0305, 2016

Enterprise in Early Learning and Childcare

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May 3, 2016
Early Learning and Childcare, Family learning, Skills
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One of the ambitions of Scotland CAN DO is “to achieve an education system with entrepreneurship and innovation at its core.” This ambition does not begin with secondary, or even primary schools – early learners can get involved too! Scotland’s Enterprising Schools is a new resource available for educational practitioners to inspire enterprising and entrepreneurial learning across the curriculum. The resource was developed in partnership with Education Scotland and the

2402, 2016

Free toolkit for business and early years educators

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February 24, 2016
Early Learning and Childcare, Primary, Skills
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Business in the Community Scotland has created an innovative digital resource pack to help create sustainable, successful relationships with your local businesses and schools in order to help young children achieve their full potential and become responsible citizens. This pioneering resource pack has been launched in a bid to help build partnerships between businesses and nurseries, early years centres and primary schools. The Business Engagement in the Early Years Toolkit has

1202, 2016

Funding for enterprise education announced by First Minister

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February 12, 2016
CfE, Creativity, Skills
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The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced a £300 000 funding for entrepreneurial learning and enterprise education at the opening of the RBS entrepreneurial hub at the bank’s Gogarburn headquarters. The money for Scotland’s Enterprising Schools will go towards helping teachers unleash the entrepreneurial and creative skills shown by pupils by setting up a team to work with schools and local authorities to provide resources and lesson plans. The programme aligns closely to

0502, 2016

Prince’s Trust Future Starts in Hospitality

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February 5, 2016
Inclusion and Equality, Senior Phase, Skills, Supporting Learners, Young People
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The Prince’s Trust is currently piloting a programme called Future Starts. These are taster days for S4 and S5 students to explore potential careers in an actual workplace. These industries include Hospitality, Retail, Automotive, Technologies, Construction, Sport, Hair & Beauty and Childcare. The Future Starts pilot is partially funded by the Wood Foundation and partly by the Scottish Government. The programme began in 2015 and is funded for two years

2901, 2016

Thinking Global about Social Enterprise? – new resource pack

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January 29, 2016
Creativity, Primary, Skills, Social studies
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…. then you might be interested in the new Social Enterprise Resource Pack developed by the British Council, Social Enterprise Academy (SEA) and Real Ideas Organisation (RIO) helping teachers to deliver activities and lessons on social enterprise. Written in clear English and aimed at students aged 7-14, the resource pack is suitable for any educator – no previous experience of social enterprise is needed – and is designed to help achieve key teaching objectives, promote

2411, 2015

West Lothian College STEM Manifesto

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November 24, 2015
Mathematics, Numeracy, Sciences, Senior Phase, Skills, Technologies
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West Lothian College has pledged to develop a spirit of innovation, enterprise and partnership in STEM education and training. They aim to provide first class and consistent opportunities for all their learners in this area. The college will focus on a wide range of issues in order to create new and flexible methods of learning to maximise educational outcomes around STEM. These include giving STEM education a more prominent status, focusing on employment opportunities

1611, 2015

Webinar: Career Education 3 – 18; Thursday, 3 Dec @ 4pm

Register: When is it? Thursday, 3 December, 4 – 5 pm Where? Live on Glow TV (Glow login required). Register here Who is this for? Head teachers, teachers, employers, parents/carers and anyone one else interested/ involved in the development of career education from 3 -18. Presenters: Mairi Thomson, Development Officer, Skills 3 – 18 Team); Ken Edwards, Education Programme Lead, Skills Development Scotland; James Cook, Depute head teacher, Crown Primary School,

0211, 2015

How good is our school? – Increasing creativity

Peter Murray
November 2, 2015
Broad General Education, CfE, Early Learning and Childcare, Primary, Responsibility of All, Secondary, Senior Phase, Skills
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How good is our school? provides a suite of quality indicators that support staff in all sectors to scrutinise their work and evaluate what is working well for learners and what could be better. It is a key aspect of the Scottish approach to school improvement and supports self-evaluation and reflection by practitioners at all levels. The 4th edition was launched at this year’s Scottish Learning Festival and features

1307, 2015

We can’t afford not to be creative!

Peter Murray
July 13, 2015
CfE, CLD, Early Learning and Childcare, MCMC/16+LC, Outdoor Learning, Primary, Professional Learning, Responsibility of All, Senior Phase, Skills, Universal Support
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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

0312, 2014

Game Masters: Teachers Preview Event

Peter Murray
December 3, 2014
CfE, Early Learning and Childcare, National Qualifications, Senior Phase, Skills, Technologies
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Date: Tuesday 9 December Time: 16:30-18:30 Venue: Studio 1, Learning Centre, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Cost: Free Booking: Please book your FREE space by email schools@nms.ac.uk or phone 0131 247 4041. Tea/coffee and cake will be provided. Spaces are limited so please book your place as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. This session will introduce teachers to the Game Masters exhibition in preparation for visiting with a class.