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Old Kilpatrick Primary Teacher Sophie Wilson Wins Prestigious Award

  • Submitted by: Marie McNair, Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-15147

That the Parliament congratulates Sophie Wilson, from Old Kilpatrick, on winning the George D Gray Award in recognition of her fourth year dissertation, "I like to move it, move it”: An investigation of children’s motivation for Physical Education; an upper school Scottish Primary context; understands that her dissertation investigated older primary school children’s levels of motivation towards and in physical education, with her findings suggesting that positive correlations exist between autonomous motivation and each of the three basic psychological needs of competence, autonomy and relatedness; notes that this award recognises notable assignments by an initial teacher education student completing a primary teacher education programme in Scotland; believes that Sophie is a well-deserving recipient of this award; thanks her for using her passion to encourage school pupils to exercise, and wishes her all the best for the rest of her probationary year.


Supported by: George Adam, Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Stephanie Callaghan, Annabelle Ewing, Pam Gosal, Emma Harper, Bill Kidd, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Annie Wells, Tess White, Elena Whitham