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Category Archives: Primary schools
Santa Glow Meet, 14 December, 11 am
The Santa Glow Meet is back. Tune in and join the Christmas fun!
Scottish Education Awards
The Scottish Education Awards were launched on Monday 3 December by Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning. The awards celebrate the hard work and success 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 learning environments across Scotland.
Nominations for the 2013 awards can be submitted from now until 22 February 2013.
For more information visit the Scottish Education Awards website.
ON at Fife – Hansel and Gretel, behind the scenes!
ON at Fife with Robert Wiseman Dairies have created a fantastic video ‘behind the scenes’ of their Christmas show, Hansel and Gretel which kicks off on 30th November! There is also an activity pack to accompany the video.
Schools can enquire about a free educational workshop, when they book their tickets.
Hansel and Gretel at Dunfermline’s Carnegie Hall- get your tickets here.
Download the Full activity pack
National Park to offer new Travel Grant Scheme for schools and groups
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park has launched a new pilot scheme to help schools and outreach groups experience the great outdoors in the Park by offering an Educational Travel Grant. With forests to explore, landscapes to walk and climb, lochs and rivers to sail on and rich wildlife and history to discover, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park provides the perfect outdoor classroom for schools and groups.
Funds will be provided for up to 75% of total transport costs. This includes transport to and from schools or a group’s meeting place to the National Park and the costs of accessing Inchcailloch island for outdoor learning activities.
For more information on the funding criteria visit the website or contact Alison Cush on 01389 722125 email education@lochlomond-trossachs.org. Further information about the National Parks Learning resources can also be found on the website and specific information about overcoming Barriers to engaging in National Parks and National Nature Reserves
Learner Research Project and Teacher Research Project
The SCQF Partnership has commissioned Ashbrook Research and Consultancy to conduct research amongst learners to ask what they think about the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF), whether they have used it in the past and if they might use it in the future. This research also involves evaluating understanding and awareness amongst management and teaching staff in schools and there is a survey for them too. All answers will be completely anonymous and confidential. Each survey should only take 5 to 10 minutes to complete.
Book Week Scotland
On Friday 30 November at 11am we’re holding The Reading Hour.
The idea is to get as many people in the country as possible reading at the same time. This is an easy, fun way to participate in Book Week Scotland, and gives you a chance to build excitement and anticipation!
We have a free learning resource full of ideas to help you make the most of The Reading Hour. You can download it online here
What difference would £5,000 make to your school?
We’ve already had a great response to The School We’d Like competition, which we are running with Zurich Municipal. The competition offers three lucky schools the chance to win £5,000.
There’s still time for your school to enter – all we’re asking you to do is to tell us how you would spend it making your school an even better place to learn. Each winning school should use the prize money to help make their winning idea a reality.
This is an opportunity for the whole school – teachers, students and school councils – to put their heads together. Maybe purchasing new equipment for your school band would revolutionise your music department? Or perhaps you want to develop your anti-bullying programme? Or plan an educational trip? The judges are looking for some really inspiring and creative ideas that will make a difference to your school.
To get you started, we’ve created a series of teaching resources that will inspire your students to come up with an exciting idea on how they can improve their school. In addition we have a great poster for you to download from our website to spread the word about this exclusive competition within your school.
For more information and to register your interest please click here.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2013
Learning Lessons from the Past
Sunday 11 November 2012 was Remembrance Sunday and with Holocaust Memorial Day 2013 coming soon in January, it’s a fitting time to think about planning your activity to commemorate the Holocaust and other genocides. On Remembrance Sunday we take time to remember and reflect on the sacrifices made by our courageous men and women who fought in the First and Second World Wars and in more recent conflicts, who gave their lives for the peace and freedom we enjoy today.
It was these men and women who liberated concentration camps such as Bergen Belsen and allowed persecuted people to walk free. They were not the only ones who rescued people facing persecution, ordinary men and women such as Paul Grüninger did what they thought was right. It was these individuals who also fought against hatred and allowed communities to come together. To continue their actions and bring your community together on Holocaust Memorial Day, 27 January 2013 read our Theme Paper Communities Together: Build a Bridge and order your free Campaign Pack today.
To bring your school community together on 27 January visit our education website for free our resources.
National Galleries of Scotland
Inspired? Get Writing! Creative Writing Competition 2013
School pupils and their teachers are invited to choose an inspirational painting, photograph, print or sculpture from the National Galleries of Scotland’s Collection and to create a piece of poetry or prose not exceeding 1,000 words in length.
Works may be viewed in person, or online at www.nationalgalleries.org/onlinecollections
There are three categories for school pupils:
Category A School Pupils Under 12
Category B School Pupils 12-14 Years of Age
Category C School Pupils 15-18 Years of Age
There will be ten awards in each category: Winner, two Runners-up and seven Special Merit.
All will be included in a public reading at the Scottish National Gallery in April 2013.
Full details of rules, and a very comprehensive and helpful resource, can be found here.
The closing date is Friday 18 January 2013.
