The Brooch of Lorn is one of the great medieval jewels of Scotland, with a charmstone in its centre which was believed to have magic powers.
As Robert the Bruce fled during battle against the MacDougalls of Dunollie in 1306, he left behind his cloak. Pinned to this was the Brooch. It has been a great prize for the MacDougalls ever since and is still held by the Clan Chief. Originally it would have been a simpler jewel but around the same time as Shakespeare it was transformed into a fabulous silver and pearl brooch. Continue reading Invitation to visit THE BROOCH OF LORN at your local library!
SS4E August e-news bulletin
Welcome to the August 2012 e-news bulletin from Software Services for Education (SS4E). If you have any comments or suggestions on this bulletin or indeed any special requests for special software offers, please email them to SS4E mailto:kim.conway3@btinternet.com Continue reading SS4E August e-news bulletin
DGS CLASS COMICS RAISE A LAUGH AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE
Every teacher in the country has a story concerning the class comic, but staff at Dunoon Grammar School can now boast about the entire class of comics who took the Edinburgh Fringe Festival by storm.
Fifteen pupils from the school sacrificed the final day of their summer holidays to attend a comedy workshop at the amazing BBC venue at the Edinburgh Festival on Tuesday, 14 August.
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NEW! FREE TWILIGHT CPD MENU from CAST
Feeling like TOPPING UP YOUR TEACHING? EVERYBODY WELCOME!
As part of this year’s Creative Learning Network, CAST has secured funding to hold a series of CPD events in your area. We are delighted to offer FREE places on the following courses:
MAKING CHARACTERS AND TEACHING DRAWING
CREATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKING
COACHING YOUR PUPILS IN DRAMA
KODAMBA: CREATIVE ACTIVE MUSIC MAKING Continue reading NEW! FREE TWILIGHT CPD MENU from CAST
Annual Argyll & Bute Primary Writing Competition
In 2011 CAST renovated and relaunched an important art collection held within our schools and last year we ran a successful writing competition using the collection as inspiration.
The competition now OPEN and in its second year and we are delighted to announce it has continued support from Scottish Book Trust.
There will be first, second and third prizes of books for pupils. The winning pupil’s school will also receive £250 worth of books. Winning pieces will be posted online as part of the Argyll Collection website and on SAL. Continue reading Annual Argyll & Bute Primary Writing Competition
Lochgilphead’s Olympic Torch Bearer
Myles Clark was selected to be one of Scotland’s Olympic Torch Bearers and ran his distance at Tarbet, Loch Lomond on Saturday 9 June 2012. You can see Myles in action in the video below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdM_kONXzg0&feature=youtu.be
3XL – Community Project
Both XL Groups in 3rd year at Oban High School have recently worked together in planning and organising a Coffee Morning for the welcoming of our American visitors. As this is the 20th year of the Oban/Laurinburg exchange they wanted to make it special. The group worked together in ensuring that the Americans first impression of Oban High School was as warm and friendly as possible.
New GLOW Excellence Group
A new ‘Excellence Group’ has been announced by Cabinet Secretary Mike Russell to consider the future direction of GLOW. It certainly seems like a group constituted to think big and to be creative, leading us to think that the recent GLOW agreement with Microsoft and their “365” suite of tools may not yet indicate our long term direction.
International Mud Day at Tighnabruaich Primary
We were pleased to see the rain on the last day of term because it guaranteed lots of MUD for us to wallow in during International Mud Day. Pupils wanting to take part had to write and return their own permission slip and bring in a complete change of clothes.
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Kilcreggan Primary Anderson Shelter
Primary 7/6 class project this term has been World War II. We visited the World War II exhibition at Kelvingrove Museum earlier in the term and the children studied how people had lived through the blitz in London and Clydebank.
Parklands School Olympic Challenge
The pupils of Parklands School were all recently set an Olympic Challenge. Pupils had to take part in a torch relay by either swimming, hill walking, cycling or walking. Pupils designed and made their own torches (complete with realistic looking flames!) and had to carry them throughout their challenge. All pupils successfully completed their events and were very proud to received specially commissioned medals at our annual award ceremony.
Dalintober’s Mini-Olympics
Dalintober PS held a Mini-Olympics event on Wednesday 28thJune. Primary 7 organised the event with the help of Mr Kupris from Active Schools. All the pupils in the school were divided into one of five countries – Great Britain, Greece, China, Spain or Jamaica – and wore colours to represent each country.
Dalintober Primary Allotment
On Wednesday 20th June Dalintober PS officially ‘opened’ their leased allotment from ACHA at New Parliament Place, Campbeltown. It was a lovely afternoon with lots of visitors – family, teachers and wider community – being shown round the allotment by members of the school Eco Group. The pupils in the Eco-Group worked on the allotment with help from Chris and Ryan from the Community Garden and with Mrs McSporran and Miss Brown.
Education Blog Awards 2012
Rosneath Primary P5/6 are delighted that their blog has been awarded Runner up in the Best Class Blog category of the Education Blog Awards 2012. Over 900 blogs were nominated this year and nearly 8000 votes cast. The ten blogs that received the most votes in each category were then sent to the judges.
Definitions of Creativity
Creative Questions #1
Are we more creative when we focus on solving a problem?
Oban Lorn and the Isles Spring Tag Festival 2012
More than 150 Primary School children from the Oban area attended the recent Spring Tag Rugby Festival hosted by Oban Lorne RFC. The event which was organised by Scottish Rugby Modern Apprentices Emma Roxburgh and Fergus Matheson was delivered as an end of season friendly tournament for all the primary schools who have taken part in the Tag Rugby Programme this school year. The event was run in Partnership with Active Schools co-ordinator Dale Kupris and Rugby Development Officer Allan Wright who assisted with the organisation of the event.
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THANK YOU!
The SAL administrators would like to say a huge thanks to all the teachers and pupils who have contributed to SAL in its first few months. We are delighted at the variety of posts and hope you have enjoyed them so far. The interest in the site has exceeded our expectations and we can’t wait till next term to see what everyone wants to share. Have a great break!
The SAL team.
Strachur Primary does ‘The Good Old Days’
As part of our ongoing centenary celebrations, we produced a show called ‘The Good Old Days’ . Children sang old time music hall songs, baffled the audience with magic tricks, entertained with various circus acts and showed off their gymnastic skills, all ably compered by two enterprising P6 girls.
Look out Ant and Dec!
To look the part the children dressed in their 1912 outfits and parents and carers were delighted to see so many confident, enthusiastic performers!
Mid Argyll Children Celebrate World Sports Day
A huge gathering of 400 children came together on Monday 25th June at Lochgilphead Joint Campus to celebrate World Sports Day. Aged between 5 and 12 years, the children took part in a raft of sports, all skilfully organised by Jillian Gibson, Mid Argyll’s awesome Active Schools Coordinator. The children, ably assisted by sports instructors, teachers, S4-6 students, classroom assistants and parent helpers, took part in shinty, rugby, football, handball, hockey, games and the annual inter-school relay races.
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Archaelogical Dig
On the 19th June four pupils from Kilchattan Primary on Colonsay went on an archaeological dig with archaeologists from Ulster University. We went up Dun Cholla which they believe is a fort used by Colin MacDonald, Lord of the Isles. We found a gun flint, charcoal and animal/fish bones. It was exciting and good fun!
