Better Movers and Thinkers
27 November 15.00
Join this Glow Meet to find out about Better Movers and Thinkers, an innovative, exciting and challenging movement and learning programme for Physical Education, that focuses directly on enhancing the links between movement and thinking, and how these critical elements scaffold the development of physical performance and learning across the curriculum. BMT is evolution in physical education, not revolution.
A new competition has been launched to inspire the most creative teaching minds to translate their passion for science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects into exciting classroom experiences.
The inGenious competition – co-ordinated in the UK by Futurelab at NFER – calls for all teachers in Europe to help their pupils better see the link between their passions, the set of skills which make them possible, and the education paths leading to those skills.
The inGenious competition is open to all teachers at primary and secondary school level. Applications are open until 28 February 2014, and 30 finalists will be invited to attend the inGenious European Award Ceremony in Brussels later in the year.
The Economic and Social Research Council is running a competition which challenges young people aged between 14 and 18 to produce a picture on the theme of “Where do I belong” – thinking about dimensions such as community, family, friends, country, beliefs, etc. Full details on the ESRC website
Deadline for entries – 9 December
In November two exciting Glow Meets around Technologies’ will focus on the Queen’s Baton and its design. Join us on Tuesday 5 November (4.00-4.45 pm) to learn more about how William Mitchell and his design team at 4cDesign effectively utilised science, technology, engineering, maths, art and design skills to create the Queen’s Baton and how you and your learners can be involved on 26 November (10.00 – 11.00 am) by considering your own baton design for your school or centre.
Register for the CPD session here or simply join us on the day.
For more information on all Glow Meets please visit the relevant page on Game On Scotland .
Find more information about the Queen’s Baton Relay, its design and nominating batonbearers here.
Earlier this week, College Development Network hosted an event for the College Creative Learning Networks to share learning and ideas from their work in promoting creative and innovative approaches to learning and teaching.
Some really interesting ideas and priorities emerged during the discussion including:
a) the need to examine more closely the links between creativity and enterprise;
b) modelling how creative approaches can be used in more traditional subject areas;
c) extending and developing partnerships and links with the wider community and
d) ensuring that governance and leadership are aware of the centrality of creativity in policy and practice.
The event also provided an opportunity for attending Creative Catalysts to hear about Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan from Joan Parr of Creative Scotland, and about Education Scotland’s Curriculum Impact Report on Creativity Across Learning from Sheila Page, HMI.
Exciting news this week as two important documents relating to creativity across learning were launched at the Scottish Learning Festival:
Published by Creative Scotland, Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan aims to inspire educational policy makers and practitioners to utilise creativity to benefit learners in schools and other settings.
The Creative Learning Plan is the result of work by a partnership of organisations working across Scotland in education and creativity and sets out an ambitious vision for creativity in education over the next 10 years.
Among the changes the partnership is aiming for are:
Find out more and download the Plan here: Creative Learning Plan
Education Scotland’s Curriculum Impact Report on Creativity Across Learning sets out key findings from a review of current practice in Scotland and focuses specifically on the development of creativity skills in learners. It proposes a definition of creativity is and identifies a set of core creative skills or attributes.
‘Scotland needs to prepare its young people for life and work in an uncertain economic and social environment if they are to thrive in an era of increasingly rapid change. The need for a well-developed set of higher-order skills will be a key part of the toolkit they will need and the ability to think creatively will be one of the most important tools in that toolkit’.
Download the Creativity Across Learning 3-18 Curriculum Impact Report here:
Glow Exclusive! Tuesday 24 September at 2pm
David Batchelor is an artist, born in Dundee and now living in London who is best known for his brightly coloured sculptures using industrial materials including light boxes from neon street signs, industrial dollies used to move heavy objects and items from everyday life such as brightly coloured plastic sunglasses and kitchen utensils.
As part of the Education Scotland Learning Experiences Catalogue, David will join us live on Glow from his studio in London on Tuesday 24 September at 2pm to talk about his artwork and answer your questions. To sign up for the event, simply visit Glow TV.
For a full schedule of forthcoming learning experiences and to find out more, visit the LearnCat today.
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/slf/index.asp
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’.
Included in the programme of seminars, keynotes and discussions, are the launch of Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan, and Education Scotland’s Creativity Review Report. A number of Creative Learning Networks will be represented at local authority stands and visitors can find out about Scotland’s creative and cultural providers at the Creative Scotland stand in the Cultural Village.
Education Scotland will also be launching its Corporate Plan 2013-16. Sign up for a round-table discussion about how Education Scotland plans to work with all its 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.
https://www.narscotland.org.uk/?dm_t=0,0,0,0,0
Education Scotland has recently published a number of new assessment and moderation exemplars, produced by practitioners, on the National Assessment Resource. They relate to the following themes:
• Consistent assessment practice across larger groups, within a school or learning community
• Moderation across authorities
• Gaelic
• Additional Support Needs
• Early Years
• Innovative moderation practice
• E-portfolios
• P7 profiles linked to faith development in Roman Catholic schools.
The exemplars are available on NAR with easy access using the Quick Links section on the home page.
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/sharingpractice/t/talkingheads/introduction.asp
This short series provides useful insights into the ongoing work around implementing Curriculum for Excellence in the senior phase (S4-S6). Five headteachers talk about building and developing the curriculum in their secondary schools. Each talks about what ‘curriculum’ means to their school and community, how a clear rationale was developed with staff, young people and parents, and how they specified the resulting design for its implementation.
