I gave evidence to Scottish Parliament, Public Audit Committee. This was in response to the Audit Scotland Report on Getting It Right for Children in Residential Care in Scotland. I shared the platform with Peter McLeod, SW Director, Renfrewshire Council and Bill Eadie, SW Director, Stirling Council. This was an interesting session covering many familiar issues with respect to children in care and our ability to assess the value for money in terms of the size of the investment (250M per annum) and the outcomes for children (generally poor, but too many unknowns).
I visited Cornbank Primary School, Midlothian. I spoke to the whole school (280 pupils) and later spoke to a small group of P5s who had been doing a lot of work around children’s rights.
I visited Lasswade Primary School, Midlothian – I got a bit lost on route, but did manage to find it. I spoke to the assembled school of 300 in front of a display of work that the children had done around rights. I was treated to numerous songs performed by classes in the school.