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Professional Learning -
Environment, Experiences & Interactions

Environment, Experiences and Interactions
Online CLPL session recording

In this session practitioners share:

how they have developed the learning environments in their settings to support all learners and increase engagement and participation in learning
how learning environments support emotional regulation and skills development
and how an effective digital environment can be developed in schools/settings.

Recording

Port Erroll Presentation

Clerkhill Presentation

e-Sgoil
Presentation

ELC and Primary Environment

Stage: ELC - Primary
Key words: Professional learning; ELC; primary; Realising the Ambition; environments

Resources from the Northern Alliance Let's Talk ELC - Realising the Ambition Series with input from James McTaggart, Educational Psychologist, Highland Council.

Part 1 Recording

Part 2 Recording

Presentation

ELC and Primary Interactions

Stage: ELC - Primary
Key words: Professional learning; ELC; primary; Realising the Ambition; interactions

Resources from the Northern Alliance Let's Talk ELC - Realising the Ambition Series with input from James McTaggart, Educational Psychologist, Highland Council.

Recording

Presentation

Play pedagogy in a multi-composite classroom - the 3rd teacher: The Environment

Stage: ELC - Primary
Key words: Professional learning; ELC; primary; play pedagogy

Resources from the Northern Alliance Let's Talk Play Pedagogy Series with input from Alison Field, P1-4 Teacher, Moray Council.

Recording

Presentation

Teacher digital skills toolkit

Stage: All
Key words: Professional learning; digital; self-evaluation; learning and teaching

This resource, aims to help practitioners evaluate their own digital literacy skills and identify strengths or next steps for development.

Effective environments to promote learning for children aged zero to five

Stage: ELC
Key words: Professional learning; ELC; environments; open-plan; free-flow

This resource includes case studies from two early years settings. It aims to support practitioners to think about the types of experiences they offer, including open-plan free-flow environments.

Playtime Revolution - a resource from Grounds for Learning

Stage: All
Key words: Professional learning; ELC; primary outdoor learning; play

This resource explores how outdoor play in schools supports children's learning and development, identifies a range of ideas for enriching play and shares practical advice from schools.

Reading for pleasure pedagogy

Stage: Primary
Key words: Professional learning; resources; self-evaluation; wider reading and research; pedagogy

This Open University professional learning suite, provides resources to enrich the environment, experiences and interactions leading to high quality reading provision.

World Education Summit resources

Stage: All
Key words: Professional learning; environment, experiences and interactions

This resource signposts you to key sessions from the World Education Summit. These sessions have been selected as they support elements within Environment, Experiences and Interactions. Access to the World Education Summit is available to all Northern Alliance practitioners. View this resource for guidance and links to the sessions.