Category Archives: Curriculum for Excellence

Art and Design, CPD, Creative Learning, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Opportunities

CPD: Curriculum for Excellence and the GI Festival – An NSEAD Conference for Teachers

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Artist Teacher Programme, School of Education, University of the West of Scotland

Location: Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Gasgow G41 2PE

10.30am – 6pm

In partnership with The National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) and University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Artist Teacher Programme, this event is designed for primary and secondary teachers of art, craft and design.  Presentations during the event will focus upon the experiences and outcomes of Curriculum for Excellence and will include presentations from Sheila Page HMIe\Education Scotland on Creativity in the art and design curriculum, the staff and young artists of Room 13 from two Fort William primary schools will look at contemporary art and how it helps raise contemporary issues in the classroom and others in the field of arts education in Scotland and beyond including Paul Dash, Goldsmiths, Graham Jeffery, Diarmuid McAuliffe and Katarzyna Kosmala from UWS. The GI artist Graham Fagen will also contribute to the event.

Follow this link for a booking form
£45 to include refreshments and a bus tour of the GI Festival.

Curriculum for Excellence, Early Years, Education Scotland, Health and Wellbeing, Learning, Literacy and English, Numeracy and Maths, Opportunities, Parents

Every Day’s a Learning Day

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‘Every Day’s a Learning Day’ consists of two books produced by Education Scotland for parents and carers of children aged between birth and 3 years, and 3 to 6 years. The aim is to help parents support their child’s development in the crucial areas of health and wellbeing, literacy and numeracy.

This resource highlights the many excellent learning opportunities that exist within daily experiences such as washing the dishes, preparing a meal or doing the shopping.

The books will be distributed through the Scottish Book Trust’s Bookbug programme.  Parents of new babies are set to receive a copy of the birth to 3 book from their health visitor.  The second book, which supports parents with children aged 3 to 6 years, will be issued when their child turns 3 and starts nursery.

To view the copies of ‘Every Day’s a Learning Day’ online, please visit the Education Scotland website where you can download both books in PDF format, including a Gaelic language version.

Challenge, Competition, Creative Learning, Curriculum for Excellence, Health and Wellbeing, Opportunities, Technologies

Europe and inter-generational solidarity

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2012 is the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, and celebrates the contribution that older people make to life and society. One aspect of this theme is the quality of the relationship and interaction between the different generations in society, and among the initiatives addressing this theme are two which will interest teachers..click here for more info.

Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Education Scotland, Fife Earth, Global Citizenship, Marks on a Landscape, News, Primary schools, resources, Secondary schools, Studying Scotland

Resources: cultural identity and global citizenship

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A key starting point for global citizenship education is a richer understanding of your own culture. Here in Scotland there are great new resources, challenges and projects which will facilitate learning about this country and what it means to be a Scot.

Studying Scotland
Marks on the Landscape
‘Great Tapestry of Scotland’ project

Click here for more info from Education Scotland

Curriculum for Excellence, Learning, Opportunities, resources, Secondary schools

Resources: Global Citizenship – Secondary Schools

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Environment Online – ENO is a global virtual school network for sustainable development.

Learning is student and problem-centred with both online and offline activities. At the end of each theme there is a campaign week during which the results of learning are raised in local communities and on the web. Students eventually become ambassadors for the environment of their respective local communities and regions. Regular themes and have been forests, climate change, ecological footprint and different cultural themes.

The success of the ENO Programme  lies in the fact that it is run by teachers.  Over 7000 schools from 105 countries are part of the ENO network. The ages of learners involved range from 12 – 18 years.

Objectives 

  • to deepen environmental themes at schools
  • to add global awareness and internationality
  • to educate for active citizenship
  • to get schools from developing countries as active participants
  • to learn basic skills in ICT
  • to make a change together

 

Visit http://www.enoprogramme.org/ to find out more.

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

Resource: TED-ED education videos

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The not-for-profit organisation TED is best known for outstanding videos called TED Talks, which disseminate new ideas on subjects such as technological developments and shifts in society. Now the organisation has launched a new education initiative TED-ED, which includes a dedicated education channel on YouTube.

This channel already includes some great video assets for Global Citizenship education, with expert teachers, communicators and animators creating videos which explain important concepts and issues. This bank of high-quality educational digital content will continue to build up, as new clips are added, and forms a valuable resource for teachers looking for a stimulating supplement to school lessons and class work.

Curriculum for Excellence, Education Scotland

Survey on CLD and Curriculum for Excellence

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The Communities Team at Education Scotland recently launched an online survey to gain a national picture of how Community Learning and Development work is impacting on the delivery of Curriculum for Excellence. Thank you to those who have participated. If you have not yet had the opportunity to complete the survey there is still time.

This survey will enable us to gain a snapshot of where CLD is at with CfE implementation and plan how we provide ongoing support in this area.Access the survey here.

We are interested in responses if you work for a CLD service or use a CLD approach in your work.

Education Scotland, Health and Wellbeing

News – Physical education

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Each local authority will work in partnership with sportscotland and Education Scotland to agree an action plan which will help support delivery of their commitment.

The Scottish Government has announced that every school pupil in Scotland will benefit from at least two hours per week of physical education in primary school and two periods in S1 to S4 by 2014.

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