Creative young people in East Dunbartonshire will be showcasing their talents on the big screen at East Dunbartonshire Children and Young People’s Film Festival 2012.
Talented youngsters who have produced films and animations will see them screened at community venues in Lennoxtown, Bishopbriggs and Bearsden during the October holiday.
http://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/news/other_news/gracing_the_silver_screen.aspx
You can find the National Poetry Day Glow Group easily on the Creativity Portal – just search for Poetry!
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/national-poetry-day
The Scottish Poetry Library has ideas for teachers and librarians for National Poetry Day. Visit their website for information.
The Daily What has launched a headline writing competition for nine to 16 year olds.
The winning entry will be picked by the editor-in-chief of the Herald & Times newspaper group, from a shortlist chosen by the Daily What News team.
http://www.dailywhat.org.uk/2012/09/enter-our-headline-writing-competition.aspx
The winner’s headline will be published with the story on the Daily What News website, and will appear in the Herald newspaper.
Deadline for entries is Sunday 21 October 2012.
Passers-by on John Finnie Street will have noticed a striking new feature on the scene – the beautifully refurbished Opera House building, complete with stunning windows.
Restored to its former glory, the sandstone frontage is the perfect setting for the windows which feature images of the Opera House’s vibrant past, along with vintage Kilmarnock Standard headlines, such as ‘Temple of the drama’ and ‘Alarming fire at the Opera House buildings’.
The windows were designed by a partnership of St Joseph’s Academy students and East Ayrshire Council. The enterprising trio of Scott Bracki, Liam Gallagher and Siobhan Connelly – who have now all left school – researched the building’s past, with help from Kilmarnock and District History Group.
Marie Macklin, CEO of contractors Klin Group, appointed the young people in August 2011 to develop decals for the ground floor windows. A financial donation was made to the school for their services.
The windows depict scenes from the glorious past of the Opera House – which has seen service as a theatre, church, a saleroom and a nightclub, in its time.
Notes of a tune running across the six windows link the scenes taken from old photographs. It’s a tune dear to the heart of many in Kilmarnock – Paper Roses.
Marie Macklin said: “This is what regeneration is all about – involving the whole community, especially our young people.
“We could have appointed a company from the private sector for this service, but to involve the pupils through the Council’s school enterprise and business leaders programme was the right decision”.
Councillor Stephanie Primrose, Spokesperson for Lifelong Learning, said: “This project provided a marvellous opportunity for students to work with professionals and experts from start to finish – and the inspiring outcome is there for all to see and enjoy for generations to come”.
Marie Macklin is one of the business leaders linked to the Council’s Business Enterprise Fund, which aims to make school leavers more ready for the world of work, by developing the necessary skills and attitudes.
Kilmarnock Academy students have also been commissioned to produce a mural for the entrance of the building.
Working in partnership with Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian Football Clubs ‘Xpress Yourself’ is a short film making programme targeting young people aged 12-19 in the City of Edinburgh, with priority given to those resident in areas of deprivation.
Free taster workshops will take place at Tynecastle and Easter Road, giving participants the opportunity to write, shoot and act, giving them a taste of the filmmaking process.
From these taster sessions the most interested young people will move forward to form core filmmaking groups based at each club, with intensive training and support provided by Screen Education Edinburgh to enable the young people to produce short films.
The taster workshops are being held on Friday 5th October between 1.30pm and 4.30pm at Easter Road Stadium and Friday 12th October between 1.30pm and 4.30pm at Tynecastle Stadium.
Bus fares will be reimbursed to the young people and snacks will be provided.
Young people interested are encouraged to contact Sarah Drummond at Screen Education Edinburgh to register their interest – sarah@screen-ed.org or 07827 292 379
Cashback for Creativity (formally Creative Identities) is Creative Scotland’s programme that provides young people across Scotland with access to high quality dance, film and music activities, funded by the Scottish Government’s CashBack for Communities programme which reinvests the proceeds of crime back into communities to benefit Scotland’s young people.
For further information, please contact sarah@screen-ed.org (Sarah Drummond), or call 07827 292 379, or visithttp://www.screen-ed.org.
Following the success of Holyrood’s ‘Learning Through Technology’ conference in April, Holyrood Connect and technology partner XMA are going on tour to share an update on the Scottish National School iPad Pilots. Representatives from primary and secondary schools taking part in the pilot, launched by Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education & Lifelong Learning in May, will discuss their experiences so far and their plans for the future while University of Hull will present their initial findings on the impact these devices have had on learning and teaching.
http://learningthroughtechnologytour.holyrood.com/
Attendees will get hands on with an iPad for the duration of the event and can get a taste of what children at pilot schools have experienced over the last few months in a classroom breakout session hosted by primary and secondary teachers from pilot schools. For the more technically inclined XMA, Apple Solution Expert in Education will offer a session that looks at how iPad can be effectively secured and managed without impacting on the personalised experience that it offers learners.
Regional Education Manager for Apple, Andy Nagle will discuss Apple’s roots in education and it’s current learning ecosystem including iPad, iBooks Author and iTunesU. There will be an opportunity to submit questions via a Twitter hashtag, a selection of which will be posed to a panel at the end of the session.
Register your interest indicating your top two venue preferences from:
Edinburgh 3rd October
Perth 8th October
Glasgow 9th October
Aberdeen 11th October.
Delegate places are by invitation only. Register your interest on the site.
The Creativity Portal has added links to a range of ‘Watch Again’ Glow Meets from this year’s creativity themed Scottish Learning Festival.
Seminars include:
Creativity – Experience it, Understand it, Teach it
Creativity… in Maths!?
Developing Storytelling through Games
You will need your Glow Login to view the films.
Two talented pupils, one from East Lothian and the other from Midlothian, have won the top prizes in a writing competition open to all young people in the two counties organised by Tyne & Esk Writers’ Group.
http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/news/article/1216/young_writer_of_the_year_2012
The symposium will take the collaborative working practice of Tim Rollins and K.O.S and his statement about group motivation as a point of departure to explore ideas about art and pedagogy;
• How do you balance the learning agenda with quality art production and process?
• What are the ethics of the social encounter in socially engaged art practice?
• Within the collective production context how is authorship negotiated? (Is it relevant?)
• What role does inspiration and shared belief play in a learning environment?
• Can models of collaborative production and learning thrive in mainstream education systems?
The symposium will be chaired by Susan T Grant an artist and independent arts manager who specialises in collaborative artworks in the public realm. Symposium contributors include Declan McGonagle Director of the National College of Art and Design Dublin, Marsha Bradfield from Critical Practice, Katie Bruce Producer/Curator at the Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow and Associate Artist Rachel Mimiec, Professor Neil Mulholland and Dan Brown on Shift/Work, John Reardon and Johannes Maier of ArtSchool/UK; Rachel Thibbotumunuwe, Hilary Nicol and Johnny Gailey Artworks Scotland & Talbot Rice Gallery partnership.
This is a free event with a sandwich lunch and refreshments provided. Booking is essential. Contact info.talbotrice@ed.ac.uk to book your place.
The symposium has been made possible with support from the University of Edinburgh’s Principal’s Fund and is a partnership with engage Scotland.
This opportunity is available in: Edinburgh City
For further information, please contact info.talbotrice@ed.ac.uk (Zoe Fothergill), or call 0131 650 2210, or visithttp://www.trg.ed.ac.uk.
Throughout the short course teachers will be supported by Shakespeare’s Globe’s educational specialist who has developed dynamic learning approaches to exploring Shakepeare’s plays with 11 to 17 year olds.
Their approach to supporting teachers will in turn aid secondary pupils to better understand characterization, themes and language.
Shakespeare’s Globe use a variety of techniques to explore and experiment with text; from the actor’s viewpoint and from the director’s, differing interpretations of the same play and interactive tasks to bring the text to life.
A short but specific focus of the day will be on Macbeth.
Venue, Date, Cost
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Speirs Locks Studios
210 Garscube Road
Glasgow G4 9RR
Friday 9 November 2012
10am – 4pm
£95
Get in Touch
To book a place or find out more information on this course, please contact the Short Courses team on:
Telephone 0141 270 8213
Email shortcourses@rcs.ac.uk
This opportunity is available in: Glasgow City
For further information, please contact shortcourses@rcs.ac.uk (Short Courses), or call 0141 270 8213, or visithttp://www.rcs.ac.uk/export/sites/RCS/common/documents/YouthWorks/Shakespeare_in_the_Classroom_-_Globe_Education.pdf.
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