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Sharing Good Practice

The Department of Educational Services supports the development of all establishments as learning communities. The learning culture should encourage all staff to see their own learning as a lifelong process based on self-evaluation. As part of this process we recognise the benefits of sharing practice amongst colleagues.

 

The Sharing Good Practice pages give access to a range of examples of successful developments from schools and centres, including new approaches to Curriculum for Excellence. This will assist the sharing of information in a variety of areas including:

 

  • teaching and learning approaches

  • assessment and recording

  • leadership

  • working with the school and the wider community

 

The aim is that these will bring about discussion amongst staff, offering new ideas and alternatives which will lead to improvements in learning and teaching.

 

Please choose a school to view their good practice. 

  Clydebank High School

Staff wanted an innovative way of involving young people and the Clydebank High School community in enterprise education so they set up the 'Big Ship' Cafe.

  Kilbowie PS

The school has introduced 2 hours of P.E. by introducing outdoor P.E. sessions across the stages; with alternating indoor and outdoor lessons.

  Kilbowie PS

We are taking part in a Comenius Partnership with schools in Poland, Portugal, Turkey and Italy. They we study a legend from one of the partner countries with the aim of learning about social, cultural and economic conditions in one anothers' countries.

  St Kessog’s PS

Using children’s views to improve learning and teaching through The Pulse. Through the Pulse initiative children in P4 to P7 effectively lead class discussions about learning. 

  St Michael’s PS

Children are involved in improving their school community through the Pupil Council.  The pupil council has talked to children about the lunch menu and rota, fundraising, and the new complaint procedure which they developed. 

 

  St Patrick’s PS

The school took very good steps to develop pupils’ wider achievements. Committees allow pupils to influence areas of school life.

  St Peter’s PS

At all stages, pupils contributed effectively to the school’s decision making process through the pupil council, and Eco School group and a creativity group.

  St Ronan’s PS

In line with education authority policy to improve literacy across the Council, the school had recognised the need to improve standards of pupils' attainment in English language.

  St Stephen’s PS

Children are very proud of their school and the part they play in helping to improve what it does.  They are successful in taking on a wide range of responsibilities.