2408, 2018

Social Bite calls for Scotland’s young people to join movement against homelessness with first ever ‘Wee Sleep Out’ initiative

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August 24, 2018
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Social Bite has launched the Wee Sleep Out; a national awareness raising and fundraising campaign to get the young people of Scotland involved in the charity’s mission to end homelessness. Wee Sleep Out is calling on all teachers, youth leaders, parents and guardians to challenge young people between 8 and 16 years old to get out of their beds, and their comfort zones by organising their very own Wee Sleep

2811, 2017

LANTRA 2017 – Career Workshops and Skills Events

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November 28, 2017
Learning for Sustainability, Outdoor Learning, Parentzone Scotland, Sciences, Skills, Technologies
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The latest event in a series of workshops and events on career pathways and skills development in the land-base, aquaculture and environmental industries, will take place on Thursday, 14 December, Westerwood Hotel, Cumbernauld (10am – 3pm). (contact: 01738 310164 or Scotland@lantra.co.uk) Two recent LANYRA career workshops run for SDS career staff, teachers, DYW regional groups etc. were held in Perth & Lanark. Here are the links to the presentations from

0111, 2017

Making Scotland a STEM Nation

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November 1, 2017
Broad General Education, CfE, Digital Learning, Inclusion and Equality, Learning for Sustainability, Mathematics, Outdoor Learning, Sciences, Skills, Technologies
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STEM Education and Training Strategy for Scotland has now been published A STEM (Sciences Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics) Education and Training Strategy was launched in the Scottish Parliament last week by Ms Shirley-Anne Somerville, Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science. The Strategy, together with a STEM Evidence Base Report, is now available to download from: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/10/1386/downloads A central focus on the strategy is to enable everyone to develop

1710, 2017

Sleep in the Park: 1000 Free School Tickets!

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October 17, 2017
CLD, Creativity, Expressive Arts, Health and wellbeing, Inclusion and Equality, Learning for Sustainability, MCMC/16+LC, Outdoor Learning, Parentzone Scotland, Religious and Moral Education, Religious Education in Roman Catholic schools, RME, Secondary, Senior Phase, Skills, Social studies, Young People
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This year Social Bite are bringing together 9,000 people in Princes Street Gardens, on the 9th of December, for the world’s largest ever Sleep-Out to try and end homelessness in Scotland for good. Participants will be joined by some of the world’s biggest artists to sleep in the cold for one night. We have invited some amazing musicians to “busk” stripped back acoustics sets including Liam Gallagher, Deacon Blue, Amy

0108, 2017

Developing essential employability skills through outdoor education

Exposing young people to the outdoors and engaging them in activities that challenge and inspire them has long been highlighted as an important component to support the development of skills for learning, life and work. Resilience , team building, problem-solving as well as acquiring technical skills all help when it come to preparing for the world of work. This has been highlighted by the recent visit of Jamie Hepburn, Scottish

1804, 2017

Food for Thought Education Fund

Peter Murray
April 18, 2017
CfE, Health and wellbeing, Outdoor Learning, Responsibility of All, Sciences, Skills
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Food for Thought Education Fund Food for Thought Phase 5 application The Food for Thought Education Fund gives financial support to develop Food and Health as a context for learning. The fund aims to improve practitioner confidence in providing progressive, high quality learning experiences which help to embed food education into the ethos of the establishment. It also provides an opportunity to plan and implement learning experiences which build sustainability

2102, 2017

DYW- Interesting practice exemplar: The Outward Bound Trust- supporting young people on their future pathways

Over the last 75 years The Outward Bound Trust has used the outdoors to equip young people from all walks of life with valuable skills for education, work and life in order to fulfil their potential. Through participation in the charity’s courses, young people become more confident and self-aware, are better able to work collaboratively with others, better able to communicate effectively and become more resilient and determined individuals. These skills

1108, 2016

What Could I Be? … in Food Production

Peter Murray
August 11, 2016
Assessment, Health and wellbeing, Learning for Sustainability, Outdoor Learning, Skills, Technologies
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Scottish Food & Drink Federation and SRUC have developed this great poster outlining the breadth of career opportunities and chain of jobs involved in food production at Castelton Farm. Looking for activities or discussion points with pupils? Research what you could earn from doing the jobs identified on the poster. Think of your favourite food. Can you create a career map demonstrating who is involved in creating your favourite food? What

1606, 2016

Save the Children Resilience Project

Peter Murray
June 16, 2016
Broad General Education, Community Resilience, Health and wellbeing, Health and wellbeing, Learning for Sustainability, Outdoor Learning, Responsibility of All, Sciences, Skills, Social studies
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Save the Children are looking for two schools to take part in a resilience project that aims to strengthen children’s understanding of emergencies and the actions they can take to prepare themselves, their families and their communities. Click here for more information on the project . It is aimed at children aged 9 – 11 and participating schools will be given a £1000 budget. You can also contact Graham

1606, 2016

Community resilience networking event May 2016

Peter Murray
June 16, 2016
Broad General Education, Community Resilience, Health and wellbeing, Learning for Sustainability, Outdoor Learning, Sciences, Skills, Social studies
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Friday 13th, unlucky for some but not for us last month, when resilience professionals and education colleagues met to discuss how they could work together, to ensure our children and young people would be best prepared for the challenges they may face in the 21st Century as a result of a change in Scotland’s climate. To find out what was discussed, click here Conference Report May 2016. To have your say in