Category Archives: Opportunities

Creative practitioners, Learning, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Wee Stories- A Dream on Midsummer’s Night

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A version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Touring to Fife schools Monday 24 – Thursday 27 September 2012

If you go down to the woods tonight, you’re in for a big surprise!

The course of true love never did run smooth: a strict father and his headstrong daughter; star-crossed lovers and quarrelling fairies; mischievous imps, supernatural spells and people in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wee Stories’ re-telling of Shakespeare’s fabulous fairy-tale will be an entertaining, inventive and delightfully confusing experience for anyone aged 10+

With this slimmed-down, but not dumbed-down version of the play, we aim to inspire young people in schools with the power and the passion of the work of William Shakespeare.  The piece will enrich learning by bringing professional theatre into school, inspiring children to express their own creativity, and helping them to understand how a classic text can be adapted to speak to a contemporary audience.

‘Wee Stories have earned a reputation not only as the best children’s theatre company in Scotland, but also as one of the very best companies in any genre.’  Daily Telegraph

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For further information or to book a performance, please contact Verity Leigh, Producer for Wee Stories: info@weestoriestheatre.org or 0131 221 0606.

Art and Design, CPD, Creative Learning, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Opportunities

CPD: Curriculum for Excellence and the GI Festival – An NSEAD Conference for Teachers

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Artist Teacher Programme, School of Education, University of the West of Scotland

Location: Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Gasgow G41 2PE

10.30am – 6pm

In partnership with The National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) and University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Artist Teacher Programme, this event is designed for primary and secondary teachers of art, craft and design.  Presentations during the event will focus upon the experiences and outcomes of Curriculum for Excellence and will include presentations from Sheila Page HMIe\Education Scotland on Creativity in the art and design curriculum, the staff and young artists of Room 13 from two Fort William primary schools will look at contemporary art and how it helps raise contemporary issues in the classroom and others in the field of arts education in Scotland and beyond including Paul Dash, Goldsmiths, Graham Jeffery, Diarmuid McAuliffe and Katarzyna Kosmala from UWS. The GI artist Graham Fagen will also contribute to the event.

Follow this link for a booking form
£45 to include refreshments and a bus tour of the GI Festival.

Curriculum for Excellence, Early Years, Education Scotland, Health and Wellbeing, Learning, Literacy and English, Numeracy and Maths, Opportunities, Parents

Every Day’s a Learning Day

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‘Every Day’s a Learning Day’ consists of two books produced by Education Scotland for parents and carers of children aged between birth and 3 years, and 3 to 6 years. The aim is to help parents support their child’s development in the crucial areas of health and wellbeing, literacy and numeracy.

This resource highlights the many excellent learning opportunities that exist within daily experiences such as washing the dishes, preparing a meal or doing the shopping.

The books will be distributed through the Scottish Book Trust’s Bookbug programme.  Parents of new babies are set to receive a copy of the birth to 3 book from their health visitor.  The second book, which supports parents with children aged 3 to 6 years, will be issued when their child turns 3 and starts nursery.

To view the copies of ‘Every Day’s a Learning Day’ online, please visit the Education Scotland website where you can download both books in PDF format, including a Gaelic language version.

Challenge, Competition, Creative Learning, Curriculum for Excellence, Health and Wellbeing, Opportunities, Technologies

Europe and inter-generational solidarity

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2012 is the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, and celebrates the contribution that older people make to life and society. One aspect of this theme is the quality of the relationship and interaction between the different generations in society, and among the initiatives addressing this theme are two which will interest teachers..click here for more info.

Curriculum for Excellence, Learning, Opportunities, resources, Secondary schools

Resources: Global Citizenship – Secondary Schools

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Environment Online – ENO is a global virtual school network for sustainable development.

Learning is student and problem-centred with both online and offline activities. At the end of each theme there is a campaign week during which the results of learning are raised in local communities and on the web. Students eventually become ambassadors for the environment of their respective local communities and regions. Regular themes and have been forests, climate change, ecological footprint and different cultural themes.

The success of the ENO Programme  lies in the fact that it is run by teachers.  Over 7000 schools from 105 countries are part of the ENO network. The ages of learners involved range from 12 – 18 years.

Objectives 

  • to deepen environmental themes at schools
  • to add global awareness and internationality
  • to educate for active citizenship
  • to get schools from developing countries as active participants
  • to learn basic skills in ICT
  • to make a change together

 

Visit http://www.enoprogramme.org/ to find out more.

CPD, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Learning, Opportunities, Primary schools, Science, Secondary schools

Glasgow Science Festival 5th – 17th June 2012

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Events for nursery to P7 

All events are free unless otherwise stated.

  • Glasgow Science Centre – schools programme (P1-7)
  • Solar Investigators (Nursery, P1-2)
  • Ask an Astronaut: GLOW Meet (P1-S6)
  • The Beavers are Back (P7)
  • The Human body in action (P4-P7)
  • Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre Schools programme (P5-P7)
  • Using and Losing Bugs (P6-P7)
  • Celebration of Engineering and Science 2012 (P7)

    • Events for S1-2

    All events are free unless otherwise stated.

    Events for S3-4

    All events are free unless otherwise stated.

    S5-6

    All events are free unless otherwise stated.

    Art and Design, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Learning, Opportunities, Secondary schools, Young Scot

    Art Session

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    Art Session is The Fruitmarket Gallery’s space for 13-25 year olds to discuss and share ideas about contemporary art. The group meets on the first Sunday of every month to find out about the Gallery’s exhibitions and help plan programmes for other young people. Meetings are social, informal and free.

    Art Session provides the opportunity to get involved in the Gallery’s creative programme, work with artists and Gallery staff, gain professional experience, meet friends and develop confidence and creative skills

    Click here for more info

    CPD, Creative practitioners, Early Years, Opportunities, Primary schools

    CPD: Stories Count

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    Put some fun in your Maths!

    Storytelling in practice | Learning | Sat 28 Apr | 10am-4pm | £48/£44 Network Members

    A practical workshop for teachers and classroom assistants who want to find fun new ways into Maths. Storyteller Senga Munro has a long experience of working with children in the classroom and in community settings. In this full day workshop she shares practical story activities to re-invigorate your teaching of mathematical vocabulary and concepts for P1-4.

    Programme

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