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Art, Art and Design, Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Glasgow2014, Glow TV, Health and Wellbeing, Technologies

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

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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.

Click here for more information.

Glow TV, Health and Wellbeing, Primary schools

Choices for Life Live Is Back!

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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.

CPD, Creative Partners, Curriculum for Excellence, Dance, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Secondary schools

Teenage Girls Inspiring Fife

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Escape the office on Friday 8th November and celebrate the end of ‘Youth Work Week’.

Join us for an afternoon of café-style inspiration, interaction, information and ideas around teenage girls and physical activity……

  • Hear and see more about current work around teenage girls and physical activity
  • Learn more about the teenage brain
  • Find out who can help you
  • Great ideas… No money?… Find out about funding opportunities.

Time:     1pm-4pm

Venue: The Vine Church Conference Centre,         Dunfermline

To register and for more information contact:

Rae Prestage,

Telephone: 03451 55 55 55 + Ext 443029

Email: rae.prestage@fife.gov.uk

Creative Partners, Curriculum for Excellence, Glasgow2014, Glow TV, Literacy and English, Social Studies

Authors Live – Storytelling Relay – Glow TV

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31 October 11.00

To celebrate the Queens Baton Relay setting off on its journey around the Commonwealth we have brought together storytellers, Peter Chand, Lari Don and Mara Menzies (India, Scotland & Kenya) to share traditional tales from their homeland in this storytelling relay.

For more information click here.

Creative Learning, Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Dance, Early Years, Glasgow2014, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Commonwealth Games for School Teachers

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Commonwealth Games for Nursery, Primary and Secondary teachers across Scotland sessions begin this November.

Learn to explore 3 different aspects of the Commonwealth Games through dance:

– Cultures & Traditions
– Ready, Set, Go! (Creative dance tasks inspired by different sports)
– Learn the Motto, Get Inspired!

BOOKING & INFORMATION
If you would like further information on what’s involved in these sessions then we’d love to hear from you. Please email cpd@ydance.org or call the office on 0141 552 7712

Sessions begin early November and spaces are limited so please book in plenty of time.

Discounts are available for booking multiple sessions so please have a look at our website www.ydance.org for a list of sessions to choose from.

Creative Learning, Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Literacy and English

Scottish Book Trust – Book Week Scotland

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Book Week Scotland is about celebrating books and reading in every part of life in Scotland. Between 25 November and 1 December 2013, people of all ages and of all walks of life will be able to come together in libraries, schools, community venues and workplaces to share and enjoy books and reading. They will be joined in this celebration by Scotland’s authors, poets, playwrights, storytellers and illustrators to bring a packed programme of free projects and events to life.

For more information click here.

Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Curriculum for Excellence, Glow TV, Science, Social Studies

SEWeb – Scotland’s Environment Website (Glow TV)

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6 November 2013, 11.00

Scotland’s environment is world-famous and draws tourists and visitors from across the globe. It needs to be protected but many of the challenges facing our environment are complex, and can only be solved in partnership; a partnership which involves children, young people and adults working together as citizen scientists.

This Glow meet will explain how you can get involved and to better understand, care for and improve Scotland’s environment.

Click here to sign up for this event.

For more information please read blog post:

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/eslb/2013/10/14/remember-remember-the-6th-of-november-seweb-glow-meet/

Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Glasgow2014, Glow TV, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Game On Scotland – Literacy Learning Zone

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29 October 2013, 10.00

Game On Scotland and the Literacy team of Education Scotland will present an exciting hour of challenges and fun around the Commonwealth Games. In conjunction with a teacher form West Dunbartonshire learners will engage in a number of stimulating activities using the Games as a context. The session will be interactive and no preparatory work is required. The target audience for this event is pupils Levels 2 and 3.

Click here for more information and to sign up.

Creative practitioners, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, glow, Numeracy and Maths, Opportunities, Primary schools, Science, Secondary schools, Social Studies, Technologies

Twig on Glow – volunteers needed for video editing pilot

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Following the success of the Twig Summer Challenge, Twig On Glow are looking for classes who would like to try out our video editing tool. Twig Studio is a new online video editor that allows students to make films from scratch, using high quality clips as well as their own footage, voiceover and music.
A pilot of a new and improved version of the editing tool will start at the end of October and Twig are looking for Scottish schools to participate. The pilot will be suitable for students from P5 to S6.
If you think your class would be interested in taking part, or for more information, please contact Alex,amorgan@twig-world.com
Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Rothes Halls

Safe Drive Stay Alive Evening Performance – Thursday 14th November at 7.15pm

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I encourage all who have young and emerging drivers in their family or who are in a position to help us promote the safe drive message to attend our special evening performance on the 14th of November 2013 at Rothes Halls in Glenrothes at 7.15pm. This year saw Safe Drive Fife win two ! national awards for its contribution in reducing Fife road casualty numbers within 16 – 25 year olds.

Please find below a flyer with details of the free show and display it on notice boards etc , please feel free to forward on to friends, family or anyone you feel would benefit from seeing this multi award winning show.

SDSA Poster

Tickets are limited so be quick !!

Note – 15 year old and over only