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News, Opportunities

National Library of Scotland Talk: ‘The Firth of Forth: An environmental history’

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Professor T C Smout presents a captivating exploration of the Firth of Forth, showing how man has interacted with the environment over thousands of years. How have humans affected the wildlife? Why has pollution been easier to control than over-fishing? And what were the consequences of cleaning-up? Christopher Smout is Historiographer Royal in Scotland and Emeritus Professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews.

29 January
18.00
Free.

Book online or phone 0131 623 3734

glow, News, Opportunities

Paper Creativity Challenge – Ernest, 15 January 2013, 11 am

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Now it is your chance to Glow Meet with Catherine Rayner as she reads her book ‘Ernest’. During this session you will have the opportunity to read and explore the story of Ernest, a rather large moose, with early years pupils and then Catherine will work with older children and demonstrate to them how to illustrate texts. Ideally learners should have paper and paint so that they can also try the techniques.

Find out more here (glow password required)

Creative Partners, Creativity, News, Opportunities

StAnza Poetry Festival launch-St Andrews

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Eleanor Livingstone, the Director of StAnza: Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, introduces the programme for 2013, with poems and music from special guests. StAnza will take place in St Andrews from 6-10 March 2013 featuring more than 60 poets, including Liz Lochhead, Robin Robertson, Mark Doty, Gillian Clarke and John Hegley. Admission to the launch is free, but advance booking advised via NLS.

30 January
18.00
Free.

Book online or phone 0131 623 3734

News

Holocaust commemoration 2013

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In the UK we mark Holocaust Memorial Day each year on 27 January, the anniversary of the day on which the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp was liberated by Soviet armed forces. Many teachers will address the themes of genocide, prejudice and discrimination through educational activities during January. This work will not be solely contained in History lessons, spreading across many areas of the curriculum and school life.

Find out more here

Community Learning and Development, Funding, News, Opportunities

Tesco Charity Community Awards (UK)

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The Tesco Charity Community Awards for grants for children’s welfare and/or children’s educations (including special needs schools) will re-open for applications on the 1st December 2012.

Through the Awards, one-off donations of between £500 and £4,000 are available to local projects that support children and their education and welfare.

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Assessment, Education Scotland, News, Opportunities

Assessing progress and achievement professional learning resources

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Education Scotland has recently published Professional Learning Resources on assessing progress and achievement designed to support quality assurance and moderation activities.

The resources are a work-in-progress and draw on emerging practice from practitioners from 3-15. We would very much like to hear what you think about what has been produced so far. Your feedback will help inform on-going work on annotated exemplification of achievement of levels in each of the curriculum areas to be shared through NAR.

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CPD, News, Opportunities

The teaching of history, a model for collaboration

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The Royal Society of Edinburgh is hosting an event, ‘History: A Model for Collaboration’, on 2 February 2013 to enable representatives of all the groups who are deeply committed to the teaching and learning of history to get to know each other better, to forge links and to discuss in practical terms what a History Learning Community in Scotland could be.

Find out more on the RSE website.

Education Scotland, News, Secondary schools

New web-based course materials for National 4 and National 5 now available

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Education Scotland has published the first tranche of web-based course materials to support National 4 and National 5 qualifications. The materials have been designed to help teachers and others with the delivery of programmes of learning within the new qualifications framework.

Materials now available are:

  • Geography for National 4 and National 5
  • Modern Studies for National 4 and National 5
  • Drama for National 4 and National 5
  • RMPS for National 4 and National 5
  • Practical Cake Craft for National 5
  • Health and Food Technology for National 4 and National 5
  • Fashion and Textile Technology for National 4 and National 5.

We have been working very closely with ADES to co-ordinate the development and publication of exemplar course materials across the full range of National 4 and National 5 qualifications and further materials will be published over the coming months.