Tonight Lanarkshire officially welcomes almost 2000 visitors from 33 countries to the 45th International Children’s Games.
The Games kicks off with a spectacular opening ceremony at Motherwell’s Fir Park featuring the athletes from 77 cities parading into the stadium.
There will also be performances from Scottish bag-rock sensations Skerryvore, a stunning display by 400 local dancers and singers, and the raising of the ICG flag before a show stopping fireworks display brings the event to a dramatic close.
Streaming live across the internet to you, see Quentin Blake bring to life some of his amazing characters live on stage! Hear him talk about working with Roald Dahl and you will have the chance to ask him questions!
Find out how you can celebrate Roald Dahl Day for a day, a week or a month.
The presentation will be available as an on-demand replay shortly after.
Dance is more popular as a participatory activity than football in Scotland, according to a new report published by the Federation of Scottish Theatre.
The report emphasises the success of dance in Scotland, both in terms of a participatory activity and of its professional arts companies. He also pointed out the areas where dance is lacking. In particular, although dance is now part of the curriculum for excellence, he said that there is currently no Standard Grade dance exam, while dance is offered as a Higher Grade subject in only nine secondary schools across Scotland.
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If yes, then read on! This is your chance to enter our Genius on a Shoestring competition, open to all schools and colleges across the UK. The idea? Your brilliant idea!
We invite you to ‘show and tell’ us your innovation in teaching or learning. We’re looking for big thinking, even on a small budget, or more impact for less money. Your innovation enhances learning within the curriculum. It motivates and empowers. Its success can be measured and evaluated. Ideally there’s more positive change to come. And you’re happy to share your project with RM Education and the wider community of teachers and school leaders.
Edinburgh’s Grassmarket will be transformed into a giant children’s play area on Wednesday (3 August) to mark national Playday. The family-friendly event will promote the importance of outdoor play for young children and encourage adults to get involved too. The Grassmarket will feature six different play zones: water play, sand play, active play, intuitive play, creative play and natural play – all aimed at encouraging free, unstructured fun for young children.
Angus Council announces that as the school holidays draw to an end, on Saturday August 6, Pictavia will hold one of its popular Storytelling Saturdays. From 2 pm until 4 pm on Saturday, August 6, a Pictish storyteller will recount spellbinding tales from the days when Angus was home to the Picts, the tribe who inhabited north and east Scotland almost two thousand years ago.
Crowds are expected to flock to the newly-refurbished Victorian part of the National Museum of Scotland as it reopens following a £47.4m refit.
Sixteen new galleries take visitors on a journey through the wonders of nature, the cultures of the world and through to science and discovery.
More than 8,000 objects will be on display in the new area, 80% for the first time in generations. The newly refurbished museum opens its doors in Edinburgh today (Friday).
Dundee students triumph in Design Engineering Elegance category at NASA lab contest in Texas, writes Jackie Cosh in TESS.
Menzieshill High in Dundee was the only school in Europe to be invited to NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston, Texas to attend last month’s international Marine Advanced Technology Education ROV (remotely operated vehicle) competition.
Menzieshill pupils were delighted when their system won the Design Engineering Elegance award. They were also commended for producing what was described as the most compact ROV in the competition.
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