Category Archives: Primary schools

Education Scotland, Events, Primary schools, Technologies

Primary technologies curriculum conversation day – 28 February 2014

February 6, 2014 Olivia Wexelstein Leave a comment

Education Scotland is holding a conversation day focused on technologies within primary on Friday 28 February, venue to be confirmed. This event is aimed at any primary practitioners or school leaders interested in this area. We are keen to take stock of how schools and centres are delivering learning in the technologies and we would like to hear your views and experiences.

The purpose of the day is to:

• look at where technologies needs to go and what is needed in order to best support all learners.

• identify areas that require further support and what that support needs to look like.

There will be opportunities to hear from a variety of stakeholders, including practitioners as well as time for discussion.

If you would be interested in attending please contact diane.carson@educationscotland.gov.uk. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please note travel expenses are not paid for conversation days.

Education Scotland, Primary schools, resources, Secondary schools

Resource Calendar (February 2014)

February 2, 2014 Olivia Wexelstein Leave a comment

The events in this calendar are celebrations, awareness days and action weeks all covering topical issues relevant to schools. Each of the events includes details of websites and support materials to help plan activities for learners.

The February events include:

National Storytelling Week – 1-8 February
UNICEF Day for Change – 7 February
Red Hand Day – 12 February
St Valentine’s Day – 14 February
International Childhood Cancer Day – 15 February
World Day of Social Justice – 20 February
Fairtrade Fortnight – 24 February – 9 March

Click here for the calendar.

Creative practitioners, Events, Music, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Music Education Matters – Book your ticket now!

February 2, 2014 Olivia Wexelstein Leave a comment

Enterprise Music Scotland’s exciting new conference Music Education Matters will take place on Friday 30th May 2014 at The Arches in Glasgow. Book your place before 31st March to receive our Earlybird Rate of £30!

We will be launching our full programme in February but in the meantime here is a sneak peek at some of the speakers we have confirmed…

Paul Harris, ABRSM

Pete Sparkes, Artistic Director, Drake Music Scotland

Dr Oliver Searle, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Andrew Dickie, Head of Expressive Arts Faculty, Paisley Grammar School

Carol Main and Daniella Keenan, Live Music Now Scotland

Tobias Hug, freelance beatboxer

Tickets are available from

http://www.thearches.co.uk/events/other/music-education-matters

Full price £40 (£25 concessions for unemployed, full-time students, EMS promoters and members of Live Music Now!)

Early Bird price £30 (£25 concessions) for all places booked before 31st March 2014

Education Scotland, Funding, Health and Wellbeing, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Apply for funding from the Food for Thought: Education Fund

January 29, 2014 Olivia Wexelstein Leave a comment

Education Scotland is committed to building the confidence and capacity of practitioners to improve learning and teaching within food education in Curriculum for Excellence using national initiatives such as the 2014 Commonwealth Games and Homecoming in schools/clusters and professional learning communities in local authorities across Scotland.

The opportunity to apply for funding from the Food for Thought: Education Fund will give practitioners scope to explore food education across Curriculum for Excellence. Applications are welcome from early years and primary establishments, and secondary practitioners from all curricular areas are encouraged to apply. The fund is now open and will close on Friday 28 March at 5 pm.

It is required that schools identify and work in partnership with a local business to enhance the project and consider how to link the activities to the events of 2014. Each project will be individual as will the nature of support from the business link. To download the application please click here. For more information, contact us on foodfund@educationscotland.gov.uk.

Creative practitioners, Curriculum for Excellence, Education Scotland, Events, Primary schools, Scotland Colleges, Secondary schools, SLF14

SLF 2014 – call for seminar proposals now open

January 29, 2014 Olivia Wexelstein Leave a comment

The Call for Participation in the Scottish Learning Festival 2014 is now open. The festival will once again host around 100 seminars over the 2 days and you are invited to submit a proposal to be part of the programme. SLF 2014 will take place on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 September in the SECC, Glasgow.

The Scottish Learning Festival 2014: raising achievement and attainment for all will focus on maximising educational outcomes through:

· early intervention and prevention – for children, young people and adult learners in order to maximise educational outcomes

· health and wellbeing – ranging from physical education and sport to the full range of health and wellbeing subjects which are the responsibility of all practitioners

· employability skills – to secure a highly educated, well prepared and well-motivated young workforce able to compete in a global market.

Full details of the theme are available on the SLF website.

Challenge, Drama, Learning, Music, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

YMTS (Youth Music Theatre Scotland) Fife Projects

January 29, 2014 Olivia Wexelstein Leave a comment

YMTS (Youth Music Theatre Scotland) are now based here in Fife and work with Fife Cultural Trust delivering music theatre for young people through the ON creative programme throughout Fife. We have weekly classes leading to Trinity Guildhall exams and holiday production projects in every school break – the most expensive in 2013 was £180 for a 3 week production project of Phantom of the Opera(Scottish Youth Premier) last summer. We are completely open access with no audition to join – we cast from within the course participants. Our practitioner base is drawn from local, national and international teaching artists.

We will have a full ON Fest summer programme for 2014 available from mid February, and our opportunities for young people in Fife to take part in the Fringe soon after. Applications open now for our Easter ‘HONK!’ and ‘Into the Woods’ projects at Adam Smith Theatre.

For more information click here.