Play by any other name Embracing The Play Principles Beyond the Early Years Every child has the fundamental right to play. It is in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 31, if you want to check). Not only is it important for enjoyment and fun, but vital for child development. […]
Welcome to SEJ Digital May 2023 Looking Ahead With the long-running Pay Attention campaign, which consumed so much time and energy for everyone involved, now behind us, the focus of the EIS main body can now move onto other issues. With the institute’s sovereign decision-making body, the Annual General Meeting, set to meet shortly in […]
The May meeting of EIS Council, the final one of this session, was a relatively low-key affair in comparison to recent meetings. Council looked back at the long-running Pay Attention campaign and ahead to the EIS’s next campaign priorities for the year ahead. With the Annual General Meeting set to take place in early June, […]
Let My Friends Learn, suitable for all students aged 7-18 The Educational Institute of Scotland is a member of the Send My Friend to School coalition, who campaign to demand a quality and inclusive education for all children across the globe. This year’s schools’ campaign teaches young people how to use their voices to raise […]
The 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the EIS will be held in Aviemore for the very first time. Taking place at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort from Thursday 8th June to Saturday 10th June, the theme for this year’s event will be “Stronger for Sound Education.” This will also be the very first AGM with […]
The 126th STUC Annual Conference opened on Monday 17th April 2023 in Dundee Chaired by President Pauline Rourke. There was a strong EIS delegation this year which included EIS President and delegation leader Andrene Bamford. There was a packed three-day agenda where delegates debated over 100 motions and emergency motions, and the EIS delegation made […]
Teachers at Hutchesons’ Grammar School commenced a programme of strike action over the school’s enforcement of damaging contractual changes to teachers’ pension entitlements. The strike on Friday the 19th of May, is believed to be the first ever strike action at an independent school in Scotland. Hutchesons’ Grammar school issued ‘fire and rehire’ letters to […]
