Grace Collinson

Currently teaching P6 ✨
2021/2022 NQT in Edinburgh ✨
2020/2021 UoE PGDE student ✨
BSc (Hons) Public Sociology at QMU ✨

[EIS @EISUnion]

EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley on BBC The Nine, 7 Feb. "Teachers don't wish to be on picket lines. They would much rather be in classrooms working with the children and young people they have dedicated their professional lives to." #PayAttention

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

We’re not secondaries, people need to stop trying to make primaries like mini-secondaries.

We need to embrace what’s great about primary education and shout about it.

Our job isn’t just to prepare children for the next step it’s way more important than that.

[Dr Sue Chapman-Kelly @DrSueChapman]

Good luck to all our wonderful #UoEPGDEp students @MorayHouse starting Middle Years placement today! Big thanks to all our school partners as always. Remember, #YourBestResourceIsEachOther

[Grace Collinson @MissCollinson_]

Working on up-levelling our vocab this week, a word bank is so quick & easy but really transformed the writing and confidence of the whole class 📝

[Grace Collinson @MissCollinson_]

Our new Ready, Respect & Kind display designed and voted for by students has come to life 🌈✨💖

[SF Said @whatSFSaid]

Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE changes children's lives! Just 10 minutes a day can be enough to make them lifelong readers with all the benefits of #literacy. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them & helping them to read. Never stop changing lives.

[Emma Seith @Emma_Seith]

Exclusive: Figures uncovered by @TesScotland reveal that the Scottish government expects just 50% of primary teachers - who carried out their probation last year - to be in work in Scottish state schools by next month

That’s down from 77% last year 🧵

[Grace Collinson @MissCollinson_]

First class novel of the year chosen by P5, very excited about this one! 📚

[Dr Sue Chapman-Kelly @DrSueChapman]

Wishing a wonderful day to all our amazing @MorayHouse #UoEPGDEp graduates this morning as you start your Probation year! Take a moment today to appreciate where you are - we are SO proud of you all! Remember that #YourBestResourceIsEachOther

[Grace Collinson @MissCollinson_]

@DrSueChapman Still at Craiglockhart, just moved up to the top floor 🥰✨

[Grace Collinson @MissCollinson_]

First day done 🤸 loving my new classroom set up, and as always, I'm taking great joy from my library corner 📚

[Grace Collinson @MissCollinson_]

Made the decision that I'm sick of pencil pots on tables, so going to give communal resources ago this year with P5 - take what you need and return it when you're done 🌈

[Dr Sue Chapman-Kelly @DrSueChapman]

Looking forward to enjoying some time off over the next month. Thanks to everyone who has helped make my first year as Programme Director of the #UoEPGDE such a great experience. I'm looking forward to starting again in August, but this time as Lecturer in Teacher Education!!🍾

[Grace Collinson @MissCollinson_]

And I'm away 🎉🤸👋

[Grace Collinson @MissCollinson_]

First coffee of my final day with P3 as an NQT. Reflecting back on what has been a joyful, challenging and fun year. I'm so grateful to all staff/students/families for making this year so amazing, can't wait to see everyone again in August & start in P5 ✨🥰

[Grace Collinson @MissCollinson_]

The worst part of being a student/NQT during COVID was being distanced from colleagues, so grateful to get out last night with everyone and celebrate our wonderful HT and wish him luck in his retirement ✨

[Miss Meikle @MissMeiklePGDE]

Best of luck to this years cohort 🤩 I hope our advice was useful! If you have anymore questions feel free to give me a message & I can try my best to help you 😀

[Dr Sue Chapman-Kelly @DrSueChapman]

Thanks again to @MissMeiklePGDE @MissCollinson_ @FaganGermaine @MissLHutchens @Miss__Moir and Jill for recording this with me for the @MorayHouse #UoEPGDEp

[Grace Collinson @MissCollinson_]

Loved getting together with @DrSueChapman to chat all things probation, and great to hear about everyone's different experiences! Hopefully it's useful to the #UoEPGDEp students who are getting ready for their next adventure!

[Dr Sue Chapman-Kelly @DrSueChapman]

Fantastic to see @MissLHutchens @MissCollinson_ @Miss__Moir @MissMeiklePGDE and @FaganGermaine (and Jill) this afternoon - so proud of all of you 😊 Looking forward to playing our chat to the #UoEPGDEp students on Wednesday! Thank you SO much! 👏