The Scottish Learning Festival (SLF) is the key education event in Scotland welcoming thousands of educational professionals. SLF 2015 takes place on Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 September in the SECC, Glasgow. Below are a list of seminars focusing on science and STEM that may be of interest. The Education Scotland teams will be on hand at the main stand to discuss STEM and answer any of your questions on
A key message from the recent Attaining Creative Solutions event was that if we want to engage learners, close the attainment gap and help young people develop the skills they need in order to thrive in an unpredictable and fast changing world, we can’t afford not to be creative. This National Creative Learning Network event brought together senior education staff and practitioners from local authorities across Scotland with operational and
Every aspect of the curriculum has a part to play in helping children and young people understand the world of work, the parts which they might play, and the contributions they might make to business, employment and the economy in their careers beyond school. Within that overall framework it is possible to see a unique role for the technologies, and the particular logic and clarity of a special relationship which
Citizen Science workshops for Highland Council practitioners: Lochaber High School, Fort William 12th May 4:30pm Millburn Academy, Inverness 13th May 4:30pm Wick High School, Wick 19th May 4:30pm Please pass this on to any colleagues you think may be interested. Citizen science is an exciting way of engaging learners with real-life science in the world around them. Schools across Scotland are undertaking important scientific work, collecting data and using that data
Calling teachers around the world! Download Global Treasure Apps for FREE for your students! Global Treasure Apps are fun, interactive and informative apps, shining a new light on the world around us. The app won an International Serious Play Award in LA in 2014 for “outstanding visitor engagement with a measurable learning opportunity”, making Global Treasure Apps leaders in the field of Game Based Learning on Location. Global Treasure Apps are launching
Holidaying in Ibiza or even backpacking across Europe was not an option last summer for four inspirational undergraduate students from all across Scotland, who spurned the ordinary and instead single-handedly organised an extraordinary trip to the Arctic. The main purpose of the trip was to study how climate change is affecting the landscape and the people of the Arctic. Team leader, Cameron MacKay, was motivated to go on the trip
Registration is now live for a place on the Social Studies skills day on Inchcailloch Island. To register, please sign up here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/99VJQGQ Education Scotland has teamed up with Loch Lomond National Park to offer two days for Primary practitioners, to help improve confidence using Social Studies Skills in the outdoors. The first of these days will take place on the 16th of May. The day will start with a
It’s an early bee count! Find out about bees and why they are important. Encourage them into your school grounds and local environment and learn about the role they play in local ecosystems. Different bees fly at different times. This year the Great British Bee Count will be looking at bees that appear earlier in the year. So on Friday 1st May get ready to download the new bee spotting app
Another event in the SLF Extra series took place on Tuesday 24th March 2015. This was a partnership event between Education Scotland, AHDS and SCEL. The event attracted over 160 delegates from all over Scotland, mainly those in leadership positions within Early Years and Primary settings. Everyone gathered together to unpick the implications of Developing the Young Workforce for these sectors and to help school leaders think about their next
Computing At School Scotland have a course running soon for teachers who are absolute beginners at Computing and want more confidence and understanding. You can learn from our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9SxjjU_-RM There is more information below and on http://www.cas.scot/unlock/ (as well as a link to an Eventbrite booking page)
