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Celebrate

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Celebrate is a joint scheme originated by the Scottish Lottery Distributor’s Forum (SLDF) offering funding for events and projects which celebrate Glasgow 2014 or that are inspired by Scottish links to the 71 nations and territories which make up the Commonwealth.

Celebrate will support new and existing events and activities that mark the Games through arts, heritage, sports and local community celebrations. It will fund local celebration events and activities which stimulate greater involvement in community activity and develop your understanding as citizens of the Commonwealth. Celebrations can be a single one-off event or activities which with a celebration event.

Projects should meet one or more of the following outcomes:

  • Communities come together through arts, heritage, sports and local celebrations of the Commonwealth Games;
  • Communities celebrate the people, places and culture of the commonwealth.

You can apply if you are a:

  • voluntary and community organisation;
  • community council;
  • statutory body (such as a school, local authority or health board).

You can apply for between £500 and £10,000.

Applications to Celebrate will close at noon on Friday 12 December 2014.

Please note that your application should be sent at least three months before your project is due to start.

Contact: Celebrate, phone: 0300 123 7110 [ e-mail | website ]

CPD, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Health and Wellbeing

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games – A rich context to inspire learning

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This event will be held on Monday, 17 June 2013 from 08:45 – 15:00, at Commonwealth House, Glasgow.

On Monday 17 June, there will be just 401 days before the biggest multi-sport and cultural event ever to come to Scotland opens in Glasgow. That’s less than 58 weeks! Fortunately, education establishments across the country are already preparing to incorporate learning opportunities around the Commonwealth Games in the next academic year.  The event will showcase other inspirational programmes and initiatives available to teachers to stimulate learning around the Commonwealth Games. A variety of engaging workshops delivered by practitioners and organisations experienced in Games Legacy work will provide practical, hands-on exemplification on the impact of the Games as a context for learning.

We invite you to join us for an inspirational day of sharing and collaborative thinking around a variety of exciting opportunities by registering for the event onlinehttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DKY38Y9?dm_t=0,0,0,0,0&dm_i=LQE,1FJED,49RSC3,4Y1BU,1or email Diane Carson: Diane.Carson@educationscotland.gov.uk

CPD, Health and Wellbeing, News, Opportunities

Physical education

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Event: Raising the Bar in Physical Education – 2 March 2013 (Edinburgh)

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Education Scotland, in partnership with sportscotland, is hosting this free event at Tynecastle High School in Edinburgh on Saturday 2 March to increase the knowledge and understanding of final year undergraduate primary teachers, postgraduate primary teachers and primary NQTs in physical education and to build their confidence and capacity to deliver quality lessons in this area.

The Scottish Government has provided an opportunity to raise the bar in physical education through a commitment to ensure schools provide at least two hours per week of high-quality physical education in primary schools and at least two periods per week for learners in S1-S4.  

This event will explore pedagogy that facilitates the significant aspects of learning and some of the perceived barriers to meeting the commitment. Practitioners will have the opportunity for professional dialogue and discussion as well as participating in practical workshops.

Please register online for this event. For more information, visit the Education Scotland website.

Creative practitioners, Creativity, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, News, Opportunities

Book Week Scotland 2012

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Scottish Book Trust will be running the first Book Week Scotland, a national celebration of books and reading, from 26 November to 2 December 2012.

During Book Week Scotland Scottish Book Trust will be working with a wide range of partner organisations, including libraries, schools, museums and workplaces, to deliver a full programme of free projects and events, bringing Scots of all ages and from all walks of life together to celebrate the pleasures of books and reading.

They are currently looking for volunteers to join the League of Extraordinary Booklovers.  For more information on this visit the Scottish Book Trust’s website: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/bookweekscotland.

Creative Learning, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, News, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Check out what’s available from Hopscotch Theatre Company

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Hopscotch present a brand new fun and educational show!  Find out the truth about Vikings, Saints, Kings and commoners, heroes and villains, Wallace and Bruce, Mary, Queen of Scots, Robert Burns, the Victorians and much, much more. 

All the history you thought you knew and lots more besides.

 SUITABLE FOR: P1 – P7    DURATION: 55 minutes     COST: £395.00

Adapted for S1 & S2
DATES: Mon 10th Sept – Fri 26th Oct 2012

Click here for more info and how to book! 

Creative Learning, Creativity, Global Citizenship, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English

Dennis the Menace becomes a global citizen

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Who’d have thought it? Dennis the Menace becoming a global citizen and the Bash Street Kids growing their own vegetables and getting their 5-a-day!

In the forthcoming special edition of the Beano, primary school pupils will get to see a very different side of their favourite characters. Scottish Business in the Community, a charity that actively encourages businesses from all sectors to improve their impacts on the economy, environment and society, has teamed up with one of its members, DC Thomson, to support the creation of a special edition Beano designed to engage young people in environmental and societal issues in a positive and fun way.

Sent to every primary school pupil in Scotland, the free special edition Beano will incorporate the key themes core to SBC and central to creating a sustainable future for Scotland including: 

  • Environment / visioning the future
  • Health & wellbeing / growing your own veg  
  • Employability and soft skills
  • Responsible citizenship and community

 This special edition Beano is supported by a teachers information pack linking to Curriculum for Excellence.

 Dr Alasdair Allan, Minister for Leaning, Science and Scotland’s Languages, is very supportive of the initiative saying, ‘I welcome the opportunity afforded to schools to use resources such as this to engage the children in positive and more importantly, fun learning experiences.’

Comics should start arriving in schools now.

Creative Learning, Curriculum for Excellence, Education Scotland, glow, Health and Wellbeing, resources, Science

Have you used Glow Science yet?

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Glow Science includes over 650 short films that hundreds of teachers are using to enrich and support their teaching in the sciences and technologies. Tailored to Curriculum for Excellence – and tagged to levels 2, 3 and 4 – the films provide teachers with accurate and engaging visuals for the teaching of science, technology, and health and wellbeing.

All resources are free with your Glow log-in.