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Richard Wilson

Thursday 02 March 2006

Many Local Authorities are moving towards harmonising the class contact time between P1 and P2 and the rest of the classes P3-P7 and some have already done so. Many P1&2 classes have a class contact time of 22.5 hours and P3-7 have 25 hours.

Why?

Is there sound educational reasoning behind this or is it just because because? If the children had more time would it improve literacy and numeracy? Is it just another transition we have to prepare the pupils for. If other children and teachers in other authorities manage it how about us? I would like to hear some opinion about this, please comment and join the debate below.

http://eastlintonprimaryschool.wikispaces.com/Class+contact+time

Stirling Management Centre

I had the pleasure today of attending a recall session led by Learning and Teaching Scotland on getting pupils and school on-line. It was very stimulating to and share ideas with other colleagues from all over Scotland. I really hope that the proposed East Lothian ICT Conference gets off the ground and can become all that we want it to be.

Home for tea and then out again to attend parents night. Hard to leave my wee boys' tears as daddy goes out yet again. I'll make up for it later and take both boys out to their favourite place, the beach. Just give them stones and water to splash in and then tea and a bun at the cafe.....heaven!

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