Join 92 primary schools in Fife for the final of the amazing BIG Book Brains Quiz, organised for the fifth year running by Fife’s Public Library Service.
Reading Challenges and Quiz Heats have been taking place across Fife since last September and now 125 teams from 92 schools will come together to compete for the title of BIG Book Brains 2014.
Our Forest Our Future a new educational resource produced in association with the Forestry Commission Scotland and with support from Oxfam Scotland will be launched at Royal Botanic Garden, 20A Inverleith Row, Fletcher Building, Edinburgh EH3 5LR at 10.15am on Friday 21st March 2014 to coincide with the first International Day of the Forest and the Tree.
Our Forest Our Future is an online resource which takes teachers and pupils on a learning journey to discover the vital role forests play in sustaining our environment and encourages them to take positive action for maintaining sustainable forests for the future.
More information from isabel@scotdec.org.uk or www.scotdec.org.uk
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.
This illustrated talk about the history of Dunfermline’s Linen Industry by Hugh Walker is divided into two parts. In the first half, he describes the process of damask linen weaving and how the beautiful damask tablecloths of 100 years ago were created and manufactured. In the second half of the talk, Hugh takes the audience on a historical trip round well-known buildings in Dunfermline, tracing the history of the industry from its early beginnings through hand looms to the growth of factories in the second half of the nineteenth century. The talk concludes with how the industry faired in the 20th century and came to an end in the 1980s.
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.
College Development Network, Argyll Court, Stirling
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The interest in creativity as an essential component of modern life, including education has gone well beyond the creative and expressive arts with wide recognition of its relevance to many areas of life and work including science, technology, leadership and teaching.
A range of research reviewed by Spencer et al (2012) indicates that creativity is regarded as the most important competence required by many employers, and highlight research by Allen et al (2011) on education that declares creativity to be “an attribute that graduates require to successfully engage in contemporary and future professional life”.
Within the context of regionalisation and the Post-16 Education Reform, colleges have been charged with a key role in developing enterprising and creative learners who will benefit from a more flexible, challenging curriculum delivered by motivated and creative staff working in partnership with a range of organisations.
So, how creative are you? This event will focus on the current research on creativity, the policy framework and a range of tools for benchmarking creativity and strategies for developing the habits of a creative mind.
12 March 13.30
Join the National Museum of Scotland for a unique opportunity to explore the experience of Scottish Soldiers serving on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 through objects – including uniform and weapons – and first-hand accounts of life in the trenches, including letters and photographs. The sessions will be led by one of the expert enablers, who will work with participants to build up a picture of life on the front line.
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas book and film events, will run on 19th March (Carnegie Hall), 20th March (Regent Cinema) and 25th March (Adam Smith Theatre).
As always there are class sets of the books available for loan, on a first come first served basis, and there will be a short sharing session after the film to encourage children to think about and discuss the impact the film/book has had on them.
Ticket prices are still £2.50 per seat, or £5.00 including coach travel.
There are a limited number of seedcorn grants available to fund transport (schools who successfully claim seedcorn funding or organise their own transport pay £2.50 per seat; schools who are unsuccessful in claiming seedcorn funding and still wish me to arrange their transport pay £5.00 per seat).
All relevant forms are below, and should be returned directly to:
Please note that invoices for these events will be sent in the new financial year.
Any queries, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!
27/02/2014 10:45-11:30
What inspires a leading contemporary artist? How does an artist go about his work? How do I develop as an artist? If you’ve ever had questions like these then this is the Glow TV event for you.
As part of the preparation for the MUSA Young Artist Award 2014 renowned Fife-based artist Will Maclean will be talking about his life and work and will be answering YOUR questions.
Will is going to speak briefly about his own work and career before taking your questions.
If you are not able to watch the session live you can submit questions in advance by email for Will to answer.
The MUSA Young Artist Award is an art competition for schools in Fife organised by the Museum of the University of St Andrews.
Schools from all over Scotland are invited to participate in this Glow TV event.
For more information and to register for this event click here. (Glow Login required)
