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School: St Mary's Primary, Stirling Council Project: St Mary's in partnership with Bannockburn House Level: Silver Date: November 2019
The partnership was based on the following Big Questions:
The following activities took place:
See the video pupils prepared about their project.
This is a very good submission and an example of a strong Silver Award. There is a lot of evidence of innovation in the use of ICT (including Apple Clips) and of learners being involved in their learning. There were good examples of planning and linking towards Developing the Young Workforce and Curriculum for Excelllence as well as the practical application of Languages in an employability setting. The learner feedback showed that there was a culture of languages being more valued within the school. However, despite the richness of the project, which focused on P4-5 with the input of language ambassadors in P7, it was felt that it may have been slightly restricted in its scope in terms of reaching more of the learners in the school in P7. Examples of other language-related projects within the school and the long-term continuation of this project would both be conducive towards achieving a Gold Award in future and, as a pilot school for the Award, St Mary’s Bannockburn can be commended for its efforts in bringing this project to fruition in partnership with Bannockburn House.