All posts by S. Bullock

Religious and Moral Education

Creative Competition 2015 – Anti-Racism and Anti-Sectarianism: Celebrating Diversity Together

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Show Racism the Red Card is celebrating the 11th year of their anti-racism/anti-sectarianism creative competition.

The theme of this year’s competition is ‘Celebrating Diversity Together’. Entries are welcome from individuals and groups. Entrants are invited to develop a piece of creative work that gets across clear messages of anti-racism or anti-sectarianism and celebrates diversity in Scotland’s communities.

Detailed information for teachers and lecturers, full competition rules and application forms are on the website:

http://www.theredcardscotland.org/educational/competitions/scotland

Colleges, Developing the Young Workforce, Secondary

Transitions 20/40 Open Day this Saturday – funded training for careers in the creative arts

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Join us on Saturday 11 October for our Transitions 20/40 Open Day from 11am–1pm.

At this Open Day you can find out more information on the Transitions 20/40 programme and see how you can benefit from a year’s worth of fully-funded training to prepare you for going on to study at a university, college or conservatoire.

We want to meet you if you are passionate about dance, drama, music, production or screen and you are considering further study or a career in the creative arts.

Find out more about what to expect at the Open Day and more details about Transitions 20/40 on the RCS website: http://www.rcs.ac.uk/about_us/transitions-2040/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Transitions%202040%20Open%20Day&utm_content=Transitions%202040%20Open%20Day+Preview+CID_3777c530b6f8fd4cc6dec633e84e97c2&utm_source=RCS%20Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=RCS%20website

Book Your Place:

The Transitions 20/40 Open Day is a free event but you need to register in advance online.

If you have any questions about the Open Day or the programme in general, please get in touch with us at transitions2040@rcs.ac.uk.

Art and Design, Colleges, Secondary, THIS IS A TEST

Stills Young Photographers Club – 15-17 year olds

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Stills’ is a vibrant platform for creativity that provide the best photographic darkrooms and digital production facilities in Scotland. Stills Young Photographers Club are offering young people age 15-17 and exciting opportunity to develop their own photographic projects using Still’s facilities whilst being supported by two photographer artists.

This is a ten week course running weekly from Friday 12th September – Friday 21 November from 2pm – 4pm concluding with an exhibition in Stills’ showcasing the photographs produced by the young photographers.

Click here for the PDF: StillsYoung Persons Camera Club

The course costs just £90 and includes all equipment and materials. The course is open to anyone with an interest in photography and can be booked online, over the phone or in person.

www.stills.org/courses

0131 622 6200

Stills, 23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1BP

If you have any questions regarding this exciting opportunity please contact Claire Cochrane at engagement@stills.org

Health and Wellbeing, Religious and Moral Education, Secondary, Social Studies

Take One Film Festival – screenings on social and environmental change and concern

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Take One Action Film Festival celebrates the people and movies that are changing the world. These world-class films focus on issues of social and environmental change and concern.


Inequality for All

Edinburgh Filmhouse / 23 September

Glasgow Film Theatre / Wednesday 1 October, 10am

Does inequality matter? Arguments against its corrosive effects rarely come as cogently and powerfully expressed as in this rousing exposé. Robert Reich, who served Presidents Ford, Carter and Clinton, charts the history of America’s rich/poor divide and argues that the status quo is not sustainable. But this is not just an American story: the UK is one of the most unequal countries in the developed world; in Scotland, the 3 richest families own more wealth than 20% of the population (source: Oxfam report). What are the root causes of inequality and what can we do about it? This topical film allows us to explore the issue in a refreshingly entertaining and accessible way.

Recommended for S4 – S6. Social studies / Health and wellbeing / Mathematics / Economics. 120mins

Click here to access learning resources to go with the film.

The Revolutionary Optimist (NC 12+)

Glasgow Film Theatre / Tuesday 23 September, 10am

Edinburgh Filmhouse Thursday 2 October, 10am

This uplifting documentary shows Kolkata slum children not as victims, but as empowered agents of change. Despite being dealt a difficult hand (with limited access to education and poor health prospects) the young people refuse to give in to resignation. They are supported by Amlan Ganguly, a lawyer turned community educator who faces down child labour, early marriage and endemic poverty with the unfailing belief that children must meaningfully participate in the decisions and factors that affect them.

Recommended for S1 – S6. Social studies / Health and wellbeing / Religious and moral education / Global development. 120mins

Click here to access The Revolutionary Optimists’ online interactive resource.

These films are FREE for Glasgow City Council schools and £3 per pupil for all other schools. Accompanying teachers go free.

To reserve Glasgow tickets Click here. To reserve Edinburgh tickets please email nicola.kettlewood@cmi-scotland.co.uk or call 0131 228 6382.

Colleges, Early Learning, Primary, Secondary

Exploring SCRAN – 390,000 images, movies and sounds from museums, galleries, archives and the media

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Highland teachers are invited to attend the session arranged for Wednesday 8th October, at the Dingwall Education Centre. Anyone interested in coming along to the training can book via Highland CPD. This is an excellent opportunity to support the GTCS Professional Review process and expand professional learning plans.

Vertical aerial image taken near Dingwall, 17/05/1975                      © Scran

Scran sessions aim to show teachers how to tap into a vast visual resource, become familiar with the functions of the website, www.scran.ac.uk for research & investigation – as well as considering new applications for classroom activity.

Staff can find out how to acquire imagery & information to illuminate teaching & learning practice.  All 390,000 records on Scran are rights cleared for educational use and the content can be used across the curriculum. The session consists of a presentation followed by an enjoyable series of online tasks exploring the potential of Scran.

Scran is listed on the GTCS register of approved CPD providers and on Education Scotland’s PLFind.

Why not have a look at some Scran case studies?  Link – http://www.scran.ac.uk/learning/schools/cfe/casestudies/index.php

Art and Design, Colleges, Primary, Secondary

GENERATION – Contemporary Art Tours, Workshops, CPD and Projects

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GENERATION is a major, nation-wide exhibition project showcasing some of the best and most significant contemporary art to have emerged from Scotland in the last 25 years. Many venues involved in GENERATION offer opportunities for educators including one off tours, workshops, CPD and longer term projects. You can use the venue pages on the GENERATION website to find the contact details of galleries near you.

If you are looking for more information about using contemporary art in the classroom, the new website feature ‘GENERATION 12/25 – Educators’ may help. It explores the potential for using examples of contemporary art when working with young people, and highlights a range of digital resources on offer.

http://generationartscotland.org/features/generation-1225-educators/

We are really interested to hear from you if you have contemporary art resources that you’d like to share.

You can contact us on Twitter @genartscot

Iona McCann
GENERATION, Public Engagement Co-ordinator

Email    Iona.McCann@csglasgow.org

Art and Design, Colleges, Primary, Secondary

Scottish National Gallery CPD Workshops – now free!

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Life Drawing Inspired by Titian

Saturday 6 September 2014, 10am-4.30pm. FREE. Limited places. Clore Education Centre, Scottish National Gallery.

Inspired by Titian’s dynamic figure poses and loose handling of paint, this course will look at approaches to drawing the figure in an energetic and expressive way. Drawing materials will be combined in layers to achieve some of the effects that Titian sought and that Degas emulated in his own pastel paintings. Charcoal, ink and chalk pastels will be used on a variety of surfaces. Led by artist Damian Callan.

http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/exhibitions/titian-and-the-golden-age-of-venetian-art/

GENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland

Friday 26 September 2014, 1.30–4.30pm & Saturday 27 September 2014, 10am-4.30pm. FREE. Limited places. Clore Education Centre, Scottish National Gallery.

This short intensive CPD course for Teachers will begin with an examination and discussion of the GENERATION exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery – exploring ideas, materials and processes.

Thereafter, we will work in the Clore studio from our own creative ideas and those inspired by the exhibition. A variety of conventional and unconventional materials will be available to engage and experiment with, helping us to consider how choice of media, technique and form communicate meaning.
Whilst the main focus of the workshop is to allow participants personal creative exploration time, we will discuss how the ideas and materials introduced in the workshop could be used successfully in the classroom. Led by artist Audrey Grant.

http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/exhibitions/generation-25-years-of-contemporary-art-in-scotland-national/

To book a place of any of these sessions, please contact Sarah Mackinnon, Education Bookings Coordinator on 0131 624 6410 or email education@nationalgalleries.org

Further CPD sessions to be announced shortly.

Download the latest Programme for Schools here:

http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/_file/education/ngs-schools-programme-2014-2015.pdf

Colleges, Community Learning and Development, Languages and Literacy, Primary, Secondary, THIS IS A TEST

Flash Fiction Writing Competition 2014

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The Special Collections Centre is home to the University’s historic collections of books, manuscripts, archives and photographs.

For the third year running the Special Collections Centre is running a Flash Fiction Competition for Book Week Scotland. Get inspired by four fabulous images from the rare books and archives collections and send in your 500-word short story. Prizes to be won for both children and adult categories! For more details, visit the Flash Fiction 2014 tab on the Book Week Scotland page.

http://abdn.ac.uk/library/about/special/book-week-scotland/

Art and Design, Primary, Research and Strategy, Secondary

Continued Professional Development – National Galleries of Scotland

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We can provide exciting and stimulating Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions for whole schools, departments, art forums and cluster groups.

These sessions cover a range of topics, such as:

•how art can support and extend the Curriculum for Excellence

•increasing teachers’ confidence in using object-based learning in the Galleries and the classroom

•developing teachers’ skills in looking at art

•using works of art in the classroom creatively

•practical experience in different art techniques

Above sessions can be booked for a half day or full day. We also offer specialist hands-on workshops for Secondary Art Teachers and Primary Art Specialists.

Free place available for both September events. Email education@nationalgalleries.org to book your place!