A range of top-class sporting venues across Glasgow and Scotland will be used for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and we’ve produced films for each, to help you see where the action will take place. Access them on the Game On Scotland site. From the Athletes’ Village through to Tollcross International Swimming Centre, there’s a wide range of spectacular venues to explore, all captured on film to make for an
Last in the series! With just over 20 weeks to go before the biggest multi-sport and cultural event ever to come to Scotland, we invite practitioners to find out more on how the Commonwealth Games may provide a unique opportunities to create stimulating learning across the curriculum and beyond. What will be delivered? The event will showcase inspirational initiatives from schools across the spectrum and highlight a vast amount of
Write a Commonwealth Games song! Big Big Sing is a nationwide celebration of singing that will inspire thousands of people to get singing in the lead up to and during Games Time. As part of this project, Big Big Sing is running an exciting songwriting competition open to Primary and Secondary School pupils in Scotland. Big Big Sing invites pupils to write a song inspired by the Commonwealth Games, pupils
Join us for a series of 19 exciting montly Glow meets running throughout the academic year 2013/14. The themed sessions are being broadcast live for all Glow users and will provide a wide variety of stimulating opportunities to engage with the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Who are the Glow meets for? The sessions will allow practitioners and learners find out more and get directly involved in educational opportunities related to
When? Wednesday, 18 November 2013 Where? Drumossie Hotel, Inverness With around 300 days before the biggest multi-sport and cultural event ever to come to Scotland, we invite practitioners to join us and find out more on how the Commonwealth Games may provide help you to create stimulating learning opportunities across the curriculum and beyond. It will showcase inspirational initiatives from schools across the board and highlight programmes available to teachers
CPD session 1: Interdisciplinary learning through the 2014 Commonwealth Games Focus: Expressive Arts & Creativity Tuesday, 3 September, 4pm – 4.45pm Join here: http://bit.ly/gosexpressivearts This is the first Glow Meet in a new series around the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games highlighting opportunities for interdisciplinary across all 8 curriculum areas. This CPD session will provide practitioners with a kaleidoscope of ideas and opportunities in using the Games as a context for
DEBATE TIME: Thursday, 13th of June from 1100-1300; Target age: 7 – 14 Join pupils around the world for the first ever Commonwealth Class debate. How it works In class, watch the film on the Commonwealth Class website about the ‘women behind the fastest man alive’. Talk about this in class and gather some opinions, examples and comments to share with pupils around the world. Go back to this page
The BBC, the British Council and the Commonwealth Secretariat have joined forces to bring you Commonwealth Class, an exciting new opportunity for schools. Commonwealth Class is a special initiative that provides teaching resources, online debates and interactive activities for schools to mark the run-up to the 2014 Commonwealth Games. It celebrates the values of the Commonwealth and connects schools and young people as they learn about how to be active,
Three new exciting learning journeys as well as an additional three videos have been released this week on Game On Scotland. Learning Journeys The learning journeys have been developed around migration and human rights issues with Community Learning in mind as well as in support of creativity and expressive arts: Glasgow – Constantly renewing The Commonwealth Games – a focus for human rights, principles and actions Creating ambitions – beyond
Is your school or organisation planning to mark the Commonwealth Games with a specific initiative? A fun run or sports day perhaps? Getting involved in the Queen’s Baton Relay? A whole school initiative? Or is your local authority running a Mini Games programme? No matter how big or small your Games related initiatives are we invite you to share them through the Game On Challenge and add to the excitement
