Category Archives: Secondary schools

Funding, Opportunities, Scotland Colleges, Secondary schools

Starbucks Youth Action – Funding of up to £2,000 for young people

February 6, 2014 Olivia Wexelstein Leave a comment

Do you know some 16-24 years old who could use up to £2,000 to run a community change project in their local area?

We are delighted to announce that Starbucks Youth Action funding is available for young people to deliver a project making a positive difference to people in their community.

The Starbucks Youth Action programme inspires and empowers young people from across the UK and Ireland to make a difference in their communities by applying for funding to bring your ideas to life. As well as supporting the young people to bring to life the projects that mean the most to them, young people benefit from training run by UK Youth and Youth Scotland on managing a budget, working with volunteers and project management.

Want to apply?

Get more information on the project and whether you are eligible via the Youth Scotland website.
Read up on how to fill in the online application form.
You can then apply online.

The deadline for applications is 9am on 17 March 2014.

Funding Surgeries
A series of funding surgeries are being held across Scotland to support young people in making their applications, as well as answering questions and providing advice:

Tue 25 February, Glasgow, 6pm – 9pm
Wed 26 February, Edinburgh, 5pm – 8pm
Thursday 27th February, Inverness, 4pm – 7pm

It’s advisable to book a 30 minute slot, but you can also drop in for advice and assistance on the night.

If you’d like to attend a surgery, find out more about the programme or need help with your application, please contact Paul McIlvenny, Senior Development Worker at Youth Scotland:paul.mcilvenny@youthscotland.org.uk or call 0131 554 2561.

Competition, Scotland Colleges, Secondary schools

WorldSkills: registration opens Monday 10 February 2014

February 5, 2014 Olivia Wexelstein Leave a comment

A reminder that registration for WorldSkills UK National Competitions opens again on Monday 10 February 2014.

There are a number of tools available to assist with pre-competition activities that can be carried out at your college to prepare competitors for participation in WorldSkills UK competitions:

Take a look at the WSUK Coaching Manual
The Competitor Preparation Toolkit is available to help competitors fully prepare themselves ahead of the regional and national competitions
There are also a number of Lesson Plans, which are designed to help you guide and support individuals and groups of learners as they prepare to participate in competition activities.

Registration is open from Monday 10 February 2014 until Friday 21 March 2014. Find out more on the WordSkills UK website.

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.

Drama, Events, Expressive Arts, Literacy and English, Rothes Halls, Secondary schools

ON at Fife Theatres – Spring 2014 – Secondary Schools

January 26, 2014 Olivia Wexelstein Leave a comment

Below are all the performances available at theatres across Fife ( Adam Smith Theatre, Carnegie Hall, Lochgelly Centre and Rothes Halls), suitable for secondary aged pupils.

ON at Adam Smith Theatre

National Theatre Live Broadcast – Coriolanus
Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler is brought to the stage at Adam Smith Theatre by Icarus Theatre Collective bringing one of the earliest challenges to modern patriarchy, a brazen precursor to feminism and gender equality.
The World Premiere of Dare To Care is a co-production between Stellar Quines and Fife Cultural Trust and highlights the difficulties faced by women facing a spell behind bars. Suitable for age 14+.Special School price £5. Dare to Care also at Lochgelly Centre.
Also suitable for age 14+, Borderline Theatre Company in Association with the Palace Theatre Kilmarnock presents – A Slow Air, a play written and directed by the Olivier Award winning writer, David Harrower. Special Schools price £5
The Unremarkable Death of Marlyn Monroe is a one-woman show which shows Monroe as you’ve never seen her before. Suitable for age 14+ with a special schools price of £5.
National theatre Live Broadcast – King Lear

ON at Carnegie Hall

Tortoise in a Nutshell in Co-production with Cumbernauld Theatre present Feral. An innovative piece of visual theatre that combines puppetry, film and live sound. Suitable for Age 13+. Special schools price £5. Free workshops are also available in conjuncture with the production.
Adapted by Ian Wilkinson from the book by Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped is brought to Carnegie Hall by Sell A Door Theatre Company. This is an imaginative re-telling of the classic story and is perfect for young and old audiences alike. Suitable of age 6+. Special schools price £7. Workshops will be available – details to be confirmed.
The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk is a coming of age tale about friendship, bullying and overcoming adversity brought to Carnegie Hall by Catherine Wheels. Suitable for Age 9+
Visible Fictions present Robin Hood, a silly and unexpected take on Robin Hood. Suitable for Age 7+

ON at Rothes Halls

Suitable for ages 11-18 yrs, Charioteer Theatre present To Be Or….Note! Through performances and interactive workshops students will learn how to overcome indecision, map out their identities and deal with the difficulties of ‘growing up’.

ON at Lochgelly Centre

Suitable for ages 11-18 yrs, Charioteer Theatre present Treasure Island. Through performances and interactive workshops students will learn how to overcome indecision, map out their identities and deal with the difficulties of ‘growing up’.