Rebecca J Watt

•Head Teacher • Loirston Primary School • Aberdeen City •Education #relationshipsattheheart ❤️ #bethechangeyouwanttosee #columba1400 #cohort1❤️1

[Rebecca J Watt @Bexwatt]

Fifteen years ago, Dylan was a young learner at a school where I worked—school was a challenge for him, and he could hardly speak to adults.

Today, he stood confidently in front of our entire school to share his experiences as a volunteer.

I couldn’t be prouder of him. 💙

[Loirston Primary School @LoirstonPrimary]

⚓️ Such a pleasure to welcome Gayle and Dylan to Loirston today. ⚓️

Dylan shared his achievements as Aberdeen’s top volunteer and why volunteering is so important. We heard about his role as a @tallshipsabdn volunteer with a guest appearance from Dory the Doric Dolphin!

⚓️💙⚓️

[Rebecca J Watt @Bexwatt]

@LoirstonPrimary Beautiful! 💙

[Rebecca J Watt @Bexwatt]

@LoirstonPrimary Love the outfits! A great day celebrating everyone. 💙

[Rebecca J Watt @Bexwatt]

@LoirstonPrimary Such a great day! Thank you Mrs Greenhill & Sports Captains! 💙

[Rebecca J Watt @Bexwatt]

@LoirstonPrimary Thank you for organising our first Diversity Day P1J & P7WB, what a great day it was! 💙

[Wake Up Wednesday @wake_up_weds]

With Ofcom reporting that over 7 million UK children use WhatsApp, it’s absolutely paramount for us to understand what risks the platform might pose to young people 📱☢️

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[Wake Up Wednesday @wake_up_weds]

Big and difficult feelings are part of growing up 🤬😓 but they can be easier to handle with guidance and support 👋

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[Enlighten @enlighten_scot]

"We hope that the grounding of our ideas in the recent development of one Scottish school can help to show that the theoretical ideas about knowledge & learning are sensible, practicable, & successful"
Important report from @Bruce_NextLevel & Prof Paterson
https://t.co/0ekR62G9hj

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

For a while now, I have been convinced that one of the most effective uses of AI in education would be to provide personal, private, coaching for teachers. I thought it would take five years, but it seems that it is here, or at least very close, already: https://t.co/kl7wUT1BNS

[Education Scotland @EducationScot]

The Quality Improvement Framework for the Early Learning and Childcare Sectors is now available online. Developed with @CareInspect the framework has been shared to allow settings to become familiar with its content before formal launch in Autumn 2025.

https://t.co/LJCqp3x6ZL

[Education Scotland @EducationScot]

Are you planning to review or create a new equalities policy for your setting?

Why not use our new guide to support the development of an equalities policy. We developed it to ensure that learner participation is central to the process.

Find it here: https://t.co/jyG2CQlsR1

[Columba 1400 @Columba1400]

🌟Exciting news! 🌟

Thanks to the generous support of @THunterF we are running eight Head Teachers’ Leadership Academies in 2025.

Head teachers or deputy head teachers in Scotland are invited to apply here: https://t.co/XnBhFjtxsH

#headteaachers #leadership #values #service

[Play Scotland @PlayScotland]

Our training schedule for 2025 is open for bookings!
Whether you would like support writing a play policy, introducing play pedagogy, or understanding benefit-risk - we have training suitable for you.
Book your place here: https://t.co/IcLIOyNhE7

[Tes magazine @tes]

What is dyslexia? To bring clarity to a hotly debated issue, world-leading experts in reading have now agreed a definition for the learning difficulty and set out steps to follow to give children the best support
https://t.co/Q0QvTclDeZ

[Education Scotland @EducationScot]

Have you seen our new Equalities Policy Guide?

It includes case studies, resources & links to help develop your own guide in your setting. We’ve even divided it into sections to make it easy to use.

Full guide here: https://t.co/XjrXDtQSID

[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

💡 We’ve updated our suite of Pupil Premium resources!

The resources are designed to help you maximise the impact of your strategy to raise the attainment of pupils from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

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[edutopia @edutopia]

Humans are hardwired to forget. But these research-backed strategies can boost retention! 🧠 📈

[Tes magazine @tes]

‘Invest in your staff to invest in your students – our school is a great example of what can be achieved when you do that,’ says secondary head @Bruce_NextLevel
https://t.co/RYSsEoI6R8

[Rebecca J Watt @Bexwatt]

As a school we are focussing on ensuring the feedback we give is both meaningful and purposeful. So important to get this right for both our learners and our staff teams.

#improvement #feedback

[Bruce Robertson @BruceNextLevel]

Schools across Scotland keep telling me they’re being criticised in inspections because students aren’t ‘co-constructing’ success criteria. It’s a great example of feedback that’s got more grounding in ideology than in sound pedagogical principles.