Argyll and Bute Council Community Services: Education

Welcome to the new Education online area for Education in Argyll and Bute. These pages have been developed for the purpose of providing information on the work of Education and access to a range of resources that are used for administration and curricular purposes. Information on individual schools is available on the Argyll and Bute Council Website.

Argyll and Bute's Quality Improvement Team will make a major contribution to their areas of responsibility and future plans include links to the services and resources currently being developed for the Scottish Schools Digital network (SSDN). It is essential that this site is of use to you and if you have any suggestions on how we can improve it, please let us know by emailing web.master@ea.argyll-bute.sch.uk.

About this website

Statement about this website from Douglas Hendry - Director of Community Services and Councillor Dick Walsh - Council Leader.

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Glow FAQ

Glow is a national schools intranet, providing pupils and teachers with an online facility allowing for joined-up working the length and breadth of Scotland.

Click here to view frequently asked questions relating to Glow in Argyll & Bute.

Argyll & Bute's latest Education News

This section of the website will contain up-to-date information on a range of issues that are of high importance and interest to school staff and managers. In turn, schools are invited to submit articles related to projects and events that would be of interest to others. Click here to view a news archive of recent articles.

Video Booth PLPs: Read about Kilmartin Primary's use of current technology in schools to create their PLPs using Photo Booth on the mac........... ...more

Learning Together - mathematics: HMIe have published a new document about maths which is part of the Learning Together series which aims to promote improvements in Scottish education through illustrating effective practice, raising current issues and stimulating reflection and debate.
The document explores 'Good practice in learning, teaching and promoting acheivement' and discusses "What are the features of effective practice in improving mathematics?" The guide also has a section which includes examples of key questions, issues and features of opening up learning in mathematics intended to be used as a starting point to stimulate and inform discussions and raise debate, with a view to increasing shared understanding and promoting improvement.
You can find the document on the HMIe website under publications.


National No Smoking Day: Wednesday 10th March 2010
Free resources for schools, including Gaelic leaflets, for all stages
(P1 - S6).
Click here for more information (PDF) ...more

POSITIVE ABOUT SCIENCE - Join Dr Bunhead:
The Positive about Science campaign is Scottish Government led and aims to increase interest in studying science, showing children that you can do interesting and exciting things with science e.g. diverse careers/fun activities.
The campaign aims to take science 'out of the classroom' and show children how science is all around them.
The Website has a range of great resources for exploring careers in science. ...more

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING - AN ACTION PLAN FOR EDUCATION:
Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, has today launched Science and Engineering 21 - An Action Plan for Education.

In response to the School Science Summit in May 2009, and building on the draft version published in September, the Action Plan sets out how we will work with partners across the education spectrum to improve the teaching and learning of science.
The Action Plan also addresses the outcomes from the Science Engagement Forum in January 2009. Many of the issues raised at that event were common to those of the School Science Summit. We have, therefore, aligned these two initiatives and taken a holistic approach to addressing the wider goal of improving the public knowledge and understanding of science.
The Action Plan sets out an integrated programme of work organised into 5 work streams each focussing on a particular aspect of education and engagement. Activities include:
* helping to shape the work of Learning and Teaching Scotland in the development of on-line support for science teaching;
* working with Skills Development Scotland to develop and promote careers management skills for science and engineering;
* maximising the benefits of partnership and collaboration across the science engagement sector;
* promoting the use of Glow and other media to share best practice in science education;
* developing proposals to enhance opportunities for professional development in science and engineering;
* showcasing real life science and science role models.