Category Archives: Primary schools
Win the Gold – music and olympics – free online resource
A new Olympics project, allowing pupils to create and work with music through an online tool from ABC Creative Music is now free to 6 local authorities, with a free trial available to all others.
The six local authorities include: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Dumfries & Galloway, East Ayrshire, Clackmannanshire, and Western Isles.
Due to popular demand and a great response from P4 and 5 teachers who have seen the material we have created a separate course so that teachers can use this resource from P4-7 (Year 3 – Year 6). Check out the fantastic Medal Ceremony Interactive!!
Here is a short movie about our Olympic project – WIN THE GOLD:
http://www.abcmusic.org.uk and then click on the SITE TOUR button.
On Youtube: http://youtu.be/gg7iN5XOxs0
On Screencast: http://www.screencast.com/t/69wG4wiOATD
WIN THE GOLD is a fun Olympic themed song and range of flexible projects for P4-7 (Year 3-6) that class teachers can use to add music to an Olympic project.
To sign up log into ABC Online at www.abcmusic.org.uk <http://www.abcmusic.org.uk> and go to Staffroom>Request & Unlock Trial Course and choose WIN THE GOLD – OLYMPICS 2012.
Special Delivery: The William Wallace Letters
The National Records of Scotland, in partnership with the Scottish Parliament, is mounting an exhibition in the Parliament from Wednesday 15 August to Saturday 8 September 2012 featuring two surviving original documents with a direct link to William Wallace. Many visitors to the exhibition are unlikely to know much about this turbulent period of Scottish history so primary and secondary pupils are invited to provide text, artwork or short films to help tell the story in a modern way.
Contributions for the exhibition must be submitted to the Scottish Parliament Education Service by Friday 15 June. Full details about this and the Education
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Programme during the exhibition are available on the Scottish Parliament website (www.scottish.parliament.uk/education/wallace).
EdTech: 100 Tech Tools for Teachers and Students
So here’s what I’ve got for all you educators our there: some random and cool EduTech tools, tech tools for teachers and students, ways to integrate mobile devices into the classroom, social learning tools, elearning and online learning resources and finally some test prep, textbook, educational gaming and a few other random resources.
The scope of this list covers everything from Kindergarten-age up through college-age so there’s hopefully something for everyone here.
Visit The Daily Tekk to see the full list!
Children in Scotland – BeXcellent – new website
Children in Scotland announces that a new website has been launched to bring Curriculum for Excellence to life for young people. Visit www.BeXcellent.org.uk
There is also a BeXcellent competition, calling for entries from individual young people and groups which demonstrate excellent learning across a range of categories. Winning entries must be inspiring and innovative. Closing date – 8 June 2012.
Fife pupils mark Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
PRIMARY 7 pupils from across Dunfermline welcomed Margaret Dean, Lord Lieutenant of Fife, to St Margaret’s Primary School to launch a website that pupils across Fife will be able to contribute to, to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Click here for more info
Games Legacy activities across Scotland – interactive map
Remember to register your school’s activities…so far only three Fife Schools are on the map!
Scottish Biodiversity Week 19 – 27 May 2012
This year’s theme is ….”Biodiversity is Life – Biodiversity is Our Life”.
A whole week to celebrate the variety of life on planet earth, and its importance to our lives.
National Poetry Day 2012
National Poetry Day is Thursday 4 October 2012, and the theme is ‘stars’.
During National Poetry Day, people all over the UK take part in a celebration of great poetry.
Each year there’s a theme – 2011 was ‘games’, 2010 was ‘home’ – and this year we’ll be exploring starry poems, from the night sky to fame’s spotlight. There’ll be stars on our poem postcards, dazzlingly starry posters to download and print, and shining ideas for teaching and activities.
From early August 2012, you’ll find the poems, teachers’ notes and posters right here. www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk
CPD – Scottish Storytelling Centre
Connecting with Culture
Courses and workshops
May to Dec 2012
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.
