with children and families. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 19 March 2025 - 6.00pm - 7.30pm - North Inch Community Campus, Perth - This first session of the network will focus on Adult Support and Protection. *Please note that for SSSC registrants, this can be used towards your mandatory annual Adult Support & Protection Continuous Professional Learning requirement. Presenter: Leigh Must and Catriona Roberts - Perth and Kinross Council
4 June 2025 - 6.00pm - 7.30pm - North Inch Community Campus, Perth Presenter: Carly Williams, Sally McDougall and Catriona Roberts - Perth and Kinross Council
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Exploring the Crucial Developmental Stages in Early Writing - Practical Workshop Target Audience: all ELC and Primary staff working within the Early Level This course is suitable for any practitioner working in Early Learning and Childcare, and Primary wishing to increase their knowledge and understanding of how children develop their fine motor skills and the crucial skills for mark making and early writing and development. The course will explore how children will develop their gross and fine motor skills that support them to be able to write. Both sessions should be attended with the expectation that learning is taken back to the setting and a task is completed between sessions. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: Session 1: Practical task in setting - 4.00pm - 6.00pm - November 2025 - January 2026 - TBC Session 2: February 2026 Note: this is a 2 session Programme - both sessions should be attended. Session 2 will take place in Term 3.
Presenter: Pauline Linn, Lindsay Hirst and Clare Davis - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims: Explore all the crucial developmental stages before and as children begin to write. Provide practical activities and experiences to support the development of fine motor skills and early writing. Outcomes: Practitioners understanding of how to provide focussed interventions to support the development of fine motor skills and early writing will be extended. Practitioners will be able to create rich experiences, in both indoors and outdoors spaces that will support the development of fine motor skills and early writing.
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Introduction to Child Development Target Audience: ELC, Out of School Care and Childminders This session will look at Child development, a holistic approach. What children need to grow physically, socially, and emotionally. Factors that impact on development. The sequence of development. Matching expectations with skill base. The invisible principles of child development. Creating an environment in which children can thrive. How to develop everyday skills and routines.
View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 2 September 2025 - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - North Inch Campus 6 January 2026 - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - North Inch Campus 17 March 2026 - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - North Inch Campus 4 June 2026 - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - North Inch Campus
Presenter: Shona O'Connor - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: This course will explore child development, and explore what factors can contribute to healthy development and what factors can contribute to unhealthy development. You will look at what the implications can be in later life and why a good level of development is so important in helping to shape children and young people. Book here: |
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Leading Change in Numeracy and Mathematics Target Audience: Early Years, Primary and Secondary Practitioners The Programme is a series of professional learning sessions aimed at those leading change in Numeracy and Mathematics. The sessions will focus on key themes of best use of data, planning for improvement and ways to increase engagement and motivation. Practitioners would be expected to attend all three sessions. https://glowscotland.sharepoint.com/sites/DundeeCityCouncil/TRICNumeracyandMaths/SitePages/Current-Professional-Learning-Offers.aspx View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 22 January, 27 February and 20 March 2024 - 4.00pm - 5.30pm - online MS Teams Programme: all 3 dates to be attended
Presenter: Denise Doig, ESO - Perth and Kinross Council, TRIC Numeracy ESO's and Yvonne Somerville - Education Scotland Numeracy and Mathematics Officer
Aims and Outcomes: Provide staff with the opportunity to consider best use of data, plan for improvement, consider ways to increase engagement and motivation in Numeracy and Mathematics, collaborate and share practice with colleagues in the same sector from across regional collaborative.
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Learning to read in the Early Years Practical Workshop Target Audience: all ELC and Primary staff working within the Early Level The course will explore how children develop and learn the crucial skills for early reading. Describe and discuss the role of teachers and practitioners in early years to plan to and facilitate experiences that develop literacy skills across learning in meaningful playful and real-life contexts. Why it is important for our very young children to have rich experiences and opportunities to foster a love of reading. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue September 2025 - TBC November 2025 - TBC
Presenter: Pauline Linn and Wendy Baird - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: Develop practitioners knowledge, skills and confidence in teaching early reading, through purposeful activities which build on the way children develop and use literacy. Develop teacher confidence to balance play-based learning with the systematic development and learning of skills and techniques for reading. Practitioners’ increased understanding of their role in the provision of focussed and universal interventions to support early reading. Practitioners’ will be able to create high quality spaces and experiences, both indoors and outdoors that will support the development of early reading. Teachers and ELC practitioners will have an increased knowledge and understanding of their role in the teaching and the range of skills that children need to become successful and confident readers.
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Loose Parts Play Target Audience: All ELC and Primary staff This session will introduce you to Loose Parts Play as an approach to to developing high quality play opportunities within ELC settings and/or Primary school classes. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue All session are online Ms Teams, please choose one of the following: 11 March 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.30pm 11 March 2025 - 6.30pm - 8.00pm 6 May 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.30pm 6 May 2025 - 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Presenter: Lee Fairlie and Shona O'Connor - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: Raise awareness of the value of loose parts in children's play. Provide practical examples of loose parts play for those who work in either early years settings and/or primary schools. Advocate the use of loose parts play as an approach to developing high quality play opportunities. Understand the benefits of embedding the use of loose parts to enrich children's play, learning and development. Make connections between loose parts play, theory, and key national and local guidance.
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Optimising Student Success in the Classroom - Programme Target Audience: Primary and Secondary Teaching staff An Introduction to the use of Retrieval Practice in the classroom. Optimising Student Success - Sway View course detailsDate, Time and Venue:
13 May 2025 - 3.30pm - 5.00pm - online Ms Teams - Session 2 Date and venue TBC - 3.30pm - 5.00pm - plenary in person - Session 3 Programme - all 3 dates to be attended.
Presenter: Kirsty Dewar and Julie Martin - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims: Participants will develop an understanding of Retrieval Practice and the benefits of its application in the classroom to support students learning. Objectives: Understanding of why retrieval practice is a useful teaching and learning strategy. Confidence in using retrieval practice in classroom activities.
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Outdoor Play and Learning at Westbank ELC Target Audience: ELC Practitioners An opportunity to engage in learning centred around designing and delivering high quality play experiences in the outdoors with a seasonal slant. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 25 September 2025 - 3.30pm - 4.30pm - Westbank ELC, Jeanfield Road, Perth
Presenter: Louise Lockhart and Callum Dougall
Aims and Outcomes: To experience and develop an understanding of delivering high quality outdoor play experiences for children aged 3-5 Outcome: Practitioners will have an increased confidence to implement outdoor play experiences with children. Outcome: To increase practitioners understanding and ability to implement high quality maths and numeracy experiences that enrich play and learning.
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Play on Pedals Target Audience: Practitioners in ELC taking lead for Play on Pedals or Early Years Family Learning Practitioners. Play on Pedals will teach pre-school children about the parts of a bike, how to fit a helmet correctly and the basics of looking after their bikes. Through a series of fun and imaginative activities, they will be helped to develop their balance and control skills, often using a pedal-less balance bike. Play on Pedals has strong links to the curriculum for excellence. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 4 November 2025 - 9.15am - 4.00pm - Letham Primary School, Struan Road, Perth PH1 2NL 23 September 2025 - 9.15am - 4.00pm - Letham Primary School, Struan Road, Perth PH1 2NL
Presenter: Julie Clark and Sally McDougall - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: Trained as an accredited Play on Pedals Instructor. Increase knowledge and understanding of benefits of promoting and sustaining Play on Pedals. Equip ELC Practitioners and Family Learning Practitioners to plan and deliver the Play on Pedals programme to nursery aged children. Awarded Play on Pedals Instructor Certification. Increased confidence to deliver interactive learning sessions with children to develop communication and physical skills that promote cycling in a fun and interactive way.
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Playful Approaches to Learning and Teaching in Early Years and Primary Target Audience: Early Years Practitioners and Teachers This course will provide professional learning to increase practitioner understanding and confidence to develop play based approaches to learning and teaching in early years and primary. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 27 March 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.30pm - online Ms Teams June 2025 - date, time and venue TBC
Presenter: Pauline Linn - Perth and Kinross Council
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Primary One Literacy Assessment and Action Resource (POLAAR) in PKC Target Audience: Primary One teacher and practitioners working with P1 The course will introduce the Primary One Literacy Assessment and Action Resource (POLAAR) resource created collaboratively with educational psychology professional bodies, the Scottish Government and Education Scotland. The session will explore and share how the resource should be used in the current national and PKC content within the early level primary. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 5 June 2025 - 3.30pm - 5.00pm - online Ms Teams
Presenter: Nick Thomson and Pauline Linn - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: Explore the background, purpose and key features of the Primary One Literacy Assessment and Action Resource (POLAAR).
Consider the use of POLAAR in the current national and PKC context (environment, interactions and observations).
Practitioner will have a greater awareness of the POLAAR staged intervention model to identify the most effective interventions at universal and targeted additional levels.
Practitioners will have an increased confidence when identifying and assessing children who are at most risk of developing later difficulties with reading and writing.
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STEM Tutor Assessor Training Target Audience: PKC teaching staff Deliver this award in your teaching setting and integrate it with existing lessons that you are delivering, or as stand alone sessions. All you need to do is become a qualified Tutor Assessor which takes 2 hours. Training sessions are delivered live online throughout the year. View course detailsPlease view: STEM Information leaflet
Aims and Outcomes: training give you access to: Support notes - detailing Learning Outcomes Activity packs, worksheets and lessons plans Log books for Young STEM Leader and STEM Leaders to capture their learning (paper copies to download or complete online) Ongoing support from the YSLP SSERC Team |
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School Sport Training Target Audience: PKC teaching staff, school sport volunteers and senior pupils involved in LEAD Sport pathway An opportunity to gain further knowledge and content to teach sport specific games and activities to children. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: Please view School Sport Training Calendar 2024-25
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Scotland's Financial Schools Target Audience: Early Years/Primary/Secondary (sessions are tailored to specific sector) Young Enterprise Scotland aims to equip all young people with the skills to thrive in life, learning and work. Our Scotland’s Financial Schools professional learning programme is designed to support teachers build their confidence in delivering financial education learning experiences to ensure our young people are equipped with appropriate financial skills. The course runs four times throughout the year and consists of two CLPL sessions. We would ask practitioners attend both. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue:
TERM 3 Session 1 - Introducing financial education across the curriculum Session 2 - Embedding financial education through IDL
TERM 4 Session 1 - Introducing financial education across the curriculum Session 2 - Embedding financial education through IDL
All sessions will run from 4.00pm - 5.15pm - online Ms Teams
Presenter: SFS Team
Aims and Outcomes: Session 1 – Introducing financial education across the curriculum
Session 2 – Embedding financial education through IDL
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Story Safari Target Audience: Practitioners and Early Years Family Learning Practitioners in ELC working with SS2 children and families. Story Safari is a 5-week programme developed to introduce specific activities to promote key areas of child development but also offers an opportunity for parents to learn more about their child's development, through reading and play. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 1 September 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.30pm - Perth Grammar School
Presenter: Linda Reid, Rhona Cameron, Sally McDougall and Pauline Linn - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: Introduce the programme and materials to practitioners. To equip ELC Practitioners and Family Learning Practitioners to plan and work collaboratively in supporting children's and family learning. Develop confidence in delivery of the 5 week programme. Knowledge and understanding of the programme and delivery. Increased confidence in working collaboratively to successfully introduce specific activities to promote key areas of child development.
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TayMaths Spotlight series Target Audience: Early Years, Primary or Secondary Series of numeracy and mathematics professional learning sessions for practitioners across the Tayside Collaborative. These sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 4:00-5:00pm. The series will offer spotlights on a variety of themes e.g. Engaging Learners Facing Numeracy Difficulties, Developing Mathematical Reasoning, Numeracy Rich Environments in Early Years. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: All sessions online Ms Teams, 4.00pm - 5.00pm 27 August 2024 - Resources to Support your Numeracy and Maths Development - for Early Years, Primary, Secondary 24 September 2024 - Engaging Learners Facing Numeracy Difficulties - for Primary, Secondary 26 November 2024 - Numeracy as the Responsibility of All - for Secondary 28 January 2025 - Developing Mathematical Reasoning - for Early Years, Primary, Secondary 25 February 2025 - Numeracy Rich Environments in Early Years - for Early Years 25 March 2025 - Engaging Families through the Multiply Programmes - for Secondary 29 April 2025 - Engaging Families in Numeracy and Mathematics - for Early Years, Primary 20 May 2025 - Planning ahead for Numeracy and Mathematics - for Early Years, Primary, Secondary
Presenter: Taymaths Team and Tayside Practitioners
Aims: Provide practitioners with the opportunity to increase their knowledge and understanding of effective learning and teaching approaches in numeracy and maths. Outcomes: Improved awareness of effective practice in developing and promoting numeracy and maths. Increased collaboration with practitioners across the RIC to share good practice. Opportunity to reflect and develop their own practice.
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Teacher Leaders of Inspiring Schools: Co-operative Learning (cohort 1) Target Audience: Identified Teachers or Leaders in Departments or Schools Identified Teacher Leaders will be supported to facilitate Co-operative Learning workshops and activities within LMGs. Participating staff accompanied by LMGs PTs and a representative from LMG Senior Leadership will form a small team and be expected to participate in the training sessions and check-in sessions throughout the year. Programme Overview: 2025 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING - Programme Offers View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: Session 1: 25 August 2025 - 9.00am - 4.00pm Session 2: 22 September 2025 - 9.00am - 4.00pm Session 3: 8 October 2025 - 4.00pm - 6.00pm Session 4: 4 November 2026 - 4.00pm - 4.45pm Session 5: 19 January 2026 - 9.00am - 12.30pm TBC Session 6: 24 February 2026 - 4.00pm - 4.45pm Venue for all sessions TBC Attendance is required at all session dates
Presenter: Kirsty Harker (Education Support Officer) - Perth & Kinross Council
Aim: To support participants in facilitating professional learning workshops and activities with colleagues and further improve pedagogical approaches.
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Teacher Leaders of Inspiring Schools: Improving Learning Experiences Target Audience: Identified Teachers and Leaders in Departments or Schools Identified Teacher Leaders will be supported to facilitate a series of planned Inspiring Schools Workshops in their own school or setting. This Programme will focus on developing practice in using the Model of an Effective Learning Experience. Programme Overview: 2025 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING - Programme Offers View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: Session 1: 28 August 2025 Session 2: 25 September 2025 Session 3: 6 November 2025 Session 4: 15 January 2026 Session 5: 5 March 2026 Session 6: 7 May 2026 All sessions - 4.00pm - 5.30pm - venue TBC Attendance is required at all session dates
Presenter: Kirsty Harker (Education Support Officer) - Perth & Kinross Council
Aim: To support participants in leading school collegiate sessions and supporting improvements in learner’s experiences.
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