Category Archives: Curriculum for Excellence

ON at Fife Theatres – Spring 2014 – Primary Schools

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

  • ON across all the venues, The Secret Life of Suitcases , an Ailie Cohen Puppet Maker/Unicorn Co-production. Suitable for 5+ (Dates in March)
  • The Singing Kettle are back at Adam Smith Theatre in April with Fantastic Funfair
  • On at both Adam Smith Theatre and Carnegie Hall in May, Too Many Penguins is suitable for children from the ages of 1-4 yrs.
  • 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 in March by Catherine Wheels. Suitable for Age 9+
  • Visible Fictions present Robin Hood, a silly and unexpected take on Robin Hood. Suitable for Age 7+

PUPPET ANIMATION FESTIVAL

Adam Smith Theatre

Carnegie Hall

Lochgelly Centre

Rothes Halls

  • Jabuti Theatre – My City – Age 5+

My Place Photography Competition and new website

Happy New Year! Happy new website!

The Scottish Civic Trust enters 2014 with a fresh new look on our websitewww.scottishcivictrust.org.uk with a dedicated area for the My Place Photography Competition click HERE to view now.

The My Place Photography microsite has lots of new features for all of your My Place Photography Competition entries.

There is a new member’s area for schools and teachers with a multiple image upload facility that automatically resizes your photographs, so no need to crop or cut before you submit.

Click HERE to register as a new member

Our resources section has lots of hints tips and help sheets on how to use the site and on how take make great photography.

Click HERE to view our competition resources

My Place Photography Competition is open to all school age children in Scotland; it is FREE to take part in and is a great way of getting out and about with young people, getting into your local cities, towns and villages and exploring your very own built environments through photography.

Click HERE for more information on the My Place Photography Competition

The competition closes on Friday 31 January so make sure to register and upload images as soon as they are ready.
Happy snapping from all at Scottish Civic Trust

On Your Marks! The MUSA Young Artist Award 2014

Sport will be on everyone’s minds in 2014. The highs and the lows, the triumphs and the failures, the hard work, the dedication, the mixture of nations and cultures; all these aspects of international sport can inspire great art.

Your goal is to create a 2D or 3D artwork inspired by the sporting, artistic and ethnographic items collected by the University of St Andrews. You could be on track to win vouchers or art materials up to the value of £40 and see your work displayed at the University’s Gateway Galleries.

Free workshops for schools rooted in the Curriculum for Excellence take place at MUSA between 27thJanuary and 28th March examining the competition themes, giving children new artistic skills and preparing them for the competition.

For more details visit www.st-andrews.ac.uk/museum/art-competition

Competition closes Friday 28th March 2014.

To enquire about a school visit to MUSA contact:

Rebecca Prentice, Curatorial Trainee (Learning & Access), Tel. 01334 461663, Email museumlearning@st-andrews.ac.uk

Click below to download a poster with more information.

MUSA Young Artist Award 2014 poster

St Andrews Botanic Garden Free Transport for School Visits‏

St Andrews Botanic Gardens have been fortunate in being awarded a grant from Fife Culture and Heritage Fund to cover the TOTAL cost of  your transport for educational visits to  Garden between now and the Easter Holidays.
They have lots of indoor and outdoor activities  which meet Curriculum for Excellence outcomes for all levels  in science, social studies,  maths, language and art. Their most popular activities are  Rainforest / Plant Lifecycles/ Seasons / Weather / Climates / Plant Growth / Grow your Own /Animal Homes / Wildlife Gardening / Conservation /Senses / Enterprise /  Dig for Victory / Egyptians / Tree-mendous Maths / Gruffalo Trail/ Pond Dipping and Minibeasts  and they are happy to devise activities to suit your requirements. See the attached programme for full details.
Charges for tutor-led visits are £3 for a half day (two activities, 10 am to 12 pm) or £4.50 for a full day (three activities, 10 am to 2 pm, including lunchbreak). They have an indoor Glass Class which takes up to 60 pupils, indoor facilities for lunch and refreshments are provided for accompanying staff and helpers.  You can also come for a free self-guided visit to the Glasshouses and Garden as a taster until the end of March 2014. There are tree trails and guide books and they can provide support materials to accompany your self-guided visit.

Glow TV – Scotland Sings – Celebrate Burns

24/01/2014 09:30-10:15

Join us live from the Glow TV Studio as we celebrate Burns with a feast of Scottish songs – and accompanying instruments.

Sing along with us and learn some new songs and some new Scots language as well!

You can also tell us what you are doing to celebrate Burns in your schools – we want to hear about all the exciting things you are doing.

So join us to sing and share in our Burns celebration!

Creative pupils invited to ‘impress’ at the Scottish School Media Awards

Pupils attending Scotland’s secondary schools are being encouraged to submit their print or online ‘newspaper’ for the Scottish School Media Awards, with the best of the entries from Scotland’s young creative talent being revealed at a ceremony in Edinburgh on Friday 13 June.
The awards aim to encourage young people into careers in publishing and the creative industries, and are of particular interest to pupils who have an interest in writing, photography, design and business, giving them a unique opportunity to demonstrate their organisational skills, team work and creative flair, while gaining hands-on experience in managing a project from start to finish.
There are 14 categories, from outstanding features to the most exceptional finished magazine or newspaper. Pupils have until Wednesday 30 April to submit their entries, with the imPRESS judging panel looking for projects that have evidence of strong content and commercial thinking.
For more information and to register visit www.impressscotland.co.uk.

CREATIVE LEARNING FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS / WHAT ABOUT DANCE?

CPD Sessions this March for primary school teachers

We’re back from the festive break and raring to go with another term of fun and active CPD sessions for primary school teachers starting this March. In these sessions you can expect to take part in creative tasks and come away with fresh new ideas which can be adapted by you to deliver the Curriculum for Excellence in your classroom.

The important thing to remember about our sessions is that it’s not about teaching you to dance. It’s about helping you deliver the curriculum for excellence to your pupils in a fun way which will help them remember. It’s all about creative learning.

TESTIMONIALS

Primary teachers who have come to our sessions in the past had this to say…

“I have learned lots of useful ideas to take forward into the classroom. Gained more confidence in how to deliver a dance lesson”
Primary Teacher at Auchinleck Primary School

“Great ideas that could be easily adapted…Fantastic Training”
Primary Teacher from East Ayrshire Council

“Useful to have loads of ideas which I could then develop according to class/ideas etc. Liked how you can use a traditional dance as a starting point”
Primary Teacher at St Andrew’s Primary School

“Lots of useful ideas to use in practice also very helpful ideas of how to differentiate for different abilities”
Primary Teacher at New Cumnock Primary

“Teaching dance 20 odd years. Still getting lots of inspiration and ideas that I will take away and use tomorrow”
PE Specialist at Linlithgow Primary School

DATES

Nursery & Lower Primary

Basic Components of Dance
5 March 2014 (9.30am to 12.30pm)
@ a venue in Glasgow tbc – £40

Dance & Stories
5 March 2014 (1.30pm to 4.30pm)
@ a venue in Glasgow tbc – £40

Upper Primary

Basic Components of Dance
12 March (9.30am to 12.30pm)
@ a venue in Glasgow tbc – £40

Dance & Science (Making Science Physical)
12 March (1.30pm to 4.30pm)
@ a venue in Glasgow tbc – £40

Basic Components of Dance
19 March (9.30am to 12.30pm)
@ a venue in Glasgow tbc – £40

Dance & Numeracy (Let Numbers Dance off the Page)
19 March (1.30pm to 4.30pm)
@ a venue in Glasgow tbc – £40

BOOKING

Bookings can be made easily through our online booking form via the website

Alternatively you can email victoria@ydance.org or call the office on 0141 552 7712.

DISCOUNT

Feel free to contact us at any time with any questions you may have – we offer discounts for multiple bookings.

Holocaust Learning Events‏

This year Holocaust Memorial Day 2014 will be commemorated in Scotland on Monday 27th January and Glow is pleased to be able to bring teachers and learners across the country a number of unique and innovative opportunities to discover and share more about this important period in history.

Holocaust Learning Experience Launching on Monday 20th January

The Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) ‘Journeys’ Learning Experience is a collaborative space to share what your school is doing for HMD 2014 and take part in learner activities.

We will be providing interactive opportunities for learners across the country to participate in events and learn more about the Holocaust via the new Glow environment.

The learning experience is aimed at upper primary and secondary learners and will include a number of learning starters and a Holocaust discussion newsfeed to share what your schools are doing to commemorate the event. Videos and audio content and a number of learner challenges will be available to help you learn more about the history of the times surrounding these events.

To help support practitioners, curriculum documents will be provided with the learning experience.

Visit the Learning Experience today.

Live Glow Meet with Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning on Wednesday 22nd January

Minister for Education Mike Russell recently visited Auschwitz with pupils from various schools and during this Glow TV event you will have the opportunity to hear about his experience.

Viewers will also hear from pupils at Broughton High School who also visited Auschwitz last year.

There will be an opportunity to ask them your own questions during the event and learn more about their experiences when they were there.

For more information and to get involved, visit Glow TV.

What is the Holocaust? on Monday 27th January

The Holocaust was a very important period in history and every year it is commemorated in January through the Holocaust Memorial Day.

In this Glow TV event find out when these events took place, what actually happened and who was involved.

In addition we will also look at how similar events have taken place since then throughout history and how it has affected the survivors.

National Event Scotland on Monday 27th January

The Scottish National Holocaust Memorial Day 2014 event will be broadcast live across Scotland through Glow.

The MacRobert Centre in Stirling will welcome Holocaust survivor Alfred Munzer and Cambodian genocide survivor Arn Chorn Pond.

The event starts at 6.30pm and the 2 hour programme will be filled with performances carried out by the Roma community and Rwandan community to make this a memorable and moving event.

Information on how to take part can be found on Glow TV. If this time isn’t suitable, you will have the opportunity to Watch Again.

Meeting a Survivor on Tuesday 28th January

As part of HMD 2014, survivors of the Holocaust and genocide are visiting schools in Scotland.

On 28th January Holocaust survivor Albert Munzer will be visiting the Glasgow Gaelic School and Glow TV will be there to broadcast the event to schools across Scotland.

Join us to hear Albert’s experiences and ask him questions about his life.

HMD 2014 Glasgow Event Live from the City Chambers on Wednesday 29th January

Glasgow City Chambers will once again host this live event through Glow for schools across Scotland.  This special broadcast, taking place from 10am, is run by young people for young people and the event is handed entirely over to pupils to develop the programme and broadcast the event.

Find out more in the Glow TV events schedule.

Arts Response Challenge with Cambodian Genocide Survivor on Thursday 30th January

There will be opportunities to join with pupils around Scotland in several national HMD 2014 events including an arts response challenge with Cambodian genocide survivor, flautist and human rights activist Arn Chorn Pond.

On the day, schools from around Scotland will share their response to the theme of HMD 2014 – Journeys in the form of music, drama, poetry and more.

For more information on this event on Glow TV.

Although these events are all broadcast live, they’re also recorded and you will have the opportunity to Watch Again.
Education Scotland has developed a range of other resources on the Holocaust to help support practitioners.

Kindertransport: escaping the holocaust resource, suitable for the broad general education and senior phase, explores the significance of the children’s transport during the Holocaust. The resource includes images, downloadable materials, video stories interviews and more.

Big Big Sing – Song Writing Competition

Write a Commonwealth Games song! Big Big Sing is a nationwide celebration of singing that will inspire thousands of people to get singing in the lead up to and during Games Time.  As part of this project, Big Big Sing is running an exciting songwriting competition open to Primary and Secondary School pupils in Scotland.

Big Big Sing invites pupils to write a song inspired by the Commonwealth Games, pupils can work individually or as a class to write a song between three and five minutes in length.  With the games just around the corner there’s no shortage of inspiration for budding songwriters!

For more information click here.

Scotland’s Big Laugh‏

Did you know that January 24th is a day for laughing?
In partnership with Suzanne Zeedyk Ltd & Starcatchers we invite everyone to join in the fun!
Global Belly Laugh Day has a Scottish Twist this year.
After last year’s Laughter Day (you may remember lost polar bears, hopping ladies and surprise orchestras)  we are cranking it up to Scotland’s Big Laugh this year.  Everybody can take part . . . just by creating laughter on the day and sharing your journey with the rest of us!
Join us on Facebook and Twitter to create some giggles, after all laughter is the best medicine and we all need a bit of that in January!