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Event: Raising the Bar in Physical Education – 2 March 2013 (Edinburgh)

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Education Scotland, in partnership with sportscotland, is hosting this free event at Tynecastle High School in Edinburgh on Saturday 2 March to increase the knowledge and understanding of final year undergraduate primary teachers, postgraduate primary teachers and primary NQTs in physical education and to build their confidence and capacity to deliver quality lessons in this area.

The Scottish Government has provided an opportunity to raise the bar in physical education through a commitment to ensure schools provide at least two hours per week of high-quality physical education in primary schools and at least two periods per week for learners in S1-S4.  

This event will explore pedagogy that facilitates the significant aspects of learning and some of the perceived barriers to meeting the commitment. Practitioners will have the opportunity for professional dialogue and discussion as well as participating in practical workshops.

Please register online for this event. For more information, visit the Education Scotland website.

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The Jolomo Schools Painting Award

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**CLOSING DATE REMINDER** – 28 MARCH 2013

The Jolomo Schools Painting Award sponsored by Bank of Scotland will be run for the first time in school year 2012/13.  Students from the senior phase at all Scottish secondary schools are invited to take part in the inaugural schools painting award.  Students are asked to paint and submit their interpretation of the Scottish landscape.  The winner will receive £500, with an additional £500 going to the winning schools Art Department.  The winner will also have the opportunity to be mentored by the artist John Lowrie Morrison  (Jolomo).  More information can be found by clicking on ‘HOW TO ENTER’ on the home page of The Jolomo Foundation website.  www.jolomofoundation.org.

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Regional events – children’s rights, global citizenship and outdoor learning

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Click on the image for more infoEducation Scotland is hosting a series of important regional events in March 2013 to enable schools to explore the implications of two major policy developments – the Children and Young People Bill  and the Learning for Sustainability report. The Children and Young People Bill sets out a range of proposals for children’s services and will seek to embed the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) across the public sector including schools and local authorities. The Learning for Sustainability report, published in December 2012, sets out a strategic agenda for change for Scottish schools and recommends the adoption of a coherent whole school approach to ensure that sustainability, global citizenship and outdoor learning are experienced in a transformative way by every learner in every school across Scotland.

Through a mixture of workshops, exhibitions and spotlight sessions, delegates will have the opportunity to gain practical ideas and insight from early years, ASN, primary and secondary schools with interesting practice to share. Key national organisations will also be on hand to offer support, resources and advice.

When:

  • Wed 13 March – Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
  • Mon 18 March – Drumossie Hotel, Inverness
  • Wed 20 March ­– Hampden Stadium, Glasgow.

How to book: School and local authority staff should contact their local authority coordinator in the first instance to book. General bookings will be available from 26 Feb onwards. Please email Willie Bhari: Willie.Bhari@educationscotland.gov.uk  or Tel: 0141 282 5208 to add your name to this waiting list.  For more information visit: http://bit.ly/VkFTv8.

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Scottish Qualifications Authority

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SQA signs partnership agreement with INSSO 

SQA has signed an agreement with the International Network of Sector Skills Organisations (INSSO) to promote closer working between the two organisations. The agreement provides joint collaboration opportunities in the development of vocational skills systems, particularly in the field of linking world-class skills standards to acknowledged qualifications and regulatory frameworks

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MSP visits Fife schools as part of languages inquiry

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The teaching of languages in two Fife primary schools were under the spotlight last  Monday as Roderick Campbell MSP, member of the European and External Relations Committee, visited Balmerino Primary School in Gauldry and Leuchars Primary School in Leuchars. The visit was part of the Committee’sinquiry into teaching of languages in primary schools. Earlier this year, the Scottish Government recommended that children should learn a second language from Primary 1 and that learning of a third language should start no later than Primary 5. The Committee has determined that it wants to look at this policy aim, the capacity within the curriculum for this, and the role of languages in supporting the economy.

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The Scottish Government

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Funding for science programme

The Scottish Government has announced that a national programme of science events and exhibitions will take place across the country to celebrate the Year of Natural Scotland. The activity will take place in Scotland’s four science centres in 2013.

Full programme details are still to be announced but highlights are set to include:

  • A series of community and school events celebrating sustainable living and new technologies at Dundee Science Centre.
  • A festival focusing on sustainable science at Glasgow Science Centre, with hands-on workshops and ‘meet the expert’ sessions.
  • Workshops and exhibitions at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh celebrating the beauty of Scotland’s natural environment.
  • A ‘Green Energy Discovery Weekend’ and a symposium for primary pupils at Aberdeen’s Satrosphere Science Centre.

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