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Early Learning, Primary, Secondary

Earlyarts Webinar: creative learning environments

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Join us on Wednesday, 24th June with our wonderful guest presenter, Elizabeth Jarman, Founder and Managing Director of ELIZABETH JARMAN® Group and the sole provider of The Communication Friendly Spaces™ Approach.

Elizabeth will be challenging us to think about the way we use our school or nursery environments to really set the scene for creative learning to take place.

‘It’s critical to understand how the physical space should connect with its intention. I think it’s essential to tune into the environment from the learner’s perspective. To do this, it is really important to observe, reflect and then make informed decisions about the way that children and families interact with the environment if a developmentally appropriate, personalised, responsive learning space is to develop, reflecting preferred contexts for learning’, says Elizabeth Jarman.

Date:  Wednesday, 24th June
Time:  12.30pm to 1.45pm

Working with architects to educators, Elizabeth leads an international team of experts who deliver training, consultancy, develop resources and commission research on improving learning environments. She has a particular interest in engaging families in children’s learning

 

What is an Earlyarts webinar?

An Earlyarts webinar is an online, interactive, live training session led by a creative expert.

You can ask questions, make comments and explore the ideas discussed all from the comfort of your own office, nursery or home.

You can also share creative approaches and offer ideas of your own.

Don’t worry if you haven’t done a webinar before – full instructions will be sent when you book!

 

WATCH AN EXCERPT FROM A PREVIOUS WEBINAR HERE

FREE for members or £15 for non-members!

 

BOOK YOUR CREATIVE TRAINING NOW

 

We hope you can join us for this exciting and educational training webinar. Attendance certificates will be available at the end of this training session to count towards your own CPD programme.

All the very best

 

Earlyarts Team

 

Image Credits:  ELIZABETH JARMAN® Group
Colleges, Developing the Young Workforce, Drama, Secondary, THIS IS A TEST

Tron Participation – the Ambassadors Scheme for 15-17 year olds

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Aim:     To provide opportunities to participate in art activities regardless of age, ability or background.

 

Why:    To encourage the behaviour of theatre-going as both audience and artist because we believe participating in cultural activity enriches your life.

 

How:    Participating in our program can lead to developing new skills, meeting new people and embarking on a life-long relationship with the Tron.

 

 

Ambassadors Scheme

 

Tron Ambassadors scheme gives pupils the chance to be behind the scenes of a working theatre. It enables young people to make a deeper connection with the Tron and gain a better understanding

of the industry.

 

As well as providing participants with opportunities to take part in; workshops, task, interviewing and observing industry professionals, we also want our Ambassadors to understand the transferable skills they are learning which can be applied to any career path they choose to take when leaving school.

Download the PDF here:
Tron Ambassadors Info 2015-2016

Previous Ambassadors have worked on social media calls; tweet meets and wrote reviews, press releases and direct mails. They toured the building, met Tron Staff and organised front of house activities for one of our Youth Theatre show. Ambassadors have said it has been an enjoyable and educational experience they would recommend to others.

 

Tron Participation are looking for pupils who –

 

  • Have an interest in theatre
  • Use social media such as twitter, Instagram, tumblr, wordpress as a way of conveying their thoughts and opinions with an audience
  • Are comfortable talking to groups of people
  • Are willing to promote the work of the Tron with family, friends and peers
  • Are up for a challenge and happy to learn new skills and work as a team
  • Are interested in developing employability skills
  • Looking to expand their C.V to aid with college/university/job applications

 

Tron Ambassadors will –

 

  • Meet 1-2 times per month at the Tron Theatre (after school weekday meetings)
  • Take part in tasks and challenges out with allocated Ambassador meetings
  • Keep in contact via email with Tron Drama Officer on related tasks and challenges
  • Take part in a variety of theatre workshops/master classes
  • Attend Tron Shows
  • Host Tweet Meets within the Tron Theatre linked to Tron productions
  • Promote the Tron to friends and family
  • Blog, tweet and post about the Ambassadors scheme, Tron shows and events
  • Work as a team on a project linked to Tron Skillshops/Youth Theatre show

 

If you are 15-17 years old and interested in becoming an Ambassador, email Drama Officer Deborah McArthur  (deborah.mcarthur@tron.co.uk) with your name, age, school and no more than 500 words about why you wish to be part of the scheme, what skills you possess for the role and what you hope to achieve from being a Tron Ambassador, by Friday 19th June.

 

Ambassadors who progress past the first stage of application will be invited to a recruitment workshop on Wednesday 24th June at the Tron Theatre where 4-6 Ambassadors will be chosen for the 2015/16 academic year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deborah McArthur

Drama Officer

Tron Theatre | 63 Trongate | Glasgow | G1 5HB

Direct Line            0141 559 5310

Box Office              0141 552 4267

Bar + Kitchen        0141 552 8587

Online                    www.tron.co.uk

 

DOWNLOAD OUR NEW SEASON BROCHURE HERE

Art and Design, Community Learning and Development, Developing the Young Workforce, Secondary, THIS IS A TEST

Creative Careers event at Scottish National Portrait Gallery S4-6

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Interested in a Creative Career?

FREE for S4-6 pupils (groups or individuals)

19 June 2015, 10am-3pm

at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

 

National Galleries Scotland employ a wide range of professionals, offering many career paths. This event is your chance to find out more about careers in the visual arts.

Hear how creative professionals use science, history, IT, art & design, marketing and numeracy skills.

 

  • 30 minute sessions with curators, artists, retail, marketing, conservation and other creative professionals, repeated throughout the day
  • fun insights into their daily tasks and career paths
  • free guided tours of the exhibition Lee Miller and Picasso throughout the day
  • Places are limited, first come
  • Book times to suit between 10am-3pm

 

Please book before 12 June  0131 624 6547 education@nationalgalleries.org

A limited number of travel subsidies are available. Please enquire.

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Creative Conversations (Edinburgh) June 3rd and 5th – Nicola Morgan

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Creative Conversations – this is your invitation to chat to Nicola Morgan, award winning writer, speaker and creator of Brain Sticks: multimedia teaching resources about the brain and wellbeing and David Cameron. 

 

2 dates for your diary:

The next Creative Conversation,  titled ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, will be on:

 

  • Wednesday 3rd June at 30 – 5.30/5.45. Coffee and registration from 4pm and you can continue the conversation with Nicola, David and colleagues over wine and canapes from 5.45 – 6.30/7pm. Welcome from David Bruce, Senior Education Manager, City of Edinburgh Council.

 

OR

 

  • Friday 5th Juneat 00 till 4.15/4.30. You can arrive any time from 1.00pm onwards and a buffet lunch will be available – there will be a glass of wine offered after and you can continue the conversation with David, Nicola and colleagues (venue to follow with confirmation of attendance).

Flyers:

Creative Conversation Invitation 3rd June – Nicola Morgan

Creative Conversation Invitation 5th June – Nicola Morgan

This Creative Conversation is a rare opportunity to talk with Nicola about ‘Readaxation’ among other things. This Creative Conversation will of course be about creativity. It will consider what reading does to our brains and how the reading choices we make affect us. We will also talk about the extent to which we are justified in suggesting Reading for Pleasure as a part of health and wellbeing.

 

Nicola Morgan is an award-winning author of nearly 100 books, including the Young Adult novels Wasted, Fleshmarket (currently being adapted for the London stage) and Mondays are Red.

A former teacher and specialist in dyslexia, in the last ten years Nicola has become increasingly well known for her passionate work on adolescence, with her 2005 book on the teenage brain, Blame My Brain, being shortlisted for the Aventis prize and her recent title, The Teenage Guide to Stress, being snapped up by teenagers and their hard-pressed adults. She now writes and speaks internationally on subjects relating to adolescence and the reading brain, including a focus on reading as a route to

As always this will be a very popular Creative Conversation. This is your invitation and if you would like to come please get back to me directly. If you would like to bring a colleague, please tell me their name and job title. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. I’ll send full venue details and confirmation of your place next week.

 

Please be sure to let me know which date you would like to attend.

 

We look forward to seeing you on the 3rd or the 5th June.

Linda

 

Creative Learning Network: 

Education Scotland in partnership with Creative Scotland has awarded City of Edinburgh, Midlothian and East Lothian Councils funding to develop the Creative Learning Network. This will be based on extending the very successful approach developed by Edinburgh which a number of other authorities have adopted and adapted.

 

Creative Conversations are opportunities for colleagues interested in creativity and education across all sectors to come together and engage in high quality professional dialogue. Each Creative Conversation has a creative catalyst and the conversation is facilitated by David Cameron (the real David Cameron!). There is always opportunity to continue the discussion over a glass of wine in an informal setting. Each Creative Conversation is in an interesting venue and over 2014/15 will take place across the 3 local authority areas. Previous Creative Conversations have included well known figures such as Tim Brighouse, Keir Bloomer, Frank Crawford, Laurie O’Donnell, Hywel Roberts, Eric Booth, Heather Reid and many others. Conversations are always about creativity and have covered technology, funding, self evaluation and  preparing for inspection (creatively!), science and art, flipped learning and much more. Don’t make the mistake of thinking this is just about art – it’s about creativity in the widest sense.

 

 

 

Linda Lees | Service Manager, Arts and Creative Learning | Schools and Community Services | Children and Families | The City of Edinburgh Council, Waverley Court, Business Centre 1/2, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh EH8 8BG | Tel 0131 469 3956 | Mobile 07917 825007 | mailto:linda.lees@edinburgh.gov.uk | www.edinburgh.gov.uk | www.edinburgh.gov.uk

Colleges, Community Learning and Development, Early Learning, Primary, Research and Strategy, Secondary

Creative Exchange: How do we nourish and develop every child’s innate creativity?

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Tuesday 26 May 16.30 – 18.30 FREE

at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

 

Aimed at teachers and educators of all subject areas, ages and abilities

delivered in partnership with the Arts & Creative Learning team, City of Edinburgh Council

 

Due to the popularity of previous sessions, we are offering  another opportunity for educators to share ideas with each other. Do you have a burning question about creativity that you’d like to explore with like-minded colleagues? Or want to hear how other educators are developing creativity in the classroom? Whether you work with nursery, primary or secondary age groups, come along and share solutions as well as problems.

You are invited for 10-15 minutes to either:

present an idea, project or activity which you have found develops the creativity of learners, or

to raise a question/ bring a challenge you face in promoting creative teaching and learning. Seek solutions from the other participants.

 

Please book by 22nd May. Contact education@nationalgalleries.org for a booking form

 

 

Drama, Primary, Sciences, Technologies

The Astro Science Challenge – a free space science adventure for 7-11 year olds

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An epic adventure for primary school children about the science of going into space, running in conjunction with Tim Peake aka Britain’s Next Astronaut going into space aboard the International Space Station.

Click here to find out more and register your school’s interest in being involved in this free, high profile project: http://www.astrosciencechallenge.com/find-out-more/

The adventure will consist of six ‘episodes’, each with a new science-based challenge for the students to complete. All participants who successfully complete each challenge in the adventure are rewarded with an online digital badge endorsed by one of our partners.

Each episode will be created in partnership with some of the UK’s most brilliant space science organisations, including the UK Space Agency, The Met Office, The Science Museum, The Royal Observatory, Young Rewired State and NASA Mission X.

It will run over the second half of the autumn term, October-December 2015.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

Thanks to funding from Arts Council England, Garfield Weston, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Foyle Foundation The Astro Science Challenge is free for primary schools and children aged 7-11 throughout the UK.

Community Learning and Development, Early Learning, Music, THIS IS A TEST

Big Big Sing Concerts

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Find out about the latest Big Big Sing concerts around Scotland here: http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5b7cf9d79d4ce55f9e3504ae0&id=8e4bb3e855&e=2b99d76951

Come and join us for an afternoon packed full of song, smiles and laughter at…

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Sat 16 May 12 – 5pm Book here
Edinburgh Usher Hall Sun 17 May 12 – 5pm Book here
Aberdeen Music Hall Sat 30 May 12 – 5pm Book here
Dundee Caird Hall Sun 31 May 12 – 5pm Book here

Tickets are just £5 and free to concessions (U16s, Students, Senior Citizens, Unwaged)

Art and Design, Secondary

Creative Conversation – Edinburgh, How Humour and Creative Talent can Challenge our Ideas

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Creative Conversations – this is your invitation to chat to Rachel McLean, (artist, film-maker and all round funny and interesting person!) and David Cameron.

 

Her show Happy & Glorious explored themes of class and national identity.  Her work is described as ‘slipping inside and outside of history and into imagined futures, creating hyper-glowing, artificially saturated visions that are both nauseatingly positive and cheerfully grotesque’. Her film A Whole New World, commissioned for the Margaret Tait Award 2013 in conjunction with Glasgow Film Festival, Creative Scotland and Lux takes on Scottish independence and British empire in her signature hyper-saturated and surreal style.

 

Date for your diary:

The next Creative Conversation,  titled ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’, will be on Friday 15th May at 2.00 till 4.15/4.30. You can arrive any time from 1.00pm onwards and a buffet lunch will be available – there will be a glass of wine offered after and you can continue the conversation with David, Rachel and colleagues (venue to follow with confirmation of attendance).

 

This Creative Conversation will look at how humour and creative talent can challenge our ideas about history, politics, class and identity – among other things…..

 

Senior pupils, particularly those studying art and design, music, drama, social subjects and media would find this interesting. If you have any senior pupils who would like to attend could you please let us know as soon as possible. (apologies for the short notice).

 

As always this will be a very popular Creative Conversation. This is your invitation and if you would like to come please get back to me directly. If you would like to bring a colleague, please tell me their name and job title. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. I’ll send full venue details and confirmation of your place next week.

 

We look forward to seeing you on the 15th.

Linda

 

      Creative Learning Network:

Education Scotland in partnership with Creative Scotland has awarded City of Edinburgh, Midlothian and East Lothian Councils funding to develop the Creative Learning Network. This will be based on extending the very successful approach developed by Edinburgh which a number of other authorities have adopted and adapted.

 

Creative Conversations are opportunities for colleagues interested in creativity and education across all sectors to come together and engage in high quality professional dialogue. Each Creative Conversation has a creative catalyst and the conversation is facilitated by David Cameron (the real David Cameron!). There is always opportunity to continue the discussion over a glass of wine in an informal setting. Each Creative Conversation is in an interesting venue and over 2014/15 will take place across the 3 local authority areas. Previous Creative Conversations have included well known figures such as Tim Brighouse, Keir Bloomer, Frank Crawford, Laurie O’Donnell, Hywel Roberts, Eric Booth, Heather Reid and many others. Conversations are always about creativity and have covered technology, funding, self evaluation and  preparing for inspection (creatively!), science and art, flipped learning and much more. Don’t make the mistake of thinking this is just about art – it’s about creativity in the widest sense.

 

 

Linda Lees | Service Manager, Arts and Creative Learning | Schools and Community Services | Children and Families | The City of Edinburgh Council, Waverley Court, Business Centre 1/1, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh EH8 8BG | Tel 0131 469 3956 | Mobile 07917 825007 | mailto:linda.lees@edinburgh.gov.uk | www.edinburgh.gov.uk