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Entry to WildHearts’ ground-breaking national enterprise challenge Micro-Tyco is now open.  Micro-Tyco inspires our children to believe, creates compassionate global citizens and will inspire the leaders our country deserves.

Registration is at www.micro-tyco-registration.com and you can find more information on the website or contact Kezia Rudge at Kezia@wildheartsinaction.org for more details.

Key events at this year’s SLF (or #slf13 as Twitterers will be saying)include the launch of the Creativity Across the Curriculum Aspect Review report, Creative MOTs from the Creative Scotland stand, street theatre with P6 pupils led by the ConFlux project, and a seminar exploring the role of creativity in building capacity for continuous improvement.

http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/slf/?campaignkw=ScottishLearningFestival2013only3weekstogo

This year’s SLF takes place on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September in the SECC, Glasgow. The theme is ‘Raising the Bar in Scotland – transforming lives through learning’.

We will be launching Education Scotland’s Corporate Plan 2013-16 at SLF. Sign up for a round-table discussion about how we plan to work with all our partners to make changes to education in Scotland.

The full programme of keynotes and seminars, along with details of additional activities, are available on the SLF website.  Follow all the action on social media at #SLF13.

Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools 2014 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/education/competitions-3740/tesco-bank-art-competition-for-schools-2014

The National Galleries of Scotland invites entrants to this art competition.  Last year there were over 11,000 entries.

There are six categories, each with a different theme:

Category A Nursery: Fish

Category B Primary 1-3: Drumming Soldiers and Fluttering Fairies

Category C Primary 4-7: Amazing! I Could Do That!

Category D S1-S2: Speed

Category E Special Education Schools: Fire

Category F Group Entries: Any of the above themes

Pupils are asked to view a small selection of artworks on line. Teaching notes and lots of discussion ideas are provided with links made to Curriculum for Excellence.

Closing date: Friday 2 May 2014.

Tuesday 17th September, 4.15pm for 4.30pm, St. Joseph’s Academy, Grassyards Road, Kilmarnock, KA3 7SL

Keynote Speaker: Gordon Brown, Brain Juice

Once again the Cultural Co-ordinator Team within East Ayrshire’s Creative Minds Team has successfully secured funding from Creative Scotland and Education Scotland to continue to support our growing movement of professionals championing cultural education in our schools and communities.  This promises to be an interesting, informative and enjoyable event providing a platform to connect and collaborate with new partners, generate ideas and make things happen.  Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone you think would be interested in coming along or you feel would benefit from taking part.  All we ask is that they contact us with their details (name/designation, artist etc/establishment) so we have a handle on numbers. There will, as always, be an opportunity to connect with colleagues, teachers, artists, parents and pupils in a welcoming and friendly environment, enjoy our hospitality and a special preview of St. Joseph’s Academy Art Exhibition.

We will also launch our Creative Learning Opportunities Training Diary for 2013/14 which offers workshops, funding advice, visits and experiences to name only a few, and we invite you to book your creative learning opportunity of choice at the event.

As well as being a successful author, our keynote speaker Gordon Brown, has over 25 years experience in sales and marketing, including 14 years with Bass Brewers and as Director of Brands for the Tennents portfolio. He will share his knowledge and ideas to provoke discussion about the role and importance of creative minds in business and to fully recognise the increased value in teaching and nurturing creativity skills in schools. http://www.gordonjbrown.com/about-2

We hope you will continue to support the network in order to safeguard and shape the future of arts and cultural education in East Ayrshire.  Please do not hesitate to get in touch should you require any further information at this time.

Please RSVP helen.duncan@east-ayrshire.gov.uk to confirm your attendance if you haven’t already done so through our Facebook Page  www.facebook.com/CreativeMindsLearningNetwork

The Creative Learning Networks Fund is managed by Education Scotland, in partnership with Creative Scotland to support the development of Creative Learning Networks (CLNs) in local authority areas across Scotland.