New Headteachers for Clackmannanshire
New headteachers have joined schools and a nursery
in Clackmannanshire to help continue work to improve
education and reduce the attainment gap.
Colin Bruce is the new headteacher at Alloa Academy,
Siobhan Haldane is leading Craigbank Primary and
Veronica Cully has been headteacher of Strathdevon
Primary since last term. Meanwhile, Sauchie Nursery has
also welcomed a new Head of Establishment, Lynsey
Graham.
A recruitment exercise is also now underway for a new
Headteacher for Alva Academy, following the retirement
of Sharee MacKerron in February next year.
The Education Service in Clackmannanshire is focused
on raising attainment for all our young people, and is
one of the Attainment Challenge authorities in Scotland
receiving funding and support to assist in this work.
The new headteachers join their colleagues working
towards priorities of:
Improving attainment, particularly in literacy and
numeracy; closing the attainment gap between the
most and least disadvantaged children; improving
health and wellbeing and improving employability skills
and sustained, positive school leaver destinations.
Abercromby Nursery
are Top Players
Well done to Abercromby PS Nursery, winners of the Nancy
Ovens Play Award for Scotland 2017. This award is recognition
of all the effective and positive play and learning delivered at
Abercromby Nursery indoors and outdoors. between learners, educators and families as they all share
a common goal to encourage the children to have as many
opportunities to engage in meaningful and purposeful play
in a safe and secure environment.
Senior Early Years Practioner Laura-ann Owen said: “We have
been developing our environment and mindset towards
play over the past five years and as a team we have a shared
understanding about the importance of play and how our
learners develop and learn through creative and real life play
experiences. Laura-ann concluded “We celebrate this award with our
learners and families and thank them for their continuous
support, partnership and commitment to our Nursery.
Children first always!”
“Our learners are at the centre of all play and learning and have
created a rich and exciting outdoor environment. They inspire
the educators with their imaginations as to how we can create
fun, challenging and exciting spaces outdoors. Children are very
confident and always look at the benefit to taking risks instead
of thinking of it as a ‘RISK’.”
The children have established a culture where outdoor play is
valued and sits at the top of the nursery agenda. They appreciate
the world around them, respect the natural environment and
are leaders in their play and learning. Relationships are strong
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