RSAMD becomes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

On 1 September 2011 the RSAMD changes its name to become the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

This is a significant new chapter in the story of one of Europe’s leading conservatoires. Founded in 1847, the RSAMD now provides specialist learning to the highest professional level in dance, drama, music, production, screen and education. As these can’t all be listed in one name the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland better expresses this unusually rich breadth of artistic disciplines.


http://www.rsamd.ac.uk/
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Alongside undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, the Academy is rare in that tuition is provided across all disciplines to people of all ages and stages. The range of evening, weekend, short courses, summer schools and Continuing Professional Development available is extensive and will be further developed. The well-reputed Junior Academy of Music for talented 9-18 year olds will become part of the Junior Conservatoire which will also embrace Modern Ballet. Contributions to Youthworks music centres across Scotland will continue.

As part of this evolution towards a new-model of conservatoire, one which is fit for the 21st century, in 2012 an innovative new curriculum will be introduced, which is designed to meet the need felt by professional companies round the world for confident, reflective, adaptable artists. The curriculum will create the space for disciplinary excellence, choice and transdisciplinary co-creation. This has been supported through ongoing investment which sees facilities becoming the best in Europe.

To find out more, please visit www.rsamd.ac.uk <http://www.rsamd.ac.uk>

Scots Words and Place-names (SWAP) writing competition

The novelist Louise Welsh has joined the Scots Words and Place-names competition as a judge, alongside the writer Amal Chatterjee!


Louise Welsh is author of several books, including ‘The Bullet Trick’ and ‘Naming the Bones’ and won several awards for her debut novel, ‘The Cutting Room’. She lives in Glasgow and is currently the Writer in Residence at the University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art. Her website is at: http://www.louisewelsh.com .

The SWAP competition asks pupils to write a story, poem or essay relating to Scots words and/or place-names. There are four age categories: P1-3, P4-7, S1-3, S4-6 and prizes to be won.

Click here [link] for more details about the competition and how to enter.

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Shetland Schools Road Safety – animation, performance and presentations

Junior Road Safety – fun with a serious message http://www.shetland.gov.uk/news-advice/PR-JuniorRoadSafety-funwithaseriousmessage.asp

Primary pupils from across Shetland gathered on Friday 10 June at the Town Hall to mark the end of a year of hard work promoting road safety in Shetland’s schools. At the event this afternoon, Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) from 16 primary schools presented a mixture of power point presentations, animated films and live performances to their friends and peers, all with the message of staying safe on the road.

Summer Activity: Film Workshops in Glasgow

This Summer Project Ability’s Create Programme is giving 6-12 year olds the chance to create their own short film in just one week!

Summer Film Workshops for 6-12 year olds!

Want to learn the basics of film-making, and shoot and edit your own short film in one week? The Create Summer film / animation workshops are back! Two workshops will run for one week each, for children aged 6 -12 years-old.

Workshop 1:

Monday 4th – Friday 8th July, 10am-12noon

Workshop 2:

Monday 11th – Friday 15th July, 10am-12noon

Cost for one week long workshop: £25

These workshops are suitable for all children with disabilities, siblings are very welcome to attend.

To book a place, please call 0141 552 2822 or email info@project-ability.co.uk

Project Ability – gallery, workshops and shop

Project Ability is a leading visual arts organisation supporting children and adults with disabilities and people with mental health issues, to discover, develop and fulfil their creative potential. The Project Ability gallery promotes artworks by artists with disabilities from the UK and overseas.

Project Ability Gallery open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm

Project Ability, Trongate 103, Glasgow G1 5HD
T: 0141 552 2822
info@project-ability.co.uk www.project-ability.co.uk

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Funders: Creative Scotland and Glasgow City Council
Major project funders:
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Scottish Arts Council National Lottery
Scottish Charity No: SC005226
Create film programme sponsor: The Co-operative Membership Scotland

Pupils use art, music, dance and drama to illustrate their political hopes and dreams

Young people set to create their Holyrood vision
More than 200 teenagers from across Scotland will use art, music, dance and drama to illustrate their political hopes and dreams for the future, thanks to an innovative Parliament education project to be held at Holyrood on Friday 17 June.
The ‘Political Voices’ event will see 17-year-olds from 31 Scottish schools take part in a series of creative activities – from spray-painting an 8ft high wall in the Scottish Parliament garden with political ‘street art’ to designing a cartoon with the award-winning animators behind the Dennis the Menace TV series.

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-11/pa11-021.htm

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 .

Education Scotland

Michael Russell, the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, announced on 14 October 2010 that HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) and Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) would be brought together into a new executive agency. Mr Russell has decided that the agency will be known as Education Scotland.

This exciting development will ensure that the best possible national-level systems are in place to support practitioners, pre-school centres, schools, colleges, local authorities and others as we move forward with Curriculum for Excellence.

As a key national body, it will support quality and improvement in Scottish education by:

  • leading and supporting the implementation of Curriculum for Excellence
  • increasing the capacity for self-evaluation and self-improvement amongst education providers and practitioners
  • promoting high quality professional learning and leadership
  • identifying and stimulating innovation, sharing successful approaches widely with others
  • providing independent external evaluations of the quality of educational provision at individual provider, local authority and partners, and national levels
  • supporting the development and implementation of policy at national level.

In February 2011, the Cabinet Secretary agreed the remit and purpose statement for the new agency which will help to shape the more detailed work to be carried out between now and 1 July 2011, when Education Scotland will be operational.

On 19 April Dr Bill Maxwell, Senior Chief Inspector of Education for Scotland, was appointed the transitional Chief Executive Officer of Education Scotland.

Creative Learning Networks

Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) is building on its strong partnership with Creative Scotland to support the development of Creative Learning Networks (CLNs) in local authority areas across Scotland.

Local authorities have been invited to apply to LTS for funding of £5,000 – £10,000 to help establish, or further develop a CLN in their area. A total fund of £192,000 is available to support local authority areas to build on the legacy of the national Cultural Coordinators in Scottish Schools Programme. The deadline for applications is Friday 10 June and awards will be made in July.

This initiative, together with the creation of a National Creative Learning Network, aims to champion the arts, culture and creativity in schools and communities within the overarching context of Curriculum for Excellence, bringing long-term benefits to children and young people. The development of CLNs is a key strategic initiative in the Scottish Government’s ‘Education and the Arts, Culture & Creativity: An Action Plan’ which is directed at developing the role and impact of creativity within and across the curriculum. (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Schools/curriculum/ACE/expactionplan)

“Our vision is that all children and young people will be empowered as well-rounded individuals to develop their imagination, demonstrate capacity for original thought and understanding of meaningful innovations, contributing effectively to the world at large.”

Education and the Arts, Culture & Creativity: An Action Plan (Sept 2010)

It is hoped that every local authority in Scotland will take part in this initiative –  as a higher order skill for learning, life and work, creativity is an essential element that runs across all curriculum areas and themes and is central to the achievement of the four capacities.

Local authority CLNs will be supported to develop a presence on Glow and the Creativity Portal through which members can communicate, share learning and resources.

For information on how the fund was used in 2010/11 see Children in Scotland’s Evaluation Report which can be accessed in the Research section of Articles and Links.

If you have any questions about the initiative, or if there are any opportunities you’d like promoted to the CLNs please contact Julia Fenby, Development Officer Creative Learning, Learning and Teaching Scotland, email j.fenby@ltscotland.org.uk

Creative Learning Networks are funded through a partnership between Learning and Teaching Scotland and the Creative Scotland National Lottery Fund

Heritage, creativity and culture in East Ayrshire

Kids can explore the past this summer http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/corpres/news/showNews.asp?p=4608

East Ayrshire Council announces that the Council’s Creative Minds team is running a series of hands-on activity days for primary school children in Kilmarnock, Cumnock and Dalmelllington – and all activities and materials are provided free. Activities take place in July and August in The Dick, Dean Castle and Burns Monument in Kilmarnock; in The Baird, Cumnock; and in Doon Valley Museum, Dalmellington.

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