Category Archives: Creative practitioners

Andrew Carnegie International Legacy: Shaping the Future

In partnership with the Scottish Parliament, the Carnegie Trusts of the UK are working together on a programme of events, exhibitions, seminars and activities taking place at Holyrood from until January 2014.

These activities will showcase the intellectual and social impact of work made possible by Scots-American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie’s endowments and provide an opportunity to discuss the emerging challenges of the 21st century and the role of philanthropy. The programme of events is a celebration of the huge impact made by Carnegie and the global network of charitable organisations he endowed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Seedcorn Transport Scheme 2013 (Fife teachers)

Fife’s Cultural Partnerships Team would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the Seedcorn Transport Scheme for 2013 is now open for applications.  The Scheme will run until the end of January 2014.

We recognise that transport costs are a real barrier to schools participating in creative and cultural opportunities. This Scheme offers schools the opportunity to apply for transport costs which support children taking part in creative and cultural activities out with school and which also support creativity in learning within the overarching context of Curriculum for Excellence for the long-term benefits to learners.  We are keen that this scheme allows maximum participation and will take numbers benefitting into account when assessing the application.

Please note that the scheme will support cultural activities within Fife only.  This could be a trip to the theatre or a museum or a visit to the forest or a cathedral.

Below is a ‘Calendar of Activities’ which highlights some of the exciting activities on offer from Fife Cultural Trust and members of Fife’s Creative Learning Network (FCLN), running from September 2013 – end of January 2014 (in case you are stuck for ideas!).

Conditions:

·         The Scheme is open to schools and also community organisations that support vulnerable groups who wish to attend creative and cultural opportunities which they would not otherwise have the capacity to attend.

·         Activities must take place between September 2013 – end of January 2014.

·         Applications must be made using the ‘Seedcorn Scheme Application Form 2013’.

·         Support is available up to a maximum of £250.

·         Only one application will be considered per school.

·         No retrospective applications will be considered.

·         An evaluation form must be completed and returned no later than 4 weeks after your activity takes place. Applicants who fail to return the evaluations will not receive seedcorn support for future funding rounds.

Your application should meet at least one of the following Actions from Generations of Change – A Strategy for Culture in Fife 2011-13 (www.fifedirect.org.uk/culture):

Action 2 Identifying the barriers to cultural participation and ways of overcoming them.

Action 3 Encourage communities to maximise cultural opportunities to celebrate their strengths and their heritage.

Action 5 Increase access to participation in cultural activity and creative learning opportunities.

Please note that financial support is limited and applications will be assessed on a first come first served basis.

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Robert Owen Centre at Glasgow University aims to narrow education gap

A new Scottish research centre aimed at breaking the link between poverty and poor educational achievement has been formally launched.

The Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change will be based at Glasgow University. It will work with academics and policymakers from across the world to research and develop policies to improve young people’s life chances.

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Technologies on Glow: Meet the Queen’s Baton Designer (5 & 26 Nov)

In November two exciting Glow Meets around Technologies’ will focus on the Queen’s Baton and its design. Join us on Tuesday 5 November  (4.00-4.45 pm) to learn more about how William Mitchell and his design team  at 4cDesign effectively utilised science, technology, engineering, maths, art and design skills to create the Queen’s Baton and how you and your learners can be involved on 26 November (10.00 – 11.00 am) by considering your own baton design for your school or centre.

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Developing school play times to support the curriculum and nurture happy, healthy children: new Free CPD Resource launched

In recent years, a number of Scottish primary schools have developed innovative approaches to enabling child-led outdoor play in morning and lunchtime breaks.

This new training resource has been created with support from Education Scotland to share the learning from these schools. Its aim is to demonstrate how outdoor play in schools can support the curriculum and nurture happy, healthy children and to share practical, tested ideas and approaches to providing richer play experiences in primary schools.

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Commonwealth Games for School Teachers

Commonwealth Games for Nursery, Primary and Secondary teachers across Scotland sessions begin this November.

Learn to explore 3 different aspects of the Commonwealth Games through dance:

– Cultures & Traditions
– Ready, Set, Go! (Creative dance tasks inspired by different sports)
– Learn the Motto, Get Inspired!

BOOKING & INFORMATION
If you would like further information on what’s involved in these sessions then we’d love to hear from you. Please email cpd@ydance.org or call the office on 0141 552 7712

Sessions begin early November and spaces are limited so please book in plenty of time.

Discounts are available for booking multiple sessions so please have a look at our website www.ydance.org for a list of sessions to choose from.

Scottish Book Trust – Book Week Scotland

Book Week Scotland is about celebrating books and reading in every part of life in Scotland. Between 25 November and 1 December 2013, people of all ages and of all walks of life will be able to come together in libraries, schools, community venues and workplaces to share and enjoy books and reading. They will be joined in this celebration by Scotland’s authors, poets, playwrights, storytellers and illustrators to bring a packed programme of free projects and events to life.

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Lantra Scotland Secondary School Awards

Launched in 2012 by Lantra Scotland, with sponsorship from Royal Highland and Agriculture Society of Scotland (RHASS), the new Lantra Scotland Secondary School Awards are aimed at any secondary school delivering an environmental, aquaculture or land based project.

Lantra Scotland are seeking nominations from schools participating in, for example, creating a school garden, working in a community woodland, working on a food and drink project or any other project or activity involving pupils in horticulture, forestry, aquaculture, agriculture or environmental works.  Closing date for nominations is Friday 8th November 2013.

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Creative Conversations

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Education Scotland are working in partnership to deliver a series of short ‘Creative Conversations’ on key areas of policy reform that focus on current developments that have an impact on CLD partners. These conversations are aimed at representatives from local authorities, national agencies and third sector organisations.

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