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Employability Skills Event – National Galleries – aimed at Secondary Teachers
Employability Skills: Am I A Robot?
- Tuesday, 4th October 2016, 5.30-7.30pm
- Free, ticketed.
Portrait Gallery (Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
Aimed at secondary teachers of all subjects. Refreshments provided.
With the avalanche of new products, new technologies and new ways of working, workers are going to have to become more creative…Robots may help us get to where we want to be faster, but they can’t be as creative as humans (yet). World Economic Forum, Davos 2016
The need to make our young people more employable is unquestionable but how we do this is debatable. With future predictions pointing towards an automated world, what are the skills needed for a future work force? The Future of Jobs report published in 2016 predicts that by 2025 the top 3 skills required will be complex problem solving, critical thinking and creativity.
These are the skills used by artists every day.
Delivered in partnership with Hidden Giants, this session will explore the role of art, artists, culture and value within employability in education. It will challenge assumptions to find new ways to approach this essential part of schooling.
Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Booking required: please book via Eventbrite
Dare to Dream Campaign – a Scotland-wide initiative inviting and creating space for children to imagine their personal and collective futures
For the Attention of Headteachers, Faculty Heads and All Teachers:
We are aware that creativity is high on the agenda and is part of many School Improvement Plans for the upcoming academic year. For the first time creativity is embedded in HGIOS 4 quality indicators. We hope that this initiative is an easy way to progress creative learning in your school community with maximum impact, at the same time creating a positive and inclusive experience for pupils.
Invitation to All Schools:
We invite all schools in Scotland to be a part of our Dare to Dream campaign 2016. The campaign is an outreach initiative from this year’s Scottish International Storytelling Festival and will run from September to November.
“Discover the stories of the past and dream the stories of the future. What are the stories of your local place? What stories would you tell to the world today, from the future of your dreams? Everything created must first be imagined: explore the possible and Dare to Dream!”
By taking part, your school will be contributing to a Scotland-wide initiative inviting and creating space for children to imagine their personal and collective futures, which in turn will build confidence to begin to make these aspirations and ambitions a reality.
The principles of creative learning, active learning and inclusion are embedded in this project. Through dreaming, the liberating power of the imagination is open to everyone – neither language nor disability are barriers to participation. The campaign is relevant to the entire school and to every subject area. Activities will also help meet outcomes in both Literacy and Health and Wellbeing.
In an ever-changing world, we believe that it is vital that children are educated about their role and the value they have in shaping a vibrant and sustainable future. By setting learning in the context of your local school and focusing on issues relevant to your pupils, our #DareToDream campaign provides a great opportunity for you to encourage children to think about their right to participate, empowering and enabling them to become active citizens, both locally and globally. We provide the context for learning and suggest tasks and activities, but there is no limit on where this engaging topic could be taken in the classroom.
How to Take Part:
We have made it as simple as possible for teachers to take part, with the options for engaging in more depth should the individual teacher so wish. In a secondary school context, we have suggested a simple activity that could take place in registration class.
Our info for teachers can be found on our website under the tab ‘For Teachers.’ This includes a schools’ toolkit and information about how to book a storyteller if you wish.
We have also worked in partnership with heritage organisations , mental health organisations , artists and storytellers to create simple resources for you to use. All additional learning resources will be available on our website when we launch our campaign to the public, the week beginning *Monday 22nd Aug.* Resouces will also be available on GLOW.
If you are interested, please register your name, contact, school and postcode by clicking the link below. We will send you an update with links to all resources and materials.
Showcase your school online:
We will run a #DareToDream social media campaign for the duration of the main International Festival, from the 21st – 31st November. During this period we will make visible all contributions via our online platform. This is an opportunity to showcase your own school’s contribution with the wider community should you so wish in the form of a blog, video, photographs or otherwise.
As part of our social media campaign, we will have a special #DareToDream Day on Thursday 28th October. On this day, we will encourage every creative citizen in Scotland to share a dream for the future on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using the campaign hashtag. Our aim is to make visible Scotland’s collective imagination for all to see!
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Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. We hope you’ll join us and Dare to Dream!
With best wishes, Direct Dial : 0131 652 3272 Reception: 0131 556 9579
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR |
Y Dance Newsletter – free dance courses and opportunities for learners
YDance is coming to Orkney to deliver a FREE week-long dance course at Kirkwall Grammar School for 12 to 18 year olds.
Auditions for the 2016/2017 National Youth Dance Company of Scotland will take place on Saturday 10 September and applications will open on Monday 25 July.
Applications are now open for the annual YDance Routes Connections weekend. This three day event welcomes youth dance groups from across Scotland to come together to expand their dance knowledge and skills.
New integrated youth dance company Horizons has been working with a YDance choreographer since March 2016. The Company is part of the overarching European Let’s Dance project YDance is delivering with partners from Netherlands, Germany and Spain and has been creating a new dance piece based on the theme of migration.
View the full details and more news in the latest Y-Dance newsletter here:
http://dmtrk.net/7KA-3SLYZ-9C850S8XA0/cr.aspx
Youth Music Initiative Training and Continuing Professional Development Fund
This fund is provided by Youth Music Initiative and administered on their behalf by Scottish Music Centre. £50,000 is available this year.
What is the Purpose of the Fund?
To support individuals, organisations and networks who work outwith school settings to undertake training and continuing professional development that will strengthen youth music in Scotland for the benefit of young people. We understand that many music freelancers and organisations may be working with young people both in and out of school settings and so will be eligible to apply.
Follow the link below for the full guidelines:
Engage International Conference 2016 – bursaries available
The engage International Conference 2016 will explore how issues of access and activism impact on gallery and visual arts approaches to education and outreach.
Five bursary-funded places are available for representatives of Scotland-based visual arts organisations to attend the 2016 engage International Conference. Bursary funding will pay for the Conference ticket and will also offer up to £140 towards travel/accommodation. Organisations wishing to apply must have a commitment to a contemporary visual arts programme and developing audiences. Applicants do not need to be current members of engage. Freelancers may apply but will need to show that attending the conference will have a clear public benefit through their work.
See below for the Word and PDF versions of the full details:
FREE DANCE COURSE FOR AGES 12 – 18
YDance has a really exciting and completely FREE opportunity for young people aged 12 to 18.
From Monday 4 – Saturday 9 July a YDance tutor will spend a week in the dance studio with participants. Everyone will get the chance to work on lot’s of different styles of dance, research and review a dance or arts activity and take part in a small performance at the end of the week.
The best part about this course, is participants gain a Level 1 Bronze Arts Award just for taking part.
Glasgow Information
Monday 4 July – Saturday 9 July 2016
9.30am – 4.30pm
Deaf Connections, 100 Norfolk Street, Glasgow, G5 9EJ
Interested? It only takes 5 minutes to sign-up online and a member of the YDance team will be in touch to confirm. The deadline is Friday 17 June 2016.
Questions? Email Katrina@ydance.org or call the YDance office on 0141 552 7712 if you would like more information.
YDance Newsletter
Opportunities for young people aged 12 to 18
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Travelling Gallery – last chance to visit at Balloch and Edinburgh
We are in the last few weeks of our Spring 2016 exhibition. If you have not been able to catch us yet, now is your chance.
Here Comes Everybody
by kennardphillipps and Scott Lang
Friday 20 May – Loch Lomond Shores, Ben Lomond Way, Balloch G83 8QL 11am – 5pm
Edinburgh Wednesday 25 May – Portobello, Portobello Town Hall, 147-149 Portobello High Street, EH15 1AF 11am – 5pm Thursday 26 May – Grassmarket, opposite Thomson’s Court, EH1 2LJ 11am – 5pm Friday 27 May – Parliament Square, beside St Giles Cathedral, High Street EH1 1RE 11am – 5pm
Here Comes Everybody explores the concept of creating art as a critical tool; connecting its audience to local and international movements for social and political change. The artists have made use of photo-montage, stencilling, newspapers and other found materials to create a powerful installation that delves into the world of image consumption, challenging our relationship with corporations and the media. Integral to the installation are artworks made in response to War on War Room community workshops taking place throughout the Travelling Gallery tour. War on War Room, Boghall Community Wing, Photo: Philip Solovjov The Travelling Gallery City Art Centre 2 Market Street Edinburgh EH1 1DE Tel: 0131 529 3930/3682 travellinggallery@edinburgh.gov.uk www.travellinggallery.com
Edinburgh Art Festival joins the Creativity Portal
Along with over 100 quality assured creative partners, all offering subsidised and free learning experiences and CLPL across the sectors, Edinburgh Art Festival is now searchable on the Creativity Portal.
http://creativityportal.org.uk/?q=edinburgh+art
Edinburgh Art Festival is the UK’s largest annual festival of visual art offering an unrivalled programme of exhibitions, commissions and special events.
Their creative learning programme works directly with children and young people offering a range of free creative workshops focused around our festivals commissions programme, which in the past has explored themes such as the Improbable City, Art in Unusual Places and Monuments.
Their Explorers programme has been running for 4 years working with children and young people to develop content for a free activity booklet and map for the festival.
