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Category Archives: Glasgow2014
The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games: Promoting Equality and Diversity
7 May 2014 (9.00 – 3.00), Hampden National Stadium, Glasgow
With Scotland’s biggest ever cultural and multi-sport event so close we would like to invite practitioners to join us and find out more about issues related to the Commonwealth Games. The three core values of the 2014 games are humanity, equality and destiny and the conference will engage with these values through speakers and workshops focused on equality, diversity and human rights issues as well as the inclusion of all.
The event will showcase inspirational initiatives from schools and third sector organisations across the board, highlighting programmes available to teachers and ensuring that, together, we deliver a lasting legacy for learning.
Get Scotland Dancing
Get Scotland Dancing (GSD) was created by a Scottish Government policy in 2010 and is one of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Legacy programmes. It is also part of Culture 2014, the national strand of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme. It is free to join and school/youth groups can register at getscotlanddancing.org. Being part of the online community means you can find out what’s going on in your area and make connections with other dance groups and teachers who could help develop your work.
Pupil artwork to welcome Commonwealth athletes
Thousands of Scotland’s school pupils will demonstrate their artistic talents to the world at Scotland’s Commonwealth Games. More than 700 schools across the country have participated in a national art competition run by Game On Scotland, the official education programme for the Games.
This competition, launched in May 2013, has provided a unique opportunity for Scottish schoolchildren to create Games-inspired artwork for the Athletes’ Village. The artwork will adorn the rooms of the Village, which will be a true home from home for all the competitors coming to Glasgow from the 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth.
The Tin Forest Light Up
The National Theatre of Scotland is asking you to make a Light Up Lantern out of junk, and join hundreds of others in your local community and around the world, to plant your lantern in a forgotten place. It might be a local park or derelict ground; it might be your garden or back court. What’s important is you plant it and share the moment when Spring arrives, with the promise of a flowering future.
So, anytime from Thursday 20th March, take a photo or video of your Light Up Lantern and your promise.
Then post it at thetinforest.com/participants OR tweet it with the hashtag #TinForest OR email it to info@thetinforest.com.
Game On Scotland Event: 26 March, Dundee
With less than 24 weeks to go before the before the biggest multi-sport and cultural event ever to come to Scotland, we invite practitioners to find out more on how the Commonwealth Games may provide a unique opportunity to create stimulating learning across the curriculum and beyond.
We invite you to join us for an inspirational day of sharing and collaborative thinking around a variety of exciting opportunities by registering for the event online or directly with Diane Carson:Diane.Carson@educationscotland.gov.uk.
BBC Commonwealth Film making competition
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.
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!
Game Changer Awards – What Makes a Winning Entry?
The Game Changer Awards is a one-off ceremony to recognise and celebrate the many contributions that staff and students in colleges and universities are making to ensure that the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games is a fantastic success and will deliver an enduring legacy for Scotland’s people.
In addition to the criteria specific to each award, the judges will be looking for evidence that clearly demonstrates a commitment to and/or delivery of the legacy goals and underpinning principles of the Glasgow 2014 Games for every award category. The four legacy goals are:
- Active
- Connected
- Flourishing
- Sustainable.
The five principles that underpin each legacy goal are: enabling diversity; ensuring equality; enhancing partnerships; encouraging community engagement; and embedding sustainability. Further information on these can be found on the Glasgow 2014 website and Scottish Government website.
Colleges Scotland has put together an information sheet for colleges with examples of award-winning projects that institutions undertook during the London 2012 Olympics.
You can view/download the What Makes a Winning Entry information sheet from the Colleges Scotland website.
The deadline for entries is Friday 31 January 2014.
Please email Frances Harrower or phone 01786 892035 if you have any queries about the Game Changer Awards.
Creative industries students receive funding boost
Around 600 students from Scotland’s creative sector will have the opportunity to gain work experience at next year’s Commonwealth Games thanks to new funding. Announced earlier in week by the Scottish Government, the Host Broadcaster Training Initiative (HBTI), is funded by SDS and the Scottish Funding Council (SFC). SDS and SFC have confirmed £534,000 of funding, which will be managed by broadcaster SVGTV and Creative Loop.
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