The Scottish Poetry Library has launched our shiny new blog for teachers! Here you can find resources for poetry teaching in primary and secondary schools. Plus in our Over to You category you can share your own resources and examples of class work. Clyde Valley High in Wishaw have already sent us a photo and poem. By the time you read this, there’ll probably be more!
Join us for this exciting behind the scenes look at puppetery as teachers work with Finn Caldwell who is one of the original War Horse puppeteers. Finn has directed the puppetry for productions of War Horse in the West End and in Australia. He has also just directed the puppetry in The Light Princess at the National Theatre and is directing a children’s puppetry show called Elephantom in The Shed.
For more information click here.
20 January, 1.30 pm
Join us for another series of live broadcasts from the National Museum of Scotland which let pupils explore our collections and meet our experts face to face. You can ask questions, come up with answers and explore our object handling collections on screen.
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Livingstone’s Legacy: Equality and Education
A national art competition has been launched to mark the bi-centenary of David Livingstone’s birth. The competition is open to primary and secondary schools in Scotland who are invited to submit entries byFriday 31 January 2014.
Winners will be announced by the Minister for External Affairs and International Development, Humza Yousef, on Friday 7 March and winning entries will be displayed at a public exhibition at the Edinburgh Storytelling Centre from 8 -15 March 2014 alongside artwork by young people from Malawi.
The competition is being co-ordinated by The Open University in Scotland and the Scotland Malawi Partnership. Further details of the competition including links to Curriculum for Excellence can be found at www.tinyurl.com/LivingstoneArt.
Commemorated in Scotland on Monday 27 January.
Glow TV will be providing opportunities throughout January for you to participate in events and learn more about the Holocaust via the new Learning Experience called ‘Journeys’. You can visit the Learning Experience and tell Scottish learners what your school is doing for HMD 2014 or share your learning resources with them.
More details will be available early in the new year. In the meantime you can email LearnCat if you have any questions or information that you want to share. For more information click here.
Nominations for the 2014 Scottish Education Awards are now open.
The Scottish Education Awards celebrate the hard work and success which takes place in Scottish education. They recognise the achievements of people who dedicate their lives to children and young people and showcase the valuable work and innovation in Scottish classrooms.
The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday 21 February 2014. For more information and to see the full list of categories, please visit the Scottish Education Awards website.
What is the My Place Photography Competition?
Now in their ninth year the Scottish Civic Trust My Place Photography Competition is a heritage photographic competition for young people in Scotland of school age. It is aimed at encouraging young people to explore their built environments in a creative way using photography as means of investigation and creative expression.
The My Place Photography Competition is part of Scotland’s contribution to European Heritage Days, and links into the International Heritage Photographic Experience run out of Barcelona and to the Council of Europe.
The awards are supported by the Scottish Government, The Lighthouse and Architecture + Design Scotland
Who can enter?
All young people in Scotland are eligible to enter.
Entrants should be of either primary school age or secondary school age.
Entries should be made by a group leader or teacher on behalf of their students.
All entries are recognised with a certificate and will be placed in an online gallery, displayed in a public exhibition at The Lighthouse, Scotland’s Centre for Design and Architecture.
Two winners will be selected by a panel of judges and these will go on to represent Scotland in a worldwide exhibition and catalogue.
How can you take part?
· Participation is free, simple and straight forward, guidelines can be found on our website HERE
· Register your interest by email sct@scottishcivictrust.org.uk or by phone 0141 221 1466
Nominations must be made by 31 January 2014
Yes everyone, it’s that special time of year again. Here is the REAL Santa answering your hard Santa questions and checking if you’ve been naughty or nice – well have you?
Join Santa’s annual appearance on Glow TV for Scottish schools
Be part of this very special edition of the Daily What Newsround from Stonehouse Primary School in South Lanarkshire.
Our special guest is Santa!!!!!
Children from Stonehouse Primary will be asking Santa a few questions about how to make sure they get on the nice list.
But you can ask questions too by joining in on the day.
Helping to look after Santa will be Stonehouse Primary School Captains Stuart Sharkey and Devon Murdoch.
And Mrs Scott and Mrs Cook will be leading the singing.
Santa Glow Meet Friday 13th December 10am
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In the run up to St Andrew’s Day, join staff from the National Piping Centre, for this exciting glow meet. In this interactive presentation, they will introduce the pupils to the Highland Bagpipes. Pupils will discover a little of the history of the bagpipes in Scotland, and explore what each part of the instrument is used for. There will then be the opportunity to hear some music played on the bagpipes by world class pipers. The target audience is Primary 6 and 7.
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