Write a poem or piece of prose inspired by one of the works in the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland. As a guide, pieces should not be more that about 1,000 words in length. Images of many of the works can be accessed through the NGS website www.nationalgalleries.org in the section ‘ONLINE COLLECTIONS’.
Entries should be typed, double spaced for prose and in a clear font. An entry form should be completed, giving your name and the required details as the last page of the attachment, and sent to inspired@esuscotland.org.uk. Entries should be submitted by Friday 17 January 2014. Results of the competition will be announced by Thursday 17 April 2014.
Write a Commonwealth Games song! Big Big Sing is a nationwide celebration of singing that will inspire thousands of people to get singing in the lead up to and during Games Time. As part of this project, Big Big Sing is running an exciting songwriting competition open to Primary and Secondary School pupils in Scotland.
Big Big Sing invites pupils to write a song inspired by the Commonwealth Games, pupils can work individually or as a class to write a song between three and five minutes in length. With the games just around the corner there’s no shortage of inspiration for budding songwriters!
2013/2014 marks the 10th anniversary of the annual Show Racism the Red Card’s Anti-Racism/Anti-Sectarianism Creative Competition in Scotland. The Creative Competition is an integral part of the Show Racism the Red Card’s work in Scotland and has become a central feature in the calendar with almost one in five of Scotland’s schools having participated in the competition. Entries are welcome from both individuals as well as class groups and the closing date for all entries is Friday 31st January 2014.
To enter, school and college students must develop a piece of creative work that gets across loud and clear the important message that racism and/or sectarianism is not welcome in Scotland. This could be artwork, poetry, a short story, creative writing, music, a dance/drama performance, research project or multimedia presentation.
Competition winners will be invited to a star-studded award ceremony at Hampden Park in March, attended by the elite of Scottish football, to receive public acclaim for their work and receive their prizes.
Join us for this exciting behind the scenes look at puppetery as teachers work with Finn Caldwell who is one of the original War Horse puppeteers. Finn has directed the puppetry for productions of War Horse in the West End and in Australia. He has also just directed the puppetry in The Light Princess at the National Theatre and is directing a children’s puppetry show called Elephantom in The Shed.
For full details of these and other events, please log in to Glow and view the current schedule(Glow log-in and password required).
An opportunity for biology and physics teachers to explore curiosity and ‘what if’ questions to creatively unlock the field of astrobiology.
The Astrobiology Summer Academy is a four day CPD programme (Sunday to Wednesday) for Biology AND Physics teachers to learn about the science of Astrobiology and work with researchers and lecturers to develop CfE lesson plans for topics such as ‘extremophiles’ (CfE Higher Biology) and ‘life in the Universe’ (SCN-3-06a, SCN 4-06a). There are 20 places available for teachers and you can register your interest at www.astrobiologyacademy.org
The Scottish Education Awards celebrate the hard work and success which takes place in Scottish education. They recognise the achievements of people who dedicate their lives to children and young people and showcase the valuable work and innovation in Scottish classrooms and this year you can make nominations for the Creative Learning Award:
The Discover MY Scotland competition, which is being organised by Skills Development Scotland in conjunction with Education Scotland, Upskill People and Springboard, is asking every secondary school in Scotland to get together individuals, or groups of students, to design an online Discovery Trail for visitors wanting to discover the local area.
The Discovery Trail needs to have an interactive map containing an overview of your local area and why you think people should visit it.
Each school will receive a certificate from SDS and Springboard and the winning school, individual or team, will receive a day’s experience in a leading tourism venue plus a winner’s plaque.
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