Eastbank Learning Community

Quarry Brae Primary is part of the  Eastbank Learning Community Pilot. Mr. George Gardner, Depute Director,  is Project Director. There are now six pilots running  in Glasgow.   Ours started  last session. Six nurseries, six primaries and Eastbank Academy make up our Learning Community.

James Dalziel , the Head  Teacher  of Eastbank Academy is also the Principal.

The aim is to raise attainment by improving transition at pre5 / P1early stages and at P7/S1, having a common Development Plan (currently for Literacy (Writing), Numeracy, Science, ICT, and Modern Languages).  Another aim   is to  improve administration with a Bursar, Gerry Duffy, who will also help parents with local access to school services. An Area Child Support Team which is multidisciplinary provides  wide ranging help for families.

The transition project for the pre5/ Early Stages is Glasgow Education's "Gender and Literacy" Policy. Margaret Dobie, Senior Education Officer, who is responsible for this policy  has  presented  in-service twice and gave  for more than a year a development worker to take this forward in the pre 5s and interface with the Early Stages. This tied in with the work in Writing in the Community. The writing resources we are using are from Scholastic. The Word Processor  to be used from 3 - 18 is the  same one   with different levels  to add continuity and reach targets more quickly as children move at transition points. It reads writing back and can also be used for modern languages.

Some of the Nursery Heads have produced a video which helps parents to understand the pre 5 curriculum and the Area Child Support Team have a Parenting Skills Programme.

We are  involved in the Universities' GOALS project.