Category Archives: Secondary schools

Assessment, Curriculum for Excellence, News, Secondary schools

Help name the new CfE senior phase benchmarking tool

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As announced on Engage for Education last week, the Scottish Government and its partners are developing a new CfE senior phase benchmarking tool to help local authorities and secondary schools to analyse, compare and improve the performance of pupils in the senior phase of Curriculum for Excellence.  One of the early tasks on which the project team are seeking views is the name of the tool.  A canvassing exercise has been launched on Engage and Glow and will run until Friday November 30. The results will be passed to the Project Board and CfE Management Board for their final consideration.  Take part here,we would welcome your ideas and suggestions.

Curriculum for Excellence, Global Citizenship, glow, glow meet, News, Secondary schools

What does remembrance mean? – Wounded

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22/11/12 10:00 – 11:30

This year Poppyscotland have teamed up with Glow TV to bring you a series of events about remembrance. This is the final event in this series.

From 20th – 23rd November 2012, Surgeons’ Hall Museum at The Royal College of Surgeons will host a unique theatrical and educational event. ‘Wounded’ is a new play, which has been written by members of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre for students from S3 upwards.

Wounded is a free educational event which has two aims: to bring to life elements of the Curriculum for Excellence, particularly in History, English, Drama and Citizenship; and to support outreach initiatives for students, enabling interaction with museum collections.

This is your chance to watch ‘Wounded’ from the comfort of your own classroom.

Early Years, Learning, Literacy and English, News, Opportunities, Primary schools, resources, Secondary schools

Book Week Scotland

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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

Competition, Early Years, News, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

What difference would £5,000 make to your school?

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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.

News, Primary schools, resources, Secondary schools

Holocaust Memorial Day 2013

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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.

Competition, Creativity, Literacy and English, News, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

National Galleries of Scotland

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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.

News, Opportunities, Secondary schools

Opportunity for young people to create their own Social Enterprise – 11-16 year olds

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Live UnLtd, InspirEngage International and Xing Education launched Create Your Career, offering 11–16 year-olds across the UK the opportunity to start their own social enterprise. Successful applicants receive up to £500 kick-start funding, a free place at an InspirEngage Skills Bootcamp and access to support. The deadline for applications is 10 December

Click here for details

Art and Design, Competition, Creativity, News, Opportunities, Secondary schools

BP Portrait Award: Next Generation – NGS free workshops for 14–19 year olds

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The BP Portrait Award showcases the very best in contemporary portrait painting from around the world. BP Portrait Award: Next Generation opens up free opportunities for 14–19 year olds to creatively engage with portraiture.

The National Galleries of Scotland are hosting the BP Portrait Award: Next Generation at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery this winter. They are offering four, short taster sessions where young people can experiment with drawing techniques and two, two-day Winter Schools where young people can experience a more intense approach to drawing and painting, coached by past BP Portrait Award-winning artists.

These are free and open to young people from all over Scotland. A small number of travel bursaries are available to young people on application.

For more information or to book a place, please email Joanna Mawdsley, Schools Education Officer.