Mairi Hedderwick is bringing her most famous character, Katie Morag to Authors Live. Evoking the spirits of island life, Mairi will be telling her favourite Katie Morag stories, giving you an exclusive insight into what it is like to see Katie Morag being brought to life for CBeebies and telling you how the landscape and your surroundings can inspire what to write and draw. Suitable for Nursery – Primary 3 or 4-7 years.
Click here for more information.
Choices for Life Online is pleased to announce its first event for the 2013 – 2014 school year!
The live broadcast is aimed at all P7 pupils and their teachers in Scotland with a focus around the risks and dangers of alcohol, negative peer pressure and substance misuse.
Choices for Life provides credible information to our young people on a range of important issues facing them in 21st Century Scotland in an inclusive, engaging and thought-provoking manner, to help them make positive lifestyle decisions and maximise their future potential.
Click here for more information.
In recent years, a number of Scottish primary schools have developed innovative approaches to enabling child-led outdoor play in morning and lunchtime breaks.
This new training resource has been created with support from Education Scotland to share the learning from these schools. Its aim is to demonstrate how outdoor play in schools can support the curriculum and nurture happy, healthy children and to share practical, tested ideas and approaches to providing richer play experiences in primary schools.
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Commonwealth Games for Nursery, Primary and Secondary teachers across Scotland sessions begin this November.
Learn to explore 3 different aspects of the Commonwealth Games through dance:
– Cultures & Traditions
– Ready, Set, Go! (Creative dance tasks inspired by different sports)
– Learn the Motto, Get Inspired!
BOOKING & INFORMATION
If you would like further information on what’s involved in these sessions then we’d love to hear from you. Please email cpd@ydance.org or call the office on 0141 552 7712
Sessions begin early November and spaces are limited so please book in plenty of time.
Discounts are available for booking multiple sessions so please have a look at our website www.ydance.org for a list of sessions to choose from.
Children in Scotland offers an extensive range of training courses that help support your organisations staffs continued professional development. Our courses help staff develop their skills in a range of areas with the aim to help improve the lives of children and young people in Scotland.
With over 25 years experience of delivering training to a host of clients, from small voluntary organisations to large Local Authorities, this is a fantastic opportunity for your organisation to get high level in depth training at a location and time that suits you.
Our most popular courses include:
• Conflict Resolution Training
• Internet Safety Training
• Child Protection Training
• Working with ADHD and the Autistic Spectrum Training
• GIRFEC Training
• Curriculum for Excellence Training
If you would like any information on any of our courses, to request a training portfolio of all our courses or for a quote, please contact Stuart Cronin on 0131 222 2411 or by email at scronin@childreninscotland.org.uk.
Discounts are given for multiple bookings and training packages.
29 October 2013, 10.00
Game On Scotland and the Literacy team of Education Scotland will present an exciting hour of challenges and fun around the Commonwealth Games. In conjunction with a teacher form West Dunbartonshire learners will engage in a number of stimulating activities using the Games as a context. The session will be interactive and no preparatory work is required. The target audience for this event is pupils Levels 2 and 3.
Click here for more information and to sign up.
Fife Council Youth Music Initiative is currently running a pilot project using the ukulele to teach singing and musicianship skills to primary teachers and their pupils.
The project, involving over 60 teachers from 35 primary schools, is being led by Ann Rae, primary music specialist and ukulele enthusiast who has led twilights for participating staff throughout the session.
To celebrate all that has been achieved by children and their teachers during the year, all schools involved in the project are being invited to attend one of three “Big Strums” – held during the day on Monday 17th June, in the Rothes Halls, Glenrothes. Children will enjoy a packed hour of singing and playing, supported by their teachers.
Each of the three Big Strum sessions will accommodate just under 600 young ukulele players at a time – surely a first for Fife, if not Scotland! – with support by Fife Youth Music Initiative through transport subsidies for schools.
Adding to the excitement will be a multi-media presentation including use of cameras relaying live pictures to a large screen, in partnership with the Creative Industries Department from Adam Smith College.
Pictured, are young ukulele players from Denend Primary School who are all looking forward to the event!
For more information, please contact Sandra Taylor, Music Co-ordinator, Sandra.taylor@fife.gov.uk Education and Learning Directorate, Fife Council.
Entertaining the Earl!
Aberdour Castle
Tuesdays by arrangement
FREE activity for schools (P4-7)
Discover what life was like at Aberdour Castle in the 16th century. Who lived in the castle and what did they wear? How did they spend their time? Tour the castle, try on some outfits from the period and learn a dance to take back to school!
Phone 01383 860 519 to book a session
A Sense of Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline Abbey
Dates in June by arrangement
FREE activity for nursery/schools (P1-3 )
Explore the five senses through the story of David, a young monk at the abbey. Discover sound in the nave, taste in the abbey kitchen, smell from the herb garden, light through the windows and textures in the dormitory by taking part in hands-on activities
Phone 0131 652 8155/56 to book a session
Fife Council Education and Learning Directorate, Adam Smith College, Fife Constabulary and the seven Community Safety Panels in Fife have joined together to promote the Say4Schools Internet Safety competition 2013.
The competition is open to all primary 6 and 7 pupils in Fife and Community Safety Police Officers will be visiting schools to help promote the competition. The theme of the competition is “Be Aware… Don’t Share” and highlights the dangers of sharing personal information online whether through social networking sites or online gaming.
Bryan Kirkaldy, Head of Education explains, “The digital age is upon us and our children are increasingly connected to the web whether it’s gaming online through their consoles or using social networking on their smart phones. The aim of the competition is not only to make young people aware of the dangers of sharing personal information but as part of Curriculum for Excellence, to develop the skills they need for learning, life and work.”
Building on the success of last year’s competition, which attracted over 700 entries from primaries across Fife, this year’s competition is now open and will close on Friday 17 May 2013.
David Imrie,Curriculum Technology Adviser said, “To help pupils in this year’s competition, we will promote the use of Digital Techologies such as Digital Animation, Digital Comic Books and Digital Music to help them with their storyboards. The website Say4Schools is a great resource and I would encourage parents to visit the site.”
Finalists will be selected from each of the seven community safety areas with an overall winner being announced at a dedicated prize giving ceremony in May. Prizes include an iPad mini for the winning pupil and a Zulogic ZU3d animation kit for the finalists.
John Wood, Treasurer of the Glenrothes Community Safety Panel said, “The Community Safety Panels are constituted groups of volunteers, dedicated to promote crime prevention and community safety. On behalf of all the panels we are delighted to sponsor and promote the Say4Schools competition. Each year the competitions influence grows and this partnership is really showing its effectiveness in dealing with issues that effect us all.
On behalf of Say4Schools, I would like to wish all the pupils who enter the best of luck. On the evidence of last year’s competition, there are a lot of creative minds out there and I cannot wait to see this year’s entries.”
For more information and how to enter click here or alternatively, contact
Mai Hoang, Project Officer – Communications
Tel: 01592 583372 Contact Mai Hoang online
By Post: Fife Council, Rothesay House, Rothesay Place, Glenrothes, KY7 5PQ
or
David Imrie, Curriculum Technology Adviser
Tel: 08451 55 55 55 + Ext 44 19 55 Contact David Imrie online
By Post: Fife Council, Rothesay House, Rothesay Place, Glenrothes, KY7 5PQ
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