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@SP_ECYP @N_JMillar @EducationScot Well spoken Ollie even if your words did come from the dark side😂😂

"We're trying to develop a curriculum which has got clarity but flexibility in order to take on board the needs of children, but also to take on board the local context as well." - Ollie Bray, @EducationScot Watch this week's meeting: ow.ly/RZGH50YstRN

First pics: Daylight breaks over the scene of devastating fire ift.tt/8fn7boc

Take a look back at old photo of Greenock which shows difference after five decades ift.tt/DadXYEI

@ClunieNancy Happy days Nancy - thanks

Today Iain White Creative Leadership Ltd ceases operations. It has been great fun working with young people and their teachers in the quest for improvement. Good luck to all my customers and clients. Frasier has left the building…

Greenock drugs gang boss who 'made £1m' from crime agrees to hand over £20k Rolex ift.tt/oAsuqXY

@robertmdaws Remember The Truth about Wilson’?

ALF TUPPER was the fictional working-class hero of a popular British comic strip titled "The Tough of the Track". A determined long-distance runner, Alf's adventures first appeared in the comic magazine The Rover in 1949 and later became a flagship feature in The Victor from the 1960s to the early 1990s. Alf Tupper's character was defined by his humble background and "never say die" spirit. He was a self-employed welder from the fictional, industrial town of Greystone, who lived on a diet of fish and chips, and trained by running through the cobbled streets after long shifts under the railway arches. His stories typically revolved around a "class war" dynamic, where he competed against privileged, often snobbish, athletes from wealthy backgrounds who would sometimes use underhand tactics to hinder him. Despite always being the underdog, facing numerous setbacks, or having to hitchhike to race meetings, Alf would invariably overcome the odds to win in the final strides, famously exclaiming, "I've run 'em all!" Loved this comic strip !

@dnleslie @tombennett71 … and a school culture built on shared beliefs, strengthened by individual staff training where required

@tombennett71 Exactly. You don’t fix behaviour with bells and timetables. Clear boundaries, consistent consequences, and high expectations, that’s where change actually happens.

Tackling the behaviour crisis in Scottish schools by focussing on the shape of the school day is a spectacular way to miss the point. Children mess about when we let them, when the boundaries are vague or ambiguous, and where consequences are trivial. This is like trying to lose weight by changing the colour of your plate.

Gourock War Memorial seen on my walk this morning. Lest we forget…

@dave_mcpartlin @kennygfrederick A fine idea…

I’ve been thinking for a long time about how I'd love to bring together a group of people with very different views on education – not to agree, but to think boldly, challenge each other, come up with new ideas & maybe, just maybe, create some genuinely exciting solutions. The future isn't going to be built in black or white but in the grey space where our ideas collide. We’re living in different times. The answers we desperately need don’t exist yet. We can stay principled but also debate, fall out, rethink, rebuild – and innovate for the good of all.

@is_glasgow … or in Greenock it’s Galoshans

Mirror-image blonde and red sandstone tenements on Afton Street on the Southside of Glasgow. Red sandstone replaced blonde sandstone as the preferred building material in the city around 1890. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #tenemwnt #glasgowtenements

Another beautiful morning for a walk - this time on Greenock Esplanade ⁦@greenocktele⁩ ⁦⁦@inverclyde⁩

Beautiful morning for a walk in the Port

@otokyo__ That’s the sort of thing that I do as a Dad

I agree.

Autumnal view of Parklea Bowling Club, Port Glasgow. ⁦@greenocktele⁩ ⁦@inverclyde⁩

The remnants of the timber ponds at Parklea. Here vast amounts of imported timber were stored until seasoned by the salt water. It would be used mainly in shipbuilding in Port Glasgow and Greenock. The trade reached its peak in the 1830s and continued till around 1914.

It's Doors Open Day this weekend so if you're near Greenock Custom House, please drop into our Exhibition and Archive room to view our collection of rare books and Burns memorabilia. Entry is free and all are welcome. @discinverclyde #robertburns greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/25438787.…

And respects Club traditions in terms of the dress code

@HTdunoongs And a great idea DGS

These would be employees of Scoots Engineering Company