Posts Tagged with "literacy"
2/3rds fail to reach writing standards
A major survey of educational achievement released by the Scottish Government has concluded that two-thirds of 13 year olds fail to reach expected standards of writing. This is a really shocking statistic which will be of great concern to parents across Scotland. I hope that the Scottish Government will look seriously at this report, together with the recent [...]
Continue reading...Literacy Success in North Lanarkshire
Thursday, January 14, 2010
This morning I participated in a debate on the Literacy Commission and during my speech I highlighted the excellent work being done by North Lanarkshire Council in promoting active literacy projects in our schools. I was so impressed by the outstanding result achieved by staff and pupils at St Brigid’s Primary, in Newmains, that I have [...]
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- Miss Macdonald: Hello to everyone and thank you for all your comments. The children worked very hard on their Malawi assembly and Mark certainly was a little star. Be...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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