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We had our annual development day last week here at Pacific Quay. This is the first stage in our production process - the ideas! We had several group 'brainstorming' sessions on a wide range of topics, including resources for secondary social subjects (particularly what us old fuddy-duddies call Geography) and upper primary - or Second Level - on personal development and health. The seeds of ideas that we plant on development day grow throughout the year, into consultations with teachers and learners, and then into programme plans which eventually end up on your screens, on the radio, and online.

The development day was all the more valuable and special because this time round we were joined by several representatives from Scottish education, with , , , , , Secondary Education and Gaelic all well represented. We were delighted to have their input as we threw ideas around, and they got right into the spirit of things - particularly Graeme Clark from SQA who even got up and pitched one of the ideas to the room!

The next stage for us here is to collate all the brilliant ideas and pieces of advice we received and come up with a set of useful resources we can make over the coming year. However, part of the idea of this blog is for us to be more open about our processes and to invite comment! Even although we couldn't invite you all along to our day (sadly!) we still want your input. If you'd been at our sessions on personal development or geography, what would you have pitched for? What resources would you love to have for use in your classroom, or at home?