Creativity, Learning, News, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

National Poetry Day 2012

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National Poetry Day is Thursday 4 October 2012, and the theme is ‘stars’.

During National Poetry Day, people all over the UK take part in a celebration of great poetry.

Each year there’s a theme – 2011 was ‘games’, 2010 was ‘home’ – and this year we’ll be exploring starry poems, from the night sky to fame’s spotlight. There’ll be stars on our poem postcards, dazzlingly starry posters to download and print, and shining ideas for teaching and activities.

From early August 2012, you’ll find the poems, teachers’ notes and posters right here. www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk

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CPD – Scottish Storytelling Centre

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Connecting with Culture

Courses and workshops

May to Dec 2012

Scotland’s storytellers, songmakers, musicians and dancers have come together to offer a feast of participative culture for all those who are involved in arts, education and community making across Scotland.

The new training programme for May to December is ready to download.

CPD, Creative Learning, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Learning, Opportunities, Scotland Colleges

Festival of Dangerous ideas!

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11-15 June, Venues throughout Scotland

The Festival of Dangerous Ideas aims to re-establish the importance of dangerous ideas as agents of change in education – to shift the axis of what is possible!
During the week-long festival, in conjunction with Creative Scotland and partners, there will be a variety of activities happening across Scotland.

News

The Scottish Government

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NEW FINDINGS PUBLISHED ON 10 MAY 2012

Aileen Campbell, Minister for Children and Young People said:

“The Scottish Government wants our country to be the best place for children to grow up and studies such as Growing up in Scotland (GUS) provide uniquely Scottish information to help realise that vision.

“The findings help our understanding of what makes the best start in life, how to achieve that for our children and how to measure the progress already made.

“This government is committed to supporting children and families and recognises that getting it right in the early years is essential. These findings will be hugely helpful to us as well as our partners working across the early years in Scotland.’’

Click here for more info

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

Major milestones reached in delivery of new National Qualifications

May 8, 2012 Ms Higgins Leave a comment

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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.

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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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Calling all primary 3 & 5 teachers!

May 8, 2012 Ms Higgins Leave a comment

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.

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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.

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Funding, News, Opportunities, Outdoor learning, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Funding opportunity: Ernest Cook Trust

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The Ernest Cook Trust gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people’s interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy.

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