Literacy and Numeracy across a Curriculum for Excellence

This workshop will look at strategies that are presently being used in developing literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum, consider best practice across schools and sectors and offer advice on developing literacy and numeracy across the curriculum.

Literacy and numeracy are at the heart of Curriculum for Excellence as we aim for a smarter Scotland with a highly numerate and literate population.

Establishing good numeracy skills is necessary for successful learning across the curriculum and developing these skills needs to be of high priority for all children, young people and their teachers.

Building the Curriculum 1 Every teacher in each area of the curriculum needs to find opportunities to encourage young people to explain their thinking, debate their ideas and read and write at a level which will help them to develop their language skills further. Building the Curriculum 1

Joe McLaughlin
Joe McLaughlin is seconded into Learning and Teaching Scotland from his post as a Principal Teacher of Mathematics in West Lothian. He is currently Team Leader for the National Literacy and Numeracy Team and is also a member of the Maths/Numeracy writing team for Curriculum for Excellence. He was previously chair of the Mathematics Advisory Group, Scotland and was seconded in West Lothian to liaise with local industry to enhance core skills in school leavers seeking employment. He has also worked on the “New Deal” programme in West Lothian.

Yasmin Ashby
Yasmin Ashby is seconded to Learning and Teaching Scotland as a Development Officer for Literacy, her substantive post is Principal Teacher of East Dunbartonshire Council’s Intervention Programme.

She has had experience teaching across all stages within the primary sector and has taught in early years settings.   Her most recent post has involved providing advice and support for Literacy from Primary 1 – Primary 7 within East Dunbartonshire.  This concerned demonstrating innovate teaching and learning approaches in class, creating resources to support the teaching of literacy as well as providing a range of CPD activities to develop good practice.