The Citizenship Foundation has an online digital educational tool, Chance to be Chancellor, which gives students a chance to learn about, and share their opinions on, Budget 2013.
Chance to be Chancellor challenges students to make informed decisions on spending and taxation.
Chance to be Chancellor runs until 15 February 2013 and is open to all 14-18 year olds. To find out more click here
A new professional learning community for expressive arts has been set up on glow. Please join us to share news , events , resources , discussions and thinking around this curricular area. All welcome
Register for the Climate Week Challenge – a fun, free and easy-to-organise event to enable your school to take part in Climate Week 2013. Climate Week is Britain’s biggest climate change campaign.
During the week of 4-10 March 2013, thousands of events and activities planned by organisations from every part of society will showcase real, practical ways to combat climate change.
The Climate Week Challenge can be held on any day during Climate Week. There are two versions of the Climate Week Challenge to choose from – one-hour and one-day – and the one-day version is judged nationally by a panel of judges.
Learners of any age are challenged to come up with creative solutions to climate change. The activity helps develop creativity, innovation and enterprise, team-working skills and experience of tackling real-life environmental issues to a deadline.
There are eight age categories, with different levels of sophistication expected, but everyone – from primary pupils to senior managers – will be given the same core task.
Connect is made up of two strands, Connect Chorus and Connect Orchestra, and is a truly unique programme which gives aspiring young singers and musicians the chance to develop their knowledge, technique and skill with the help of Scotland’s top opera professionals. Plus, next year’s Connect members will also have the chance to be involved in the international project for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games cultural programme, so there’s never been a better time to sign up.
The 2013/14 programme runs from September 2013 to April 2014. Entrance is based on an application and audition process.
Full details of the Connect programme can be found here
The RotoArt International High School Student Art Contest
enjoys the support of many Rotarians in a number of the 35,000 Rotary Clubs
across the World, it is an initiative of the RotoArt Charitable Trust, Hamilton, New Zealand
and is not a project of Rotary International.
The last contest brought a wide range of outstanding entries from across 23 countries. The contest permits visual art of any subject on a variety of mediums.
The European Day of Languages (EDL) is on 26 September and is all about finding ways to get people in schools, colleges and the wider community excited about languages. How you celebrate is up to you! To mark EDL 2012 SCILT have launched an exciting competition.
From free NPD downloads to the pick of the new season titles and an exciting new pilot project with Scottish carehomes, we’ve got everything you need to plan an autumn full of poetry
Calling all secondary schools…NUS Scotland and partners have been working on an exciting new project to encourage more Scottish students to study abroad as part of their course. The project includes an academic year of action around study abroad opportunities.
Fife is one of three pilot areas where we hope to roll out a training module (‘Scotland’s Students are Going Global!’) in partnership with the Scottish European Educational Trust.
For more information on the project, please do not hesitate to contact Kristellys Zolondek kristellys.zolondek@nus-scotland.org.uk
Join in the Summer Reading Challenge 2012 and step into the Story Lab to celebrate the world of stories and imagination. Story Lab is linked to the 2012 Olympics as the nations of the world gather for the Games.
Children aged 4 to 11 are invited to read six library books over the summer holidays. They join at their local library and a summer reading challenge pack gets them started. There are stickers and rewards to collect along the way and a gold medal is the ultimate achievement! By linking to the Story Lab website, children can also read, collect, share, create, transmit and broadcast stories.
The Challenge runs from the 2nd July to the 2nd of September, and children can sign up at any Fife Library.
Look out too for the programme of summer events and activities in libraries over the holidays. Details can be found on posters, at www.fifedirect.org.uk, or ask at any library.
