‘If you are interested in game design then a good place to start is with a free application called Kodu. This is a visual programming language and games lab environment which allows students from Second Level upwards to design and build three dimensional games using either a PC or an XBox and XBox controller…’
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Hopscotch’s well loved performances for community centres, venues or schools!
Please find information regarding Hopscotch’s upcoming performances that can be toured to community centres, arts venues or schools! We have 25 years experience of touring quality, educational productions for young people full of humour and original song!
Day and Evening slots available – weekday or weekend!
Hamish’s Healthy Nutrition Mission!
Full of humour and song, join unhealthy Hamish on a thrilling inner body adventure as he discovers how important healthy eating is for a fit, ready-for-fun life!
Suitable for ages 5 to 13
Cost: £395.00 (plus touring costs where applicable)
Duration: 55 minutes
Dates available in May and June 2013.
Pink! the Musical Funded by Creative Scotland / National Lottery
A performance that promotes acceptance and tolerance of all the differences we have! When Patrick the penguin wakes up pink, he feels blue and embarks on a journey across the globe and discovers that he is accepted, no matter what colour he is!
Suitable for ages 4 – 8
Cost: £250.00
Duration: 40 minutes
Weekends and evenings available from March to May!
TWO OF OUR WELL LOVED PANTO’S ARE ON OFFER THIS YEAR…
Cinderella
The traditional tale of Cinders and her not-so-nice sisters with a Hopscotch twist!
Suitable for ages 5 +
Cost: £650.00 (plus touring costs where applicable)
Duration: 55 minutes
Dates available in November & December!
Day and Evening slots available – weekday or weekend!
Dick Whittington and his Amazing Cat!
Duration: 55 minutes
Dates available in December!
Day and Evening slots available – weekday or weekend!
No pushy sales or obligation! Set up time of 1 hour, get out time of just 30 minutes!
Just email or give us a call for more information and / or to book!
“ My Learning is enhanced and enriched through partnership with a professional arts company”.
Susan McGregor,
General Manager
Hopscotch Theatre Company
Seven Water Row
Govan, Glasgow
G51 3UW
Tel/ Fax 0141 440 2025
Registered Charity. No. SC 022633
Follow us on Twitter! @ HopscotchTiE
DRAMA WORKSHOPS
Available throughout term.
90 mins -2 Hopscotch drama workers – 2 classes (66 pupils) – fulfilling the 4 capacities of CfE
“ I have experienced the energy & excitement of performing and of being part of an audience”.
Eco / Scotland During The Blitz / Anti Bullying / Fair Trade / Burns an’ a’ That Workshops
“ Nurtures my creative and aesthetic talents”
‘TAM O’SHANTER’ (PERFORMANCE)
Touring January to March 2013. Running Time 40 minutes (plus 10-15 min Q+A session).
Suitable for P4 to adult
Our popular, dynamic dramatisation returns for another year.
Hopscotch’s take on the exciting tale of Richard and his canny cat Bingo!
Suitable for ages 5 +
Cost: £650.00 (plus touring costs where applicable)
David Livingstone and the African King
From Blantyre to deepest Africa… a fun, thrilling dramatisation of Livingstone’s life and work performed in the round and filled with original sing-a-long songs.
Suitable for all ages
Cost: £250.00
Duration: 55 minutes
Available on the following dates:
Monday 18th PM
Tuesday 19th AM
Thursday 21st AM or PM
Friday 22nd AM or PM
Day and Evening slots available – weekday or weekend!
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One Day Digital events for young people are running as part of a campaign to get more young people in Scotland creating digital content, rather than just consuming it.
Our twitter is @Onedaydigital and facebook /OneDayDigital. Young people have to sign up here to guarantee their place.
Places are free on a first come first served basis and we give them everything they need- lunch, expert support from industry, laptops and software ( thanks very much indeed to O2)- all they have to do is sign-up here and choose the city they want to take part in.
Our partners include Mozilla, Young Rewired State, Coder Dojo, STV, Mak Lab, BBC, Quartic Llama and Dundee University and we have really cool equipment for them to use including raspberry pi, arduino boards as well as 3d printers.
Our dates:
Saturday 2nd March- DUNDEE
Saturday 16th March- ABERDEEN
Saturday 23rd March- GLASGOW
Saturday 30th March- EDINBURGH (part of Edinburgh Science Festival)
What can you do at One Day Digital? Its stuff you normally don’t get at school:
- 3D Printing: Hosted by MakLab, Scotland’s first open access digital fabrication studio. In this session you can create and print a 3D model. You willuse 3D software to design and then with the help of the experts from MakLab print the physical object on a 3D printer. You can even take the model you created home with you!
- Raspberry Pi: Design and code behaviours for your own video game character and put it to the test all on a Raspberry Pi, a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. This stream will introduce the basics of programming for video games using the Python programming language. You’ll come away with a customised character and your very own game that you can keep working on after the event!
- Coder Dojo: Build and publish your own HTML5 web site or web app with the CoderDojo coding club. No previous coding experience is necessary. You will work with CoderDojo mentors to design and develop your digital creation. By the end of the day, you will publish your new digital creation to the web where you can share it with your friends and family. After the session, we will keep your creation online, and we will show you how you can download it so you’ll be ready to develop version 2!
- Young Rewired State: Coding is for everyone! Learn how to create cool stuff the ‘hackathon’ way by coming along, learning a thing or two about coding, and working with likeminded people to create awesome things using technology. To participate in this session you will require an intermediate knowledge of coding.
- Arduino: Design and prototype your own physical app using Arduino micro controllers. This is a fast paced, hands on workshop where you can use your own ideas and experiment with electronics and code.
- Mozilla Popcorn: YouTube’s all well and good, but what if you could add extra stuff to your videos? What if you could pull in things from around the Web – LIVE and in real-time? In this workshop Mozilla (the people behind the Firefox web browser) will be demoing Popcorn, a brand new video editing tool. You’ll learn to remix videos in ways you never thought possible! From campaign videos to just messing around and having a laugh, Popcorn’s a free and open tool you can use for just about anything! (EDINBURGH ONLY EVENT)
- Digital Storytelling Techniques with STV: Are you a budding journalist? Come along and take part in this session hosted by STV to find out more about the digital story-telling techniques they use to deliver the news. Timelines, maps, streams and info-graphics are used every day to help inform viewers, in this session you will use these tools to tell your story. (EDINBURGH ONLY EVENT)
- Stop-Frame Animation with BBC: Why not try stop-frame animation and bring your story to life with BBC Scotland L.A.B. In groups we will story board, make models, animate, add sound effects and music to create a short film by the end of the day. All you have to do is … be prepared to work as part of a team, be creative and have fun! The session is ideal if you have never done any animation before. (GLASGOW AND ABERDEEN ONLY EVENT)
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Creative Learning Network
We have recently set up a Facebook page for Creative Learning Networks and would like to invite you to ‘like’ us here
Creative Learning Network Facebook page
Please will you invite whom you feel would be appropriate to like this page from your own Networks.
If you have any suggestions for the page, please will you email Julia FenbyJulia.Fenby@educationscotland.gov.uk
Cultural Enterprise Office
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This month we approach the closing date for the 4CNW Talent Fund, announce an exciting research study on our service and open the Model Business exhibition with a free event at the Lighthouse. Our Information section focuses on managing money.Cultural Enterprise Office February 2013 eBulletin PDF |
New parent messaging system launches
Fife Council’s Education and Learning Directorate is introducing a new text, email and voicemail system as part of the Fife-wide approach to improving communication with parents and pupil attendance.
Find out more here
Together – Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights
A richer understanding of Article 31: Launching the new General Comment in Scotland
28th March 2013
Time: (Registration 9:15) 10:00 – 15:30
Location: Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
The aim of the conference is to celebrate and raise awareness of the adoption of the UN General Comment on article 31: children’s right to culture, leisure and play; and to explore how policy-makers and practitioners can make the expectations of the UN General Comment a reality in Scotland.
Through keynote presentations, workshops and discussion opportunities the following questions will be considered:
- What does the General Comment on article 31 mean for Scotland’s children?
- What access do children have to culture, leisure and play in Scotland?
- How do we put article 31 rights into practice, and what can I do?
- In terms of article 31 how can we make Scotland the best place for children to grow up?
- Access the conference brochure here.
Together – Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights
Training on how to prevent and tackle homophobic bullying in schools
From 6th November 2012 to 31st March 2013
Time:
Location: Throughout Scotland
Stonewall Scotland are running free training sessions for primary teachers on how to use their new, ground breaking resources to tackle homophobia in primary schools.
Stonewall’s 2009 Teachers’ Report shows that 44% of primary teachers say that children experience homophobic bullying in their schools. Three quarters hear “you’re so gay” or “that’s so gay” on a regular basis, yet nine in ten teachers have never received any training on how to tackle and prevent homophobia in their school.
Find out more here
Citizens Theatre – Open Access Training Days
Citizens Theatre presents 6 one-day workshops promoting accessibility in the arts
If you’re a theatre maker who wants to make the arts accessible to all, come and train with the very best in the business to develop your skills in inclusive creative practice.
Citizens Learning are running 6 one-day workshops from February – June 2013, with some of the UK’s leading practitioners. COST £10-15 (including lunch).
Working with Learning Disabilities of Those on the Autistic Spectrum
Oily Cart | Thu 7 Feb
Deaf Youth Theatre Skills
Solar Bear | Thu 21 Feb
Ensemble Work in an Inclusive Setting
Chickenshed | Mon 25 March
Inclusive Approaches to Text
Graeae Theatre Company | Thu 18 April
Inclusive Practice with People with Physical Disabilities
Caroline Bowditch & Linda Payne | Tue 14 May
Working with People with Learning Disabilties and Learning Difficulties
Lung Ha’s Theatre Company | Wed 12 June
Full details and booking information
Sport your trainers for Glasgow 2014
You and your school are invited to Sport Your Trainers on Commonwealth Day, 11 March 2013. Sport Your Trainers is a national campaign which asks people to wear their trainers as a symbolic gesture of support for Glasgow 2014.
This is just the first step: the Games provides a platform for learning across the curriculum, with a range of potential activities to best suit your teaching and learning needs
