On Monday morning Miss McKay came in our class and and gave us and some other classes a spelling test and some of the words were hard but most of them were easy
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Creative Learning at the Polish school
The School of Polish Language and Culture undertook their own Creative Learning Project. They generously shared their Polish culture with Calder Primary in the form of musician Martin Gluch. In contrast they were able to experience some Scottish culture and historical context to the area they now live in with a day of workshops with storyteller and musician Gerry Durkin and a visit and education workshop at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Coatbridge.
Here are some of the comments of what the pupils thought of these visits :
Bartosz gr IV
It was a normal day at school, boring classes, a ton of homework and the loud noises outside of the class. I was just sitting and daydreaming about what I will do when I get home, but then a storyteller came in the school. Everyone got called up to the assembly area and the storyteller did what he does best, tell us some stories. The first one was called ‘The ghost of Dundee’. It was about a ghost in Dundee which scared people. But it had a twist. Every time the storyteller played a certain note the audience had to go ‘Oooooh’. I found the story very interesting. The storyteller sang a couple of songs and told more stories. The last one was about a boy that was born with a crew inside of a bellybutton. At the end the boy turned the screw and his bum fell off. Overall I really enjoyed it and it was a good laugh.
Szymon gr IV
27th April 2013 to Polish school came story teller. He spoke about Scotland legends. He played on guitar. He tell about scary and funny ghost. I never hear about Scotland legends. I think this is an interesting legends.
Agnieszka gr IV
On the 20th of April in Coatbridge. We’ve been there with the Polish school. I really like it. It was good. We’ve been learning about Victorians, it wasn’t that good but the best part was with the clothes we were dressing up as Victorians. It was really good. We’ve created a poster with a group. Was a really good poster and nice. I think it was fun and I really want to go there again.
Michal gr IV
20th of April we left School of Polish Language and Culture. We were going to visit Summerlee Museum to see lots of displays of the past.
Firstly we arrived to Summer Lee. The journey took about 30 mins. When we entered the museum we entered a tram and took a short ride. After that we meet a lady that worked at Summer Lee. She told us the history of Summer Lee and showed us a fantastic powerpoint. Obviously, we did not go there without any point. We came to Summerlee to hear some of the Scottish history.
After that trip, I learned that Scotland had lots and lots of iron and coal. Shortly saying, Scotland was famous to me for having that lot of iron and coal, also they powered Scotland in materials.
I just didn’t like that they took children to work. If I had a chance, I would visit Summerlee again. It was fun.
Karolina gr IV
On the 20th April, the older pupils of our school visited Summerlee museum. At around midday, we set off to the museum in Coatbridge. When we arrived, we had the privilege of going on a tram around the building. Following that, we met our guide who told us all about the Victorians and their culture. The Industrial Revolution, Queen Victoria and different aspects of their day-to-day life. We also dressed up and played with toys from that period. It was very fun. We even made posters complete with pictures and information.
All in all, I think it was great combining education with elements of fun.
Justyna gr IV
On the 20 of April our Polish school went to a Sumerlee museum.
We went on a historic train, kind of. It was a very short ride. We went to a Victorian museum for a presentation afterwards. Then we dressed like Victorians and played with Victorian toys. In our groups we made a poster. We had to work with the boys. Then we went for a couple of minutes to the park. Everyone enjoyed that.
It was a very fun trip because of the park at the end. I liked smelling the Victorian soap, it was stinky.
Andrzej gr IV
On the 20th April I went to Summerlee Heritage Centre with my friends in the Polish School of Language and Culture in Motherwell. We went to see a PowerPoint about the Victorians and we got a chance to experience what the life was like back then. The trip was quite enjoyable but I did not find it really interesting because I’ve already been there a couple of times.
Kacper gr IV
One day a funny guy came to my school and told to us many interesting legends and stories also, he was playing on guitar. His songs like about uncle Walter who killed his wife and others was good, but sometimes he was boring.
Jakub gr III
I enjoyed the trip to Summerlee because I thought it was interesting and fun. The tram ride was the best thing. I also enjoyed the dressing up and the play part. I learned a lot of new things about Victorians as well.
Marcin gr III
Last week we were on a trip to Summerlee with the school.
We went in the building and the lady told us about how the children played, worked, dressed and done housework. It was fun because we could dress up as what they were wearing
Przemek gr III
Last two week we were on a trip to Summerlee. I really enjoyed it. First we were on a train, it was full of fun and I made photos from my ipod. Next we studied stuff from the Victorian times, we also made big posters. And last we all have 10 minutes on the swing park. I really loved it and all the trip was awesome.
Kacper gr III
Last Saturday me and my school went to the Summerlee Museum. We learned lots of things about the Victorian times. After that we dressed up as the Victorians. Finally we to play in the park and went back to school.
Calderhead parkour
Over the past 10 weeks we have been doing some parkour (free running) with Scott Houston. he is an expert on free running with his own youtube videos.
Click on a thumbnail above to see abigger version, then use your arrow keys to navigate.
Jack talks a bit about the experience:
And here is a short video snippet:
Finally here is Scott’s show reall on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5ugnoqY85Q
January update – news of courses and events
| Using Shakespeare to Engage Boys -Globe Theatre
Friday 22 February 2013 at 17:00 Throughout the short course teachers will be supported by Shakespeare’s Globe’s educational specialist who has developed dynamic learning approaches to exploring Shakepeare’s plays with boys. Their approach to supporting teachers will in turn aid secondary pupils to better understand characterization, themes and language. Shakespeare’s Globe use a variety of techniques to explore and experiment with text; from the actor’s viewpoint and from the director’s, differing interpretations of the same play and interactive tasks to bring the text to life. A short but specific focus of the day will be on Romeo and Juliet. |
| Creative Leadership Symposium – How do we embed creativity into the core curriculum?
Thurs 21st Feb The Arches How do we embed creativity into the core curriculum? How can we be responsive to the individual needs of students and learners? What is classroom inertia and how does creative practice offer a way of reimaging how a curriculum is offered? Is it possible for artists, creative educators and teachers to work collaboratively to offer a more radical pedagogy measured by more than subject achievement? Who might lead this and does it work? Is it effective? What are the benefits of this approach? How might this impact on future pedagogical approaches? For the culmination of their creative leadership project 100 Little Pennies, run by Gary Gardiner at Oakgrove Primary School in Glasgow, The Arches are hosting a symposium event, followed by drinks, nibbles and an opportunity to network. Introduced by Dee Heddon (University of Glasgow), contributors include Gary Gardiner and Murray Wason (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), David Cameron (Director of The Real David Cameron LTD), Helen Nicholson (Professor of Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway) and Lesley Dunlop (Education Consultant). David Cameron on Creativity and Education GTCS has published an article on creativity by Educationalist David Cameron, Director, The Read David Cameron Ltd. It is an expanded version of his TEDx presentation from Buenos Aires and acknowledges some of our achievements in Scotland from 2012. GTCS article: http://bit.ly/shaping_the_inheritance TEDx talk video on Creativity Portal: http://creativityportal.org.uk/?q=&c=,videos Partnership Grants Scheme for Primary and Secondary Schools (UK)The Royal Society has announced that its Partnership Grants programme has re-opend for applications. Through the programme, grants of between £250 and £3,000 are available to support teachers, scientists and engineers help develop science projects. The aim is to make the teaching of science more interesting within primary and secondary schools. Any UK primary or secondary school teacher or practising scientist/engineer can apply as long as the students involved in the project are between 5 and 18. Since 2000, the scheme has awarded over £1.1 million to 660 schools. Examples of previously funded projects include:
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Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre News
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.
The Education Resource Service in North Lanarkshire – adding to the cultural life of schools..
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
World War 2 Drama Workshop
Hopscotch Theatre Company visited Glencryan School to deliver a WW2 workshop. They presented a wartime sketch to the children then got them involved in a range of drama activities including hot seating, mime and group presentations. The children thought the workshop was fun and enjoyed consolidating their knowledge of WW2. The teachers were pleasantly surprised by the level of understanding and engagement of many of the children involved. The workshop linked very well with the class topic.
Thank you Hopscotch!
Hopscotch Theatre Company at Glencryan School
Hopscotch Theatre Company visited Glencryan School as part of Eco Day. They presented a short sketch to the children followed by child-led activities including freeze framing, mime and taking part in an Eco chat show. The children thouroughly enjoyed the workshop and learned about a range of Eco-related issues in a fun, interactive way.
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