Category Archives: Creative Learning

CPD, Creative Learning, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Education Scotland, Events, Marks on a Landscape, Primary schools, Secondary schools

CPD Event: Creative Learning!

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This session is aimed at primary and secondary teachers wishing to enhance their knowledge of the importance of creativity across the whole curriculum. It will introduce participants to Fife’s Creative Learning Network (CLN), a newly established group bringing together community representatives and key local and national cultural partners with education representatives.

This session will consider the importance of creativity as a higher order thinking skill and its relevance within CfE, launch Fife’s CLN glow group and introduce current creative resources from Education Scotland

4-5pm, ASDARC, Thursday 15th 2012

Book now…places going fast!

Creative Learning, Creativity, Events, Opportunities, Primary schools, Science, Secondary schools

From sand dunes and robots to comedy and sport – Fife Science Festival

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Details of next month’s Fife Science Festival have been launched. For the first time in its history, Fife Science Festival has been extended to Dunfermline, with events also heading to St Andrews, Buckhaven, Burntisland, Glenrothes, Tayport and Kirkcaldy.
Funded by the Scottish Government, the Edina Trust and Podium (the Further and Higher Education Unit for the 2012 Games), the festival will involve a diverse range of free events for schools and the general public.
A week-long science week will also held at Denbeath Primary School in Buckhaven with engineering insights at Adam Smith College in Glenrothes and wireless wonders at Museum of Communication at Burntisland. Secondary school pupils will also get the chance to make a prize-winning robot, while a lecture will explore what life would be like without evolution.

 

For more information, please contact Alexandra Forrest, Festivals and Events Officer, Dundee Science Centre on 01382 228800 or visit www.fifesciencefestival.org.uk

CPD, Creative Learning, Curriculum for Excellence, Expressive Arts, Opportunities

Catalyst: Inspiring Arts Ideas for Teachers

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The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts is offering a series of inspiring arts-based training days designed to help teachers integrate the arts into their practice. Participants will work with professional artists and practitioners to build confidence in using the arts, focusing on teaching, focused on P3 to P6. Click below to get more info on the courses and how to book.

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CPD, Creative Learning, Curriculum for Excellence, Drama, Opportunities, Secondary schools

CPD opportunity:Secondary Drama Teachers!

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Monday 20th February 2012 –10am-3pm

Cost – The course is FREE to participants but there will be a small charge of £10.00 to cover tea/coffee and lunches

The Byre Theatre is offering a day long Continuing Professional Development course entitled “Devising Contemporary Theatre – a Masterclass”. This CPD takes a fresh approach to what, how and where young people learn and aims to support the nurturing of young people as successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.

As a member of Fife’s new Creative Learning Network and as a steering group member of Fife’s Cultural Consortium (supporting the delivery of Fife’s Cultural Strategy), we are delighted to be able to offer a one-off in-service opportunity at Auchterderran Centre, Cardenden.

The workshop will be delivered by the Education and Outreach Officer from the Byre Theatre, who will share drama games and exercises and workshop plans on how to make, create a piece of devised, contemporary theatre in the Secondary classroom.

Spaces limited so book now on Fife’s CPD management system!!!

Competition, Creative Learning, Curriculum for Excellence, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

National Galleries of Scotland art competition for schools

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In 2012 the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) art competition for schools celebrates its ninth year and the NGS has welcomed a new title partner. The Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools hopes to inspire children across the country with the National Galleries of Scotland’s superb collection of artworks.

Click above for more info!

Over 30,000 children from all over Scotland have participated since 2004. An exhibition of the winning works from 2011 is on show at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary from 20 January – 24 May 2012 so why not go along and check out the talent on display?

This year’s winning works will be proudly displayed at the newly refurbished Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

There are six categories to choose from: Nursery; Lower and Upper Primary; Secondary and Special Education Schools. With clear links to Curriculum for Excellence and fabulous prizes to be won make sure not to miss the closing date of 4 May 2012.

Full details on www.nationalgalleries.org/schoolartcompetition

Competition, Creative Learning, Literacy and English, Opportunities

Children’s writing competition 500 Words returns to Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Radio 2

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Chris Evans said: “We were overwhelmed last year to be inundated with thousands of truly creative and fantastic entries from nearly 30,000 kids, and in 2012 we need your help to make the competition even bigger than before. To read is good, but to write is even better and dare I say it, can even be more fun.”

Creative Learning, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Opportunities, Primary schools, Science, Secondary schools

Fife Science Festival 2012

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Here are some of the creative learning opportunities on offer to schools at this years Fife Science Festival…book your places now!!!

Friday 9th March

10am-12 noon & 12:30pm-2:30pm

Terrible Trebuchets and Menacing Mangonels!

Discover the science, technology and history behind the Medieval warfare in this fun and interactive workshop from Historic Scotland!

£2 per pupil, adults free, Booking is essential-contact Historic Scotland Education Office on 0131-668-8736 or email hslearning@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

www.historic-scotland.gov.uk

P4-P7

St Andrews Castle

The Scores

St Andrews

KY16 9AR

Monday 12th March-Friday 16th March

1:30pm-3pm

The Weird and Wonderful World of Science

At this fun and interactive school science week, children will explore science through various science experiments and activities. Members of the public have the opportunity to attend on Friday 16th march.

Free admission, non-bookable.

Primary pupils/Families

Denbeath PS

Bancraig St

Buckhaven

KY8 1JE

Tuesday 13th March

10am-3pm

Our World in Motion-Mobile Communications Workshops

Find out how easy it is to construct simple electronic circuits and how much fun it is to use them in all sorts of exciting, ingenious projects.

Free admission, booking essential. Contact Dorothy Brankin on 01506-823424

Or email dc_brankin@tiscali.co.uk to book a place/

Suitable for P4-P7.

Museum of Communication

131 High Street

Burntisland

Fife Council

KY3 9AA

Wednesday 14th March

1:30pm-6pm

Green Energy Challenge

Learn all about renewable energy and how important it is in solving our future energy needs and get the opportunity to build a wind turbine at this interactive workshop.

Free admission but booking essential. Contact Liz Allen on 01383-559117 to book your class.

Schools:P7

Whitlock Energy Collaboration Centre

Rosyth Business Park

Wood Road

Rosyth

KY11 2EA

Friday 16th March

10:30am-3:30pm

Techno Games Event

A fun interactive games workshop for secondary school pupils. Pupils work in teams to make a robot, then watch as they compete against other teams in a series of challenges. Have you got what it takes to make a prize-winning robot? Free Admission but booking essential. Contact Bill Hutchison on billhutchison@adamsmith.ac.uk to book a place.

Secondary pupils

Adam smith College

St Brycedale Campus

Brycedale Avenue

Kirkcaldy

KY1 1EX

Monday 12th March-Friday 16th March

10am-2:30pm

The Renewables Challenge

Pupils get the chance to investigate different renewable energy technologies, including wind power, solar power, hydrogen fuel cells, and more. The challenge is to build the equipment to harness the most renewable energy- and store it, if you can!

Outreach workshop. Free workshopm but booking essential. Contact Karen Ritchie at The Hydrogen Office on Karen.ritchie@the hydrogenoffice.com to book your place.

Primary Schools

Venue: various schools

Creative Learning, Opportunities, Primary schools

Community day with National Museums Scotland at Methilhill Primary and Community School

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The National Museums Scotland have been working with a Primary 6 class from Methilhill Primary and Community School on a partnership project, funded by the Robertson Trust, since last March.  The class have been researching and devising their own resources on the theme of Africa, based on the collections of the museum.  This box of museum objects, complete with teachers notes (researched by the pupils) will then be available for general borrowing in the Fife area initially and then around Scotland.

On Thursday 2nd February, the pupils are hosting a community day at their school to show off their work and on their behalf I would like to invite you along.  The day will run 2.30pm – 3.30pm at the school and will feature a show of an exhibition set up by the pupils and an African drum performance by the children.