Curriculum for Excellence

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• Talent at Christmas

  
  Glow Scotland — Authority: 122
  Once again the children around Scotland entertained us with their singing and dancing during Glowing Thursday’s ‘Scotland’s Got Christmas Talent’. The afternoon was filled with renditions of Jingle Bell Rock, All I want for Christmas is You and a wonderful array of songs from school shows and pantos. A huge ...
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• Glider challenge a Glowing success

  
  Glow Scotland — Authority: 122
  The Glider Challenge Glow Meet took place on 15th December live from the Concorde hangar at the National Museum of Flight, East Fortune. The Glow Meet was run by the central Glow team in collaboration with the sciences and technologies team. Mr Cain’s Primary 6 class from Pencaitland Primary school were live at the ...
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• COP15 – Glow gets involved

  
  Glow Scotland — Authority: 122
  As the world’s eyes were turning towards the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 Glow was getting involved both nationally and internationally. On the 9th December we were joined by Heather Reid, former BBC weather presenter and professional meteorologist – and 69 Scottish schools!! The opportunity to pose a ...
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• Glowing Successes!

  
  Glow Scotland — Authority: 122
  At the start of the December Glowing Thursdays was delighted to host the second in a double bill of Glow Meets with Scottish Ballet. Entitled ‘Inspiring Careers’ this Glow Meet allowed the viewers to hear directly from four ‘Scottish’ ballet dancers, each of them outlining why they had chosen to be a dancer ...
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• Scotland’s Got Christmas Talent

  
  Glow Scotland — Authority: 122
  Yes the highly popular national talent event is back once again and this time it has a Christmas theme! Why not join us on Thursday 17th December from 1.30pm – 3pm to see what fantastic talent the pupils in Scotland have to offer? Our last event before the summer featured 15 wonderful acts with singing, comic ...
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• Glider Challenge – Glow Meet 15th December

  
  Glow Scotland — Authority: 122
  There are so many great Glow Meet opportunities just now.  What did we do before this great Glow tool became available to us? On Tuesday 15th December, many P6-S2 pupils across the country are taking part in a Glider Challenge via a Glow Meet in the National Sciences Glow Group thanks to the National Museum of ...
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• The Jury’s Out

  
  Bill Boyd - The Literacy Adviser — Authority: 103
  Met some really good people (and dedicated English teachers) yesterday in the Jury’s Inn in Glasgow to discuss the development of literacy in the context of Curriculum for Excellence. At least that’s my interpretation of what they were there to do, as I was delivering the course on behalf of an organisation ...
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• Glowing Thursdays Double Again!!

  
  Glow Scotland — Authority: 122
  Join us for another Glowing Thursdays double bill this week (3rd December)! At 2pm we welcome back Scottish Ballet after their successful Glow Meet last week and this time they will be discussing Inspirational careers – Join our “Scottish” dancers for a live Q&A about their career pathways and an insight ...
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• Climate Change Summit – Get Involved!

  
  Glow Scotland — Authority: 122
  The UN Climate Change Summit is nearly upon us and people across the globe will be watching as world leaders and government officials meet in Copenhagen from the 7th – 18th December to negotiate new international targets to tackle climate change. Learning and Teaching Scotland will be bringing you photos, videos, ...
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• UK Microsoft Innovative Teachers Forum and Conference 2009

  
  OllieBray.com — Authority: 119
  Yesterday along with Con Morris (National CPD Team) and Joe Wilson   (SQA) I traveled down to Birmingham for the Microsoft UK Innovative Teachers Forum and Conference . This is the first time that Partners in Learning have run a conference like this as part of the UK forum and it was a really good event. It ...
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• Reminder – Audio masterclass in English teachers’ national Glow group

  
  Glow Scotland — Authority: 122
  Members of the national English teachers’ Glow group have a free CPD session available to them every month – and as these are delivered digitally through Glow Meet they can be watched from the comfort of a classroom or even from a front room – no cover needed! This month’s session will be delivered on Monday ...
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• Can you help re-design the Glow National Site?

  
  OllieBray.com — Authority: 119
  The National Site in Glow has been in need of a makeover for some time. If you have visited it, you’ll be familiar with the ‘Noticeboard’ , ‘National Events’ , ‘National Groups’ and ‘Resources in Focus’ page tabs. A couple of years ago, the Glow team at Learning & Teaching Scotland ...
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• Curriculum for Excellence, Science, Change and New Technologies (SSERC Conference 2009)

  
  OllieBray.com — Authority: 119
  Yesterday I did the Keynote presentation at the Annual SSERC Conference and AGM. With support from Learning and Teaching Scotland SSERC have done a good job of developing resources and a new interactive website to support the development of the emerging 3-18 Curriculum in Scotland for Science. It was a real ...
  4 weeks ago

• Wikipedia, schools and the BBC - a response to tonight’s BBC Scotland Radio Broadcast

  
  OllieBray.com — Authority: 119
  My thoughts on Wikipedia and its use in schools has been getting some in interesting press just recently. My original thoughts were posted here after the Handheld Learning Conference in London. This article together with my presentation at the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers Annual Conference in ...
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• New Tools for Teachers: BEd Primary Focus @ Edinburgh University

  
  OllieBray.com — Authority: 119
  I’ve had the opportunity to speak to the Secondary PGDE Students at Edinburgh University for a few years now. But this week I was given the chance to speak to the BEd Primary Students on ICT in Education. I’ve been trying to up-date my handout and slideshow for my ‘new tools’ talk for some time now - ...
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• Literacy for All

  
  Bill Boyd - The Literacy Adviser — Authority: 103
  The idea of literacy development as the responsibility of all teachers, one of the core features of the curriculum reform in Scotland, is a challenging one for many secondary English and non-English specialists alike. While the perception of the English department as a service industry for the rest of the school, ...
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• Glowing Glider Challenge

  
  Glow Scotland — Authority: 122
  Explore the Science of Flight On December 17th 1903 the Wright Brothers achieved the first powered, controlled, heavier than air aeroplane flight, it took about 12 seconds and flew less than 40 meters. To celebrate the event the National Museum of Flight is working with Learning Teaching Scotland to create a ...
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• Africa Safari in Google Earth

  
  OllieBray.com — Authority: 119
  Brian McLaren (one of the Consolarium Development Officers) is doing a fantastic job in leading some Games Based learning projects all over Scotland using Wild Earth African Safari – this is a great contextual game with huge potential for  learning. Tim Rylands had also been doing some work with this game ...
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• Glowing Thursday Arts Double Bill

  
  Glow Scotland — Authority: 122
  In a Glow first we will be featuring not one but two Glow Meets at the same time on Thursday 26th November. From 2-3pm that day you and your pupils will have the opportunity to engage with two very important arts organsisations. From the National Galleries of Scotland we will be joined by Martin Boyce in an exclusive ...
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• Training for Effective Substance Misuse Education

  
  Health & Wellbeing in Integrated Learning Communities — Authority:
  A couple of weeks ago we delivered in Highland a brand spanking new course in ‘Substance Misuse Prevention and Education’. The delegate group was a good mix of Secondary / Primary Teachers, Youth Workers, Health Promoting Schools Officers and Social Work Staff. All delegates will be involved in delivering ...
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