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A class teacher's perspective

A class teacher's perspective

Linda Clarke, class teacher at St Margaret's RC Primary School, describes how the project has taken her out of her comfort zone and caused her to to examine and improve upon her practice. She says lessons are bound to be more interesting if teachers themselves are challenged and not just left to do the repetitive classes year in, year out.

A night at the Oscars

A night at the Oscars

The first Oscar Ceremony from Kersland School shows short clips of the children working on their movies and participating in their own learning.

Children's views on active learning

Children's views on active learning

The children from Rothes Primary and Nursery schools give their opinions on how the mini-project went. They discuss how they got along and what they did to help each other during the project.

Collaborative working between primary and nursery practitioners

Collaborative working between primary and nursery practitioners

Primary 1 class teacher Miss Miller and senior nursery nurse Mrs Mutter talk about their Planet Earth Biodiversity project.

Joint planning for early level outcomes

Joint planning for early level outcomes

Rosemary Garrity, Headteacher at Rothes Primary, talks about her school's experience of joint planning work for the draft early level Curriculum for Excellence outcomes in science. She explains that the new outcomes helped create an interface between nursery and primary children which equipped them in their future transition between school years. She also states that the pupils benefited from the new outcomes because they catered for different styles of learning.

Stirling show

Stirling show

A slideshow from the Mysteries Inc. conference, 2008.

Stirling connecting learning

Stirling connecting learning

A slideshow showing pupils work during the Mysteries Inc. project on the Mary Celeste.

Introducing Stirling Council's 'Big task'

Introducing Stirling Council's 'Big task'

This video discusses Stirling Council's 'Big Task' about the mystery of the Mary Celeste.

Involving children in planning

Involving children in planning

Angela Salgo, class teacher at Balfron Primary School talks about engaging pupils in learning. She talks about her experiences in allowing her class to become more involved in their own learning process by taking some ownership of class projects. She states that by doing this, children become more engaged in what they are doing and achieve better results.

Ownership of learning

Ownership of learning

Helen Sneddon, Education Support Officer, Stirling Council talks about promoting ownership for learning. She discusses that by allowing children to have ownership of their work and progress they are developing the life-skills that to take with them into later life such as motivation, engagement and setting themselves high standards.