National Poetry Day <http://www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk/> 2011 is on Thursday 6 October.
To celebrate the occasion, we feature the work of six contemporary Scottish poets. These poems were included in the pamphlets shortlisted for our 2011 Callum Macdonald Memorial Award <http://www.nls.uk/about-us/awards/callum-macdonald-memorial-award> .
Category Archives: Languages and Literacy
Glovember – Glow Book Month
Glow Meets with popular authors, writing competitions for all ages, publication of an eBook and budding illustrators can even offer their designs for the book cover.
Visit the Glovember Glow Group: https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/Glovember/default.aspx
S1 cross curricular project explores enigmatic Scottish Science Fiction writer
Space travel, moon landings and global warming inspired the late science-fiction author J.T. McIntosh. Now his work has become the subject of an out-of-this-world project for pupils from his neighbourhood.
Education Scotland Learning Blog
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.
Pupils’ Creative Writing Published
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6113046
A book written by primary children has been showcased at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Julia Horton reports
Kenyan Maasai Warriors visit a Highland primary school
Blas schools programme creates Kenyan and Highland exchange of culture http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcouncil/news/newsreleases/2011/September/2011-09-06-01.htm
Pupils at a Highland primary school will take part in a cultural exchange of music and dance this week (Friday 9 September) when a troupe of Kenyan Maasai Warriors visit Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Inbhir Nis. Organised as part of the Blas schools 2011 programme, the visiting troupe called the Osiligi Maasai Warriors regularly visit the UK in an effort to raise funds for their families and for improvements to their home village.
The Blas education programme assists schools and teachers in achieving the experiences and outcomes required for the expressive arts and Gaelic areas of the Curriculum for Excellence by providing opportunities for pupils to deepen their understanding of culture in Scotland and the wider world.
Online voting open! – Scots Words and Place-names Competition
Cast your vote online now to choose the winners of the SWAP competition at: http://bit.ly/jSEjAL
Congratulations to everyone who submitted an entry – there were some fantastic pieces of work! The finalists have now been picked and these entries are available to read on the SWAP Glow group site. Choose your favourite in each category and vote for it to win.
The online voting for the SWAP competition will continue (at http://bit.ly/jSEjAL) until Friday so please encourage everyone at your school to take the time to read the entries and vote for their favourites in each Primary category (the Secondary entries are being judged by the university). Please also spread the word to anyone else with a Glow login! The voting is very close so the winners could all change by Friday. The winners will be announced on 3rd September at a prize-giving held at the University of Glasgow and announced on the SWAP Glow site.
Storytelling for Children with Complex Needs
Join storyteller and puppeteer Aileen Finlay to hear about her experiences of developing storytelling projects for children with complex special needs. Discover some approaches to finding and adapting appropriate stories, take away practical hints and tips on making and using props to support the stories and discuss ideas surrounding the potential of multi-sensory storytelling.
£30/£26 Network members
Bookings: 0131 556 9579
This opportunity is available in: Edinburgh City
For further information, please contact reception@scottishstorytellingcentre.com (Reception), or call 0131 556 9579, or visit http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
My Scotland – writing competition for young people
Young people are being invited to write stories for a fantastic new book about Scotland that will be published in November 2011. Writers aged from 8 to 12 can submit their own stories about the nation for the book entitled ‘My Scotland’.
Described as a snappy and stimulating superstore of stories covering the history, landscape and people of Scotland this new book will feature 366 fascinating stories intended to bring Scotland’s history and culture to life in a way that appeals to all ages.
Twelve winning stories will be selected for publication in the book in a competition open to young people anywhere in Scotland.
My Scotland co-author David Simpson is keen to encourage contributions from Scotland’s young people: “Seeing their work published provides young writers with a sense of achievement that gives them greater confidence to develop their writing” says David.
The only criteria for entering the competition is that the stories must be about Scotland, though this is open to imaginative interpretation.
“Writers can explore any element of Scotland that interests them whether it be the people, landmarks, history, cities, towns, villages their local school, anything” says David. “The stories should be a maximum of 250 words and may be written in any genre such as descriptive, expository, narrative, persuasive, poetry or technical”.
Entry forms for the competition can be downloaded from the publisher’s website at www.myworldpublishing.co.uk
The closing date for competition entries is Friday September 30, 2011
For further information call David Simpson on 0191 305 5201
Contact: David Simpson
Tel: 0191 305 5201
Email: david.simpson@myworldpublishing.co.uk
Braille, storytelling and local artists
A picture book project drawing on the skills of P6 and 7 pupils from St Joseph’s Primary in Dundee combines student-pupil collaboration, inspiration from local artists and the study of Braille.
Read the full article here.
