http://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/news/pupils-invited-to-a-brush-with-howson.aspx
Artist Peter Howson’s latest works have been on display at the Maclaurin Art Gallery in an exhibition entitled “From Death to Life” and it’s again proved to be incredibly popular.
Peter offered the pupils a unique artistic steer on honing and perfecting their own artistic talents, before offering some superb framed sketches to those who had asked him the most challenging, thought provoking or unusual questions!
Authors Live – Polly Dunbar and the Long Nosed Puppets
25 April 11.00 am
Authors Live is getting ready to set sail on the high seas for a magical adventure on board Arthur’s Dream Boat, with the award-winning team of Polly Dunbar and Long Nose Puppets. This exclusive performance will combine the magic of Polly’s latest picture book, Arthur’s Dream Boat, with the artistry and drama of puppet theatre
Glow Authors Live – Polly and the Long Nose Puppets
25 April 13.30 am
After watching the live webstream in the morning why not join us for an interactive question and answer session with Polly Dunbar and her Long Nose Puppets?
For full details of these and other events, please log in to Glow and view the current schedule:
https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/GlowTV/tvpages/Schedule.aspx.
(Glow log-in and password required).
23 April 2013, 8.15 am
Scran is a charity and online learning resource base with over 360,000 images and media from museums, galleries, archives and the media. These resources can be downloaded and used copyright free. Join this Glow Meet to find out how Scran can enhance the teaching and learning in your classroom. The same event is taking place at 3.45 pm on Wednesday 24 April.
The Young Writers Awards are open to young people aged between 14 and 17 and living in Scotland. The awards will give young people the chance to work with a professional writer, helping them improve their writing and learn more about the publishing industry. They will also be working with other like-minded young writers, helping to build their confidence and skills. Deadline for applications: Friday 21 June.
The application process for Fuselab will open on 8th April and remain open until 8th May 2013. Anyone aged 16-20 is eligible to apply and successful applicants will be offered a travel bursary and provided with their accommodation and meals.
More information is provided in the e-flier attached: fuselabeflier and full terms and conditions are at http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/fuselab. It would be great if you could circulate to your networks and encourage applications from anyone you think would benefit/enjoy it. I would be happy to answer any further questions anyone might have.
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Young people across Glasgow are being given the chance to share a piece of the Commonwealth Games action. Glasgow and Cube Housing Associations, both part of the Wheatley Group, have joined forces with the council and launched a £55,000 fund to help schools run projects which will inspire pupils to try a new sport or get involved in cultural activities.
Budding film-makers and pupils from the Isle of Skye scoop awards at national Gaelic film ceremony as stars of the big screen turn out
http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcouncil/news/newsreleases/2013/March/2013-03-27-01.htm
Budding film makers and pupils from the Isle of Skye have won top awards at FilmG, the National Gaelic Film Awards, which in its fifth year running, was held at The Arches, Glasgow on Friday night (22 March).
This year’s competition theme was ‘Acras/Miann’ (Hunger/Desire) which inspired an array of new ideas for filmmakers in both the 12-17 age-group and the adult category, with a total of 62 films being submitted.
The Scottish Government wants Scotland to be the best place in the world to grow up.
Making sure that children and young people are able to take up their right to play is an important part of this. The Scottish Government is writing the strategy to make sure that people know about children and young people’s right to play and understand why it is important.
The views of children and young people are important and they are invited to take part in this consultation.
The Shakespeare Schools Festival (SSF) is the largest youth drama festival in the UK and offers a non-competitive, supportive and celebratory opportunity for young people to perform Shakespeare in a local professional theatre. On one night, four schools come together to perform four different half-hour plays and, by doing so, widen their horizons and discover for themselves what they are capable of achieving.
It allows teachers to develop drama skills and new ways of teaching through doing, and gives primary, secondary and special schools a novel way to raise their profile within the community.
“They (the students) have seen all staff and pupils become part of one whole happy team, sharing goals, up keeping expectations and working really hard.” Lizzy Rose, Teacher, Robert Gordon’s College Junior School
Registration includes:
-A Teacher CPD day
-A workshop at your local professional venue for the cast in September
-Access to 21 abridged scripts and resources on staging Shakespeare
-A day in a professional theatre with all the technical and directorial support needed to run a technical and dress rehearsal, and to perform in October/November
-Continuous support from your Regional coordinator
SSF is for all teachers in Scotland regardless of their level of experience in directing and for all young people – whether they think Shakespeare is boring or find it difficult to engage in the classroom, or are high achievers and love acting.
“The whole experience was immensely rewarding for everyone: it built confidence with Shakespeare’s text; it made our pupils feel ten feet tall when they performed alongside much, much larger schools. We enjoyed the workshops and the experience of performing. Our marketing team loved the chance to plan and sell a product. We would do it again in a heartbeat.” Mandy Tevendale, Teacher, Mallaig High School, Inverness-shire
Registration costs £750 + VAT. As a charity we raise an additional £900 towards the cost of participation for every school.
SSF is supported by OCR, AQA, Edexcel and Arts Award.
To register or find out how your students can grow through performing Shakespeare on stage alongside three other schools, please call us on 0207 601 1814 or go to our website www.ssf.uk.com
The V&A at Dundee invites primary and secondary school teachers from across Scotland to take part in a survey which will help them shape their education programme for the organisation.
V&A at Dundee’s aim is to offer a programme which will encourage interdisciplinary practice and learning, covering a wide range of Curriculum for Excellence areas. For example, a session looking at Hollywood Costume might discuss the use of costume design to represent particular faiths and debate issues of potential stereotyping, or how people of different faiths are represented in film genres. A session looking at Green Design would explore moral issues about climate change and sustainability.
If you’d like to participate through the online survey, please click on the following link: http://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveylogin.asp?k=136327212796&SCE=3
If clicking on the link does not work, please copy and paste the address into your browser.
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