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Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre News

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Our exciting new season of Puppets, Shows, Workshops and Birthday Parties at the Scottish Mask And Puppet Centre starts this Sat 19 Jan / Sun 20 Jan 2.00pm with the Paper Bag Princess by Pavla’s Puppets and ends with the Amazing Mr Noah by Professor Popup’s Puppets on Sat 1 Jun / Sun 2 Jun 2.00pm.

Look out for the amazing small space show Toowittoowoo by Sokobauno & Grinagog Theatre in a 1960’s Cheltenham Fawn Caravan, which seats just 15 children and adults on Sun 10 Mar 11.00 – 4.00pm on the hour along with refreshments and home-baking! Why not pop over after a Sunday walk in the Botanic Gardens, just along the road from us.

Don’t miss our events for this year’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival between Sat 16 – Sun 24 Mar- Laughology Workshop , Big Magic Wand, Funny Puppets Workshop, Magical Mayhem and Jango’s Jolly Show.

We have two Easter holiday workshop days on Thurs 4 and Fri 5 Apr. Do you know what a Croc ‘O’ Dragon is? Look out for our next newsletter with details of our proposed exciting new theatre space on site here at SMPC. In the interim we would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year from SMPC and we hope to see you soon at the Puppet Centre.

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New Glow meets for January 2013

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Paper Creativity Challenge – Paper Making Workshop, Today, 11 am http://glo.li/VVDkvv

http://blogs.educationscotland.gov.uk/glowscotland/2013/01/09/take-part-in-the-paper-creativity-challenge/

Make delicate handmade papers from pulps. Learn simple techniques suitable for using at home such as how to create a smooth surface texture for printing on, soaking and blending recycled paper and then also painting with coloured pulp.

Paper Creativity Challenge – Ernest, 15 January 2013, 11 am http://glo.li/VVDuTD

Now it is your chance to Glow Meet with Catherine Rayner as she reads her book ‘Ernest’. During this session you will have the opportunity to read and explore the story of Ernest, a rather large moose, with early years pupils and then Catherine will work with older children and demonstrate to them how to illustrate texts. Ideally learners should have paper and paint so that they can also try the techniques.

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National Galleries of Scotland and the Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools 2013

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Schools are encouraged  to enter the above competition, now celebrating its tenth birthday! The closing date is 3rd May 2013 and the themes for this year are as follows:

Category A Nursery: Let’s Play!

Category B Primary 1-3: Dog

Category C Primary 4-7: Scary Creatures and Creepy Things 

Category D S1-S2: See It, Frame It, Draw It

Category E Special Education Schools: Water, Water Everywhere

Category F Group Entries: Any of the above themes

 Full details can be found at www.nationalgalleries.org/schoolartcompetition

See the leaflet here 2013_ArtCompA3_flyer-poster_vFINAL

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Fringe Schools Poster Competition 2013

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The search for the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Poster has begun!

 The Fringe Schools Poster Competition is open to all Scottish students aged 5 – 16. We are looking for a unique and eye-catching poster design that represents the variety and vibrancy of the Fringe – the rest is up to you.

Use our learning resources, including lesson plans linked to Curriculum for Excellence experiences and outcomes, to introduce your pupils to the Fringe and inspire them to create winning posters!

The winning design will become the official poster for the 2013 Fringe and there are prizes of up to £750 for the top three artists and their schools. Your pupils could also be in with the chance of seeing their artwork displayed in an exhibition. To get started, for details of how to enter, and to download the entry pack and learning resources, visit www.edfringe.com/poster.

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The Education Resource Service in North Lanarkshire – adding to the cultural life of schools..

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The Education Resource Service in North Lanarkshire exists primarily to support learning and teaching in educational establishments across the authority.  This is done in a number of ways.  

The ERS provides a range of resources from topic boxes to artefacts to DVDs and CPD.  A catalogue is produced annually which details exactly what is available to borrow.  ERS Brochure 2013

The team of Children and Young People’s Librarians support educational establishments across North Lanarkshire with all sorts of innovative extravaganzas. CYPLs provide library based support and advice to schools. See this document Libraries Supporting Learning for some examples. ERS Libraries Supporting Learning

The ERS has a blog which you can follow which is updated regularly with interesting projects and possible uses for resources to support the curriculum in many creative ways.

For further information, please contact the ERS at the following address:

Education Resource Service
c/o Clyde Valley High School
Castlehill Road
Wishaw
ML2 0LS

Tel: 01698 403510
Email: ersmail@northlan.gov.uk
Blog: http://ersnlc.wordpress.com

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