There’s only 1 week to go until booking opens for this year’s Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival!
As always, the Festival offers you, your family and friends the opportunity to see some of the best theatre in the world for children and young people, at venues in and around Edinburgh.
Click here for copy of Festival Programme
Where is your favourite place in Scotland? What makes it special to you?
Scottish Book Trust and BBC Scotland want you to write about your favourite place in Scotland, whether it’s a remote beauty spot or an urban hideaway, a famous landmark or a favourite cafe. Did you holiday there? Is it the place you got married? We want to get Scotland writing, inspired by our country’s best-loved places.
Write a story, poem, song lyric, diary entry, letter or sketch about your favourite place, submit it on our website and your story could be appear in a book or be broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland!
What is better than a museum field trip?
Bring the museum to your school, students have the opportunity to examine, explore and try on original artefacts from World War II.
Are you interested in getting young people involved in your group?
Are you keen to explore tools that could be used to meaningfully engage with young people in your community?
Would you like to learn examples of resources and techniques that could help you do just that?
Would you like the opportunity to share experiences and best practice?
Then we have the workshop for you……..
Fife’s Cultural Consortium are delighted to offer you the perfect opportunity to explore ‘Effective Engagment with Young People’ with specialists from the Regional Youth Work Unit in Newcastle. The workshop at the up and coming Cultural Roadshow on 27 March 2012, will explore tools and methodologies to help you better engage with young people in your community. Places are still available and can be booked by calling the Cultural Partnerships Team on Tel: 01592 583255.
Karen Taylor Area Cultural Co-ordinator
Announced on the 13 March 2012 is the ‘Young Start’ grants programme run by the Big Lottery Fund to distribute money from dormant accounts. £10K-£50.
Young Start aims to create opportunities for children and young people aged between 8 and 24 to help realise their potential. All children and young people, and the communities they live in, have something to offer which Big Lottery Fund want to tap into, build and develop. They recognise that some children and young people face barriers to achieving their full potential and want Young Start to help overcome these.
Outcomes
CONFIDENT – Children and young people have more confidence and skills
HEALTHY – Children and young people have better physical, mental and emotional health
CONNECTED -Younger and older generations are better connected and have more understanding and respect for each other
Project examples and further information is available by clicking here
‘Pupils should learn maths through using it’Teachers should allow pupils to learn maths by using it rather than focusing on abstract concepts, says an expert.
Professor Dave Pratt of the Institute of Education argues innovative teaching techniques and technology could help more pupils engage with the subject.
Pupils from Larbert High School today, Tuesday 13th March, attended the launch of the Keys to the Castle Competition at Stirling Castle.
The Keys to the Castle Competition is organised by Historic Scotland in partnership with Springboard Scotland and is open to all secondary schools in Scotland.
http://www.swgfl.org.uk/News/E-Safety-Live-2012/Edinburgh-Workshops.
The Scottish Government and the UK Safer Internet Centre are running an E-safety live event on 22 March with a choice of 12 workshops.
One of the workshops is ‘Social Media in Schools: Opportunities and Challenges’. Hosted by Ollie Bray of Education Scotland the workshop will examine the opportunities and challenges presented to schools and school leaders regarding social media. It will include advice for schools on social media policy and ICT policy as well as curriculum progression.
The event will be of interest to teachers, e-safety leads, headteachers, organisations working with children, social workers, local authorities and trainers. For enquiries, please email esafetylive@saferinternet.org.uk.
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