All posts by Olivia Wexelstein

Education Scotland, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Social Studies

Homecoming Scotland

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Scotland is welcoming the world in 2014. Homecoming Scotland 2014 now includes over 700 events, happening the length and breadth of the country, extending the benefits of the Ryder Cup and the Commonwealth Games and positioning Scotland on the international stage as a dynamic and creative country with a rich history and culture.

We would like to hear what Homecoming activity your school is undertaking and would be grateful if you could complete a short survey by 9 May 2014. There are five questions so completion should only take a few minutes. This will help the Scottish Government and Education Scotland to build a picture of what is taking place in schools across the country.

Challenge, Outdoor learning

John Muir Education Pack

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This resource aims to help teachers understand outdoor learning opportunities, and give confidence to use outdoor spaces for teaching a wide range of experiences and outcomes. The pack for Second Level encourages structured learning in the outdoors, along with a deeper understanding of John Muir’s writings and philosophies. The pack can be used flexibility as stand-alone activities to cover certain aspects of the topic or as activities leading into each other as a programme of learning. The Second Level pack can help with an introduction to the John Muir Award.

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Creativity, Glasgow2014

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games: Promoting Equality and Diversity

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7 May 2014 (9.00 – 3.00), Hampden National Stadium, Glasgow

With Scotland’s biggest ever cultural and multi-sport event so close we would like to invite practitioners to join us and find out more about issues related to the Commonwealth Games. The three core values of the 2014 games are humanity, equality and destiny and the conference will engage with these values through speakers and workshops focused on equality, diversity and human rights issues as well as the inclusion of all.

The event will showcase inspirational initiatives from schools and third sector organisations across the board, highlighting programmes available to teachers and ensuring that, together, we deliver a lasting legacy for learning.

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Education Scotland, Music

Composing Music Survey

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To help us better support composing music in the classroom, Education Scotland would like to invite practitioners to participate in a very short survey which will help direct us towards developing appropriate support materials. This consultation will also take into account feedback from our learning blog and inform next steps for the working group.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/eslb/2014/04/23/composing-music-survey/

Creative Partners, Scotland Colleges, Secondary schools

Young people invited to join Creative Generation project

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Perth Museum & Art Gallery is looking for young people aged 16 to 25 to join a new project where they can discover more about the art world and life as a practising artist or budding curator.

Creative Generation is part of GENERATION, a national celebration of 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland, and young people taking part in the project will be focussing in particular on the work of Scottish painter Alison Watt, whose art will be showcased in an exhibition at Perth Museum and Art Gallery during the summer of 2014.

Participants will have the chance to gain experience of being an artist or curator and share their newly-gained knowledge with visitors to the Museum and Art Gallery.

Anyone aged 16 to 25 who is interested in studying art or in continuing art as a career is invited to apply. The closing date for applications is Monday 28th April 2014.

For further information and to obtain an application form, please visit Perth Museum and Art Gallery, George Street, Perth, email artsdev@pkc.gov.uk or call 01738 632488 and ask for Anna Murray, Project Coordinator for Creative Generation.

Creative Partners, Drama, Glow TV, Music, Primary schools

Divided City by Theresa Breslin: New Musical Version for Primary Schools

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Register: http://bit.ly/1jYpnfR (Glow log-in required)

Join Theresa Breslin and Elly Goodman of the Citizens Theatre as they offer a unique insight into the history of bringing this iconic book to the stage. Pupils and teachers will get the chance to ask Theresa and Elly questions about the play and the book and to find out more about this ground-breaking project. The Citizens Theatre has now staged three large scale musical theatre productions of Theresa Breslin’s Divided City, adapted for the stage by Martin Travers with an original score and songs by Claire McKenzie. More information about this Glow TV event is on the Education Scotland Learning Blog.

CPD, Creative Partners, Dance, Secondary schools

CPD Training – Dance for Core PE

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YDance are delivering CPD Training Days for secondary school teachers this June at a venue in Glasgow covering Dance for Core PE, National 4 PE (Dance) and National 5 PE (Dance).

DATES & COSTS

Dance for Core PE (S1 to S3)
2 June 2014
9.30am to 4pm
£70 per person

National 4 PE (Dance)
3 June 2014
9.30am to 12.30pm
£45

National 5 PE (Dance)
3 June 2014
1.30am to 4.30pm
£45 per person

DISCOUNTS

Discounts are available for those who book more than one CPD Training Day with YDance. For the full range of sessions please visit www.ydance.org.

BOOKINGS

All enquiries and bookings can be emailed to cpd@ydance.org or call the office on 0141 552 7712

CPD, Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Dance, Early Years, Primary schools

CPD Training – Commonwealth Games

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Due to the success of our Commonwealth Games CPD in 2013 we have decided to add an extra date – Tuesday 29 April 2014.

This CPD Training Day is open to nursery, primary and secondary school teachers and is designed to provide you with a fun and creative session to adapt for your own classroom.

Explore three different aspects of the Commonwealth Games through dance:

– Cultures & Traditions
– Ready, Set, Go! (creative dance tasks)
– Learn the Motto, Get Inspired!

Bookings

If you have any questions and/or you’d like to book a place on this CPD Training day please email cpd@ydance.org or call the office on 0141 552 7712. We’re more than happy to help with any queries and we also offer a discount to those who book more than one CPD Training Day with YDance – please visit www.ydance.org for more available dates.

When: 29 April 2014
Where: Glasgow
Cost: £70 per person (inc VAT)