Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.
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Creative Partner: Scottish Storytelling Centre
We are the leading national agency for oral storytelling in its traditional and contemporary form, and co-ordinate year-round tailored outreach projects with people of all ages and backgrounds.
Click here for info on Storytelling and Curriculum for Excellence.
We are a leading provider of storytelling training and CPD. We also run a year-round programme of events and exhibitions at the centre.
Storytelling Support Network.
The Network was established to encourage teachers and trainee teachers to use storytelling to enhance the curriculum. It offers a bank of stories/story resources appropriate to different topics and areas of the curriculum as well as tips and ideas on how teachers can support each other in the development of their storytelling skills. And all for free! You can find the website here.
Resources and CPD
Create a culture of storytelling and creative learning: Storyboxes are a colourful and inspirational resource that keeps children creating and retelling stories year after year.
We offer Interactive and tailor-made training events: workshops for children and adults orStoryrich CPD for teachers and staff.
For more information on any of these contactlinda@scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
Creative Partner:Sylvia Troon Storyteller
Art teacher in Primary & Secondary schools in Fife in early 1970’s. Puppeteer in schools and community throughout Scotland from mid 1980’s. Many years performing in Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Puppet Animation Festival. Now storyteller, sometimes using puppets, since 2008.
Vist the website here
Activities on offer
Storytelling without reading from a book
Storytelling with no props or puppets
Storytelling with props and puppets
Storytelling with songs, music and sound-effects
Workshops on the above
Puppet-making workshops
Workshops/training for adults on storytelling with puppets
Storytelling covers myths, legends and traditional tales from Scotland and also around the world
Storytelling covers Scottish history
Storytelling covers the life and work of Robert Burns
Possible CFE Expressive Arts links
Presentation and Performance- Early/First/Second
Contact: Sylvia Troon
15 Crawford Avenue
Gauldry
Newport On Tay
Fife
DD6 8SG
01382 330399
07719 618841
Creative Partner – Fife Council Libraries
If you live, work or study in Fife or even if you are visiting, you can join any of our community libraries and choose from a wide range of services.
It’s FREE to borrow books and FREE to use the EzFife PCs – and that includes internet access!
There are 51 community libraries, 3 mobile libraries and a housebound service.
Visit the website here
Fife Libraries Young People’s Team get involved in lots of projects that support Curriculum for Excellence.
In the early years setting, our Bookbug sessions introduce song, rhyme and story to the very young and support parents, to share books with their children from birth.
In the primary setting we encourage schools to visit libraries with their pupils where we can encourage and enthuse children to make their reading choices wider and more creative. We also support school book weeks with author visits and reading activities.
We encourage children to celebrate their love of books with the Big Book Brains Quiz. With exciting classroom heats and a fabulous star studded final, it boosts literacy teaching and takes reading to the top of kids to do list!
Visiting authors reach thousands of children through high profile events staged in Fife’s major theatre venues. The audience outwith Fife is also developing rapidly as our reputation grows for hosting the biggest names and the most entertaining shows.
Libraries run hundreds of Art & Craft activities every year. Recent sessions range from Manga drawing workshops with the fabulous Yishan Li, mind boggling Sensations robotics labs, beautiful painting workshops with local artists to hands on creepy crawlies in our Zoolab visits – there are hundreds of sessions hosted all over Fife each year to encourage young people to be creative.
Teacher’s Continuing Professional Development is supported through partnership with Scottish Book Trust where we bring their trainer to Fife to offer a range of courses aimed to develop teachers’ knowledge, skills and confidence when using books with their pupils.
CONTACT;
Maggie Gray
Young People’s Servive Co-ordinator
Tel: 08451 55 55 55 + Ext 44 20 22 Contact Maggie Gray online
By Post: Fife Council, 16 East Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1XT
By Post: Fife Council, 16 East Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1XT
Gotta Walk!
Wanna be active? Wanna walk? Walking is fun and free! Come and join one of our girls-only walks. Bring your friends!
Come along to one of our free organised walking events that are just for teenage girls aged 12 to 18 years! We’ll show you how walking can be a fun activity for you and your friends to enjoy as well as being a great way to exercise.
Free goodies on the day! No need to book, just turn up with your mates!
*note that the Beveridge Park walk will be leaving from the play area inside the park.
Times & Venues
| Location | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Glen Pavilion | [map] | Friday 15 March 2013 | 16:00 – |
| St Andrews University Sports Pavilion, St Andrews | Saturday 16 March 2013 | 10:00 – |
| Beveridge Park, Kirkcaldy | [map] | Saturday 16 March 2013 | 14:00 |
No need to book.
Just turn up on the day!
GENERAL ENQUIRIES
- Sue WhislerSue.Whisler@fife.gov.ukRothesay House Rothesay Place Glenrothes Fife KY7 5PQ
Tel: 08451 55 55 55 EXT 442135
Scotland declared a Fairtrade Nation
Scotland has become one of the world’s first Fair Trade Nations, International Development Minister Humza Yousaf announced this week.
The news comes on the first day of Fairtrade Fortnight 2013 and follows a nationwide campaign led by the Scottish Fair Trade Forum that has seen the people of Scotland rally behind Fair Trade principles.
Find out more here
‘Big Book Brains Quiz 2013’ Glow Meet
We are delighted to announce that the Final of the Big Book Brains Quiz 2013 will be streamed live on GLOW on Friday 8 March 2013. Follow this link http://glo.li/YGifZ7 to register and take part along with the teams on the day
Scottish Book Trust
Authors Live with Polly Dunbar and Long Nose Puppets
If you teach nursery to P3, and you love picture books (and puppets) you’ll love Polly Dunbar’s free live event on 25 April! Register your class to watch and you could win one of five class sets of Arthur’s Dream Boat.
2013 Songs for Social Justice Festival
The 2013 Songs for Social Justice Festival was launched in November 2012 and all Scottish secondary schools were notified of it in December 2012.
Schools are invited to confirm their intention to participate in the Festival by Monday 3 June 2013, and to submit a maximum of two songs per school by Friday 1st November
The Festival will showcase one entry from each school at a Showcasing event on Friday 29 November 2013 at the STUC Centre, Glasgow.
All participating schools will be presented with an Award Certificate.
For more information and contact details, please read the information booklet.
Catalyst – Inspiring Arts Ideas for Teachers
Extremely well received motivational teacher training days in Glasgow and Edinburgh led by The Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts.
Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh – 26th April
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow – 25th April
