All posts by Ms Higgins
St Andrews Botanic Garden
At St Andrews Botanic Garden school we provide a programme of inspirational learning for schools, families and adults. The focus is on plants, nature, biodiversity and the environment.
The Garden provides a beautiful setting in which to experience the natural environment and we use it as a learning resource to meet a broad range of learning outcomes from a Curriculum for Excellence in Science, Social Studies, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and Numeracy.
Children experience native tree trails, pond dipping, nature surveys, jungle explorers, desert detectives, grow your own, feast for the senses, minibeast hunts, busy bees, Friendly Wood Scavenger Trails, Outdoor art activities and many more. To support the new curriculum we have expanded our activities to include Tree-mendous Maths this year.
We also run a Gardening Club and a Wildlife Club for children and have a fantastic range of adult workshops including willow weaving, herbs, composting, orchids, art classes and many more.
We are continuing to develop our programme and are running an Easter Club for children and taking part in the National Science and Engineering week beginning 9th March.
Education Officer Nikki Macdonald
FCLN Meeting 19/1/12 Curriculum for Excellence: Creativity and Culture
Creativity and culture in Curriculum for Excellence!
Click on the image above to see why creativity is so important!
All quotes taken from the Curriculum for Excellence principles and practice documents for each subject.
FCLN meeting 19/1/12: creativity videos
FCLN meeting 19/1/12: creativity videos
FCLN meeting 19/1/12: creativity videos
FCLN Meeting
Fife’s Creative Learning Network Meeting
Rothes Halls, Glenrothes
Today…2pm!
Glow Meet: Big Book Brain Quiz 2012
- Glow TV
Join us at The Rothes Halls in Glenrothes for the Big Book Brain Quiz Final 2012 organised by Fife Council Libraries Service!
P6 pupils from all over Fife are taking part on the 27th January…and those that can’t make it along on the day are signing up to participate in the event through a Glow Meet hosted by Fife’s Creative Learning Network.
Sign up here
MAIL Online article: PAUL McKENNA reveals.. How you can be just as creative as Walt Disney
- Walt Disney- Mickey Mouse
“The only real limit on your creativity is your willingness to recognise it and put it to work for you.
That doesn’t mean you will suddenly be able to write songs or to paint masterpieces. It just means that you can tap into the creative force whenever and wherever you want, to solve problems and create new possibilities in your life and work.”
“Walt Disney was one of the most creative and innovative geniuses of the 20th century.
The power of Disney’s creativity strategy is that it makes full and separate use of the three stages of any creative process: daydreaming about possibility; taking action; and a healthy critique of the process, interrogating it to ensure what’s being created is worth creating.”
Paul McKenna
Read the full article online
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