The Design a Book Cover Competition is an exciting opportunity to showcase your pupils’ creative skills whilst encouraging them to engage with books and reading. It’s open to all primary schools and it’s easy to take part. There are two entry categories: P1 – P3 and P4 – P7 and there are prizes to be won for your school and pupils. The closing date is Monday 3 July 2013.
Full details and the Entry Pack can be found on the competition website or by emailing michelle.mcleod@bailliegifford.com
Glow TV is delighted to be able to host the Exclusive Launch on Tuesday 11th June at 11am!
War Horse is the theatrical phenomenon that has taken the world by storm. At the heart of this awe-inspiring show are life-sized puppets which bring galloping, charging horses to life on stage. Now you are invited to a unique opportunity to meet one of these truly remarkable puppets up close at an exclusive launch event.
You are invited to see the central character, Joey, in action and discover first-hand how these “living, breathing steeds” are created and brought to life in what has become one of the most anticipated theatrical productions in years.
Joining us will be Finn Caldwell of Handspring Puppet Company and Associate Puppetry Director for War Horse, and Stephen Rebbeck (Managing Director for War Horse around the world)
The exhilarating story of a young man’s journey to find his beloved horse Joey, against the backdrop of World War One, is an incredibly powerful production. It’s a spectacle you need to see to believe!
Click here to sign up for this event.
Remember to mark International Literacy Day and join us on Glow to celebrate literacy for all ages.
We are asking all those working in literacy in Scotland with children, young people and adults to come together through Glow to celebrate with storytelling, film and creativity. We want to learn from each other and share our literacy practices so we are asking those who are more familiar with Glow to invite other learning groups to celebrate with them.
After the summer we will be showing you on Glow how to make our origami owl, offering some ideas for creative literacy and ways to get involved in the event.
Click here for information and resources.
Deadline: Thursday 26 June 2013
Beyond Borders is a co-commissioning and touring programme, offering funding of up to £15,000 for both new commissions and repeat performances of music written in the past five years.
Run in partnership with Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Colwinston Trust, the scheme was launched in 2010 and has supported 22 projects so far.
The idea behind the fund is to stimulate collaboration between organisations in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, enabling them to produce exceptional new music to be performed in at least two UK countries.
Beyond Borders is open to any UK-based not-for-profit organisation, but applications must consist of at least two partners, each from a different UK country. Larger partnerships, incorporating international organisations, are also encouraged.
For more information on how to apply, visit the PRS Foundation website
A new £4 million fund has opened which will help the people of Scotland celebrate their part in the Commonwealth before, during and after the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
‘Celebrate‘ is a joint scheme developed by the Scottish Lottery Distributor’s Forum which is made up of Big Lottery Fund Scotland, Creative Scotland, Heritage Lottery Fund and sportScotland.
Grants of between £500 to £10,000 are available to help communities across Scotland come together to hold arts, heritage, sports and local community celebrations of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The fund will also support communities to celebrate the diversity of the Commonwealth and create a legacy of community and Commonwealth connections.
Celebrate is open to
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until 12 December 2014. For more information, and to apply, visit the Celebrate website.
Authors Live is stepping back in time with renowned popular historian, actor and author, Tony Robinson, to discover the strange secrets hidden in our Weird World of Wonders. Join us as we march through time with the Romans, Greeks and Egyptians and find out what made us Britons British. It’s history, but not as you know it!
To find out more and sign up for this event click here.
After watching the live webstream in the morning why not join us for an interactive question and answer session with Tony Robinson at 1.30 pm http://bit.ly/13kLxyI
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Fife Council Youth Music Initiative is currently running a pilot project using the ukulele to teach singing and musicianship skills to primary teachers and their pupils.
The project, involving over 60 teachers from 35 primary schools, is being led by Ann Rae, primary music specialist and ukulele enthusiast who has led twilights for participating staff throughout the session.
To celebrate all that has been achieved by children and their teachers during the year, all schools involved in the project are being invited to attend one of three “Big Strums” – held during the day on Monday 17th June, in the Rothes Halls, Glenrothes. Children will enjoy a packed hour of singing and playing, supported by their teachers.
Each of the three Big Strum sessions will accommodate just under 600 young ukulele players at a time – surely a first for Fife, if not Scotland! – with support by Fife Youth Music Initiative through transport subsidies for schools.
Adding to the excitement will be a multi-media presentation including use of cameras relaying live pictures to a large screen, in partnership with the Creative Industries Department from Adam Smith College.
Pictured, are young ukulele players from Denend Primary School who are all looking forward to the event!
For more information, please contact Sandra Taylor, Music Co-ordinator, Sandra.taylor@fife.gov.uk Education and Learning Directorate, Fife Council.
Deadlines: 5 July 2013, 27 September 2013 & 28 February 2014
Enterprise Music Scotland has an allocation of £120,000 available for the funding of small traditional arts projects.
This fund is devolved from Creative Scotland and is managed centrally by Enterprise Music Scotland. It will provide grants of between £250 and £3,000 to support traditional artists and organisations to create, platform, tour and showcase their work, as well as supporting professional development projects.
Individuals, groups and organisations can all apply to this fund. The applicant must be able to demonstrate a positive track record and professional commitment to one or more of the traditional art forms: Scottish Traditional Dance; Scottish Traditional Music and Scottish Traditional Storytelling.
For more information visit the Enterprise Music Scotland website.
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