Miss Black and Miss Rukin have today attended a course in Edinburgh on the National Assessment Resources offered online by Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS). The course was run by SCIS (Scottish Council for Independent Schools), in conjunction with LTS. Various speakers show cased examples of learning and teaching in schools across Scotland, focusing in particular on the various forms of assessment used. We were very encouraged to see that the methods of assessment and recording that schools are being asked to begin to use, are already in full swing in our school! These include blogs, displays of pupils work, displays of photographs of pupils achievements, folders of pupils work with evidence of their achievements, and the chance for dialogue with parents about pupils progress in an informal manner such as emailing.
Many of the teachers we spoke with today had heard of Cedars School as a result of media interest in our 1:1 iPad deployment, and were exceedingly envious as we demonstrated and discussed the ways we are using them to improve learning and teaching!
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