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Over 50 schools share £150,000 investment to mark Book Week Scotland
...it’s an important time to reflect on the vital role school libraries play in supporting improved literacy and communications skills in our children. “I am very pleased to see a range of creative projects benefit from this funding, which will...
Diana Children's Nurse Service evaluation (2015-2017)
...on this work Read the blog Tackling fake news: do cyp have the critical literacy skills needed to thrive in a digital 🌍? Watch this… https://t.co/nO9tHA1Atw Stay connected Follow,...
Exploration of the Information Support Needs of Parents (2011-2012)
...living in Scotland. It focused on three specific groups: fathers, young parents and parents with literacy issues. This exploration included how parents obtained information and support in relation to parenting in general and child health issues,...
Insight magazine Issue 3 now available for non-members
...in temporary accommodation And Magic Torch Comics on how sequential storytelling can help unlock literacy. Insight Issue 3 is now available, click here to read Are you a Children in Scotland member? Click here to access the latest edition of...
Scotland’s education system "needs structural and cultural reform"
...and through continuous training New / renewed national policy to support training in racial literacy Removal of standardised tests in favour of a more holistic approach to achievement. Children in Scotland's Chief Executive Jude Turbyne...
ASL ASN Education exams ManifestoLatest issue of Insight now available
...temporary accommodation; and Magic Torch Comics share how sequential storytelling can help unlock literacy. Jennifer Drummond, Editor of Insight, says: “As we approach the end of the year, the conversation continues around how to mitigate the...
care experienced people child poverty child rights Early years Education literacy Mental Health WellbeingEducation National Improvement Framework: Data gathering must be accurate, considered and purposeful
...the internationally recognised Early Development Instrument (EDI) which focuses on more than just literacy and numeracy. Whilst welcoming the willingness of the Scottish Government to extend recognition of achievement beyond academic...
ASL ASN children and young people Children's rights Consultation response Education PovertyShifting the focus from our shoes to our views – girls speak out against gender stereotypes
...developed an activity pack for guiding groups aged five and up to help girls develop media literacy skills. Younger girls are encouraged with simple activities such as exploring what the media is and how stories make them feel. For...
Kindness is the key to the SSPCA’s education activity
...We want to support children’s health and wellbeing; enhance their skills when it comes to literacy and numeracy; offer innovative ways to engage with STEM and inspire future career pathways. Our ongoing collaborative research with the...
A radical new beginning
...our learners, the teacher then has the ability to work with a maximum of six learners and focus on literacy and numeracy. Our ‘Teacher Time’ allows teachers to meet the needs of all our children through hands-on, practical learning...
The case for P1 tests has still not been made
...the training to suit you needs Browse courses on early years, transition and literacy and numeracy in our events guide Click here to...
25 Calls response – We need to hear directly from children and young people about the barriers they face; their voices are powerful
...likely to suffer long-term mental health problems, fail to achieve basic levels of numeracy and literacy, struggle to gain qualifications needed to access work, and to be repeatedly involved in crime. This has significant societal and economic...
25 Calls response: If we want to tackle food insecurity, we need to get serious about family support in our communities
...family and community issues were allowed to surface. We were able to introduce support for adult literacy and to identify very personal skills and ambitions which were then built upon and supported. One local Councillor, responding to those...
25 Calls response: Target stigma, honour arts experiences and get the first years of school right to start levelling the playing field for children
...Safari by Darren McGarvey As the Scottish Government surveys of literacy confirm, by the time a child is eight years old, there is already a lag in their educational attainment, compared to their peers, and this...
Amplifying children’s voices across Europe: our participation staff’s visit to Romania
...in Romania (more than 40%), how many children are not in education and how low the rates of literacy are for these reasons. These are huge challenges. Jane: Before we went to Romania there was a referendum on altering the legal definition of...
Children in Scotland endorses second stage of Upstart Scotland's Play Not Tests campaign
...add their child’s name to the statement ‘I do not want my child to sit the primary 1 tests in literacy and numeracy’. The postcards are then sent into the child’s school. The campaign, which has garnered the support of organisations...
School isn't the be-all and end-all of a fair education
...under pressure from some usual suspects in the media, and research that shows that we must improve literacy and numeracy. So they need support and collaboration. This is why Children in Scotland has put forward a ten-point plan on behalf of the...
Government urged to solve P1 ‘puzzle’
...developmentally-appropriate, play-based learning, or teaching children according to tests in literacy and numeracy. Writing in the latest edition of Children in Scotland Magazine, Ms Palmer says: “More and more teachers are now keen...
Insight - Issue 3
...and how accountability is key Magic Torch Comics highlight the power of comics in unlocking literacy Dr Lynn McNair explores the opportunity of a later school starting age in Scotland Alison Watson explains why investing in long-term...
Nominations open for Bookbug Hero Award 2024
...librarians, early years workers, volunteers, health visitors or anyone who uses Bookbug to enhance literacy programmes within the local community. The biggest nationwide universal book gifting programme in the world, Bookbug sees every child in...
Children Early years Learning libraries practitioners reading young peopleArran Purdie
...received a distinction. During her Masters, her research focused on bridging the gap between home literacy practices and school literacy practices with the aim of promoting equity and equality for young learners. Developing ways of enhancing the...
purdieBuilding confidence and wellbeing through STEM
...teaching with STEM. The research found that challenges to education include levels of scientific literacy, a need to connect STEM to other parts of the curriculum and how STEM relates to the real world and societal challenges. Building a...
health and wellbeing research science STEM technology young people youth workersPens at the ready
...design new Read, Write, Count bag Posted 17 Jan, 2023 by Jennifer Drummond art environment literacy reading Pupils in Primary 1-Primary 3 are invited to submit a design for the new Read, Write, Count bags as part of an exciting art...
art environment literacy readingScottish-led study identifies dyslexia gene
...by Jennifer Drummond additional support for learning ASL ASN dyslexia Education Health literacy Scientists have for the first time pinpointed a number of genes that are reliably associated with dyslexia. The researchers say their...
additional support for learning ASL ASN dyslexia Education Health literacyHolding out for a hero
...Keane, Bookbug Hero 2022 runs a local BookBug session. Photo supplied by Scottish Book Trust. literacy Scottish Book Trust has opened nominations for its Bookbug Hero 2023 award, honouring someone who has made a difference to the lives of...
literacyReaders encouraged to ‘Keep the heid and read’
...'Keep the heid and read' for Mental Health Week Posted 10 May 2022, by Nina Joynson literacy Mental Health reading Wellbeing Readers of all ages and abilities are being encouraged to pledge six minutes of...
literacy Mental Health reading WellbeingMember directory: full
...dundeebairns.org Dyslexia Science Education and advice on phonological processing issues and literacy programmes Dyslexia Scotland Support and services for people with dyslexia | dyslexiascotland.org.uk Early Childhood...
Why books and reading deserve to be celebrated
...deserve to be celebrated Posted 3 March 2022, by Jennifer Drummond Education literacy reading World Book Day As children across the country celebrate World Book Day, Abi Baross (pictured) reflects on the...
Education literacy reading World Book DayMember directory: A-F
...| dundeebairns.org Dyslexia Science Education and advice on phonological processing issues and literacy programmes Dyslexia Scotland Support and services for people with dyslexia | dyslexiascotland.org.uk E Early Childhood...
Standardised Testing policy fails pupils and teachers
...professional judgement of children’s progress within only a very narrow range of skills for literacy and Numeracy. Some examples: the Writing assessment can’t assess a child’s writing skills, only their use of spelling, punctuation and...
EducationChanges to Scottish Attainment Challenge funding
...gap in educational outcomes between advantaged and disadvantaged pupils. With targeted activity in literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing across Scotland, £700 million has been invested to date. However, its lack of impact has been...
Attainment Education funding Poverty Scottish ParliamentQ&A with Betsy de Thierry
...which are emotionally safe and relationally authentic. You also talk about building emotional literacy and creative responses in children to help make sense of it all. Can you give an example of how to build shame resistance? If a child...
trauma webinarsThe diversity of our pupils needs to be celebrated
...Showcase languages that are written in alternative scripts such as Arabic or Mandarin in art and literacy lessons. Encourage learners from different backgrounds to wear traditional cultural dress if they so wish, and maybe consider not holding...
diversity Education inclusion"When their stories find expression, our whole society is enriched"
...instrument benefits all learners, no matter what age they are. Research has found that it improves literacy, numeracy, communication and social skills, confidence, self-esteem, inclusion, a sense of responsibility, identity… the list goes...
Call 3: All children and young people should have access to mental health support when they need it, based on rights, trust, privacy – and without discrimination
...which starts by building strong, healthy relationships around children and supports emotional literacy and resilience, enabling children to understand, name, express and regulate their emotions. Children have a right to support...
Call 10: It's time to agree a common set of values in the digital world
...children to gain essential coding skills for the workforce of the future. We teach digital literacy so no-one gets left behind in the digital age. Tech is good. We are in awe. But the internet is redefining our understanding of the...
Call 12: Support our pupils and teachers: embed understanding of ASN in initial teacher training and ongoing development
...urgently extend plans to gather evidence on initial teacher education programmes’ coverage of literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing to include coverage of additional support for learning needs within those measurements. Programmes of...
What does partnership look like?
...to preventing poverty reoccurring in the long term. It has had a relentless focus on education, literacy issues and closing the educational attainment gap. I think colleagues in SCUK can be proud of what they have achieved. But the challenge for...
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Over 50 schools share £150,000 investment to mark Book Week Scotland
...it’s an important time to reflect on the vital role school libraries play in supporting improved literacy and communications skills in our children. “I am very pleased to see a range of creative projects benefit from this funding, which will...
Insight magazine Issue 3 now available for non-members
...in temporary accommodation And Magic Torch Comics on how sequential storytelling can help unlock literacy. Insight Issue 3 is now available, click here to read Are you a Children in Scotland member? Click here to access the latest edition of...
Scotland’s education system "needs structural and cultural reform"
...and through continuous training New / renewed national policy to support training in racial literacy Removal of standardised tests in favour of a more holistic approach to achievement. Children in Scotland's Chief Executive Jude Turbyne...
ASL ASN Education exams ManifestoLatest issue of Insight now available
...temporary accommodation; and Magic Torch Comics share how sequential storytelling can help unlock literacy. Jennifer Drummond, Editor of Insight, says: “As we approach the end of the year, the conversation continues around how to mitigate the...
care experienced people child poverty child rights Early years Education literacy Mental Health WellbeingEducation National Improvement Framework: Data gathering must be accurate, considered and purposeful
...the internationally recognised Early Development Instrument (EDI) which focuses on more than just literacy and numeracy. Whilst welcoming the willingness of the Scottish Government to extend recognition of achievement beyond academic...
ASL ASN children and young people Children's rights Consultation response Education PovertyShifting the focus from our shoes to our views – girls speak out against gender stereotypes
...developed an activity pack for guiding groups aged five and up to help girls develop media literacy skills. Younger girls are encouraged with simple activities such as exploring what the media is and how stories make them feel. For...
Kindness is the key to the SSPCA’s education activity
...We want to support children’s health and wellbeing; enhance their skills when it comes to literacy and numeracy; offer innovative ways to engage with STEM and inspire future career pathways. Our ongoing collaborative research with the...
A radical new beginning
...our learners, the teacher then has the ability to work with a maximum of six learners and focus on literacy and numeracy. Our ‘Teacher Time’ allows teachers to meet the needs of all our children through hands-on, practical learning...
The case for P1 tests has still not been made
...the training to suit you needs Browse courses on early years, transition and literacy and numeracy in our events guide Click here to...
25 Calls response – We need to hear directly from children and young people about the barriers they face; their voices are powerful
...likely to suffer long-term mental health problems, fail to achieve basic levels of numeracy and literacy, struggle to gain qualifications needed to access work, and to be repeatedly involved in crime. This has significant societal and economic...
25 Calls response: If we want to tackle food insecurity, we need to get serious about family support in our communities
...family and community issues were allowed to surface. We were able to introduce support for adult literacy and to identify very personal skills and ambitions which were then built upon and supported. One local Councillor, responding to those...
25 Calls response: Target stigma, honour arts experiences and get the first years of school right to start levelling the playing field for children
...Safari by Darren McGarvey As the Scottish Government surveys of literacy confirm, by the time a child is eight years old, there is already a lag in their educational attainment, compared to their peers, and this...
Amplifying children’s voices across Europe: our participation staff’s visit to Romania
...in Romania (more than 40%), how many children are not in education and how low the rates of literacy are for these reasons. These are huge challenges. Jane: Before we went to Romania there was a referendum on altering the legal definition of...
Children in Scotland endorses second stage of Upstart Scotland's Play Not Tests campaign
...add their child’s name to the statement ‘I do not want my child to sit the primary 1 tests in literacy and numeracy’. The postcards are then sent into the child’s school. The campaign, which has garnered the support of organisations...
School isn't the be-all and end-all of a fair education
...under pressure from some usual suspects in the media, and research that shows that we must improve literacy and numeracy. So they need support and collaboration. This is why Children in Scotland has put forward a ten-point plan on behalf of the...
Government urged to solve P1 ‘puzzle’
...developmentally-appropriate, play-based learning, or teaching children according to tests in literacy and numeracy. Writing in the latest edition of Children in Scotland Magazine, Ms Palmer says: “More and more teachers are now keen...
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Arran Purdie
...received a distinction. During her Masters, her research focused on bridging the gap between home literacy practices and school literacy practices with the aim of promoting equity and equality for young learners. Developing ways of enhancing the...
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Insight - Issue 3
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...and how accountability is key Magic Torch Comics highlight the power of comics in unlocking literacy Dr Lynn McNair explores the opportunity of a later school starting age in Scotland Alison Watson explains why investing in long-term...
Nominations open for Bookbug Hero Award 2024
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...librarians, early years workers, volunteers, health visitors or anyone who uses Bookbug to enhance literacy programmes within the local community. The biggest nationwide universal book gifting programme in the world, Bookbug sees every child in...
Children Early years Learning libraries practitioners reading young peopleBuilding confidence and wellbeing through STEM
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...teaching with STEM. The research found that challenges to education include levels of scientific literacy, a need to connect STEM to other parts of the curriculum and how STEM relates to the real world and societal challenges. Building a...
health and wellbeing research science STEM technology young people youth workersPens at the ready
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...design new Read, Write, Count bag Posted 17 Jan, 2023 by Jennifer Drummond art environment literacy reading Pupils in Primary 1-Primary 3 are invited to submit a design for the new Read, Write, Count bags as part of an exciting art...
art environment literacy readingScottish-led study identifies dyslexia gene
post
...by Jennifer Drummond additional support for learning ASL ASN dyslexia Education Health literacy Scientists have for the first time pinpointed a number of genes that are reliably associated with dyslexia. The researchers say their...
additional support for learning ASL ASN dyslexia Education Health literacyHolding out for a hero
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...Keane, Bookbug Hero 2022 runs a local BookBug session. Photo supplied by Scottish Book Trust. literacy Scottish Book Trust has opened nominations for its Bookbug Hero 2023 award, honouring someone who has made a difference to the lives of...
literacyReaders encouraged to ‘Keep the heid and read’
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...'Keep the heid and read' for Mental Health Week Posted 10 May 2022, by Nina Joynson literacy Mental Health reading Wellbeing Readers of all ages and abilities are being encouraged to pledge six minutes of...
literacy Mental Health reading WellbeingMember directory: full
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...dundeebairns.org Dyslexia Science Education and advice on phonological processing issues and literacy programmes Dyslexia Scotland Support and services for people with dyslexia | dyslexiascotland.org.uk Early Childhood...
Why books and reading deserve to be celebrated
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...deserve to be celebrated Posted 3 March 2022, by Jennifer Drummond Education literacy reading World Book Day As children across the country celebrate World Book Day, Abi Baross (pictured) reflects on the...
Education literacy reading World Book DayMember directory: A-F
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...| dundeebairns.org Dyslexia Science Education and advice on phonological processing issues and literacy programmes Dyslexia Scotland Support and services for people with dyslexia | dyslexiascotland.org.uk E Early Childhood...
Standardised Testing policy fails pupils and teachers
post
...professional judgement of children’s progress within only a very narrow range of skills for literacy and Numeracy. Some examples: the Writing assessment can’t assess a child’s writing skills, only their use of spelling, punctuation and...
EducationChanges to Scottish Attainment Challenge funding
post
...gap in educational outcomes between advantaged and disadvantaged pupils. With targeted activity in literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing across Scotland, £700 million has been invested to date. However, its lack of impact has been...
Attainment Education funding Poverty Scottish ParliamentQ&A with Betsy de Thierry
post
...which are emotionally safe and relationally authentic. You also talk about building emotional literacy and creative responses in children to help make sense of it all. Can you give an example of how to build shame resistance? If a child...
trauma webinarsThe diversity of our pupils needs to be celebrated
post
...Showcase languages that are written in alternative scripts such as Arabic or Mandarin in art and literacy lessons. Encourage learners from different backgrounds to wear traditional cultural dress if they so wish, and maybe consider not holding...
diversity Education inclusion"When their stories find expression, our whole society is enriched"
post
...instrument benefits all learners, no matter what age they are. Research has found that it improves literacy, numeracy, communication and social skills, confidence, self-esteem, inclusion, a sense of responsibility, identity… the list goes...
Call 3: All children and young people should have access to mental health support when they need it, based on rights, trust, privacy – and without discrimination
post
...which starts by building strong, healthy relationships around children and supports emotional literacy and resilience, enabling children to understand, name, express and regulate their emotions. Children have a right to support...
Call 10: It's time to agree a common set of values in the digital world
post
...children to gain essential coding skills for the workforce of the future. We teach digital literacy so no-one gets left behind in the digital age. Tech is good. We are in awe. But the internet is redefining our understanding of the...
Call 12: Support our pupils and teachers: embed understanding of ASN in initial teacher training and ongoing development
post
...urgently extend plans to gather evidence on initial teacher education programmes’ coverage of literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing to include coverage of additional support for learning needs within those measurements. Programmes of...
What does partnership look like?
post
...to preventing poverty reoccurring in the long term. It has had a relentless focus on education, literacy issues and closing the educational attainment gap. I think colleagues in SCUK can be proud of what they have achieved. But the challenge for...