Wednesday 28 May 2014 (15:30 – 16:30)
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)
The Creativity Portal is now 3 years old and we would love to hear from anyone who has used it – has it challenged your idea of creativity? Have you found it useful? Did it lead you to any inspiring resources, research or contacts?
If you have ever visited the Creativity Portal please take the time to answer a 5-minute questionnaire that will allow us to build a picture of what impact the Creativity Portal has made and give direction to its development in the future. Your responses will be invaluable in taking Education Scotland’s support of creative teaching and creative learning forward.
To access the questionnaire click the link below:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/creativityportal2014
Your responses will form a vital piece of evidence for an independent evaluation of the Creativity Portal, led by Consilium Research and Consultancy, which will be published on the Creativity Portal in April/May.
Fife Contemporary Art & Craft (FCA&C) are delighted to announce the ‘Weather to Whether’ event in partnership with Bright Green Hydrogen, who operates the Hydrogen Office project in Methil.
The event is aimed at S2/S3 pupils and will showcase FCA&C’s‘Weather Project’, which took place in the Levenmouth area, as well as visual displays/working models of power from the weather and hydrogen and energy storage by Bright Green Hydrogen (see programme below).
We are delighted to be able to offer a travel subsidy for this event, supported by Fife Cultural Trust’s Seedcorn Transport Scheme (details and form below).
***Spaces are limited and early booking is advised***
FCT SEEDCORN TRANSPORT SCHEME
The maximum amount you can apply for is £250 per school towards transport costs to attend this event. Once you have confirmed your booking at the event through FCA&C, please complete the attached Seedcorn Transport Scheme Application Form and return it to the address at the bottom of the form. This fund is administered by FCT Cultural Partnerships and they will confirm your award and advise how to claim the monies for your school.
Education Scotland’s Community Learning and Development (CLD) Policy and Improvement team are working in partnership with the CLD sector and wider stakeholders to deliver a series of short ‘Creative Conversations’ on key areas of current policy reform which have an impact on CLD partners.
This conversation will focus on how partnerships support Post-16 transitions and Opportunities for All. It will also consider how 16+ reform impacts on this area of work. Participants will range from community learning and development, schools, colleges and third sector organisations. The format for the day will maximise opportunities for cross-sector discussion building on the work currently being developed to ensure successful transitions.
The format of the session will be ‘thought pieces’ of 10-15 minutes, followed by facilitated discussion considering:
•How can we collectively ensure we share and understand best practice locally
and nationally?
•What makes for best practice in ensuring successful transitions post 16?
•Ways forward from here?
The event is free to attend and takes place on Friday 21 March from 10.30am until 3pm at Kilwinning College campus. To book your place please email Fraser MacKay.
Further details about the event can be found on the Education Scotland website.
Wednesday 12 March 2014 (15:30 – 16:30)
Wednesday 26 March 2014 (15:30 – 16:30)
Friday 9 May 2014 (13:30 – 14:30)
Wednesday 28 May 2014 (15:30 – 16:30)
Community Celebrations Grant Application
Deadline: 3rd March – 5pm
At the Scottish Refugee Council we have been busy organising a very exciting programme for Refugee Week Scotland 2014! It will run from 16th – 22nd June in venues across the country, and we’d love for as many organisations as possible to get involved this year. The 2014 theme is ‘Welcome’, so we want you to have a think about how ‘welcome’ is shown in your community.
The SRC are awarding grants of £100 – £450 to help small community organisations to organise your own events as part of Refugee Week Scotland 2014. We strongly encourage you to apply and to spread the word to any other organisations or community groups that you think may be interested!
There are two files attached below – an Application Form and Grant Application Guidance Notes. Please read them both before applying! Receiving the grant from the SRC is unfortunately not guaranteed, so to make sure you are in the best position for acceptance, we urge you to read through these Guidance Notes thoroughly. We are looking for ideas that explore the theme – ‘Welcome’ – and discuss all the different things that this word can mean. For example, your activity could:
– Explore how welcome is shown in your community
– Encourage people to share their experiences of how welcome they have been made to feel here
– Encourage people to share experiences of how they have welcomed life in Scotland
Most importantly, you must demonstrate how your event will appeal to other communities and general public, and how you plan to involve them! The Community Celebration Events are the first step towards wide-scale understanding and integration among asylum seeker, refugee and local communities across the whole of Scotland. We want to know how your event will help this become a reality!
The deadline for submission is Monday 3rd March, 5pm. Please send all completed applications to arts@scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk
If you need help – we are happy to discuss any ideas and give advice where necessary – just email arts@scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk.You can also browse last year’s programme for inspiration.
Good luck!
Community Celebration Grant Application Form 2014
Community Celebration Grant Application Guidance Notes 2014 Final
This illustrated talk about the history of Dunfermline’s Linen Industry by Hugh Walker is divided into two parts. In the first half, he describes the process of damask linen weaving and how the beautiful damask tablecloths of 100 years ago were created and manufactured. In the second half of the talk, Hugh takes the audience on a historical trip round well-known buildings in Dunfermline, tracing the history of the industry from its early beginnings through hand looms to the growth of factories in the second half of the nineteenth century. The talk concludes with how the industry faired in the 20th century and came to an end in the 1980s.
College Development Network, Argyll Court, Stirling
View Programme and Book Online
The interest in creativity as an essential component of modern life, including education has gone well beyond the creative and expressive arts with wide recognition of its relevance to many areas of life and work including science, technology, leadership and teaching.
A range of research reviewed by Spencer et al (2012) indicates that creativity is regarded as the most important competence required by many employers, and highlight research by Allen et al (2011) on education that declares creativity to be “an attribute that graduates require to successfully engage in contemporary and future professional life”.
Within the context of regionalisation and the Post-16 Education Reform, colleges have been charged with a key role in developing enterprising and creative learners who will benefit from a more flexible, challenging curriculum delivered by motivated and creative staff working in partnership with a range of organisations.
So, how creative are you? This event will focus on the current research on creativity, the policy framework and a range of tools for benchmarking creativity and strategies for developing the habits of a creative mind.
