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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.

Glow TV – Puppetry Workshop for teachers – linked to War Horse

Join us for this exciting behind the scenes look at puppetery as teachers work with Finn Caldwell who is one of the original War Horse puppeteers. Finn has directed the puppetry for productions of War Horse in the West End and in Australia.  He has also just directed the puppetry in The Light Princess at the National Theatre and is directing a children’s puppetry show called Elephantom in The Shed.

For more information click here.

Holocaust Memorial Day 2014

Commemorated in Scotland on Monday 27 January.

Glow TV will be providing opportunities throughout January for you to participate in events and learn more about the Holocaust via the new Learning Experience called ‘Journeys’. You can visit the Learning Experience and tell Scottish learners what your school is doing for HMD 2014 or share your learning resources with them.

More details will be available early in the new year. In the meantime you can email LearnCat if you have any questions or information that you want to share.  For more information click here.

A Glow Meet with Santa 2013

Yes everyone, it’s that special time of year again. Here is the REAL Santa answering your hard Santa questions and checking if you’ve been naughty or nice – well have you?
Join Santa’s annual appearance on Glow TV for Scottish schools
Be part of this very special edition of the Daily What Newsround from Stonehouse Primary School in South Lanarkshire.
Our special guest is Santa!!!!!
Children from Stonehouse Primary will be asking Santa a few questions about how to make sure they get on the nice list.
But you can ask questions too by joining in on the day.
Helping to look after Santa will be Stonehouse Primary School Captains Stuart Sharkey and Devon Murdoch.
And Mrs Scott and Mrs Cook will be leading the singing.
Santa Glow Meet Friday 13th December 10am

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The National Piping Centre Introduce the Highland Bagpipes

In the run up to St Andrew’s Day, join staff from the National Piping Centre, for this exciting glow meet. In this interactive presentation, they will introduce the pupils to the Highland Bagpipes. Pupils will discover a little of the history of the bagpipes in Scotland, and explore what each part of the instrument is used for. There will then be the opportunity to hear some music played on the bagpipes by world class pipers. The target audience is Primary 6 and 7.

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Authors Live – The Making of Katie Morag with Mairi Hedderwick

Mairi Hedderwick is bringing her most famous character, Katie Morag to Authors Live. Evoking the spirits of island life, Mairi will be telling her favourite Katie Morag stories, giving you an exclusive insight into what it is like to see Katie Morag being brought to life for CBeebies and telling you how the landscape and your surroundings can inspire what to write and draw.  Suitable for Nursery – Primary 3 or 4-7 years.

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Technologies on Glow: Meet the Queen’s Baton Designer (5 & 26 Nov)

In November two exciting Glow Meets around Technologies’ will focus on the Queen’s Baton and its design. Join us on Tuesday 5 November  (4.00-4.45 pm) to learn more about how William Mitchell and his design team  at 4cDesign effectively utilised science, technology, engineering, maths, art and design skills to create the Queen’s Baton and how you and your learners can be involved on 26 November (10.00 – 11.00 am) by considering your own baton design for your school or centre.

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Choices for Life Live Is Back!

Choices for Life Online is pleased to announce its first event for the 2013 – 2014 school year!

The live broadcast is aimed at all P7 pupils and their teachers in Scotland with a focus around the risks and dangers of alcohol, negative peer pressure and substance misuse.

Choices for Life provides credible information to our young people on a range of important issues facing them in 21st Century Scotland in an inclusive, engaging and thought-provoking manner, to help them make positive lifestyle decisions and maximise their future potential.

Click here for more information.