Category Archives: Primary schools

Curriculum for Excellence, Education Scotland, News, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Major milestones reached in delivery of new National Qualifications

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Two major milestones on the route towards introduction of Scotland’s new National Qualifications were delivered yesterday (Monday 30 April) by the Scottish Qualifications Authority and Education Scotland.

SQA has published the final course, unit and assessment specifications for the 197 new National Qualifications at National 2, National 3, National 4, National 5 and Higher levels.  See www.sqa.org.uk/curriculumforexcellence.

Education Scotland has published a suite of practical advice and guidance for teachers and lecturers to support them in preparing for implementing key aspects of the new qualifications.  See www.educationscotland.gov.uk/nq.

Competition, News, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Children’s photography exhibition a resounding success

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The winning photographs in the Art in the Windows project were unveiled to the public in Cupar on 27th April, and over 200 people came to see them.

Pupils from the four primary and secondary schools in Cupar worked with a professional photographer on the ‘Art in the Windows’ project for two months, photographing themselves getting active around the town to inspire Cupar residents to get moving.

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CPD, Learning, Opportunities, Primary schools

Calling all primary 3 & 5 teachers!

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Mandy Powell, Institute of Education, University of London is looking for friendly inexperienced (re media education) Primary 3 & 5 teachers interested in using popular media culture in the classroom to pilot drafts of units of work being prepared for publication in the autumn. The units are being developed now and would be used over one to three days in the classroom. The feedback from teachers will influence the shape of the published resources. Anyone volunteering to try them out will ‘earn’ a free set of published materials for the school.

If you are interested in participating in this trial please contact Mandy Powell M.Powell@ioe.ac.uk<mailto:M.Powell@ioe.ac.uk.

CPD, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Technologies

Association for Media Education in Scotland

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CPD- upper primary and secondary

Places still available

This day school for upper primary and secondary teachers and FE lecturers will screen Hugo 3D atCineworld Edinburgh. Lunch and afternoon sessions will take place at the nearby Haymarket Premier Inn Touchbase.
Dr Pasquale Iannone of Edinburgh University, regular contributor to Radio 4’s The Film Programme and Radio Scotland’s Movie Café, will talk about the place of George Méliès’ and 3D in movie history.There will also be presentations showing how the film and source book can be used as a stimulus for teaching and learning in the CfE as well as SQA NQs. All files used during the day will be provided in digital format

Click here for flyer with all the info!

Health and Wellbeing, News, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Art in the Windows

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Children’s photography exhibition a resounding success!

The winning photographs in the Art in the Windows project have been  unveiled to the public in Cupar.

Pupils from the four primary and secondary schools in Cupar worked with a professional photographer on the ‘Art in the Windows’ project for two months, photographing themselves getting active around the town to inspire Cupar residents to get moving.

Click here for more information

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

New Resource – Fife Contemporary Art & Craft

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Secondary schools are receiving a fantastic new resource today produced by Fife Contemporary Art & Craft .

Placement – Ceramic Connections: Wales & Scotland is aimed at Third/Fourth Level within Curriculum for Excellence, and particularly Art and Design and has many cross curricular links.  

Click here for more info or alternatively download the pack :  Placement Education Pack (Secondary)

Fife Contemporary Art & Craft also produced education packs for primary and secondary schools in 2011 which relate to a project they were involved with at that time; ‘100 Buttercups‘.  click here for more info 

As the title suggests, this is an artist’s book containing 100 drawings of 100 buttercups, all done by East Neuk artist Laurie Clark. This resource should be available within all schools or you can download it here.

100 Buttercups Education Pack (Primary) May 2011 

100 Buttercups Education Pack (Secondary) Nov 2011 

For more info, contact FCA&C  on 01334 474610.

Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Learning, News, Opportunities, Primary schools

NMS – Methilhill Primary and Community School

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Early Years and Primary School pupils from three Local authority areas have been working with National Museums Scotland in an innovative project to create new resources to be used at other schools.

On 2 February 2012 the National Museums of Scotland Community Engagement team ran an open day at Methilhill Primary and Community School; giving pupils an opportunity to show off their work to other pupils in the school, their parents and wider families.

Watch the video here

‘Museum2Go’has resulted in four new loans boxes and a mobile discovery dome, to be unveiled for the first time together at the National Museum of Scotland’s Learning Centre on Friday 18 May.  There will be an exhibition designed by the pupils, films where the pupils explain what the project has meant to them and a performance piece developed in partnership with YDance and Chief Sulemen Chebe
From giant creepy-crawlies to eye make-up pots covered in goats’ skin, rain sticks to a whole cheetah skin, pupils picked their topics and objects, inspired by the new National Museum of Scotland galleries which opened in July 2011.

CPD, Curriculum for Excellence, Opportunities, Primary schools

CPD- Historic Scotland- Primary Teachers

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Exploring Castles through Stories and Scots!

A cpd for P1-3 teachers

Organisation : Historic Scotland

Presenter : Senga Munro

Date: 9 May 2012

‪Venue : Claypotts Castle, near Dundee

Time : 4.00-5.00pm

‪Cost : FREE

‪Booking essential :  contact HS learning services (0131 668 8793) ‪

Come along and discover the delights of Claypotts Castle just outside Dundee, how a visit can support your teaching and how our Maids’ Story activity can support a variety of subjects from social studies to literacy, as well as overarching themes such as Studying Scotland, with its emphasis on Scots language.

Wear suitable footwear and clothing for exploring an old castle!  Tea and coffee provided.

Click here for details

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Glow e-portfolio solution – success in Fife

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On Friday 23 March representatives from Glenrothes High School presented at an Education Scotland conference on Learner Voice at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. Three S1 pupils, accompanied by Mr Hunter, Depute Headteacher, were asked to highlight the good practice within the school in relation to the development of e-portfolios.

Find out more on the Glow Scotland blog.