Category Archives: Expressive Arts

Drama, Languages and Literacy, Primary, Research and Strategy, Secondary

Modern Language Learning Events at Edinburgh International Film Festival

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Edinburgh International Film Festival takes place 17-28 June, with over 150 feature films from 36 countries. With such an international outlook the Festival has much to interest teachers of Modern Languages and offers two special events:

 

European Children’s Film Catalogue – Presentation and Screening  for Teachers 

Thursday 18 June, Cineworld Fountain Park, 3.45pm-5.45pm plus reception / Free

 

A number of European partners, including Creative Scotland have created a catalogue of European films for children, with accompanying educational materials, which will be accessible across the whole of Europe. This initiative heralds the development of a new educational distribution system (Wrap! Distribution), designed to improve the reach to young audiences. Seven films, in a variety of languages, have been procured (through Creative Scotland and Scottish Film Education) for this first year of the catalogue. These films will form the basis of a series of schools screenings, with accompanying education resources being made available to all schools.

 

At this event for teachers, film educators and literacy practitioners there will be a short presentation on the film catalogue, including clips, followed by a screening of German comedy Max Minsky and Me. Followed by reception.

 

Scott Donaldson of Creative Scotland will also present an introduction to the Film Education Framework for Europe, which has been developed by film educators from 20 European countries.

 

Modern Languages Screening – Spanish

Tuesday 23 June 10am, Cineworld Fountain Park / £3 per pupil, teachers free

Uk premiere of Mexican feature film A Separate Wind, about a brother and sister forced to travel across country. Suitable for pupils from S4-S6.

 

To book for any of these events, or for further information please contact Jenny Leask or Amy MacKinnon at education@cmi-scotland.co.uk or on 0131 228 6382. For more information about the films go to http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/learning/events-for-schools

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.

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

 

Colleges, Dance, Early Learning, Health and Wellbeing, Primary, Secondary

YDance – CPD opportunities still available!

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  • DANCE FOR CORE PE
  • NATIONAL 5 DANCE
  • INCLUSIVE DANCE PRACTICE DAY
  • DANCE FOR NURSERY EDUCATION

 

DANCE FOR CORE PE

With a focus on Contemporary and Streetdance styles learn how to warm up your pupils, play creative dance games, teach a simple sequence, develop a sequence, use stimulus to create dance material and encourage the participants to develop their confidence, creativity and co-operation skills. These sessions also address some of the CfE Health and Wellbeing outcomes.

Friday 29 May, 9.30am to 4pm at Mad Studios – £85 (Look out for our special discount codes or recommend a friend)

NATIONAL 5 DANCE

This SQA qualification requires students to study 2 different dance styles and choreography to achieve this national qualification. Choose from the options listed below to build your own National 5 Dance course:

Contemporary – Mon 11 May Jazz – Tue 12 May Hip-hop – Wed 13 May Choreography – Thu 14 May

Individual Costs – £85

YDance National 5 Package – £285

(includes 2 dance style days, the Choreography day and a copy of the Choreographic DVD resource)

Each of these sessions take place at Mad Studios from 9.30am to 4pm (Mad Studios, 13 Main Street, Coatbridge, ML5 3AJ)

 

INCLUSIVE DANCE PRACTICE DAY

Develop your teaching skills for delivering dance with children and young people with additional support needs in this one day course:

  1. Methods of inclusive practice
  2. Creative ideas for pupils with and without additional support needs
  3. Planning & structuring a lesson plan / creative workshop

Wednesday 29 April, 9.30am to 3.30pm – £85 (Look out for our discounts or recommend a friend for 10% off)

DANCE FOR NURSERY EDUCATION

Develop your teaching skills for delivering dance with early years children:

  1. Creative ideas for dance classes inspired by stories and topics
  2. Planning and structuring a lesson plan / creative workshop
  3. Using props and music

Thursday 28 May, 9.30am to 3.30pm – £85 (Look out for our discounts or recommend a friend and receive 10% off)

Dance, Early Learning, Music, Primary

Imaginate Festival – dance for early learning and 6+

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With less than 4 weeks to go until this year’s Imaginate Festival, we thought you may like to know a little bit more about some of the gems we have in store for you and your family and, as always, the rare opportunity to see some of the best international theatre and dance performances made especially for young audiences. From Denmark The Gold Digger from Teatret Møllen (for 10 + years) Laced with live blue-grass music, songs and stories, The Gold Digger tells the tale of urban legend, Laust Eriksen and his fellow gold diggers who travel to America in search of gold and the dream of a better life.

  • “The Gold Digger is a performance you will want to see twice.” Jydske Vestkysten

From the Netherlands

Dream City (Droomstad) from De Dansers (for 6 + years) De Dansers excel in creating the most stunning and invigorating dance and live music. Join them for a roller-coaster ride of a show that will have you bouncing in your seat!

  • “A fabulous, exciting and fast-moving mix of rock concert and dance performance” Panopikum Festival Nurnberg

And from Scotland We Dance, wee groove from Stillmotion A dance experience like no other for 6 months – 5 year olds. Made especially for the very young dancer (and we all know one of those), take the floor with your own special moves as you join the musical journey around the world and into space. Think Salsa meets Hip-Hop, think Scotland meets space…

  • “We Dance, wee groove is crammed with all kinds of motivational/developmental stuff that tots thrive on, what makes it a winner is the feel good factor that it uncorks…” The Herald

Hup from Starcatchers and RSNO A relaxed and comfortable performance made especially for babies, Hup features a quirky quartet of playful musicians creating an enchanting classical music experience for 0 – 2 year olds and their families.

  • “The shows are not about creating mini-Mozarts or baby Bachs of the future, but are about boosting early child development and close bonding” STV News

 

So, if you have a blossoming dancer or musician in your family, why not give their imagination wings and join us for some of the best dance and music Europe has to offer! But, hurry as tickets are selling fast! Tickets are available from the Traverse Theatre Box Office: 0131 228 1404 or at www.traverse.co.uk For more information on the full programme on offer, including trailers, click here. We look forward to welcoming you to the Imaginate Festival 2015 and hope you have a wonderful time! Best wishes The Imaginate Team