Category Archives: Curriculum for Excellence

CPD, Creative Learning, Creative practitioners, Curriculum for Excellence, Expressive Arts, Primary schools, Secondary schools

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s summer schools

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The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s summer schools for children, young people and adults have developed a reputation for their creativity, imagination and flair and over the past three years have grown into a body of intensive dance, drama, music, production and screen training events.

The Summer Schools have thrilled families, engaged with students who were considering performing arts training or assisted learners professional or personal development.  These immersion courses are always focused on the highest quality learning and teaching, inclusion and creative engagement and are run by the most committed and dynamic tutors.

Some example Summer Schools in 2012 will be;

 Children and Young People

  • 1-2 or  3-4 year olds –  Early Years Music
  • 5-7 year olds – Professor Poggle and The Catastrophic Creature (Drama Course)
  • 15-17 year olds – The Remake (Film and Performance course)

Adults (17+)

  • Acting: Stanislavski and Realism
  • Drama Facilitators Skills Development
  • Dance Facilitators Skills Development

For more information, see below:

Summer Schools Brochure (Adults) 2012

Summer Schools Brochure (Young People) 2012

The full range of course information outlines are available at

http://www.rcs.ac.uk/shortcourses/summerschools/

For further information on the content or availability of these summer schools or other types of residency in the near future please contact: Kenny McGlashan , Senior Tutor / Producer for Short Courses

+44 (0)141 270 8337 (direct)

K.McGlashan@rcs.ac.uk

CPD, Creative Learning, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Education Scotland, Events, Marks on a Landscape, Primary schools, Secondary schools

CPD Event: Creative Learning!

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This session is aimed at primary and secondary teachers wishing to enhance their knowledge of the importance of creativity across the whole curriculum. It will introduce participants to Fife’s Creative Learning Network (CLN), a newly established group bringing together community representatives and key local and national cultural partners with education representatives.

This session will consider the importance of creativity as a higher order thinking skill and its relevance within CfE, launch Fife’s CLN glow group and introduce current creative resources from Education Scotland

4-5pm, ASDARC, Thursday 15th 2012

Book now…places going fast!

Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Funding, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, Primary schools

Fife Libraries World Book Week Event

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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Book and Film Event

Tuesday  28th February 2012 at 10am or 7pm

Film Tickets Only £2.50 per child (Teachers & adults helpers FREE)

Film Ticket with Coach Transport to the Event £5 per child (Teachers & adults helpers still FREE!!!)

****FREE TRANSPORT AVAILABLE ****

to the first 10 schools to apply to be part of our

 Across the Generations Project

Thanks to special funding from the Creative Learning Network, these special showings also offer schools the chance to encourage families to read and share book experiences together. Our unique Across the Generations Project encourages children to invite an adult from their family to come with them to the event, helping you to encourage literacy and strengthen the bond between school and home.

To be eligible you simply need to…

Offer your children the chance to bring a parent, grandparent or other adult with them to the show,

either in the morning at 10am or in the evening at 7pm.

Submit your Booking Form and we will hold a place for each child with an additional free adult ticket allocated for each one,

you then send a letter home inviting adults to come with the class and confirm the adult numbers later. 

Just asking the adults to come makes you eligible to apply for FREE Transport!

The film ticket costs £2.50 per child but all adults are FREE and if you are among the first 10 schools to apply we can provide coach travel from schools anywhere in FIFE to the Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy completely FREE.

Questions??  Problems??

Find more details in the BOY World Book Week Event flyer or contact me, 

Maggie Gray on 01592 583204

Don’t delay – apply today!!!

 

 

Creative Learning, Creativity, Events, Opportunities, Primary schools, Science, Secondary schools

From sand dunes and robots to comedy and sport – Fife Science Festival

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Details of next month’s Fife Science Festival have been launched. For the first time in its history, Fife Science Festival has been extended to Dunfermline, with events also heading to St Andrews, Buckhaven, Burntisland, Glenrothes, Tayport and Kirkcaldy.
Funded by the Scottish Government, the Edina Trust and Podium (the Further and Higher Education Unit for the 2012 Games), the festival will involve a diverse range of free events for schools and the general public.
A week-long science week will also held at Denbeath Primary School in Buckhaven with engineering insights at Adam Smith College in Glenrothes and wireless wonders at Museum of Communication at Burntisland. Secondary school pupils will also get the chance to make a prize-winning robot, while a lecture will explore what life would be like without evolution.

 

For more information, please contact Alexandra Forrest, Festivals and Events Officer, Dundee Science Centre on 01382 228800 or visit www.fifesciencefestival.org.uk

Competition, Curriculum for Excellence, glow, glow meet, Literacy and English, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Fantastic Fife!

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Two Fife children have came first place in their categories in a National writing competition!

 

A pupil from Kings Road PS in Rosyth came first in the lower primary category and a pupil from Kirkcaldy West PS came first in the upper primary category…a fantastic result for Fife!  In the secondary school category a Fife pupil from Auchmuty HS, Glenrothes was a runner up.

There were over 450 schools taking part from all across  Scotland in the Glovember writing competition and with Fife children winning two out of the three categories, we at Fife’s CLN feel they should be exceptionally proud of their achievement.

Well done Ben and Niamh!

CPD, Creative Learning, Curriculum for Excellence, Expressive Arts, Opportunities

Catalyst: Inspiring Arts Ideas for Teachers

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The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts is offering a series of inspiring arts-based training days designed to help teachers integrate the arts into their practice. Participants will work with professional artists and practitioners to build confidence in using the arts, focusing on teaching, focused on P3 to P6. Click below to get more info on the courses and how to book.

Catalyst-Inspiring-Arts-Ideas-for-Teachers

CPD, Creative Learning, Curriculum for Excellence, Drama, Opportunities, Secondary schools

CPD opportunity:Secondary Drama Teachers!

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Monday 20th February 2012 –10am-3pm

Cost – The course is FREE to participants but there will be a small charge of £10.00 to cover tea/coffee and lunches

The Byre Theatre is offering a day long Continuing Professional Development course entitled “Devising Contemporary Theatre – a Masterclass”. This CPD takes a fresh approach to what, how and where young people learn and aims to support the nurturing of young people as successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.

As a member of Fife’s new Creative Learning Network and as a steering group member of Fife’s Cultural Consortium (supporting the delivery of Fife’s Cultural Strategy), we are delighted to be able to offer a one-off in-service opportunity at Auchterderran Centre, Cardenden.

The workshop will be delivered by the Education and Outreach Officer from the Byre Theatre, who will share drama games and exercises and workshop plans on how to make, create a piece of devised, contemporary theatre in the Secondary classroom.

Spaces limited so book now on Fife’s CPD management system!!!

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

National Galleries of Scotland art competition for schools

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In 2012 the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) art competition for schools celebrates its ninth year and the NGS has welcomed a new title partner. The Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools hopes to inspire children across the country with the National Galleries of Scotland’s superb collection of artworks.

Click above for more info!

Over 30,000 children from all over Scotland have participated since 2004. An exhibition of the winning works from 2011 is on show at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary from 20 January – 24 May 2012 so why not go along and check out the talent on display?

This year’s winning works will be proudly displayed at the newly refurbished Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

There are six categories to choose from: Nursery; Lower and Upper Primary; Secondary and Special Education Schools. With clear links to Curriculum for Excellence and fabulous prizes to be won make sure not to miss the closing date of 4 May 2012.

Full details on www.nationalgalleries.org/schoolartcompetition

Creativity, Health and Wellbeing, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Fife Diversity Week 12th to 18th March

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Diversity week is an opportunity for Fife’s schools to be part of the celebration of Fife’s rich and diverse culture. Everyone can contribute to making this event a success and there are many different ways in which you can do this.

Diversity enriches our lives, consider how dull life would be if we all looked alike, thought alike, and acted alike! By learning to recognize our similarities and appreciate our differences, we can overcome prejudice and intolerance and work towards a better world.
 
If you would like to discuss any ideas you have / would like support in putting something together for diversity week, please contact:
Zahida Ramzan or Colm Wilson at: Enquiry.Equalities@fife.gov.uk 
Tel. 08451 555 555 ext 441242