Scotland’s storytellers, songmakers, musicians and dancers have come together to offer a feast of participative culture for all those who are involved in arts, education and community making across Scotland.
The Festival of Dangerous Ideas aims to re-establish the importance of dangerous ideas as agents of change in education – to shift the axis of what is possible!
During the week-long festival, in conjunction with Creative Scotland and partners, there will be a variety of activities happening across Scotland.
The winning photographs in the Art in the Windows project were unveiled to the public in Cupar on 27th April, and over 200 people came to see them.
Pupils from the four primary and secondary schools in Cupar worked with a professional photographer on the ‘Art in the Windows’ project for two months, photographing themselves getting active around the town to inspire Cupar residents to get moving.
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Mandy Powell, Institute of Education, University of London is looking for friendly inexperienced (re media education) Primary 3 & 5 teachers interested in using popular media culture in the classroom to pilot drafts of units of work being prepared for publication in the autumn. The units are being developed now and would be used over one to three days in the classroom. The feedback from teachers will influence the shape of the published resources. Anyone volunteering to try them out will ‘earn’ a free set of published materials for the school.
If you are interested in participating in this trial please contact Mandy Powell M.Powell@ioe.ac.uk<mailto:M.Powell@ioe.ac.uk.
This day school for upper primary and secondary teachers and FE lecturers will screen Hugo 3D atCineworld Edinburgh. Lunch and afternoon sessions will take place at the nearby Haymarket Premier Inn Touchbase.
Dr Pasquale Iannone of Edinburgh University, regular contributor to Radio 4’s The Film Programme and Radio Scotland’s Movie Café, will talk about the place of George Méliès’ and 3D in movie history.There will also be presentations showing how the film and source book can be used as a stimulus for teaching and learning in the CfE as well as SQA NQs. All files used during the day will be provided in digital format
The Ernest Cook Trust gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people’s interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy.
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Secondary schools are receiving a fantastic new resource today produced by Fife Contemporary Art & Craft .
Placement – Ceramic Connections: Wales & Scotland is aimed at Third/Fourth Level within Curriculum for Excellence, and particularly Art and Design and has many cross curricular links.
Click here for more info or alternatively download the pack : Placement Education Pack (Secondary)
Fife Contemporary Art & Craft also produced education packs for primary and secondary schools in 2011 which relate to a project they were involved with at that time; ‘100 Buttercups‘. click here for more info
As the title suggests, this is an artist’s book containing 100 drawings of 100 buttercups, all done by East Neuk artist Laurie Clark. This resource should be available within all schools or you can download it here.
100 Buttercups Education Pack (Primary) May 2011
100 Buttercups Education Pack (Secondary) Nov 2011
For more info, contact FCA&C on 01334 474610.
Positive and inspiring use of the internet is at the heart of the Childnet Film Challenge 2012. Childnet is inviting all schools and youth organisations in the UK to enter their challenge. Two separate projects are in place for primary and secondary aged children.
Visit Creativity Portal for more info
As part of the Year Of Creative Scotland 2012 we are asking members of the public to collaborate with us in the creation of a unique feature-length documentary film.
We want you to take out your cameras and record your own personal videos about Scotland’s past, present and future.
Project submissions are open from 20 March to 21 June 2012 and you can submit as many video contributions as you like.
We will then gather together all this footage and edit it into a unique, first in a lifetime, vision of Scotland in the Year 2012
Two day workshops are being held in Fife…click NLWorkshopRegistration to register.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
100 Renfrew Street Glasgow G2 3DB
Using Drama with Young Offenders – Professional Development
Course Aims
This course is designed for practicing artists and facilitators aged 18+ with an interest in working with young offenders in a criminal justice setting.
26 May 2012
10am – 5pm
Cost: £90
Click Using Drama with Young Offenders- Professional Development 201 for more info
Introduction to Directing – Intensive Study Weekend for Adults
Course Aims
This intensive weekend is designed for people aged 17 plus and theatre professionals interested in developing skills in directing for theatre.
26 and 27 May 2012 Saturday
10am – 5pm, Sunday 11.30am – 4.30pm
Cost: £75
Click Introduction to Directing – Intensive Weekend 2011-12. for more info
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