Claire Mackay
@misscmackay.bsky.social
Mum to a strong-willed teenager who keeps me on my toes | EAL teacher, GCC | Proud Dsylexic | Supporting migrant and refugee families | Lover of books, big ideas, and the occasional quiet moment (rare, but cherished!)
Love using @bookcreator.com to make pages for their floor book as evidence! 📖✨ Children helped add their work, videos & share their opinions – so valuable to have voices being captured in this way. 🖍️💬 #EarlyYears #PupilVoice @ealglasgow.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Love using @bookcreator.com to make pages for their floor book as evidence! 📖✨ Children helped add their work, videos & share their opinions – so valuable to have voices being captured in this way. 🖍️💬 #EarlyYears #PupilVoice @ealglasgow.bsky.social
🌍 Eastwood Explorers: our youngest learners discover the world through play, language & curiosity — international education starts here! 🧩✨ #EAL #EarlyYears @ealglasgow.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🌍 Eastwood Explorers: our youngest learners discover the world through play, language & curiosity — international education starts here! 🧩✨ #EAL #EarlyYears @ealglasgow.bsky.social
🦒 Giraffes Can’t Dance fun! We measured jungle animals, made muddy lion masks, Gerald puppets & danced to our favourite songs—lots of talk, new vocab & context, perfect for EAL! 🎶 #EAL #EarlyYears #Storytime #Creativity #Oracy #Wellbeing @ealglasgow.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🦒 Giraffes Can’t Dance fun! We measured jungle animals, made muddy lion masks, Gerald puppets & danced to our favourite songs—lots of talk, new vocab & context, perfect for EAL! 🎶 #EAL #EarlyYears #Storytime #Creativity #Oracy #Wellbeing @ealglasgow.bsky.social
💛 Exploring feelings with Ruby’s Worry! Felt faces, jigsaws & making our own worry dolls help pupils talk about emotions— great for EAL language too! 🌟 #Wellbeing #EAL #EarlyYears #BigFeelings @ealglasgow.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
💛 Exploring feelings with Ruby’s Worry! Felt faces, jigsaws & making our own worry dolls help pupils talk about emotions— great for EAL language too! 🌟 #Wellbeing #EAL #EarlyYears #BigFeelings @ealglasgow.bsky.social
🌍 Our little learners helped create a display showing the languages we speak in our playrooms — celebrating every voice! 💬✨ #EAL #Multilingual #PupilVoice #InclusiveEducation @glasgowealey.bsky.social @ealglasgow.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🌍 Our little learners helped create a display showing the languages we speak in our playrooms — celebrating every voice! 💬✨ #EAL #Multilingual #PupilVoice #InclusiveEducation @glasgowealey.bsky.social @ealglasgow.bsky.social
🌟 Hugasaurus brings comfort while The Colour Monster gives us words for our feelings — a playful path to emotional literacy. 🌈
August 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🌟 Hugasaurus brings comfort while The Colour Monster gives us words for our feelings — a playful path to emotional literacy. 🌈
New term, new friend 🦖💚
Meet Hugasaurus — helping my EAL learners find the words for big feelings. Sometimes the best teaching tool is a cuddle. ✨
#BackToSchool #EAL #HugasaurusHugs
Meet Hugasaurus — helping my EAL learners find the words for big feelings. Sometimes the best teaching tool is a cuddle. ✨
#BackToSchool #EAL #HugasaurusHugs
August 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New term, new friend 🦖💚
Meet Hugasaurus — helping my EAL learners find the words for big feelings. Sometimes the best teaching tool is a cuddle. ✨
#BackToSchool #EAL #HugasaurusHugs
Meet Hugasaurus — helping my EAL learners find the words for big feelings. Sometimes the best teaching tool is a cuddle. ✨
#BackToSchool #EAL #HugasaurusHugs
Started my new role with training on digital discourse from @tie.scot and being neuro-affirmative with @glasgoweps.bsky.social. On Thurs children were back — I played in the sand, with playdoh, joined Bookbug, and began getting to know pupils and staff. A joyful start! Looking forward to next week💫
August 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Started my new role with training on digital discourse from @tie.scot and being neuro-affirmative with @glasgoweps.bsky.social. On Thurs children were back — I played in the sand, with playdoh, joined Bookbug, and began getting to know pupils and staff. A joyful start! Looking forward to next week💫
And just like that, summer’s over — hello, #BackToSchool2025! 🎒✨
20 years teaching, and even with the challenges, I still care deeply about the difference it makes ❤️
Excited (and a little nervous) to start a new chapter with our EAL Early Years team. Here’s to what’s next! 🌟
20 years teaching, and even with the challenges, I still care deeply about the difference it makes ❤️
Excited (and a little nervous) to start a new chapter with our EAL Early Years team. Here’s to what’s next! 🌟
August 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
And just like that, summer’s over — hello, #BackToSchool2025! 🎒✨
20 years teaching, and even with the challenges, I still care deeply about the difference it makes ❤️
Excited (and a little nervous) to start a new chapter with our EAL Early Years team. Here’s to what’s next! 🌟
20 years teaching, and even with the challenges, I still care deeply about the difference it makes ❤️
Excited (and a little nervous) to start a new chapter with our EAL Early Years team. Here’s to what’s next! 🌟
📚🍎 Back‑to‑school but make it ✨sparkly✨ — loving my French tips with primary colour polka dots! #NailGoals #BackToSchoolStyle
August 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
📚🍎 Back‑to‑school but make it ✨sparkly✨ — loving my French tips with primary colour polka dots! #NailGoals #BackToSchoolStyle
Loving the slower pace of summer—finally time to cook real meals again! Made a comforting bowl of spaghetti Bolognese tonight and paired it with a salad the size of my head to keep the points calories but the satisfaction high 😄💚
Feeling proud, feeling full, and feeling like I’ve got this 💪✨
Feeling proud, feeling full, and feeling like I’ve got this 💪✨
July 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Loving the slower pace of summer—finally time to cook real meals again! Made a comforting bowl of spaghetti Bolognese tonight and paired it with a salad the size of my head to keep the points calories but the satisfaction high 😄💚
Feeling proud, feeling full, and feeling like I’ve got this 💪✨
Feeling proud, feeling full, and feeling like I’ve got this 💪✨
Loving the slower pace of summer—finally time to cook real meals again! Made a comforting bowl of spaghetti Bolognese tonight and paired it with a salad the size of my head to keep the points calories but the satisfaction high 😄💚
Feeling proud, feeling full, and feeling like I’ve got this 💪✨
Feeling proud, feeling full, and feeling like I’ve got this 💪✨
July 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Loving the slower pace of summer—finally time to cook real meals again! Made a comforting bowl of spaghetti Bolognese tonight and paired it with a salad the size of my head to keep the points calories but the satisfaction high 😄💚
Feeling proud, feeling full, and feeling like I’ve got this 💪✨
Feeling proud, feeling full, and feeling like I’ve got this 💪✨
POV: You and your bestie keeping the annual spa day tradition alive 💆♀️✨ Kicking off summer with massages, facials, and afternoon tea — because peace and prosecco is the only way to start the season 🫖🌿 #SpaDay #BestieTradition #SummerStartRight #teachertired
June 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
POV: You and your bestie keeping the annual spa day tradition alive 💆♀️✨ Kicking off summer with massages, facials, and afternoon tea — because peace and prosecco is the only way to start the season 🫖🌿 #SpaDay #BestieTradition #SummerStartRight #teachertired
POV: You and your bestie keeping the annual spa day tradition alive 💆♀️✨ Kicking off summer with massages, facials, and afternoon tea — because peace and prosecco is the only way to start the season 🫖🌿 #SpaDay #BestieTradition #SummerStartRight #teachertired
June 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
POV: You and your bestie keeping the annual spa day tradition alive 💆♀️✨ Kicking off summer with massages, facials, and afternoon tea — because peace and prosecco is the only way to start the season 🫖🌿 #SpaDay #BestieTradition #SummerStartRight #teachertired
End of term vibes! 🎉 After an incredible journey as an @ealglasgow.bsky.social Leader of Learning, I'm hanging up my LOL hat and skipping joyfully into our Early Years team 👣🧸 Excited for new beginnings and tiny humans with big stories.
Have a happy & restful summer, folks! ☀️💛
Have a happy & restful summer, folks! ☀️💛
June 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
End of term vibes! 🎉 After an incredible journey as an @ealglasgow.bsky.social Leader of Learning, I'm hanging up my LOL hat and skipping joyfully into our Early Years team 👣🧸 Excited for new beginnings and tiny humans with big stories.
Have a happy & restful summer, folks! ☀️💛
Have a happy & restful summer, folks! ☀️💛
Co-delivered EAL pedagogy into practice to the brilliant @glasgowey.bsky.social team today! Collaborating with my @ealglasgow.bsky.social colleagues, bringing our shared passion for language learning to life for our youngest learners. ❤️ #EarlyYears #EAL #PedagogyInPractice #Collaboration
June 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Co-delivered EAL pedagogy into practice to the brilliant @glasgowey.bsky.social team today! Collaborating with my @ealglasgow.bsky.social colleagues, bringing our shared passion for language learning to life for our youngest learners. ❤️ #EarlyYears #EAL #PedagogyInPractice #Collaboration
Blue Sky, it's me! 👋 Remember that person who suddenly went quiet? Yeah, that was me. My life decided to hit fast-forward for a bit, but with the term finally ending, I'm hitting rewind and rejoining the chat! My brain desperately needed a #selfcare timeout from the digital noise.
June 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Blue Sky, it's me! 👋 Remember that person who suddenly went quiet? Yeah, that was me. My life decided to hit fast-forward for a bit, but with the term finally ending, I'm hitting rewind and rejoining the chat! My brain desperately needed a #selfcare timeout from the digital noise.
🧧 Engaging hands-on activities like CVC dragons, tracing Chinese characters & playdough mats build motor skills, phonics & cultural awareness with P1 and P2! 🐉✏️🎨
January 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🧧 Engaging hands-on activities like CVC dragons, tracing Chinese characters & playdough mats build motor skills, phonics & cultural awareness with P1 and P2! 🐉✏️🎨
🌟 EAL learners explored the Chinese traditional tale 'The Empty Pot' through story mapping & cloze activities, fostering language skills & creativity! 🌱✏️ #EALSupport
January 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🌟 EAL learners explored the Chinese traditional tale 'The Empty Pot' through story mapping & cloze activities, fostering language skills & creativity! 🌱✏️ #EALSupport
🌟 Reimagine Learning with AI 🌟
What if your pupils could question the Snake from the Chinese Zodiac directly? 🐍 This is more than a lesson—it’s a chance to spark creativity, critical thinking, and a love for learning. #eal #ai #lunarnewyear #yearofthesnake
What if your pupils could question the Snake from the Chinese Zodiac directly? 🐍 This is more than a lesson—it’s a chance to spark creativity, critical thinking, and a love for learning. #eal #ai #lunarnewyear #yearofthesnake
January 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🌟 Reimagine Learning with AI 🌟
What if your pupils could question the Snake from the Chinese Zodiac directly? 🐍 This is more than a lesson—it’s a chance to spark creativity, critical thinking, and a love for learning. #eal #ai #lunarnewyear #yearofthesnake
What if your pupils could question the Snake from the Chinese Zodiac directly? 🐍 This is more than a lesson—it’s a chance to spark creativity, critical thinking, and a love for learning. #eal #ai #lunarnewyear #yearofthesnake
🐍 P6/7 EAL pupils used the traits of the Chinese zodiac snake to write similes and metaphors! ✨ From sly movements to graceful imagery, they developed descriptive writing skills while celebrating Lunar New Year. 🌟📖 #EAL #YearOfTheSnake #CreativeWriting #LanguageLearning
January 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🐍 P6/7 EAL pupils used the traits of the Chinese zodiac snake to write similes and metaphors! ✨ From sly movements to graceful imagery, they developed descriptive writing skills while celebrating Lunar New Year. 🌟📖 #EAL #YearOfTheSnake #CreativeWriting #LanguageLearning
✨ Quick EAL tip! While playing a YouTube Chinese fable, I added Arabic subtitles for a new-to-English pupil literate in their first language. It helped them follow the lesson and participate fully. Small changes, big impact! 🌍📖 #EAL #InclusiveLearning #LanguageSupport #NewToEnglish
January 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
✨ Quick EAL tip! While playing a YouTube Chinese fable, I added Arabic subtitles for a new-to-English pupil literate in their first language. It helped them follow the lesson and participate fully. Small changes, big impact! 🌍📖 #EAL #InclusiveLearning #LanguageSupport #NewToEnglish
🐍🌙 Lunar New Year celebrations with our P4/5 EAL group! Inspired by the Year of the Snake, we explored a Chinese fable, unscrambled sentences, defined snake-related words, and used conversation cards in group carousels. Developing descriptive language while having fun! #LunarNewYear #YearOfTheSnake
January 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🐍🌙 Lunar New Year celebrations with our P4/5 EAL group! Inspired by the Year of the Snake, we explored a Chinese fable, unscrambled sentences, defined snake-related words, and used conversation cards in group carousels. Developing descriptive language while having fun! #LunarNewYear #YearOfTheSnake
Honesty takes center stage with P3 EAL group! Inspired by The Empty Pot, we explored the story and worked together on a cloze passage activity. A great session combining teamwork, language development, and life lessons! 🌟📖 #EAL #TheEmptyPot #LunarNewYear #LanguageLearning
January 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Honesty takes center stage with P3 EAL group! Inspired by The Empty Pot, we explored the story and worked together on a cloze passage activity. A great session combining teamwork, language development, and life lessons! 🌟📖 #EAL #TheEmptyPot #LunarNewYear #LanguageLearning
Our P1 EAL pupils are loving the phonics robot! 🤖📚 It’s all about making decoding words fun and empowering them to build strong reading foundations. Small steps, big confidence! 🌟 #EAL #PhonicsRobot #ReadingJourney #5pillarsofreading
January 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Our P1 EAL pupils are loving the phonics robot! 🤖📚 It’s all about making decoding words fun and empowering them to build strong reading foundations. Small steps, big confidence! 🌟 #EAL #PhonicsRobot #ReadingJourney #5pillarsofreading