Twig World, the creators of Twig on Glow, have been awarded a prestigious BETT Award in the Digital Collections and Resource Banks category. For the second year running, the Glasgow-based start up has won this top education award for outstanding digital content.
Judges praised Twig for a “well-designed and presented resource that can be used to support the curriculum as well as independent learning”. Twig is provided free to all Scottish local authority schools via Glow, at www.twigonglow.com.
The SLF team is pleased to announce that the Scottish Learning Festival 2013 will be taking place on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September 2013. The theme for SLF 2013 is Raising the bar in Scotland – transforming lives through learning.
The conference secretariat is now open for abstracts for proposed participation. Abstracts of 200 words for proposed sessions on the above theme should be submitted by Friday 1 March 2013
If you’re aged 13 or under, what are you waiting for? Get writing!
We want you to send us something mad, magical, mind-blowing or mysterious…
You could win yourself a pile of books as tall as Chris Evans, and 500 books for your school library!
Download our free 500 Words Resources pack which is full to the brim with ideas to encourage children to read and write.
Plus download our posters using the links below and help spread the word!
Enter the competition poster (1mb)
Become a judge poster (1mb)
Find out more from the official website
These materials have been designed to assist those supporting learners as they work towards the new qualifications.
The papers highlight important features of learning which are enhanced or different from previous arrangements. They provide advice on approaches to learning and teaching which build directly on those used in the 3-15 Broad General Education in order to promote continuity in learners’ acquisition of knowledge, understanding and skills. The papers are also intended to stimulate professional reflection and dialogue about learning.
This set of materials covers Lifeskills Mathematics, Mathematics, Care, Latin and Classical Studies at both National 4 and National 5, and Dance, Psychology, Sociology and Economics at National 5 only.
They come as part of the development of exemplar course materials across the full range of National 4 and National 5 qualifications, being managed by Education Scotland in partnership with ADES.
The Professional Focus Papers are now available for download on the National Qualifications area of the Education Scotland website.
Fife’s Creative Learning Network have published Creativity in Learning: FIFE an e-zine resource to highlight the impact and benefit of Creativity in Learning which showcases some of the excellent creative learning work being delivered in Fife within the context of Curriculum for Excellence.
Missed out on having your creative learning experiences being added to the magazine? Don’t worry, you can showcase some of your work on the Schools Showcase Section on the FCLN Glow Group
From Monday 14 January all school pupils will see the RM Unify interface when they log in to Glow. Click here for an explanation of the impact of this change for end users.
Fife’s Cultural Partnerships Team is delighted to announce their Seedcorn Transport Scheme for 2013. The Scheme will run from January – March 2013.
We recognise that transport costs are a real barrier to schools participating in creative and cultural opportunities. This Scheme offers schools the opportunity to apply for transport costs which support children taking part in creative and cultural activities out with school and which also support creativity in learning within the overarching context of Curriculum for Excellence for the long-term benefits to learners. We are keen that this scheme allows maximum participation and will take numbers benefiting into account when assessing the application.
Additionally this year we have enclosed a Calendar of Activities which highlights some of the exciting activities on offer from members of Fife’s Creative Learning Network (FCLN), running from January – March 2013 (in case you are stuck for ideas!).
Conditions:
Your planned activity should meet at least one of the following Actions from Generations of Change – A Strategy for Culture in Fife 2011-13 (www.fifedirect.org.uk/culture):
Action 2 Identifying the barriers to cultural participation and ways of overcoming them.
Action 3 Encourage communities to maximise cultural opportunities to celebrate their strengths and their heritage.
Action 5 Increase access to participation in cultural activity and creative learning opportunities.
Please note that financial support is limited and applications will be assessed on a first come first served basis.
Should you have queries, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01592 583255.
Youth Music Theatre (UK) will be touring the country this January and February searching for talented young performers and musicians, aged 11-21. We invite all dancers, singers and/or actors to come along to an audition and take part in one of our group workshops. No need to prepare anything!
Our musicals are fully residential and take place around the UK for two weeks over the summer holidays. You can also gain a Grade 8 Trinity Guildhall Certificate in Musical Theatre by taking part (Grade 8 is the highest grade, equivalent to A* at A-level).
Audition for what?
Kick-start your career in performing arts and audition to perform in musicals including Great Expectations, The Salsa Sisters, Terry Pratchett’s Soul Music, the Dark Tower and a feature film, The Vanishing Place. Read more online
Good luck! YMT
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It has been produced following Fife Contemporary Art & Craft (FCA&C)’s exhibition of the same name, which was a collaborative project between FCA&C and the Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown, Wales.
Inspired by the artists in the Placement exhibition, the pack aims to introduce secondary school pupils to a range of contemporary ceramic work and by relating it to historical examples and events, to broaden their understanding of where it has developed from. The cross-curricular links are an opportunity to explore a diverse range of loosely linked themes.
The teaching resources give background to the exhibition and its artists, and, as well as providing ideas and information to back up the art & design projects, but can also be seen as starting points to explore points of interest further. None of the projects described require the use of a kiln.
Possible CfE Expressive Arts Links
Art and Design
Possible CfE Curricular Links
| Literacy and English | LIT3-05a, LIT3-06a, LIT3-07a, LIT3-09a, LIT3-14a, LIT3-15a, LIT3-16a, LIT3-24a, LIT3-26a, LIT3-27a, LIT3-28a, LIT3-29a, ENG3-27a, LIT4-05a, LIT4-06a, LIT4-07a,LIT4-09a, LIT4-14a, LIT4-15a, LIT4-16a, LIT4-24a, LIT4-26a, LIT4-27a, LIT4-28a, LIT4-29a, ENG4-27a, |
| Classical Languages | CLAN4-04a |
| Social Studies | SOC3-05a. SOC4-05a, SOC4-05b, SOC4-05c, SOC4-16b, SOC4-10a, SOC4-10b, SOC4-10c, SOC4-20a, SOC4-20c |
| Technologies | TCH3-13a, TCH3-13b, TCH3-15a, TCH3-15b, TCH4-01a, TCH4-01c, TCH4-03b, TCH4-15b |
| Health and Wellbeing | HWB3-01a, HWB3-04a, HWB4-01a, HWB4-04a |
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The 100 drawings that make up the book were made by Fife based artist Laurie Clark. The book was published by artist David Bellingham and from his own press WAX366 with help from Fife Contemporary Art & Craft (FCA&C).
The pack aims to encourage secondary school pupils to develop an appreciation of the aesthetic through observation and creative exploration, using observational drawing – the exercise Laurie undertakes so well – as a starting point. The art & design projects can be expanded to make links across the curriculum. The teaching resources give ideas and information to back up the projects, but can also be seen as starting points to explore points of interest further.
Possible CfE Expressive Arts Links
Art and Design
Possible CfE Curricular Links
| English and Literacy | LIT3-05a, LIT3-14a, LIT3-15a, LIT3-24a, ENG3-17a, LIT4-05a, LIT4-07a, LIT4-08a, LIT4-14a, LIT4-14d, LIT4-15a, LIT4-24a, LIT4-25a, ENG4-12a, ENG4-17a |
| Social Studies | SOC3-01a, SOC3-04a |
| Science | SCN3-03a, SCN4-01a, SCN4-02a |
| Technologies | TCH3-07a, TCH3-09a, TCH3-13a, TCH3-13b, TCH3-15b, TCH4-08a, TCH4-09b, TCH4-15b, TCH4-15c, TCH4-15d |
| Maths and Numeracy | MNU3-09a |
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