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The Big Strum!
Fife Council Youth Music Initiative is currently running a pilot project using the ukulele to teach singing and musicianship skills to primary teachers and their pupils.
The project, involving over 60 teachers from 35 primary schools, is being led by Ann Rae, primary music specialist and ukulele enthusiast who has led twilights for participating staff throughout the session.
To celebrate all that has been achieved by children and their teachers during the year, all schools involved in the project are being invited to attend one of three “Big Strums” – held during the day on Monday 17th June, in the Rothes Halls, Glenrothes. Children will enjoy a packed hour of singing and playing, supported by their teachers.
Each of the three Big Strum sessions will accommodate just under 600 young ukulele players at a time – surely a first for Fife, if not Scotland! – with support by Fife Youth Music Initiative through transport subsidies for schools.
Adding to the excitement will be a multi-media presentation including use of cameras relaying live pictures to a large screen, in partnership with the Creative Industries Department from Adam Smith College.
Pictured, are young ukulele players from Denend Primary School who are all looking forward to the event!
For more information, please contact Sandra Taylor, Music Co-ordinator, Sandra.taylor@fife.gov.uk Education and Learning Directorate, Fife Council.
Enterprise Music Scotland – Traditional Arts Fund
Deadlines: 5 July 2013, 27 September 2013 & 28 February 2014
Enterprise Music Scotland has an allocation of £120,000 available for the funding of small traditional arts projects.
This fund is devolved from Creative Scotland and is managed centrally by Enterprise Music Scotland. It will provide grants of between £250 and £3,000 to support traditional artists and organisations to create, platform, tour and showcase their work, as well as supporting professional development projects.
Individuals, groups and organisations can all apply to this fund. The applicant must be able to demonstrate a positive track record and professional commitment to one or more of the traditional art forms: Scottish Traditional Dance; Scottish Traditional Music and Scottish Traditional Storytelling.
For more information visit the Enterprise Music Scotland website.
Creative Scotland Update
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Historic Scotland – Activities for schools
Entertaining the Earl!
Aberdour Castle
Tuesdays by arrangement
FREE activity for schools (P4-7)
Discover what life was like at Aberdour Castle in the 16th century. Who lived in the castle and what did they wear? How did they spend their time? Tour the castle, try on some outfits from the period and learn a dance to take back to school!
Phone 01383 860 519 to book a session
A Sense of Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline Abbey
Dates in June by arrangement
FREE activity for nursery/schools (P1-3 )
Explore the five senses through the story of David, a young monk at the abbey. Discover sound in the nave, taste in the abbey kitchen, smell from the herb garden, light through the windows and textures in the dormitory by taking part in hands-on activities
Phone 0131 652 8155/56 to book a session
Scottish Book Trust – Treasures
This year’s annual campaign is Treasures, which is currently running on the Scottish Book Trust website. Stories submitted by the deadline of 31 July 2013 will be considered for inclusion in the Treasures book, thousands of copies of which will be distributed during Book Week Scotland – 25 November to 1 December 2013.
Together resource packs for schools and adult learning tutors are also available, which can be found in the resources section of the website. http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading/treasures/resources
Glow TV – Working in the Music Business, 5 June 2.00 pm
World of Work Wednesdays is back again! This event will give you a great insight into the real world of the music industry. The UK music business employs 150,000 people and is worth £3.5billion to the UK economy. We’ve brought together experts from all aspects of the industry including a manager, a singer, a record producer and a marketing manager.
To find out more information and to sign up to watch, click here.
Look, Capture, Create
Curious and creative learners from across Scotland have been exploring the importance and beauty of Scottish Biodiversity through Scottish designer/illustrator Johanna Basford’s exhibition ‘Wonderlands’ via Glow TV. This interdisciplinary learning experience has been developed in partnership with Dundee Contemporary Arts and is being supported by Sarah Derrick, Head of Education at DCA and Anna Rossvoll, Emerging Technologies Development Officer with Education Scotland.
Look Capture Create outline for educators
Johanna Basford is an ink evangelist who creates beautifully intricate hand drawn designs using black ink. ‘Wonderlands’ is her first solo exhibition and it is proving to be a magical context for creative learning through expressive arts, science, mathematics and languages.
Before the project went live learners were invited to join the Look, Capture, Create Glow group by submitting an InkyME! The response was astounding. Currently there are InkyMEs exhibiting from Burravoe, Carron, Clackmannan, Hythehill, Lochgelly West, Lincluden, St Andrews and St Patricks primary schools. The InkyMEs have even travelled to Dundee to attend the first live Glow TV event ‘Wondertales’ at Dundee Contemporary Arts on 13th May.
‘Wondertales’ encouraged learners to look at the intricacy of Johanna’s designs and to capture the detail in words to create a Wondertale! Wendy Woolfson, an incredibly talented storyteller led the event, creating breath taking stories based on three of Johanna’s wallpaper designs. She then went on to create a collaborative tale as learners submitted their ideas live during the event. You can watch Wendy in action here.
This use of an exhibition as a form of text truly captured the imagination of learners and they have submitted incredible Wondertales to the Glow wiki. Learners are taking the time to read each other’s work and leave comments. It would be lovely if you could do the same. (Glow username and password required)
Keep up to date with the Look, Capture, Create Glow blog and the next Look, Capture, Create Glow TV event will take place at Dundee Botanical Gardens at 10am on the 4th June.
Post taken from Education Scotland’s Learning blog written by A.Rossvoll
Discover Dalcroze
Discover Dalcroze is a two-day event taking place at University of St Andrews Music Centre 2-3 November 2013, providing a practical insight into the Dalcroze Method. Workshops will be led by the UK’s leading experts and there will be specialist sessions on its application is a wide range of settings.
- Movement and instrumental teaching – Flautist Lis Dooner and students from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland demonstrate how Dalcroze can be used to enhance practice and performance skills
- Dalcroze and String Teaching – Monica Wilkinson will show how Dalcroze can be used to develop physical awareness and technique alongside musicianship
- Music, Connectivity and the Plastic Brain – Eric Barnhill takes us on a tour of the musical brain
Other topics addressed in relation to Dalcroze include:
- Dyslexia and dyspraxia
- The elderly
- Special needs
- Relationship between Dalcroze and Music Therapy
- Dalcroze for singers
Detailed information can be accessed by clicking on the logo below, where bookings can also be made.
New Funding Opportunity Launched by Fife Council
A new one-off Culture and Heritage Investment Fund for 2013/14 of £200,000 has been launched by Fife Council to help encourage local people to discover the wealth of cultural and heritage facilities in Fife. The fund aims to increase access to the wide range of facilities available in Fife and to support organisations to encourage members of the public to visit their cultural and heritage attractions.
As well as making cultural and heritage facilities more accessible for Fifers the fund will also be used to support organisations:
- widen access to, and develop, new audiences
- increase opportunities for schools and young people to experience and learn from Fife’s rich heritage
- enhance the marketing and promotion provision
- support business and skills development to help ensure long-term viability
This fund will support cultural and heritage activities, events and projects which can deliver against one or more of the priorities relating to Education & Skills, Employment & Enterprise, Community Engagement and Partnership Working.
Applications can be submitted from 18th April 2013 and will be evaluated as they are received and the outcome advised within 3 weeks.
Although activities, events or projects may run into 2014/15, the funding must be allocated and spent towards the costs before 31st March 2014. Funding will be considered up to a maximum of 50% of the total cash costs of the project and up to £20,000.
Please click here to download information and application form or contact Angela Scott, Events Strategy Officer, for advice and guidance on 01383 602123.
