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Kaleidoscope September 2021 – Creativity in Leadership and Learning
Kaleidoscope March 2021 – celebrating creative learning, creative teaching and creative change
Kaleidoscope March 2021 – celebrating creative learning, creative teaching and creative change
Kaleidoscope January 2021 – celebrating creative learning, creative teaching and creative change
Inspired To Inspirational – Classroom Drama Online Course
Online Course for Early Years Primary Teachers wanting to learn with ease the basics of Interactive Classroom Drama Techniques to motivate and engage their young students, to ignite their teaching delivery and drive Curriculum areas. Very suitable for teachers using Drama Literacy. CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW
http://bit.ly/DramaStudioIntroCourse
Kaleidoscope January 2020 – celebrating creative learning, creative teaching and creative change
Out to Play CPD Sessions – October 2019
“I hadn’t realised the power of imagination within outdoor learning”
Eco Drama is delivering 3 Out to Play CPD sessions for primary school teachers and education practitioners at venues in Glasgow and Paisley this October on the following dates/times:
- Monday 21st October, 3.30-5.30pm – Jordanhill School, Glasgow
- Tuesday 22nd October, 3.30-5.30pm – Kibble Education Centre, Paisley
- Thursday 24th October, 10-12noon – Glenburn Resource Centre, Paisley
The session will introduce the Out to Play project, supporting primary school teachers and education practitioners to engage further with outdoor learning and make imaginative use of school playgrounds using drama and storytelling. This 2 hour practical session costs £45 pp which includes a hard copy of Eco Drama’s latest resource ‘Let’s Go…Out to Play!‘.
There are a limited number of places left on each of the dates. To find out more information and book a place, please email christine@ecodrama.co.uk
“Best CPD event I have been to in ages.” Catriona Brown, Battlefield Primary
“Fantastic workshop. Ben is inspirational.” Jane Johnston-Smith, Eaglesham Primary
Kaleidoscope, August 2019 – celebrating creative learning, creative teaching and creative change
| National Creative Learning Network Development Day
Breaking expectations inspires creativity, so our recent National Creative Learning Network Development Day was held at Edinburgh Zoo, one in a series of interesting venues including a velodrome (Emirates Arena, Glasgow), Codebase in Falkirk, and Falkland Palace in Fife. Colleagues from Aberdeen and North Lanarkshire talked about programmes of work supported by the Creative Learning Network Fund. Margaret Stewart, Aberdeen City, shared the story of how consistent messaging and building on successful models of practice has resulted in an exciting new venture in a local primary school which has committed to embedding creativity in its practice. Pauline O’Neill, North Lanarkshire Council, shared two innovative DYW projects, one designed for young people ‘at risk’ and the other to support Christmas leavers into positive destinations. Partnerships with local businesses and industry are a strong feature of both projects and contribute to successful outcomes. Presentations from the day can be found here : https://creativityportal.org.uk/?q=edinburgh+zoo Resources! Check out Education Scotland’s YouTube channel for our creativity focused animations. There are ten in total which cover a range of topics from ‘Why teach creativity skills?’ to ‘Do creativity skills challenge prejudice and gender bias?’ Find out more. Big Meet with Ollie Bray Ollie Bray, former Headteacher of Kingussie High School and now Director/Initiative Lead: Connective Play and Education at The LEGO Foundation, Denmark, recently led a professional learning event in Glasgow. Through active participation, he illustrated how play and creativity are essential elements of engaging learning. He also reflected on Kingussie’s success story, highlighting the importance of bringing creative and innovative approaches to curriculum planning. You can read more about his work here: https://www.gtcs.org.uk/News/teaching-scotland/76-bray-the-master-builder.aspx https://www.legofoundation.com/media/1664/creating-creators_full-report.pdf
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Did you know…..?
Registration for the Scottish Learning Festival 2019 is now open. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event. This year new features have been introduced, including Twilight sessions for those who can’t make it along during the day. Articles Lateral thinking: David Epstein explains how Nintendo’s Game Boy was a case of “lateral thinking with withered technology” Project Based Learning (PBL) accelerates creativity through sufficiently structuring learning goals and requirements while allowing students to choose between differentiated options. Here’s your very own PBL test drive. Collaborative Problem Solving : Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan lists Problem-Solving as one of the four core creativity skills. This summary of research literature tells us that when structured well, problems can reinforce knowledge and improve attainment, as well as prepare children for the future workplace. NEW RESOURCES: How Can Creativity Support STEM? This two minute animation explores how. Do you have an interesting piece of practice to share? Please get in touch! |
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Eco Drama Resource Pack ‘Let’s Go…Out to Play!’
Eco Drama have copies available of our brand new Resource Pack ‘Let’s Go…Out to Play!’, an invaluable 82 page document bursting with ideas, activities, stories and inspiration to develop a school’s ‘Out to Play’ journey.
Building on the first pack written by Eco Drama in 2015, this second edition draws on the experiences of the Drama Artists that delivered Out to Play residencies in school playgrounds across Glasgow during 2015-18. It contains an abundance of new ideas to support teachers to deliver imaginative outdoor learning sessions in school playgrounds, including inspiring environmental stories, nature connection exercises, session plans, drama activities and games, and is packed full of handy tips and insights for facilitating creative outdoor learning sessions.
The pack is suitable for teachers, early years practitioners or any practitioner working in an education setting, looking to explore more creative ways of delivering outdoor learning and sustainable development education.
“Teachers who have used this resource have found it well planned out, easy to follow and have found the activities to be very motivating for the children.” Andrea Gurd, Aultmore Park
Packs are available to purchase for £20 as a quality, ring-bound hard copy booklet. To order a copy pleased email nina@ecodrama.co.uk. View a sample copy or visit the Eco Drama website for more information: http://www.ecodrama.co.uk/resources/
Kaleidoscope, March 2019 – celebrating creative learning, creative teaching and creative change
| Imagine if….Approaching the curriculum creatively
Our recent National Creative Learning Network event focused on the curriculum. We wanted to know what young people think of the totality of the education offer they experience and how it might be improved. ‘The young contributors were fantastic. They were really clear about what they felt they needed from school education and teachers and also about what they had to give’ (participant) Our two ‘must haves’ were:
You can read the full story here: How we really listened to learners and find out how to deliver your own Imagine If… event here:
This month CLN Coordinators met together at Codebase in Stirling for a development day focused on sharing practice. Colleagues from Edinburgh, West Lothian, Angus and Stirling talked about programmes of work supported by the Creative Learning Fund. The four very different approaches shared prompted rich dialogue and enabled us to explore the importance of long-term strategy; embedding creative teaching and learning; using creativity to challenge classroom ‘norms’ and a design thinking approach to help practitioners visualise the creative process. Find out more about the Creative Learning Networks here: |
Did you know…..?
World Creativity and Innovation Day takes place Enterprising Educator – DEADLINE WEDNESDAY! Scotland’s Enterprising Schools has been working in Articles Author Angie Lake explains why STEM and arts subjects are both important in the world – you might find this a useful article to share with young people. Head of Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, Libby Curtis, discusses the importance of creativity and culture within society. Finland, Switzerland and New Zealand lead the way at teaching skills for the future. Read more about the provision of future skills education here. NEW RESOURCES: How Do We Assess Creativity Skills? This two minute animation explores how. Foundation Apprenticeships This quick guide offers helpful information for educational practitioners to learn more about Foundation Apprenticeships, the benefits they offer pupils and how schools in Scotland are delivering them. Parent Toolkit Children, now more than ever, need to understand how to evaluate changing information, respond creatively when problems arise, and be prepared for the jobs and opportunities of the future. Parent Toolkit offers some suggestions to help build learners’ cognitive flexibility.
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creativity is the skill of the future
