Category Archives: Opportunities

CPD, News, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Glow Roadshow coming to Fife

February 9, 2013 Ms Higgins Leave a comment

Glow is packed full of educational resources and national communities where teaching staff can collaborate with colleagues across Scotland. Come and find out more about free and exciting content, the new RM Unify launchpad and other useful Glow components and professional learning opportunities.

Who:	Scottish teaching staff
When:	Saturday the 23rd February 2013 from 10.00am to 2.00pm
Where:	Auchterderran Centre, 14 Woodend Road, Cardenden, KY5 0NE
Format:	Content provider sessions and presentations

Exhibition and spotlight sessions to include:

Twig on Glow
Over 1500 high quality films covering Maths, Science, Geography and Health – complete with support resources matched to the curriculum
The Daily What News
Online news service provided for Scottish Schools supporting the development of literacy and language across the curriculum
Just2Easy
Award winning software tools
SQA
Innovations in assessment

Register now to book your place: glowenquiries@rm.com

Funding, Global Citizenship, Learning, News, Opportunities

Eric Liddell China Saltire Scholarships

February 9, 2013 Ms Higgins Leave a comment

80 students will receive a £5,000 scholarship to strengthen links between China and Scotland in celebration of one of Scotland’s greatest ever Olympians.

The Eric Liddell China Saltire Scholarships will be available to Chinese students applying for a masters degree at the University of Edinburgh, where Eric Liddell studied. They will also be available to undergraduate students at the University of Edinburgh studying for a year abroad in China. The scholarships will help to build on the existing economic and educational links between Scotland and China.

Find out more here

CPD, Creative Partners, Creativity, News, Opportunities

FREE CPD Opportunity – ‘A Kingdom of IF’ – Twilight CPD Session

February 9, 2013 Ms Higgins Leave a comment

Fife Contemporary Art and Craft are delighted to offer primary teachers across Fife a FREEtwilight CPD session, supported by Fife’s Creative Learning Network. This CPD session compliments ‘The Kingdom of If – Art and Sustainability in Fife’ MAC’s* 2012-13 Exhibition which has been organised by FCA&C, and curated by Jonathan Baxter. The CPD session explores the educational resources created to link the exhibition with cross curricular art and environment themes, with participants trying out hands-on art activities which can then be used in the classroom.

The activities will be led by the exhibition organisers and artists Jonathan Baxter & Sarah Gittins.

Date(s): 18 February 2013 and repeated on 28 February 2013

Venue: Lecture Hall, Auchterderran Centre

Time: 4pm-6pm

Cost: FREE

Participants: Primary School Teachers

How to Book a CPD Session:

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

*MAC – Fife’s Mobile Museum. MAC is a free service which comes out to schools and community venues around Fife. Interested in bringing MAC to your school? Contact Janet Klak on 08451 555 555 Ext 472779 or email janet.klak@fife.gov.uk

(flyer attached) MAC Exhibition

CPD, Creativity, News, Opportunities

Creativity and Learning in the Wild

February 6, 2013 Ms Higgins Leave a comment

Tuesday 26 February 2013

10:00 – 16:00

The Falcon Education Centre, Aviemore

This active, outdoor event aims to inspire lecturers to work creatively out of doors, developing interdisciplinary skills with creative approaches. The event will also offer an opportunity to develop an understanding of the John Muir Award and how this can be used to enhance learners’ skill and qualifications. A major feature of the day will be designing and carrying out activities including shelter building, generating ideas of how to use this as potential evidence for assessment.

View programme and book online

Global Citizenship, News, Opportunities

Cultural Exchange opportunity in Los Angeles for socially-engaged emerging leaders

February 6, 2013 Ms Higgins Leave a comment

The British Council has established an exchange programme in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), which aims to facilitate creative partnerships between emerging leaders in cultural practice for social action in UK and LA. We are offering three grants of around $6500 each to support socially-engaged emerging cultural leaders from the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) to undertake residencies of two to three weeks with one or more host organization(s) in Los Angeles. Attached is a PDF with full guidelines for this opportunity.

The residencies will take place in the City’s 2013-14 fiscal year, starting July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2014. This is the second part of an exchange program that has seen three Los Angeles based cultural leaders undertake residencies in the UK during the 2012-13 fiscal year.

All applications need to be in by 15 March.

UK DCA Pilot Phase 2 Guidelines

Challenge, CPD, Events, Learning, News, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Scottish Learning Festival 2013 – Call for Participation now open

February 6, 2013 Ms Higgins Leave a comment

The SLF team is pleased to announce that the Scottish Learning Festival 2013 will be taking place on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September 2013. The theme for SLF 2013 is Raising the bar in Scotland – transforming lives through learning.

The conference secretariat is now open for abstracts for proposed participation. Abstracts of 200 words for proposed sessions on the above theme should be submitted by Friday 1 March 2013

Find out more here

Challenge, Competition, Global Citizenship, News, Opportunities

The Big Pedal (28 February – 20 March 2013)

February 6, 2013 Ms Higgins Leave a comment

Sustrans invites schools to register for this free competition. The Big Pedal will be taking place from the 28 February to 20 March 2013.

It is a ‘cycle and scoot to school competition that all schools can benefit from taking part in’.

If schools do not want to commit to the whole event they can choose to join in one or all of the three daily stages.

Find out ‘How it works’

Creativity, News, Opportunities

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s summer schools for children, young people and adults

February 3, 2013 Ms Higgins Leave a comment

Our Summer Schools Brochure 2013 is attached along with our Short Courses Portfolio. Below is just a small sample of the summer schools we will present this year.See the full range of courses available here

Children and Young People

1-2 or 3-4 year olds: Early Years Music

5-7 year olds: Professor Poggle and The Catastrophic Creature

15-17 year olds: Acting with Text

Adults (17+)

Acting: For Camera

Production: Directing Theatre

Music: Classical Singing

The projects are run by our most committed and dynamic tutors and we can develop a bespoke cost for a residency in another part of the country. The capacity, style and content of the summer school vary enormously but please do get back in touch if you see any gaps we can potentially help fill for you locally.

If you would like further information on the content or availability of these summer schools or other types of residency in the near future or further ahead please me contact me at the number below.

Contact: Jennifer Stephenson

Music Development Co-ordinator

+44 (0)141 270 8368 (direct)

J.Stephenson@rcs.ac.uk

Programme Portfolio 2012/13

Short Courses 2012/13

Summer Schools 2013

CPD, Learning, News, Opportunities

Chantin’, Dancin’, Clappin’ and Tellin’: Accessible Routes into Music, Movement and Storymaking

February 3, 2013 Ms Higgins Leave a comment

Saturday 2nd February 10.30am-4.30pm

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

Crafting your Skills

A holistic and dynamic day offering practical and creative insights and strategies into music, voice, rhythm and story making for all ages. Pete Baynes (musician and animateur) and Allison Galbraith (storyteller) will share accessible techniques for tapping into our musicality, creativity and imagination, using step by step building blocks that can be used in all kinds of group settings. No experience in music or storytelling needed, but come prepared for serious fun!

£36/£30 Network members
General bookings: 0131 556 9579
Book online

(please note that a £1 handling fee per card transaction will be charged)

Workshop aims :

-To explore music and movement as elements of storytelling

-To develop skills and techniques in working with musicality and creativity

-To develop techniques which stimulate and enhance childrens’ story-making and storytelling skills
-To play games and examine their teaching potential
-To have fun making music and telling stories

Allison Galbraith trained in theatre and dance and has been performing and teaching expressive arts for the last twenty-five years. She lives in Lanarkshire and works full-time as a storyteller and trainer; specialising in working with people with additional support needs and tailoring her storytelling sessions to suit every kind of community and all types of groups.

Pete Baynes is a musician, theatre practitioner and community artist. He works in schools, especially with early years, and with community groups, drawing on the Orff Approach to engage in creative play, music and movement. He recently appeared at the Netherbow Theatre as the Minotaur with Elements World Theatre.

Become a Network Member! – More info here.

Let’s Interplay!
(Crafting Your Skills)
Tue 5 Feb, 6-8.30pm
This workshop will introduce simple yet powerful forms for creating stories in the moment by taking the stuff of our life experiences and creating stories from it. Using the Interplay method – based on a series of incremental ‘forms’ that lead participants to movement, stories, silence, song, ease and amusement – Mairi Campbell (musician, singer and dancer) leads this session to inspire our stories and connection with others. Expect to laugh, play, connect and explore; discover your hidden resources and be surprised by what you can do! No experience needed – open to all.

£20/£18 (Network members)

General bookings: 0131 556 9579

Book online

(please note that a £1 handling fee per card transaction will be charged)

Scottish Storytelling Centre

43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR
Reception +44 (0)131 556 9579

reception@scottishstorytellingcentre.com

The Scottish Storytelling Centre is a registered Charity No. SCO 11353

Competition, News, Opportunities, Primary schools

Peachy Keen Primary School Competition

February 2, 2013 Ms Higgins Leave a comment

If you’ve seen the amazing Peachy Keen bike in action driving an animation in The Kingdom of If we’d like to invite your pupils to use their imaginations and think of another use for cycle power.

Peachy Keen have generously sponsored a schools competition where an innovative design could become a reality.

See details here: PeachyKeen competition form FINAL (1)