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CfE, CLN News, Creativity Portal, Edinburgh, Interdisciplinary Learning

TESS features Creativity

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Creativity is the central theme running through September’s edition of TESS. Click on the following titles to view each article:

‘Creative sparks can fire up the curriculum’

Editor Gillian MacDonald highlights projects which are stimulating the imagination and encouraging new thinking in schools and local authorities.

Joan Parr

Joan Parr, portfolio manager for education, learning and young people, Creative Scotland is featured, talking about the national drive for creativity across learning.

‘Step Forth into the Creativity Portal’

The new-look Creativity Portal is reviewed, including an overview of its new features and feedback from teachers using the site.

‘Away with the Fairies’

Project Dream, is a collaboration between City of Edinburgh’s Arts and Learning Team, the Lyceum Theatre and Edinburgh schools in which teachers and pupils are coming off timetable to immerse themselves in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Glasgow, Young People

Pilot project seeks young designers & journalists

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The Matter is a new programme which is aiming to help young people develop skills for work whilst telling the world what they think about important issues.

The project is seeking young people aged 16-24 who live in and around Glasgow, to take part in a pilot which will inform the development of a national programme.

Young people taking part will be designing and writing for a newspaper, raising awareness of issues that are important to them, and helping to change the world!

For further information on how to take part, download TheMatter-Jointhepilot!

Aberdeenshire, Creative Practitioners

Freelance Opportunity – WW1 Schools Resource

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Aberdeenshire Council supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund is seeking a freelance creative practitioner to develop a resource for schools in the field of heritage/arts/education. Submissions are invited by 1 October 2012.

Download the following documents for further information:

Final Cover Sheet (what the work is and how to apply)

Final FAQs

Illuminating Practice – evaluation format example

Final ITQ

Artists, Careers and Pathways, CLN News, Moray

Moray CLN launches Artist Mentoring Programme 2012-13

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On Thursday 20 September, Moray  Creative Learning Network is launching its second Artist Mentoring Programme, a tailor made programme of training and support to help art school graduates based in Moray to kick start their careers in the creative learning sector.

The programme is facilitated by  Moray Art Centre and mentoring is provided by CLN members – artists, teachers and creative learning practitioners.

To find out more about the programme, visit Moray Art Centre’s website or download this document: MCLN Artist Mentoring Programme

Vist Moray CLN’s blog here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/my/CreativeLearning/

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, CLN News, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, Events, Fife, Highland, NCLN, Scottish Borders, Stirling

National Creative Learning Network at SLF 2012

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National Creative Learning Network at SLF 2012

The National Creative Learning Network (NCLN) is a community of practice which has a leadership role in championing and advocating creativity in both formal and informal learning contexts. The Network is well represented at this year’s SLF, with members from local authorities across Scotland leading workshops and seminars throughout the two days of the festival.

Seminar Programme

Find out about the benefits of being involved in a Creative Learning Network at Fife’s CLN Showcase seminar, or find out what being creative means to Edinburgh’s young apprentices.

  • Creative Learners, Creative Thinkers, Creative Careers (Edinburgh)
  • Showcasing Fife’s Creative Learning Network (Fife)
  • What’s the Past got to do with us? (Aberdeenshire)

Visit the SLF website to view the full seminar programme

Education Showcase

The Showcase programme features demonstrations, experiments, drama and music making with NCLN contributions from a number of authorities:

  • Arts and Culture as a Catalyst for Learning: The Aberdeen Arts Across Learning Festival (Aberdeen City)
  • Inspiring Creativity, Highland’s Creativity Conference (Highland)
  • Supporting Drama through Literacy – Learners with Mild to Severe and Complex Needs (Dumfries & Galloway)
  • Challenging Creativity Creatively (Edinburgh)
  • The Big Drum Experiment (Scottish Borders)
  • Little Rabbit: drama for early years (Angus)
  • Teachers Realising their Creative Potential (Aberdeen City)
  • Write a Song in 30 Minutes (Stirling)

To view the full Education Showcase programme click here

The NCLN consists of the the group of coordinators who lead each local authority’s Creative Learning Network. Visit the Creativity Portal to find out who your local Creative Learning Network contact is: http://bit.ly/Creative_Learning_Contacts

Find out more about the Creative Learning Networks by watching one of the short films on the Creativity Portal: http://bit.ly/CLN_Creativity_Portal

CPD, Dundee, Science

Robots and CPD

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Teacher open evening event, Thursday 30 August, 4 pm – 6.30 pm

http://www.sensation.org.uk/

Dundee Science Centre is hosting an open evening for all teachers and educators, showcasing the work of the Science Learning Team and the opportunities available to schools throughout the coming academic year.  The centre will be open from 4 pm and there will be the chance to see the Robot exhibition and see the range of science resource boxes available for loan.  This is a free event.

Artists, CfE, CPD, Edinburgh

Artist CPD – Working with Schools, 26 Aug 2012

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Skills Development CPD for Artists: Working with Schools
Sunday 26 August, 1.30-4.30pm
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR

Cost: £28/£24 Network members

Bookings: 0131 556 9579

Participants will look at the four capacities of the Curriculum for Excellence and how participating in the arts enables young people to become Successful Learners, Confident Individuals, Effective Contributors and Responsible Citizens. The programme will also look at the outcomes and experiences for the Expressive Arts, as well as how the arts can be used across the curriculum to meet the health and wellbeing, literacy and numeracy outcomes. There will also be a chance to examine case studies of education projects, share ideas for future projects and tips on how to fund work in schools. Led by Fiona Dalgetty

For artists: If you have already worked with schools, please bring a short summary or case study of a project you have run

Programme:

1.30pm – 2.30pm – Curriculum for Excellence
2.30pm – 3.00pm – Case studies of education projects
3.00pm – 3.15pm – Coffee break
3.15pm – 3.45pm – Case studies and ideas for future projects
3.45pm – 4.15pm – How can we fund work in schools?
4.15pm – 4.30pm – Final questions

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, CLN News, CPD, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, Events, Fife, Learning Exchange, NCLN, Scottish Borders, Stirling

NCLN at SLF 2012

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Members of the NCLN are contributing to this year’s Scottish Learning Festival – ‘Creative Learning…Creative Thinking’ – in a number of ways, whether presenting on creative initiatives or sharing Creative Learning Network news. The programme includes the following:

Seminar Programme

Creative Learners, Creative Thinkers, Creative Careers – Modern Apprentices and Student Councillor, Edinburgh

Showcasing Fife’s Creative Learning Network ­– Michelle Sweeney, Fife

What’s the Past got to do with us? – David Atherton, Aberdeenshire

Visit the SLF website to view the full seminar programme

Education Showcase

Arts and Culture as a Catalyst for Learning: The Aberdeen Arts Across Learning Festival – Jacky Hardare, Aberdeen City

Inspiring Creativity – Amy McLeod, Highland

Supporting Drama through Literacy – Learners with Mild to Severe and Complex Needs – Lesley Sloan, Dumfries & Galloway

Challenging Creativity Creatively – Linda Lees, Edinburgh

The Big Drum Experiment ­– Susanne Batchelor, Scottish Borders

Little Rabbit – Pauline Meikleham, Angus

Teachers Realising their Creative Potential – Jacky Hardacre, Aberdeen

Write a Song in 30 Minutes – Marco Rea, Stirling

To view the full Education Showcase programme click here

Aberdeen, CLD, CPD, Dance

Dance and Social Inclusion Training, 21-24 August 2012

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Dance United is running a four-day training course in Aberdeen from 21-24 August which looks at how to deliver high quality dance when working with challenging groups in the community.

This Stage 1 training course has been accredited by National Open College Network (NOCN) so course participants will be able to achieve recognition at level 3 in Social Inclusion Practice in Dance.

Click here to download course details: Dance United Training Course flyer

The course is organised by Citymoves, Aberdeen in partnership with Dance United.