Using Glow to Support Storyline Approach in Primary schools

Overview
Fiona Meney is a Principal Teacher at Forehill Primary School, South Ayrshire. Last year she school developed a storyline approach to learning for one topic in the year with colleague Lynn Robertson, who is also a PT at Forehill. They began by looking at the work of Linda Bancroft of Aberfoyle Primary on the Enchanted Forest and developed a topic for infant stages from this. Fiona and Lynne then went on to develop several other topics using the storyline approach for stages throughout the school. The hard work of the staff and pupils in the planning, organisation and delivering of these topics was recognised within South Ayrshire and they were asked to showcase this work.  The Head Teacher found that Glowing Potential within the National Glow Site was also looking at ways of showcasing good practice within Scotland.  It was suggested that the work be uploaded to a Glow Group within the school and shared thoughout Scotland through Glowing Potential.

This Cookbook will look at the work covered by the school using the Storyline approach and how this was stored as evidence and as a resource file within Glow.

Context

Watch Fiona’s tour of the Glow Group and the excellent work her school as completed using the Storyline approach.

Ingredients

What did Fiona need to use to support this project.

1. Administrator rights for a Glow Group

Recipe
Fiona has now made the work she has stored on Glow available for access on the National Site.
*How to access Forehill Primary School’s work on the National Site, Glowing Potential

Impact
There have been a number of impacts from this project. The Storyline approach is now being developed again this year and the new work is continuing to be uploaded to the Glow Good Practice site within the school and is able to be accessed through Glowing Potential. Fiona feels that as all teachers are using Curriculum for Excellence and Glow then it would be a great support to each other to share developments and good practice in order for practioners to support each other throughout the country.
*Watch Fiona talk about the impact of this project.