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: Sophie Lowe and Catriona Roberts - Perth and Kinross Council
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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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Artificial Intelligence in School Target Audience: All staff A robust overview of the use of AI for educators: the do's, the don'ts and the 'what ifs?' View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 13 May 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.00pm - Online MS Teams
Presenter: Meg Brough - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: To explore Artificial Intelligence. To provide an overview on the council's stance on approved AI tools. To give examples of how this technology is already used in education. To explore the benefits and pitfalls of AI use. To explore how Microsoft Co-Pilot can support workflow.
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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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Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety Webinar Target Audience: All Staff An overview of the resources available to support learners with Cyber Resilience and digital literacy. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 6 February 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.00pm - Online MS Teams
Presenter: Meg Brough - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: Provide overview of the resources available to support learners with Cyber Resilience and digital literacy. Example resources to support Safer Internet Day. Links to work with Child Protection and an exploration around our responsibilities as practitioners.
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Digibyte: Get Started with OneNote Target Audience: all Staff A quick session on the main features of One Note and how these can be used successfully both in the classroom and for workflow. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 29 April 2025 - 4.00pm - 4.30pm - online MS Teams
Presenter: Meg Brough - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: To provide a demonstration of the main features of OneNote. To explore how this app can support many areas of the curriculum.
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Digibyte: How to make a Podcast Target Audience: all Staff A quick session on how to make a podcast with the equipment and software you already have in your setting. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 7 May 2025 - 4.00pm - 4.30pm - online MS Teams
Presenter: Meg Brough - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: To provide a demonstration on what equipment may be needed to create and host a podcast. To explore how this may support many areas of the curriculum.
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Digibyte: How to use Book Creator Target Audience: all Staff A quick session on how to use the Book Creator app. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 12 March 2025 - 4.00pm - 4.30pm - online MS Teams
Presenter: Meg Brough - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: To provide a demonstration for staff of how to use the Book Creator app. To explore how this may support many areas of the curriculum.
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Digibyte: Microsoft Search Progress & Coach Target Audience: Primary and secondary teachers working with learners who may be using the internet to research. Understanding how to use Microsoft Search Progress and Coach to support learners with searching for information responsibly and effectively. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 15 January 2025 - 4.00pm - 4.30pm - Online MS Teams
Presenter: Meg Brough - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: Demonstrate how to use this tool in MS Teams. To explore examples of how this can be used in standard classroom practice. To explore how this supports learners with media literacy.
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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 February 2025 - 9.30pm - 11.30pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Room 346 Session 2: 20 March 2025 - 9.30pm - 11.30pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Room 346 Session 3: 15 May 2025 - 9.30pm - 11.30pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Room 346 This training consists of three sessions and attendance is required at each session to complete the Programme.
Presenter: Harriet Benbow, Pauline Linn, Linda Reid - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims: Increase knowledge, understanding and confidence to develop digital literacy within the context of your setting. Identify an area of improvement and undertake a small test of change using improvement methodology approaches which improves digital learning in ELC settings.
Increase practitioners understand and ability to implement digital literacy and computing science experiences that enrich play and learning.
Opportunity to connect and collaborate with other practitioners with digital literacy as a focus for improvement.
Outcomes: Practitioners will have an increased knowledge, understanding and confidence to evaluate and improve the quality of digital literacy experiences in their ELC setting.
Practitioners will have increased understanding of how to apply elements of improvement methodology approaches.
Practitioners will have collaborated with colleagues from other settings to share good practice in using digital literacy in ELC.
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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: 16 January 2025 - 4.00pm - 6.00pm - online MS Teams 6 March 2025 - 6.00pm - 8.00pm - online MS Teams 22 May 2025 - 6.00pm - 8.00pm - online MS Teams
Presenter: Nina Roberts, Carly Williams and Sally McDougall - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: During the session you will have the opportunity to:
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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 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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Forest Kindergarten Target Audience: All ELC Staff Perth and Kinross Council in partnership with Perth College run a number of Forest Kindergarten training. This qualification is run via learning materials which take a flipped classroom approach followed by an intense 3 (2) day outdoor experience. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: TBC
Aims and Outcomes: This qualification meets the needs of practitioners who would like to set up regular off-site visits to a local wood or nearby green space for children in their care. The National Work-based Award in Forest Kindergarten at SCQF level 7 recognises the value of woodlands as an integral part of the learning process for children and covers the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to develop a forest kindergarten.
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Introduction to Child Development Target Audience: ELC, Out of School Care, Childminders This course will explore child development, including child development from conception to 12 months, 12 months to 2 years, 3 years to 6 years and 7 to 12 years. You will 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 young people. View course detailsDate, Time and Venue: 6 February 2025 - 6.30pm - 9.00pm - North Inch Community Campus, Perth 29 April 2025 - 6.30pm - 9.00pm - North Inch Community Campus, Perth
Presenter: Shona O'Connor - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: This session will look at basic awareness in 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.
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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: 4.00pm - 6.00pm - To be confirmed
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: 11 March 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.30pm - venue TBC 11 March 2025 - 6.30pm - 8.00pm - venue TBC
6 May 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.30pm - venue TBC 6 May 2025 - 6.30pm - 8.00pm - venue TBC
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: 12 November 2024 - 3.30pm - 5.30pm - online Ms Teams 28 January 2025 - 3.30pm - 5.00pm - online Ms Teams - Session 1 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: Early Level 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: 21 March 2025 - 9.30am - 12.30pm - Westbank ELC, Jeanfield Road, Perth 23 May 2025 - 9.30am - 12.30pm - Westbank ELC, Jeanfield Road, Perth
Presenter: Sally McDougall and Sophie Lowe - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: To experience and develop an understanding of delivering high quality outdoor play experiences for children aged 3-5. Practitioners will have an increased confidence to implement outdoor play experiences with children. 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: 20 January 2025 - 9.15am - 4.15pm - Letham Primary School 18 March 2025 - 9.15am - 4.15pm - Letham Primary School 20 May 2025 - 9.15am - 4.15pm - Letham Primary School Please note: link to register to take part in the instructor training will only be sent once accepted onto the course. Approval from your line manager must be given. Booking onto this course may not guarantee a place on this course due to minimum numbers.
Presenter: Julie Clark and Sally McDougall - Perth and Kinross Council
Aims and Outcomes: Aims - to be 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. Outcome - 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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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: June 2025 TBC - 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
Presenter: various
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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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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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