Donald Macrae

@sharmanator951 Have a good Christmas to you and the crew!

Christmas morning inversion in the Cairngorms. Merry Christmas folks. #Christmas2025 #Cairngorms

@NiallRidgway 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Headteacherchat parents-booking.co.uk

Anon post: What low cost or free platforms are you using for parents’ evening bookings? I’m looking for options that handle slots, reminders, and basic reports without heavy admin.

@HighlandHistory @HighlandCouncil The box outside was where the newspapers were collected after the shop closed for the day.

The Wild Cat shop and cafe at #Gairloch, 1970 [photo: Ken MacKenzie / @HighlandCouncil]

@Headteacherchat Critically, it’s about building positive relationships.

@Headteacherchat Making use of effective youth workers to re-establish connections in school.

Anon post: I am looking for effective strategies to improve attendance, with a particular focus on tackling persistent absence. Has anyone trialled approaches that have had a significant impact?

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@SaysMiss @tob22 No, but I’ll check it out! Thanks

@shenavall Thanks Donald. Have you read @tob22’s book on this? It’s brilliant.

**NEW BLOG POST** School Improvement | Certainty and Intention saysmiss.wordpress.com/2025/02/07/sch…

@JohndickensSW @SaysMiss @JohnPeterJerrim @NGAMedia @mrjuliandicks It can be argued that HMIE reporting on Scottish schools supports school improvement journeys. Worth a look.. HGIOS4 / HGIORS

Edition 383 done and dusted Splash: Sector has its say on Ofsted report cards Analysis: who are the 600 ‘stuck’ schools? Investigation: MAT central teams get bigger Scoop: Trust boss offers defamation support to staff Opinions: @JohnPeterJerrim @NGAMedia @mrjuliandicks

@Aberdeenshire good day, any information on when refuse bins will be picked up in Muchalls?

#connected #community 💪🏻

@SteeleThoughts Where can we get this transfer?

Love this!

Such a professional! Determination right to the very end 👍 an Olympian! ❤️ #Highland

@MareeToddMSP Up towards what was Lady Fowler’s Garden, lovely area

A longer #dailymile today for a weekend treat. Beautiful 5k run along the Auchindrean path - towards Braemore - then a loop back towards inverbroom. Wildflowers & waterfalls - just gorgeous 😍

Enjoying the French weather… 🧗☀️🗻🗻

@ashleigh_pain Yes please 🙏

I will be sending out a 20-slide County Lines PPT directed at students, later today. I am just finalising it, with content from the Youth Safeguarding Qualification. Great for extended assembly or in PSHE lessons. If you would like a free copy sent over, just let me know.

@suziemdick @BELMASConf @BelmasOffice Story telling is very powerful….

Thinking of my presentation for @BELMASConf @BelmasOffice this weekend on walking as research-leading expeditions around the world.Think I’m allowed to go ‘rogue’ and not do a PowerPoint - tell the peoples’ stories and research through artefacts instead.Or do I conform 🤔?Advice?