Students with an eye for design have the chance to win a prize – by taking part in a competition to design a logo for Scotland’s National Food and Drink Conference. The winning logo will be printed on shopping bags and promotional material for the March conference.
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/eslb/2011/12/19/kitchenary/
Consider yourself creative?
The Creativity Portal is looking for examples of simple, short creative exercises that teachers and youth workers like yourself have used in the classroom and youth group settings.
It could be:
We would love to hear what’s worked for you. Get a mention on the national Creativity Portal and an invitation to future creative CPD. A wee bit of text is all it takes.
Add to the Creativity Archive here within Glow.
http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_news/news_77394.html
A film about life in Buckie for a group of skateboarding youngsters has won top prize in a national competition. The three-minute film was chosen as the best from entries to a British Film Institute competition, launched to celebrate legendary film maker Ken Loach’s 75th birthday. Entries from hundreds of young creators inspired by the British filmmaker came from across the UK, and the winner was announced at a ceremony in London’s Southbank on Friday 11 November.
Glow event: BBC L.A.B. Radio Workshop: Make a Sport Podcast – The Interview, Monday 21 November, 10.15 am
http://glo.li/twPYg6
Over two Mondays in November and December, we want you to work with us to make your own radio programme or podcast – on a sporting theme. We’ll be hosting two workshops in the L.A.B at BBC Scotland, and you can join in from your classroom. Click here <http://newsletters-ltscotland.org.uk/LQE-LTS3-3GU5HR-8EH7B-1/c.aspx> to sign up.
A new report aiming to raise the profile of Dance in Scotland was launched last week by Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs and Andrew Dixon Chief Executive, Creative Scotland. It recommends changes and developments which will strengthen and reinforce the place of dance in our society. The four key messages of the report are:
The report has been developed by the Federation of Scottish Theatre in consultation with Scotland’s dance and education communities. Visit the Creative Scotland website for more news on the report or the Federation of Scottish Theatre website to view the report in full.
New child protection guide allows arts workers to create safety http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/html/med_prs.htm
A new child protection guide for the creative community in Scotland has been launched to reflect important developments in legislation and policy.
Creating Safety (2011), produced as a joint venture by Children in Scotland and Creative Scotland, reflects new national guidance on child protection, the introduction of the Protecting of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme, and changing attitudes towards risk assessment.
Creating Safety is useful for anyone working with children and young people in creative activities, from large arts or heritage organisations developing policy and procedures for child protection to volunteers or freelance professional artists working with children and young people. The guide is aimed at for example, a dancer or film-maker setting up a programme of sessions with a youth group, or a storyteller or musician working in an early years setting.
Stirling Community Planning Partnership along with Scottish Sports Futures is offering young people across Stirling the opportunity to come together and take part in a range of sport and creative arts activities this Saturday (29th October) at Raploch Community Campus. This event is aimed at young people in P6 upwards (maximum age is 21). For more information please contact Scottish Sports Futures on 0141 218 4640, visit their website <http://www.ssf.org.uk> or contact Stirling Council, Youth Services on 01786 442719.
Ancrum pupil poster prize
http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/news/index/article?article_ref=1519&month=10&year=2011
A Dundee school pupil will be keeping a close eye on the local buses in the coming weeks to see if she can spot her handiwork. A pupil who attends Ancrum Road Primary School, was picked as the winner of the Dundee Travel Active poster competition and has been to Lochee Park to see part of her prize.
Education Scotland’s development officers share good practice and current events as they work with practitioners across Scotland. This blog includes the latest news from all the teams, with links to our website, Glow Groups and good practice.
Education Scotland and Forest Pitch are working in partnership to offer all primary age children in Scotland an opportunity to design the football strips for an exciting project connected with London 2012.
Forest Pitch is the only Scottish project in Artists Taking The Lead, a major part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, and is also part of the London 2012 Festival, the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad. The Cultural Olympiad uses art and culture to welcome the world, to inspire young people and to create a lasting legacy.
Scottish artist Craig Coulthard, supported by funding from Creative Scotland will be creating a full size football pitch hidden deep within woodland in the Scottish Borders. In July 2012, two games will take place on this pitch, one between men and one between women. The players will all be amateurs, resident in Scotland, over the age of 18. In addition they will all be people who have become British citizens since the year 2000. After these games, the pitch will be left to grow back, and become a living relic of the events that took place in the woods.
The project explores a range of themes: national identity and belonging, what it means to be a citizen, how personal and shared memories and myths are created, the power of sport, diversity in nature and society, and sustainability.
Forest Pitch is looking for your creative designs for the football strips which the players will wear. As there are 4 teams (2 men’s and 2 women’s) Craig is looking for 4 winners.
The competition is for primary-age pupils and is designed to enable children to express themselves openly and freely and to encourage critical thinking and creativity. They will be able to express their own ideas, thoughts and feelings by exploring the themes of Forest Pitch and then creating a football strip design.
To find out more and enter the competition click here.
For further information contact michael.farrell@educationscotland.org.uk
… and don’t forget to register with Get Set and use Forest Pitch as part of your application to the Get Set Network. This will provide even more opportunities and resources for learning linked to London 2012 – and free tickets through the ticketshare scheme. Over 1100 Scottish schools are registered for Get Set and over 170 are now on the network.
