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Events, Literacy and English, News, Parents

Parents’ Conference: Reading – what’s my role?

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Saturday 27 October 10.00 am – 3.00 pm

The Mercure Hotel, Inverness

 The Literacy Team at Education Scotland is hosting a free conference for parents. Once children have mastered the basics of learning to read, many parents are concerned about how best to develop their child’s skills and encourage a love of books.  The conference will support parents in helping children to successfully negotiate an information rich world and to become readers for life.

Click here to register for the event, or call Margaret McGuinness on 0141 282 5064.

Challenge, News, Opportunities

International High School Students Arts Competition

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Are you studying at High School level?

Born on or  after 30th June 1994?

Then you might win $1000 for yourself

and $1000 for your school

by entering the RotoArt

International High School
Student Art Contest

Entries are now open on line at this website

for the 2012 Contest  

The RotoArt International High School Student Art Contest
enjoys the support of many Rotarians in a number of the 35,000 Rotary Clubs
across the World, it is an initiative of the RotoArt Charitable Trust, Hamilton, New Zealand
and is not a project of Rotary International.

The last contest brought a wide range of outstanding entries from across 23 countries.  The contest permits visual art of any subject on a variety of mediums.

CLICK ON THIS

DIRECT ENTRY LINK TO THE
2012 “ROTOART”
THE STUDENT ART CONTEST

NOTE:  The closing date
for the competition is 31 December 2012

Events, Literacy and English, News

ST ANDREWS LITERATURE LIVE! 2012

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FRIDAY 26TH – SATURDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2012

 St Andrews Literature Live! is a new two day literary feast featuring a host of local and international writers in St Andrews.

Headlining the two day event is the internationally acclaimed BBC Middle East Correspondent Jeremy Bowen discussing his new book ‘The Arab Uprising’ and the popular Scottish author Iain Banks with his new book ‘Stonemouth’.

Produced by Waterstones in association with the Byre Theatre of St Andrews, the events brings together live readings, discussions, demonstrations as well as live theatre covering a wide range subjects including: Cookery; Fiction; Crime; Scottish History; Poetry; Politics; Children’s literature, and of course no event in St Andrews is complete without Golf!

 Julie Thow, Manager of Waterstones, St Andrews said: “We are delighted to bring this exciting collection of local and international authors to St Andrews for what will be an amazing two days.”

 Head of Marketing & Development at the Byre Theatre, David Orr claimed the festival further enhanced St Andrews reputation as a creative hub in its award winning year as Scotland’s Creative Place. “In this year of Creative Scotland we are excited to be the host venue for so many highly acclaimed writers at the Byre and look forward to welcoming them to St Andrews!”

 Tickets are available now from The Byre Theatre on 01334 475000 and online at www.byretheatre.com. Books will be available on the day and in Waterstones before the event.

Programme: St Andrews Literature Live!

Competition, Creativity, News, Opportunities

Headline writing competition

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The Daily What has launched a headline writing competition for nine to 16 year olds.

The winning entry will be picked by the editor-in-chief of the Herald & Times newspaper group, from a shortlist chosen by the Daily What News team.

The winner’s headline will be published with the story on the Daily What News website, and will appear in the Herald newspaper. 

Deadline for entries is Sunday 21 October 2012

News, Opportunities

‘Tell-a-story-day’ 26th October 2012

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Invite a Storyteller
Schools and Communities Outreach Programme
 
If you haven’t already done so, it is not too late to organise a storyteller visit to your school or community group in October or November as part of the Tell-a-Story Day campaign!
 
Celebrate oral storytelling and take your school or community to a magical world of enchanting fairy tales, scary Halloween stories or treasured family legends. Booking a storyteller is cost-effective, entertaining and inspiring. 
  
The cost of a visit is £154 for a half day (2 sessions, 2 hours) and £250 for a full day (4 sessions, 4 hours). Prices are inclusive of travel costs and VAT.
  
See the lists below for what the storytellers in your area can offer. To book a storyteller or for more information, contact Davide at davide@scottishstorytellingcentre.com or call 0131 652 3272.
 
Click here for more info about storytelling in the classroom. And remember, the Scottish Storytelling Centre also provides free storytelling resources as part of the Tell-a-Story day campaign.
 

 
Aberdeen, Highlands and Islands 
Glasgow and the West
Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife
Dundee, Falkirk, Perth and Stirling 
Scottish Borders
 

Tell-a-Story Day is presented by the Scottish International Storytelling Festival and Luminate: Scotland’s creative ageing festival.

Illustrations from A Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales by Theresa Breslin and Kate Leiper are reproduced by kind permission of Floris Books. ©Kate Leiper 2012

Creative practitioners, Education Scotland, News, Primary schools, resources, Secondary schools

New Political Literacy Resource

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Education Scotland has created a new resource on Political Literacy, for education practitioners working with community and school audiences. It provides information, materials, learning approaches, and links to many organisations relevant to democratic life in Scotland. Its coverage includes politics in daily life, a timeline of the development of the Scottish Parliament, and civil rights.

CPD, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Learning, News, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Creativity Exchange Fife

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Fife’s Creative Learning Network (FCLN) is delighted to announce their event ‘creativity exchange fife’ which will take place on Thursday 8 November 2012 from 3pm – 7pm at the Rothes Halls, Glenrothes.

This event is FREE for teachers and creative and cultural practitioners within Fife.

This event has been developed to:

  • showcase the impact creativity has on children and young people in their learning experiences and opportunities provided by educators and creative practitioners within Fife.
  • highlight the benefits of creative learning  
  • and to emphasise creativity as a cross-curricular theme within the context of Curriculum for Excellence.

The Programme is in development and will be published soon but advance bookings are now being taken by contacting cultural.partnerships@fife.gov.uk or phoning 01592 583255.  Please note places are limited. 

Creativity Exchange Fife

Additionally, the FCLN will be compiling a magazine which will complement this event, showcasing the varied creative learning experiences already happening across Fife. 

Would YOU like a chance to showcase your work within this magazine? 

If so, please complete the attached Creative Learning Proforma and return it to heather.gibson@fife.gov.uk by Tuesday 2 October 2012 by 5pm at the very latest, for inclusion in the magazine.