Please have a look through these latest news items for interesting opportunities/announcements.
National Poetry Day 2012 theme is… STARS
Visit the Scottish Poetry Library website for information about National Poetry Day on Thursday 4 October 2012.
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/learn/librarians/professional-news-resources
New National Qualifications Music website
This website has been developed by Education Scotland in in partnership with practitioners to support learning and teaching at National 3, National 4 and National 5. It is hoped that both learners and practitioners alike will use this website and find the materials to be invaluable when studying music.
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/nqmusic/about/index.asp
Science fiction in Scotland – exhibition
Treasures display at the National Library of Scotland – Science fiction in Scotland – exhibition open until 30 June 2012
Exhibits from the National Library of Scotland’s science fiction collections take you on a journey into the past, present and future of this little explored space of Scottish writing. The keyboards of Iain Banks, Steven Moffat, John Wagner, Alan Grant, Alasdair Gray and Ken MacLeod, have given us pop icons like Dr Who and Judge Dredd, and taken us to parallel universes and post-apocalyptic worlds.
http://www.nls.uk/exhibitions/treasures
Portraits of Britain photographic competition
Are you a keen photographer? Can you capture the meaning of ’social sciences’ and ’society today’ in a single picture? If so, the ESRC Portraits of Britain photographic competition could be for you. This free competition aims to capture images of what life in Britain means today. There are eight categories to enter, including an open category for young people.
The competition is run in partnership with the tenth annual ESRC Festival of Social Science and the winning entries will be showcased at the ESRC’s 2012 flagship Festival event in London this autumn.
Visit www.esrc.ac.uk/portraits
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/photographic-competition/index.aspx
Reminder – Marks on the Landscape National challenge: Design a billboard for Scotland
There is still time for learners to enter this Education Scotland challenge to design a double-sided billboard to be seen by people entering and leaving Scotland.
The design challenge is being run through the Marks on the Landscape website , an interdisciplinary learning resource focused on creativity skills, within the learning context of the land regeneration project Fife Earth. The challenge is aimed at those working within second, third and fourth curriculum levels.
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/marksonthelandscape/designchallenges/billboard/index.asp
Childnet Film Competition 2012 – enter now!
Positive and inspiring use of the internet is at the heart of the Childnet Film Challenge 2012. Childnet is inviting all schools and youth organisations in the UK to enter their challenge. Two separate projects are in place for primary and secondary aged children.
This year’s themes are:
Primary: The internet can make your life much easier, let me show you!
Secondary: ‘I’m a technophobe, get me out of here!’ Can you convert a technophobe to the wonders of the internet?
To find out more about this year’s competition visit the link below.
All shortlisted finalists will be invited to a private screening of their film with Childnet’s judging panel at a cinema in central London and will be awarded some great prizes.
The competition closes on Friday 15 June at 5pm. If you would like to register a group of young people for the challenge please do so at film@childnet.com
http://childnet.com/film-2012/
Creativity in Education – article in Holyrood Magazine
Visit the fortnightly Holyrood magazine where the Fertile Minds article discusses creativity in Scottish Education from a political perspective.
Creativity Portal and Early Years focus on fresh Education Scotland website
You can visit the new Education Scotland website, bringing together the best of HMIE and LTS content, at http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/ and for a focus on how the Creativity Portal caters for Early Years teaching you can read about in in the Early Years Matters publication.
