{"id":5222,"date":"2025-06-05T14:19:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T13:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/?p=5222"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:43:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:43:32","slug":"its-our-home-glasgow-citywide-video-premiere-for-glasgows-850th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/its-our-home-glasgow-citywide-video-premiere-for-glasgows-850th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Our Home, Glasgow \u2013 Citywide Video Premiere for Glasgow\u2019s 850th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family\">We are thrilled to announce the premiere of&nbsp;<strong>It\u2019s Our Home, Glasgow<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 a citywide musical celebration marking&nbsp;<strong>Glasgow\u2019s 850th anniversary<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 taking place on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family\">\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>Thursday 12th June<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family\">\ud83d\udd52&nbsp;<strong>9.15am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family\">\ud83d\udcfa&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ysr8rjAWS-Q\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family\">We\u2019re inviting every school in Glasgow to join us for a special&nbsp;<strong>live watch party<\/strong>, bringing together pupils, staff and families to celebrate the creativity and diversity of our city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83c\udfb6 About the Project<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family\">As part of the official&nbsp;<strong>Glasgow 850 celebrations<\/strong>, this new song \u2013&nbsp;<em>It\u2019s Our Home, Glasgow<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 was specially written for children across the city to sing together. With verses in&nbsp;<strong>English, Scots and Gaelic<\/strong>, and a chorus supported by&nbsp;<strong>Makaton signing<\/strong>, the project celebrates the voices, cultures and stories that make Glasgow our home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family\">The final video features over&nbsp;<strong>325 submissions<\/strong>&nbsp;from more than&nbsp;<strong>135 primary schools<\/strong>, alongside contributions from&nbsp;<strong>ASN schools, a nursery, and a home education group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThis project captures the spirit of our city \u2014 creative, inclusive and full of heart. It\u2019s been inspiring to see so many schools come together in such a joyful way.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<cite><strong>Martin O\u2019Neill<\/strong>, Principal Instructor, CREATE<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83c\udfbc Keep Using the Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family\">Even after the premiere, the song and all accompanying resources will remain available to use in your school community. Visit the project page to access:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Teaching videos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lyric sheets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Backing tracks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Makaton signing video<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Filming guide for schools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family\">\ud83d\udc49&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/glasgow850\/\">Access the full project here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83d\udce2 Join the Watch Party<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family\">We\u2019d love to see schools across Glasgow come together for this special moment. Gather in assembly halls, classrooms or playgrounds \u2013 and celebrate our&nbsp;<strong>dear green place<\/strong>&nbsp;with pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family\">\ud83c\udf89 Let\u2019s fill the city with song!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family\">\ud83d\udd52&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ysr8rjAWS-Q\">Watch the premiere \u2013 Thursday 12th June, 9.15am on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce the premiere of&nbsp;It\u2019s Our Home, Glasgow&nbsp;\u2013 a citywide musical celebration marking&nbsp;Glasgow\u2019s 850th anniversary&nbsp;\u2013 taking place on: \ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f&nbsp;Thursday 12th June \ud83d\udd52&nbsp;9.15am \ud83d\udcfa&nbsp;Watch on YouTube We\u2019re inviting every school in Glasgow to join us for a special&nbsp;live watch party, bringing together pupils, staff and families to celebrate the creativity and diversity of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10538,"featured_media":5237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/glasgowcreate\/uploads\/sites\/11068\/2025\/06\/06133701\/Launch-Poster-with-QR-code.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10538"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5222"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5476,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5222\/revisions\/5476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/glasgowcreate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}