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CPD, News, Opportunities

Glow Refresher Training Session

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Date:  Thursday 28th February 2013

Time:  2pm-5pm

Venue:  Meeting Room (Tower Block), Auchterderran Centre, Woodend Road, Cardenden KY5 0NE

Programme:

2-3pm  Glow Access Problems (Jim Birney) – If you are experiencing access problems to Glow, Jim has offered to help resolve these access issues prior to the Glow Refresher Training.

3-4pm  Glow Refresher Training (Jim Birney)

4-5pm  FCLN Glow Group/Blog Refresher (Amanda Higgins)

How to book a place:  Places must be booked in advance, due to limited availability.  To book, email  heather.gibson@fife.gov.uk

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National Parent Forum of Scotland

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The National Parent Forum of Scotland is holding three information events for parents in March at different venues. These events will provide an opportunity for parents and carers to find out about the new National Qualifications and beyond.

 5 March (East of Scotland) Keynote speaker – Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning.

 13 March (West of Scotland) Keynote speaker – Dr Alasdair Allan MSP, Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland’s Languages.

 20 March (North of Scotland) Keynote speaker – Dr Alasdair Allan MSP, Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland’s Languages.

Education Scotland, News

Education Scotland

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Tell us what you think of the Education Scotland website

At Education Scotland we are continually improving our website to ensure it meets the needs of Scottish education. As part of our plans to redevelop the website we need your opinions of it; this is your opportunity to review the website and provide feedback for improvements. For more information on how to be involved, please visit the Education Scotland website.

CPD, Creativity, News, Opportunities, Primary schools

‘A KINGDOM OF IF’ FREE TWILIGHT CPD SESSION

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18th and 28th February

4pm-6pm

ASDARC

Session will enable primary teachers to make the most of the education pack created to link the exhibition The Kingdom of If (currently touring in Fife’s mobile museum MAC) with cross-curricular art and environment themes. The education pack also provides a range of activities tied to Curriculum for Excellence Experiences and Outcomes which will be introduced as part of the session. Artists involved in the exhibition and staff from organisers, Fife Contemporary Art & Craft will deliver the activties. There will be achance to try out simple hands-on activities in the pack and an additional activity devised by the artists which you can then use in the classroom

CPD sessions are free due to the support of Fife’s Creative Learning Network.

How to book a CPD session:

Course information is now live on the Fife CPD System and applications should be made in the normal way.

Education Scotland, Engage for Education, News, The Scottish Government

ICT in Education Excellence Group Report

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ICT IN EDUCATION EXCELLENCE GROUP-FINAL REPORT

The Education Secretary Michael Russell has welcomed a report by the ICT in Education Excellence Group.

The Group, which was convened by the Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Muffy Calder at the request of the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, was asked to consider the future development of the schools’ intranet ‘Glow’.

Over the past five months the Group, which consists of IT and education specialists and end users, have visited schools across Scotland to look at the experience of using ICT for learning.

Find out more information on Engage for Education and Education Scotland

Competition, Creativity, Literacy and English, News, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

500 words competition!

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BBC Radio 2 competition

If you’re aged 13 or under, what are you waiting for? Get writing!

We want you to send us something mad, magical, mind-blowing or mysterious…

You could win yourself a pile of books as tall as Chris Evans, and 500 books for your school library!

Calling all teachers and librarians

Download our free 500 Words Resources pack which is full to the brim with ideas to encourage children to read and write.

 Plus download our posters using the links below and help spread the word! 
PDF Download Enter the competition poster (1mb) 
PDF Download Become a judge poster (1mb) 

Find out more from the official website

Curriculum for Excellence, News, resources, Secondary schools

Education Scotland has published further titles in Professional Focus Papers series

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These materials have been designed to assist those supporting learners as they work towards the new qualifications.

The papers highlight important features of learning which are enhanced or different from previous arrangements. They provide advice on approaches to learning and teaching which build directly on those used in the 3-15 Broad General Education in order to promote continuity in learners’ acquisition of knowledge, understanding and skills. The papers are also intended to stimulate professional reflection and dialogue about learning.

This set of materials covers Lifeskills Mathematics, Mathematics, Care, Latin and Classical Studies at both National 4 and National 5, and Dance, Psychology, Sociology and Economics at National 5 only.

They come as part of the development of exemplar course materials across the full range of National 4 and National 5 qualifications, being managed by Education Scotland in partnership with ADES.

The Professional Focus Papers are now available for download on the National Qualifications area of the Education Scotland website.

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CPD, Creativity, Events, News, Opportunities

Creative Leadership Symposium

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The Arches | Thu 21 Feb 2013 | 3pm-6pm | 

Free but ticketed (call 0141 565 1000 to reserve your place)

How do we embed creativity into the core curriculum? How can we be responsive to the individual needs of students and learners? What is classroom inertia and how does creative practice offer a way of reimaging how a curriculum is offered?

Is it possible for artists, creative educators and teachers to work collaboratively to offer a more radical pedagogy measured by more than subject achievement? Who might lead this and does it work? Is it effective? What are the benefits of this approach? How might this impact on future pedagogical approaches?

For the culmination of their creative leadership project 100 Little Pennies, run by Gary Gardiner at Oakgrove Primary School in Glasgow, The Arches are hosting a symposium event, followed by drinks, nibbles and an opportunity to network.

Introduced by Dee Heddon (University of Glasgow), contributors include Gary Gardiner andMurray Wason (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), David Cameron (Director of The Real David Cameron LTD), Helen Nicholson (Professor of Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway) and Lesley Dunlop (Education Consultant).

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