Category Archives: Literacy

Literacy, Opportunities, Young People

Young Writers Conference – Sat 1 Dec, Glasgow

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Are you aged between 14 and 17 years old? Do you love writing? Do you want to develop your writing skills? Come along to our Young Writers Conference!

Come along to our Young Writers Conference, where you’ll meet loads of like-minded people, hear from award winning novelist Annabel Pitcher and choose from workshops on writing fiction, comics, poetry, plays or writing a truly convincing fight scene!

We’re very excited to confirm that this year’s conference will include workshops led by Annabel Pitcher, Cathy Forde and Steve Cole. We’ve got something for everyone, including fiction, playwrighting, poetry and comics.

For more information on the individual workshops please visit the website.

When: Saturday 1st December, 10.00am – 4.15pm

Where: The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN.

Tickets: £6, must be booked in advance.
For further information, please contact Claire.Marchant-Collier@scottishbooktrust.com (Claire Marchant-Collier), or call 0131 524 0160, or visit http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/young-writers-conference-2012. The deadline is Friday 30 November 2012 at 09:00.

Literacy, Teachers, Young People

Inspired? Get Writing! Creative Writing Competition 2013

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http://www.nationalgalleries.org/education/competitions-3740/inspired-get-writing-creative-writing-competition-20122013

School pupils and their teachers are invited to choose an inspirational painting, photograph, print or sculpture from the National Galleries of Scotland’s Collection and to create a piece of poetry or prose not exceeding 1,000 words in length. Works may be viewed in person, or online at www.nationalgalleries.org/onlinecollections

There are three categories for school pupils:

Category A School Pupils Under 12

Category B School Pupils 12-14 Years of Age

Category C School Pupils 15-18 Years of Age

There will be ten awards in each category: Winner, two Runners-up and seven Special Merit. All will be included in a public reading at the Scottish National Gallery in April 2013.

Full details of rules, and a very comprehensive and helpful resource, can be viewed on www.nationalgalleries.org. Follow the link to Education and click on competitions. The closing date is Friday 18 January 2013.

CfE, CPD, Dance, Early Years, Literacy, Maths, Science, Teachers

Dance CPD for teachers

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YDance is running an extensive programme of CPD training opportunities from December 2012 through 2013 for early years, primary and secondary teachers. Sessions include: the basic components of dance; teaching science, numeracy and literacy through dance; support for Higher Dance and National Progression Awards.

Visit the YDance website to access pdfs of both the early years/primary and secondary leaflets: ­ http://www.ydance.org/Education.html

CPD, Creativity Portal, Glow, Literacy, Maths

Watch again – Seminars from SLF 2012

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The Creativity Portal has added links to a range of ‘Watch Again’ Glow Meets from this year’s creativity themed Scottish Learning Festival.

Seminars include:

Creativity – Experience it, Understand it, Teach it

Creativity… in Maths!?

Developing Storytelling through Games

You will need your Glow Login to view the films: Click here to watch again on Glow TV

Creativity Portal, Dance, Drama, Literacy, Music

How to Subscribe to Creativity Portal News Feeds

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Visit the Creativity Portal to subscribe to the Creativity newsfeeds

http://www.creativityportal.org.uk

Visit the Creativity Portal to subscribe to the Creativity newsfeeds and receive up to date news on free and subsidised opportunities, workshops, CPD and competitions from creative partners. The news arrives in your inbox and is easily skimmed for opportunities and inspiration that interests you.

You can also follow the Creativity Portal newsfeed on Twitter:http://twitter.com/CreativPortal or Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebookCP.

If you have a specialism you can even subscribe to newsfeeds for Creativity and Literacy, Sciences, ASL, Drama, Music, and Art and Design – you can find all of the Creativity newsfeeds on the new look Creativity Portal.

To subscribe to the NCLN newsfeed click here:

http://bit.ly/NCLNnewsfeed