Education Scotland is hosting a series of important regional events in March 2013 to enable schools to explore the implications of two major policy developments – the Children and Young People Bill  and the Learning for Sustainability report. The Children and Young People Bill sets out a range of proposals for children’s services and will seek to embed the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) across the public sector including schools and local authorities. The Learning for Sustainability report, published in December 2012, sets out a strategic agenda for change for Scottish schools and recommends the adoption of a coherent whole school approach to ensure that sustainability, global citizenship and outdoor learning are experienced in a transformative way by every learner in every school across Scotland.

Through a mixture of workshops, exhibitions and spotlight sessions, delegates will have the opportunity to gain practical ideas and insight from early years, ASN, primary and secondary schools with interesting practice to share. Key national organisations will also be on hand to offer support, resources and advice.

When:

• Wed 13 March – Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
• Mon 18 March – Drumossie Hotel, Inverness
• Wed 20 March ­– Hampden Stadium, Glasgow.

How to book: School and local authority staff should contact their local authority coordinator in the first instance to book. General bookings will be available from 26 Feb onwards. Please email Willie Bhari: Willie.Bhari@educationscotland.gov.uk  or Tel: 0141 282 5208 to add your name to this waiting list.  For more information visit: http://bit.ly/VkFTv8.