Category Archives: Curriculum for Excellence

Drama, Events, Expressive Arts, Literacy and English, Rothes Halls, Secondary schools

ON at Fife Theatres – Spring 2014 – Secondary Schools

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Below are all the performances available at theatres across Fife ( Adam Smith Theatre, Carnegie Hall, Lochgelly Centre and Rothes Halls), suitable for secondary aged pupils.

ON at Adam Smith Theatre

  • National  Theatre Live Broadcast – Coriolanus
  • Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler is brought to the stage at Adam Smith Theatre by Icarus Theatre Collective bringing one of the earliest challenges to modern patriarchy, a brazen precursor to feminism and gender equality.
  • The World Premiere of Dare To Care is a co-production between Stellar Quines and Fife Cultural Trust and highlights the difficulties faced by women facing a spell behind bars. Suitable for age 14+.Special School price £5. Dare to Care also at Lochgelly Centre.
  • Also suitable for age 14+, Borderline Theatre Company in Association with the Palace Theatre Kilmarnock presents – A Slow Air, a play written and directed by the Olivier Award winning writer, David Harrower. Special Schools price £5
  • The Unremarkable Death of Marlyn Monroe is a one-woman show which shows Monroe as you’ve never seen her before. Suitable for age 14+ with a special schools price of £5.
  • National theatre Live Broadcast – King Lear

ON at Carnegie Hall

  • Tortoise in a Nutshell in Co-production with Cumbernauld Theatre present Feral. An innovative piece of visual theatre that combines puppetry, film and live sound. Suitable for Age 13+. Special schools price £5. Free workshops are also available in conjuncture with the production.
  • Adapted by Ian Wilkinson from the book by Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped is brought to Carnegie Hall by Sell A Door Theatre Company. This is an imaginative re-telling of the classic story and is perfect for young and old audiences alike. Suitable of age 6+. Special schools price £7. Workshops will be available – details to be confirmed.
  • The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk is a coming of age tale about friendship, bullying and overcoming adversity brought to Carnegie Hall by Catherine Wheels. Suitable for Age 9+
  • Visible Fictions present Robin Hood, a silly and unexpected take on Robin Hood. Suitable for Age 7+

ON at Rothes Halls

  • Suitable for ages 11-18 yrs, Charioteer Theatre present To Be Or….Note! Through performances and interactive workshops students will learn how to overcome indecision, map out their identities and deal with the difficulties of ‘growing up’.

ON at Lochgelly Centre

  • Suitable for ages 11-18 yrs, Charioteer Theatre present Treasure Island. Through performances and interactive workshops students will learn how to overcome indecision, map out their identities and deal with the difficulties of ‘growing up’.
Events, Music, Opportunities, Secondary schools

‘Off the Record’ Youth Music Seminar (14-25)

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Born To Be Wide is pleased to announce its second Off The Record day, following the successful launch in October 2013. The event will take place on Saturday 8 February at Kirkcaldy’s Adam Smith Theatre, and features workshops for young musicians and those interested in working in the music business.

Supported by the Scottish Government’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI), which is administered by Creative Scotland, Off The Record is open to anyone aged between 14-25, with key industry figures providing essential advise on subjects including recording, releasing, promotion and organising/getting gigs.

Delivered in partnership with Fife Cultural Trust, speakers at the Kirkcaldy event include:
Ally McCrae (BBC Radio One), Olaf Furniss (Born To Be Wide Director/The Scotsman),Michael Lambert (Born To Be Wide Director/artist manager), Lloyd Meredith (Olive Grove Records/Peenko Blog), Fielding Hope (DJ & booker, Nice’N’Sleazy), Tallah Brash (musician & booker, Electric Circus), Stuart Stenhouse (EmuBands) and Garry Boyle (The Depot Studios).

Admission is two pounds [including lunch] and tickets must be bought in advance fromwww.offtherecord.me or in person from the Adam Smith box office. A parental consent form is also required from attendees under the age of 18 and can be downloaded from the website.

Also included in the price is a free release worth £25, via Scotland’s leading digital distribution company EmuBands. This covers Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and most other online stores and streaming services.

For more information click here.

Competition, Literacy and English, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Commonwealth Essay Competition 2014

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The Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world’s oldest and largest international writing competition.

Run by the Royal Commonwealth Society since 1883, the competition is open to all young people who come from or live in a Commonwealth country or territory.

Entries for 2014 should be on the theme ‘Team Commonwealth’ and will be judged in two categories – junior (under 14 years old) and senior (14-18 years old).

All pieces of writing must be in English but can be submitted in a variety of formats, for example a poem, letter, script or essay.

Suggested titles include: You’re one of us now; What makes a good team?; and How can sport build peace in troubled communities?

Full details are available on the Royal Commonwealth Society website.

The deadline for entries is 1 May 2014.

Competition, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Drama, Glasgow2014, Literacy and English, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Technologies

BBC Commonwealth Film making competition

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School story competition – promoting your school, community and Commonwealth values (extended deadline: 21 February 2014).

The BBC are looking for 3 schools – 1 in the UK and 2 from other Commonwealth countries who will make a film with the help of a TV crew, which best reflects the Commonwealth values and shares what it means to be a global citizen.

Winning schools will have their films featured on the BBC Commonwealth Class website www.bbc.co.uk/commonwealthclass.

Creative Partners, Events, Music

Words and Music

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A two-day conference for musicians and music workers at all stages of their career.

Whether you are a music student, an early-career musician, professional player, or a music industry worker, you share many issues of common interest. Packed with practical tips, networking opportunities and evening showcases, Words and Music will inspire, educate and entertain musicians and workers across all genres.

For more information please visit the website http://www.horsecross.co.uk/whats-on/words-and-music or like the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/wordsandmusicperth

Creative Partners, Curriculum for Excellence, Funding, Music, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Awards for Young Musicians

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AYM believes that young people deserve the chance to fulfil their musical potential.
We help outstanding young instrumentalists in any genre with annual Awards from
£200 to £2000. Our funding is flexible: we want to help young musicians excel and
so we can support most major musical costs.
Receiving an Award is just the start of your journey with AYM – we do all we can to
help each young musician to flourish and grow.
Visit our website
http://www.a-y-m.org.uk/

Follow us on
Twitter: @AwardsAYM
Facebook: awardsforyoungmusicians
Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Dance, Drama, Music, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Youth Music Theatre UK – auditions

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Throughout January and February, Youth Music Theatre UK, the UK’s national music theatre company for young people (aged 11 – 21), will be heading to 24 cities across the UK looking for talented young performers and musicians to star in their new body of music theatre this summer. Now in their 10th year, they will be performing nine brand new shows right across the UK from London to Belfast as well as at the Aberdeen International Youth Festival in summer 2014.

They’re holding four auditions dates in Scotland: Sat 15 Feb – Glasgow (Scottish Youth Theatre), Sun 16 Feb – Edinburgh (The Studio at the Festival Theatre), Mon 17 Feb – Inverness (Spectrum Centre), Tue 18 Feb – Aberdeen (Danscentre).

For more information, download the flyers below:

Performer Audtions Flyer

Musician Auditions Flyer

CPD, Creative practitioners, Curriculum for Excellence, Health and Wellbeing, Opportunities, Outdoor learning, Primary schools, Scotland Colleges, Secondary schools

Without Walls: The Outdoor Classroom

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16-18 June 2014

Never tried outdoor learning?  College Development Network, John Muir Award, The Outward Bound Trust and Youth Scotland invite you to break out into the most exhilarating, imaginative, thought-provoking environment that you will ever experience.  Challenge yourself to think differently about outdoor learning, the curriculum and what it takes to develop the outdoor classroom.

What’s on offer:

3 days, 2 nights at The Well Road Centre, Moffat, where you will experience a range of outdoor learning experiences and consider how you can build your own outdoor learning class.

Who it is for:
Priority will be given to those who do not have experience of outdoor learning.  In keeping with the philosophy of The Emporium of Dangerous Ideas, we will be looking for a mix of participants from education providers.

Cost:
£100 per person – covers accommodation, food and outdoor learning experiences.

How to apply:

Please email Kelly Fitzpatrick with a short piece (200 words) describing what you would hope to get out of this residential, and clarifying what your role and work setting is by Friday 14 February 2014.

CPD, Creative practitioners, Curriculum for Excellence, Education Scotland, Health and Wellbeing, Outdoor learning, Science, Secondary schools

Supporting Outdoor Learning in Secondary Schools (event)

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Saturday 1 March 2014, 9.30 am – 4.00 pm

St Joseph’s Academy, Kilmarnock

In the revised GTCS Standards for Career Long Professional Learning teachers are required to ‘understand and develop the most appropriate contexts for learning including outdoor learningand be able to apply appropriate pedagogies for these environments’. This event aims to support this and build confidence and capacity in the delivery of outdoor learning in secondary schools in particular within Broad General Education (S1-S3).

This is a free event open to secondary teachers in Scotland – in particular those who are starting out on their outdoor learning journey and wish to develop their confidence in taking the curriculum outdoors. There is an expectation that those who attend this event will be willing to share their learning with colleagues in their establishment.

Registering for this event: If you wish to attend this event please register online byWednesday 19 February @ https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VSCB9NP

Early registration is advised as this event is likely to be very popular. Workshop choices will be sent out mid-February.

If you would like further information about this event please contact: Fiona Cruickshanks, Development Officer, Outdoor Learning Fiona.Cruickshanks@educationscotland.gov.uk

Art, Art and Design, Curriculum for Excellence, Dance, Drama, Education Scotland, Expressive Arts, Music

Education Scotland’s Learning Blog recent post: Expressive Arts Conversation Day 2

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As agreed prior to the initial Expressive Arts Conversation Day that was held in Stirling on 25th November 2013,  for those local authorities who were unable to send representatives to the first event, a second national Expressive Arts Conversation Day will take place at Eden Court Theatre on Friday 28th March, from 9.45 am to 3.45 pm.

The event will have two key purposes:

  • to identify and discuss emerging and known issues in relation to expressive arts education with a view to agreeing actions to overcome the challenges associated with these issues
  • to establish a national primary expressive arts community