Maureen McKenna

I’ve moved to BlueSky @maureenmck0207.bsky.social but I’ll still be watching tweets!!

‼️NAT5 / HIGHER MATHS STUDENTS‼️ Smithy’s annual Last Minute Papers for Nat 5 and Higher Maths. Links to 2024-2026 editions: tinyurl.com/Nat5MathsLastM… tinyurl.com/Nat5MathsLastM… tinyurl.com/Nat5MathsLastM… tinyurl.com/HigherMathsLas… tinyurl.com/HigherMathsLas… tinyurl.com/HigherMathsLas… Enjoy!

An amazing event organised by a group of level 6 Creative Industries seniors. Everyone that took part in Graphite 2K6 had so much fun and made amazing canvases of art 🎨 well done to all involved. Canvases can be collected from my room on Monday #makeart #expressyourself

Delighted that you had such a great time - it is hard work but always worthwhile 💚

It’s all about the numbers on day 3 of the training…the National Numeracy Programme is being rolled out 🎲 across Malawi…thanks to @scottishmaths for the team’s resources 💚

In Ndirande all girls school this morning with another group of leaders. Once again, the discussion, collaboration and motivation of senior leaders was fantastic to see and hear! As always the young people make it so worthwhile ❤️ @MalawiLOL @MicheleStewart0

Calling all teachers! Are you interested in finding out more about @OutwardBoundUK and what outdoor education can do for your students? Fabulous FREE opportunity outwardbound.org.uk/events/teacher…

And more photos…

More than half way through the week’s training and the team are counting the successes so far…catch up on their blogs 🔗 mlol.co.uk/blog/

Great work!!

Mr Wright from @LochendHigh leading training with senior school leaders in Malawi this morning @MalawiLOL @ScotlandMalawi @ScotGovID

Very well deserved- many many years of commitment to mathematics education!

@JohannaSurgeon @CatrionaStewart I am not suggesting that school staff don’t need more support. Pupils and staff would always benefit from additional staffing. Why don’t you read the SQA Committee report in full? onlineservices.glasgow.gov.uk/councillorsand…

@CatrionaStewart @maureen0207 I assume that’s 4.6% of current Glasgow pupils - including pupils who started with no English who have learned. So how many new pupils to Glasgow schools in each year have no or very minimal English? Do teaching staff and schools need more support.

After quoting Nigel Farage my replies were a binfire of folk who think 30% of Glasgow pupils are new to English - it’s 4.6%. Pupils with EAL outperform their monolingual peers across attainment measures and are a boon for Glasgow classrooms Here’s why 👇 scotsman.com/education/our-…

@JohannaSurgeon @CatrionaStewart An excellent article from @CatrionaStewart - the most recent reports from Education Services show clearly that young people who have EAL perform better in SQA qualifications than their ‘non-EAL’ peers and are less likely to be excluded. This has been the position for many years.

It would be interesting to see some hard data around recent outcomes for EAL pupils and impact on non-EAL pupils. You seem to make the argument that it beneficial but if a child can’t speak fluent English in any year apart from nursery that must take significant extra resource. Is this provided?

10 to 16 year olds in Glasgow can access FREE mental health support from Kooth. Just sign up and access your anonymous, online mental health support. No waiting lists, so you can take control of your mental health today. 👉kooth.com @glasgowcc

Did you know in the early days after partition, the Sikh & Muslim community men that travelled to Glasgow for work often stayed together? Hear Mr Mohammed Shafis story to find out how he came here & stayed with his friend Kartar Singh in the Gorbals: youtube.com/watch?v=vA0VV6…

All across the UK, our children are struggling. So many of our children need help to address social and emotional challenges that create significant barriers to learning. nurtureuk.org/time-to-nurture #TimeToNurture

Our MYLOL team have all met for the first time this week. We are going to meet once a month to support their training. Here is our Just Giving page - every little helps and if you feel you can give the young people a donation please leave them a message! l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%…

Meet Malawi Young Leaders of Learning - our latest team of young people who will be travelling to the Warm Heart of Africa. 4 chosen from @HolyroodSec and 4 from @St_Rochs They were selected to support their wider achievement and future employability. Great team for June 2026!

@HelenBudge2 @ADEScotland @laurencefindlay Congratulations Helen

What an honour to be presented with a lifetime membership of ⁦@ADEScotland⁩ from the President ⁦@laurencefindlay⁩, a longstanding colleague and dear friend. Lovely to see so many fine folk again too.