Pupils from a North Ayrshire primary school performed a colourful Chinese umbrella dance for First Minister, Alex Salmond at the launch of the Confucius Institute at the University of Glasgow. Youngsters from Glebe Primary School in Irvine travelled to Glasgow to demonstrate their appreciation of Chinese culture with a performance of the vibrant and intricate dance. The event, celebrating the launch of the Confucius Institute for the West of Scotland, was attended by VIP, members of the academic community and public. First Minister Alex Salmond, Chinese Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Scotland, Li Ruiyou, and Xiaogang Tian, Minister Counsellor for Education officially opened the Institute on Tuesday, 4 October.
Creative Scotland announces that the cream of Scotland’s young traditional musical talent is touring the country in the next few weeks. Coming together as the TMSA Young Trad Tour 2011, the group consists of the six finalists of this year’s BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award, together with the winner of the 2010 Award.
Elgin heritage project seeks recruits http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_news/news_76590.html Community groups and individuals interested in Elgin’s heritage are being invited to join an exciting project led by the National Library of Scotland in partnership with Moray Council’s libraries service. Great Escapes involves the creation of multi-media tourist guides based on historic maps, images, films and memories of places. The project makes use of new technology to reinvent tourist guidebooks for the 21st century and also encourages people to explore the historic and natural environment in more depth. Local schools have already signed up but opportunities remain for community groups or individuals to become involved.
You can now easily access the Education Scotland pages for your Glow Key Contacts. Simply click Find your Local Authority Creative Learning Contact to find all the creative contacts in your local authority.
Your Glow Key Contact may be able to offer you local CPD, Glow user accounts, and problem solve any obstacles you may encounter.
This is taking place from 3 – 31 October, and is North Lanarkshire Council’s sixth festival. It offers something for everyone with a varied programme of well known authors and family events.
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.
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