This resource looks at ideas for food as a context for interdisciplinary learning, and how Curriculum for Excellence supports learning about food and health.
The resource includes a poster and a supporting leaflet. The poster, in the form of a mind map, illustrates the different ways we engage and learn about food. The supporting leaflet provides further information on the resource and how to consider using it through well planned interdisciplinary learning.
While we may not yet be in a full-blown “creativity crisis,” we may be heading in that very direction!
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Visit Aberdour Castle as part of your class project and book a session with the Monument Manager. Each session includes a tour of the castle and an interactive activity. NEW for 2012! Try your hand at 16th century dance – complete with lords and ladies costume.
Suitable for P1-P7
Tuesdays only
Duration – 90 minutes
Maximum number – 33 pupils
Cost – FREE
Contact Aberdour Castle to book a session on 01383 860 519
Glow Science includes over 650 short films that hundreds of teachers are using to enrich and support their teaching in the sciences and technologies. Tailored to Curriculum for Excellence – and tagged to levels 2, 3 and 4 – the films provide teachers with accurate and engaging visuals for the teaching of science, technology and health and wellbeing.
All resources are free with your Glow log-in.
For the last few months, GTC Scotland has been working with colleagues across the profession on a revision of the GTC Scotland Professional Standards. The working titles of the revised standards are: Standards for Registration (encompassing a Standard for Initial Registration and a Standard for Full Registration), the Standard for Career Long Professional Learning, and The Standards for Leadership and Management (encompassing A Standard for Middle Leadership and a Standard for Headship). A generic set of values has been developed to be used across each of the standards.
The revised standards will be available online in August, as part of a consultation exercise. A programme of Glow TV events has been arranged, to enable teachers to hear our thinking about the content of the revised standards, and to engage in discussion about this. These Glow TV events will take place on the following dates 30th August, 6th, 17th and 27th September, with the first three focussing on the individual standards and the final session looking at the overall standards framework.
Further details and an opportunity to sign up to take part in these events will be available on the Glow TV schedule before the summer break. GTC Scotland Professional Standards Glow TV Events.
The winners of this year’s Scottish Education Awards were announced on Tuesday 12 June. To see full list of winners visit the Scottish Education Awards website.
Education Scotland is holding an event on Saturday 1 September 2012 for all home economics practitioners.
It aims to:
This event is free to attend and will take place at Caledonian University, Glasgow. Please email Anne-Marie Lamont (anne-marie.lamont@educationscotland.gov.uk) to book a place.
Scotland’s own (the real) David Cameron gives a lively TED talk on creativity and education – highlighting the role of the Creativity Portal:
