Prize potential
The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway is the favourite to win the Art Fund Prize for the UK’s best museum this week.
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6087739
Category Archives: Languages and Literacy
How to teach creative writing – CPD
How to teach creative writing Part 2 – Tuesday 14 June, 4 pm – 5 pm
This is part of Scottish Book Trust’s Online Teacher in Residence Programme. This exclusive CPD series gives teachers practical tools, ideas, and classroom confidence for teaching creative writing of scripts and other media at either primary or secondary levels. Only those who attended the first session are eligible to attend the second session.
Sign up here .
Scots Words and Place-names creative writing competition
Swap competition and Glow Group
Scots Words and Place-names (SWAP) is running a competition for all school pupils in Scotland during June. The competition is open to all ages and aims to get people talking about the Scots language in their classrooms, as well as using it outside of them. Everyone on Glow will get a chance to read the best pieces of writing and vote on which one they think deserves to win.
All pupils need to do is to write a story, poem or piece of discursive writing relating to Scots and upload it to the SWAP Glow group.
This could be about their favourite (or least favourite!) Scots words, about what a Scots place-name means to them, or could even be a whole story written in the Scots language. The possibilities are endless – the only requirement is that the piece of writing should clearly relate to Scots words and/or place-names. The competition is split into four age groups, P1-3, P4-7, S1-S3 and S4-S6.
Click here for more details about the competition and how to enter.
Author Events Teacher Survey
Learning and Teaching Scotland has commissioned a research project in conjunction with the Scottish Book Trust. The research will look at the impact of author events on the confidence, enjoyment and attainment of young people’s literacy skills in primary and secondary schools across Scotland.
In order to provide a thorough overview, we want to hear the opinions of as many teachers as possible and are encouraging teachers to complete the survey between now and 11 July.
http://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveypreview.asp?k=130468635906
We have commissioned Blake Stevenson to carry out the research on our behalf. The findings from the research will be published in spring 2012.
Scuilwab – Scots language resource added to Creativity Portal
Inspiration and resources for creative activities exploring and using the Scots language now listed on the Creativity Portal. This and many more resources and partners are available by searching under Languages and Literacy.
Robert Burns World Federation Primary Festival
Double success at Burns event http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/sitecontent/news/latest/burnssuccess
West Lothian Council reports on a double success at the recent Robert Burns World Federation Primary Festival. The Robert Burns World Federation primary festival took place in Lockerbie High School, and saw pupils from all over Scotland compete in categories including piping, song, instrumental and poetry.
16 to 21? Interested in great films that makes a difference?
Would you like to organise events in your local community?
Here’s your chance to take action.
Take One Action – Scotland’s global action cinema project – is organising it’s first youth film festival residency for young people aged 16-21 and their educators/youth workers at the Macrobert Centre in Stirling in September 2011.
Being part of a residency you’ll have the chance to spend 2 days with us, staying overnights on campus. You’ll take part in workshops led by internationally acclaimed film specialists and directors, and organisations such as Oxfam and The Co-operative. By the end of the residency you’ll leave with the knowledge and skills to host a film screening in your local area which will engage community members to “take one action” that might positively change how they live, think and act.
SLF 2011 visitor registration now open!
You can now register to attend this year’s Scottish Learning Festival – which as usual includes the Cultural Village. This year there are some really exciting developments happening and we shall keep you updated as they develop!
www.scottishlearningfestival.org.uk <http://www.scottishlearningfestival.org.uk>
The conference programme and registration for this year’s SLF are now available on the SLF website. The programme has all the details you need to book your place at SLF 2011.
SLF 2011 will take place on 21 and 22 September 2011 at the SECC, Glasgow. It is free for everyone to attend and gives you access to:
· inspirational keynote speakers
· lively Round Table Discussions
· conference programme with over 140 sessions
· the largest education exhibition in Scotland
· opportunities for discussion and networking with colleagues
· and much, much more!
The full programme of keynote and seminar presentations along with full details of the range of additional activity at SLF is only available on the SLF website at www.scottishlearningfestival.org.uk <http://www.scottishlearningfestival.org.uk> .
Watch again: explore art with James Mayhew
Illustration, drawing, and upside-down painting with the author of the Katie books. James Mayhew, author of the Katie books (a great early introduction to art) talks to a live audience of primary school children about his passion for art, his beautiful illustrations and his stories, as well as painting live in the studio!
http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/news-amp-events
http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/podcasts/video/authors-live-with-james-mayhew-full-session
Young people to explore the written world
The Highland Council reports that an innovative partnership has been forged by The Highland Council, Moniack Mhor Writers’ Centre and Abriachan Forest Trust for a creative writing project which will give P7 pupils from 11 schools the opportunity to work with professional writers after exploring and getting inspiration from the forest.
http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcouncil/news/newsreleases/2011/May/2011-05-18-03.htm
Running over a two week period, the pupils will spend the mornings in the Abriachan forest planting new trees and searching for animal tracks and signs ranging from mammals, dragonflies on the wing, trout in the burn and toads in the undergrowth. After a picnic lunch the learners will move to Moniack Mhor Writer’s Centre and work with writers Linda Cracknell and Gerry Cambridge to compose poems or riddles on what they saw during the morning session.
