Monthly Archives: September 2011
Dragons’ Lair Update
Time is running out to get involved in this year’s Dragons’ Lair event. Groups of pupils who are interested can find out further information at this website
Groups can apply for their application pack by emailing nlcenterprise@sbglanarkshire.co.uk
Good Luck!
TEACH-IT 2 Training – Book Now
TEACH-IT2 Training
There are still some places available for the free TEACH-IT 2 training sessions in Dunrobin Primary. The dates are as follows:
Friday 30th September
Monday 10th October
Tuesday 11th October
For these sessions you will need your establishment’s username and password. We’ll bring this along on the day if you don’t have a note of it. If you would like this beforehand, please email Lynn Taylor.
The TEACH-IT resources are fabulous – they provide many links to assist enterprising activities and inspire creative learning across the curriculum. Book your place now through CPD manager.
Dragons’ Lair
Many S4 to S6 teams around North Lanarkshire will be busy preparing their business plans for this year’s Dragons’ Lair event.
May we remind you that the closing date for applications is Monday 10th October.
Here are the brilliant prizes on offer:
Top Prize – a Sony Viao Laptop and Printer for each pupil in the team to take home and £1,000 for the school
Second Prize – an Amazon Kindle for each pupil in the team to take home and £500 for the school
Third Prize – a £50 Amazon voucher for pupil child in the team
All of the children participating in the final will be presented with certificates on the day.
If your establishment is taking part, it is worth taking into account the timetable below, as there is a very short turnaround time between submissions and the notification of successful teams.
· Monday 10th October – Closing date for applications
· Tuesday 11th October – Scoring of applications, the top 6 will be selected to participate in the finals
· Wednesday 12th October – Gillian Timmons from North Lanarkshire’s Regeneration and Infrastructure Business Team will contact successful schools and arrange a visit for the next day
· Thursday 13th October – Gillian Timmons will visit teams in their own establishments and share useful hints and tips to aid their preparation
· Tuesday 25th October – Final at the Business Atrium Centre, Coatbridge 1300hrs to 1630hrs
The successful children will be able to bring one friend or family member to support them on the afternoon. This is limited due to the audience capacity of the atrium.
For further information, please contact Jim Lawson or Lynn Taylor.
Young Enterprise Scotland
Young Enterprise Scotland (YES) work with young people between 5 and 25 to give them business skills to reach their full potential. This year YES are holding a beginning of year event on Wednesday 28th September between 1630hrs and 1730hrs in the offices of Document Outsourcing:
Document Outsourcing Ltd
Document House
Phoenix Crescent
Strathclyde Business Park
Bellshill
ML4 3NJ
All who have been involved in YES in the past, or who would link to find out more are welcome to the event. Please contact Jim Lawson or Lynn Taylor to register your interest.
If you already participate in YES and have a business adviser could you please get in touch and let us know who they are and provide us with updated contact details for our records. Thanks.
GO-XL! Launch Update
GO-XL! Will launch in Committee Room 1 in Kildonan Street on Tuesday 27th September between 0900hrs and 1115hrs. Many schools have already expressed their interest to be involved. If your school would like to participate in this event please contact Jim Lawson as soon as possible.
Enterprise Coordinators and representatives from the schools involved who will be working with the pupils are most welcome, as are representatives from associated cluster primaries. Time will be given during the morning for clusters to get together and organise their arrangements.
The programme for the morning is as follows:
0930hrs – Registration and Welcome
0940hrs – Project Background
1000hrs – Project Arrangements
1020hrs – Break
1040hrs – Cluster Arrangements
1115hrs – Close
For any more information please email either Jim Lawson or Lynn Taylor.
Lynn’s Thought for the Week 19.09.11
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
Plato
SCDI’s Young Engineers and Science Clubs Scotland
SCDI’s Young Engineers and Science Clubs Scotland network continues to grow with over 430 registered clubs in primary and secondary schools across Scotland. I have much pleasure in attaching our recent newsletter to clubs updating them on new projects and resources available.
We offer schools start-up grants, free kits and resources, invitations to regional and national events, CPD training sessions for teachers, as well as advice provided by our team of 7 regional coordinators, most of whom have a STEM teaching background.
The team has been busy developing new STEM projects for 2011/12 which we will launch at the Scottish Learning Festival including:
· Hydrocarbons in Action – a kit to investigate oil and gas exploration and production for upper primary developed in partnership with OPITO and supported by BP.
· Science Clubbing – a range of cross-curricular projects aimed at S1/S2 clubs
· Circuit Training – a range of electronic projects for upper primary
· Junior Saltire Prize Award 2012 – the 2012 challenge brief will focus on wave energy and is open to pupils from P5 – S6, supported by Skills Development Scotland.
In addition, established favourites including Heather’s Hut renewable energy and Lighting up Curriculum for Excellence electronics kits are still available.
We have been working in partnership with local authorities across Scotland to increase engagement with our programme and I would be pleased to discuss this with you or your colleagues. We may already be in touch about this.
Best wishes
Jane
PS IF YOU ARE COMING TO THE SCOTTISH LEARNING FESTIVAL, PLEASE VISIT OUR STAND L5
Jane Martin
Programme Director – Young Engineers and Science Clubs Scotland
Scottish Council for Development and Industry
1 Cadogan Square
Cadogan Street
Glasgow
G2 7HF
Direct Tel : 0141 222 9733
Switchboard : 0141 243 2667
Fax: 0141 221 2835
Email: jane.martin@scdi.org.uk
GO-XL Expressions of Interest
You will be aware that in recent years we have successfully linked with Foundry Music Lab in Wishaw to produce Project X.
The new project will be run along similar lines to Project X but with a major difference.
Whereas in the past the invitation to take part was restricted to Secondary/ASN establishments, this time it is intended to ask Secondary and Primary schools to work together in clusters thus making it cross sectoral as well as cross curricular. There will be a place set aside each year for ASN Establishments.
As we hope to be able to run this for the next 2 sessions we are restricting this session’s invitation to those schools in the south of the authority i.e. schools in the Motherwell, Wishaw and Bellshill areas. It is intended to invite those schools in the north i.e. Coatbridge, Airdrie and Cumbernauld to take part next session.
The proposal is that the management teams and bands will comprise secondary students only with a small group of primary pupils (maximum 12) joining the band to record 2 tracks for the CD/Download and perform at the launch gig in March 2012.
The timeline for the initiative is as follows:
Expressions of Interest to Jim Lawson by close of business on Friday 16 September to lawsonj @ northlan. gov. uk (remove spaces)
Launch in Committee Room 1, to be attended by Enterprise Co-ordinators, on Tuesday 27 September from 9.30 am until 11.30 am
Start of project meetings at Foundry Music Lab during the week beginning 10 October
Download Launch gig towards the end of March 2012, exact date and venue to be confirmed
If you have any queries about any of the above information please do not hesitate to contact Jim Lawson on 01236 812626 or Lynn Taylor through First Class email.
Rock Challenge
Brand New to Enterprise this session is Rock Challenge. This is not linked in any way to either Project X or its successor Go XL.
To see information click here.
If you are interested in participating in this challenge please email Jim Lawson at NLC UG – you’ll find this in First Class.
Jim has added an edited version of the PDF file on the Rock Challenge to the North Lanarkshire Enterprise Glow Group for further brief background information. You’ll find the documents at the bottom of the Enterprise Glow group home page.
