Learning, Teaching & Assessment Bookable Sessions

Date:  Monday 25th November 2024

Time:  15:30- 14:30

Venue:  Online

This webinar is to support staff navigate the new version of Boardmaker 7. The session will cover an overview of the software and how to create picture communication grids and timetables to support visual communication and language within settings. Sessions are open to staff who would like to learn more about this inclusive software.

Date:  Tuesday 26th November 2024

Time:  16:00- 17:30

Venue:  Easthouses Primary School Room 12

To deepen staff understanding of language acquisition for bilingual learners.

To develop confidence in assessing and recording language levels. 

Please bring a writing sample for a bilingual learner. 

Date:  Tuesday 21st January2025

Time:  16:00- 17:15

Venue:  Lasswade High School Room 113 

Building on from last session’s introduction to asset-based approaches to the assessment of writing, this session develops further thinking on this idea and takes a practical approach to planning for next steps in line with Midlothian’s Raising Attainment priority 

Suitable for DHT's, Principle Teachers, Teachers.and Senior EYP.s

Date:  Thursday 23rd January 2025

Time:  16:00- 17:15

Venue:  Lasswade High School Room 113 

Building on from last session’s introduction to asset-based approaches to the assessment of writing, this session develops further thinking on this idea and takes a practical approach to planning for next steps in line with Midlothian’s Raising Attainment priority 

Suitable for DHT's, Principle Teachers, Teachers

Date:  Tuesday 25th February 2025

Time:  16:00- 17:30

Venue:  Danderhall Primary School Community Room

This session will build knowledge of the different types of sentences referenced in the benchmarks. We will focus on how to teach sentence structure so that learners are able to use grammatically correct sentences in their writing.

Suitable for DHT's, Principle Teachers and Teachers.