Category Archives: CfE

CfE, Education News, Self Evaluation

Curriculum for Excellence National Expectations: Self-evaluation resource – QIs 5.1 and 5.9

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Education Scotland has published a new resource – Curriculum for Excellence National Expectations: Self-evaluation resource – QIs 5.1 and 5.9 – which supplements the advice given in the Inspection Advice Note 2013-14 and sets out updated expectations in relation to Quality Indicator (QI) 5.1 The curriculum and QI 5.9 Improvement through self-evaluation.
This resource is the first in a series of support for practitioners in evaluating the impact of curriculum change and improvement through self-evaluation. It includes updated illustrations of ‘very good’ for QI 5.1 The curriculum and QI 5.9 Improvement through self-evaluation together with a set of questions that can be used to help evaluate the quality of the broad general education, the senior phase and curriculum transitions as well as the quality of improvement through self-evaluation.

CfE, Education News

Journey to Excellence website update

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www.journeytoexcellence.org.uk

The Journey to Excellence website provides examples of excellence in Scottish education and other children’s services.  Education Scotland has recently uploaded a new batch of films to the site, providing examples in various curriculum areas, including science and social studies from nursery, primary and secondary establishments.

Establishments in the latest batch of films include: Poppies Nursery, Strathallan Primary School, St Ignatius Primary School, Millersneuk Primary School, Milngavie Primary School, Pilrig Park School, Bearsden Academy, Bishopbriggs Academy, Calderglen High School, Deans Community High School and St Andrew’s RC Secondary School.

To find out more, please visit the Journey to Excellence website (www.journeytoexcellence.org.uk) home page and scroll down to ‘Latest Videos’.

CfE, East Ayrshire, Events

Enspire Festival of Ideas – S4 Enterprise project, St Joseph’s Academy, Kilmarnock

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‘Enspire’ is an exciting new festival taking place on 9 June run entirely by young people in St Joseph’s Academy, Kilmarnock. Inspired by the world famous TED Talks a team of S4 pupils from St. Joseph’s Academy in Kilmarnock have organised their own home-grown festival of ideas: Enspire.

Enspire<http://www.saintjosephsacademy.co.uk/enspire/> is being designed and curated by an S4 Enterprise class who have established an events business called ID Launch. They have been working towards this all year. The purpose of Enspire is simple: to harness energy, creativity and ideas to make a difference by thinking differently. The festival is based around three powerful words: reinvention, inspiration and transformation. All presentations will take as their starting point the themes of reinvention, inspiration or transformation. The festival also features bands, comedy, entertainment and great local food cooked by their pop-up restaurant.

The festival is open to anyone to attend.  Please contact St. Joseph’s Academy School Office on 01563 526144 for more information.

CfE, CfE Subjects & Themes, Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy, Maths, Modern Languages, RME, Science, Technologies

Game on Scotland – official education programme of 2014 launched

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Game on Scotland is the official education programme of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and its legacy. It aims to provide inspiration and learning and teaching opportunities related to Glasgow 2014 and other momentous events happening throughout Scotland in the coming years.

The Programme uses the Games as a context for learning, allowing for the delivery of many experiences and outcomes within CfE and providing opportunities for the development of skills for learning, life and work.

Game On Scotland aims to support teachers, school leaders and education managers in creating stimulating learning experiences for young people from 3-18 using the Commonwealth Games as a context for learning.

The Game On Scotland website hosts a wealth of learning and teaching resources, interactive media and background information on the Games; it aims to help practitioners:

  • create stimulating learning experiences
  • develop learners’ skills and knowledge across the curriculum
  • find and share learning and teaching ideas across a global network
  • get involved in a variety of Games-based education projects
  • explore opportunities to connect with learners, practitioners and schools across the globe.

To find out more and to get involved visit:

http://www.gameonscotland.org/about/index.asp

CfE, CLN News, East Dunbartonshire, Music

Making Tracks at Campsie View with Quavers Music

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Kirsty Hamilton From Quavers Music has been working at Campsie View School
to provide Music Opportunities for Children.

The project ‘Making Tracks’ which began in January and finishes in June
2013 will enable children and young people with additional support needs to
access high quality music making activity. Children will be supported to
take ownership of their work by leading the group in performance of their
composition. Quavers Music courses develop Emotional Personal and Social
Skills, Communication and Language; Knowledge and Understanding of the
World, Physical Development: and Expression and Imagination.

The project has been supported by Creative Scotland’s Youth Music
Initiative, Quavers Music and East Dunbartonshire Leisure Culture Trust.

For more information please contact:

Esmee Thompson Cultural Coordinator
Esmee.Thompson@eastdunbarton.gov.uk

0141 777 3092

CfE, CLD

Curriculum for Excellence Briefing 10: The Role of Community Learning and Development and Partnership Working

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Curriculum for Excellence Briefing 10

This 4 page briefing explores the important contribution that CLD is making to CfE outcomes for learners through partnership working in educational establishments and communities.

It contains sections on the following topics:

  1. What is Community Learning and Development (CLD) and partnership working?
  2. How does CLD and partnership working contribute to CfE?
  3. How might CLD and partnership working further promote CfE?

This is the 10th title in the series and all other titles are available to download from the Education Scotland website.

CfE, Resources

Curriculum for Excellence Briefing 9: Learning about Scotland

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Education Scotland has published the next issue in a series of briefing notes about taking forwards Curriculum for Excellence. These notes look specifically at using Scotland itself as a rich context for learning – through its history, culture and landscapes.

This briefing provides advice for practitioners and can also be used to inform partners, learners and their parents in taking forward Curriculum for Excellence. It explores the ways in which practitioners across sectors are increasing opportunities for children and young people to learn about Scotland as part of the Broad General Education (BGE) and in the Senior Phase.

Curriculum for Excellence Briefing 9: Learning about Scotland