Posts Tagged with "schools"

2/3rds fail to reach writing standards

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

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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 [...]

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Literacy Success in North Lanarkshire

Thursday, January 14, 2010

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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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Rewarding Success

Monday, June 22, 2009

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I am just back from the award ceremony at Stane Primary in Shotts.  this is one of many awards presentations I attend at this time of year.  It is great to see the hard work and effort of children and young people being recognised.  Too often young people are seen as being a problem within [...]

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Bee All You Can Bee

Friday, June 19, 2009

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This afternoon I visited the pupils and staff of St Dominic’s Primary in Petersburn.  They had a tripple celebration.  Firstly, they were raising their 3rd eco flag.  This is a tremendous achievement and my congratulations go to everyone on the eco committee. Secondly, they had the official opening of their new outside learning area.  This are, which was [...]

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