Global Citizenship

October 18th, 2011

Forest Pitch – Meet the artist in a Glowing Thursday!

mfarrell

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Glowing Thursday 10th November 2011

Forest Pitch – football strip design competition!

Meet the artist!

Join us on 10th November at 11am on Glow TV!

An opportunity to meet Scottish artist Craig Coulthard, creator of the highly innovative art project Forest Pitch. Funded by Creative Scotland and part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, Forest Pitch will culminate in two football matches between amateur players who have recently taken up British citizenship.  At the Scottish Learning Festival in September this year Craig launched a football strip design competition for primary age children to come up with exciting and innovative designs for the football strips that the players will wear.

As an arts project, Forest Pitch encourages debate about national identity, citizenship, the natural world, sustainability and participation in sport.

If you have already signed up for the competition or are thinking about doing so, then join us for this exciting Glowing Thursday to find out more and get some artist’s tips and advice.

Find out more about the competition, sign up and download the design brief and support materials here

And don’t forget – taking part in this competition is a great way of demonstrating a commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic values and joining the London 2012 Get Set Network.  Do this before 16th December and qualify for FREE tickets for the Olympics! Find out more >>

October 10th, 2011

New Glow meet – Global citizenship DROP IN

imenzies

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 : Categories CPD, citizenship, commonwealth, games and sport, international, sharing practice, sustainable development

Every month the DGC team will be available on our new Glow TV channel to answer your questions about global citizenship and to signpost you to resources and ideas to help you embed global citizenship in the curriculum.  This is an informal session open to any school leader or practitioner in Scotland – just drop into the Glow meet to pick our brains, find out what’s coming up or tell us what you’re up to.

The inaugural session will take place from 3.30-5.00pm on Wednesday 26^th October.  The theme for the first 45 minutes of this session will be A Games Legacy for Scotland and will showcase how the London Olympics 2012 and Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 can be used to create exciting learning opportunities for global citizenship activities and interdisciplinary learning.  Find out how to get free tickets to the Olympics, hear about the Forest Pitch football strip design competition and how the organisers plan to Get Scotland Dancing. 

A general Q & A/open floor session will follow from 4.15pm to 5pm. Put the day in your diary and join us for all, or part of, this event to discuss and share or get help with a particular issue.

Watch the recording of this session – Global Citizenship Drop In Session 1 >>

October 9th, 2011

Calderglen High School – Open Day Study Visit

mfarrell

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Main focus: Global Citizenship and Games Legacy for Scotland

Tuesday, 25^th October 2011,   9.30 am – 3.30pm 

Calderglen High School –  the first Community Sports Hub in Scotland, Calderglen has a strong focus on community sport, health and well being and global citizenship.  Staff and pupils will provide you with the opportunity to spend the day hearing how the theme of the Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games has provided a platform for transforming the school’s ethos and its approach to interdisciplinary learning, developing rich learning experiences and activities including:

• Strong international partnerships through an ‘International Inspirations’ link with South Africa and the ‘BBC World Olympic Dreams’ link with Namibia.
• Engagement with the London 2012 Get Set programme.
• Linking school and community sport to promote health and well being and provide coherent pathways for children and young people.

The aim of the event is to identify and share the practical lessons and ideas that have helped the school move forward in its journey towards a whole school approach to global citizenship within Curriculum for Excellence – and also to reflect on the challenges encountered along the way.  Fundamental to the event will be the professional dialogue and exchange of ideas that takes place on the day, enabling participants to network, reflect on their own practice and develop intentions for improvement in their own context.  With this in mind, participants are encouraged to join the Leadership of Global Citizenship online community and share their reflections.

The programme for the event can be downloaded here >>Calderglen High School Open day Flyer_Programme

September 19th, 2011

Bring learning to life with the brand new Global Citizenship calendar 2011/12

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We are delighted to offer you a free Global Citizenship calendar containing major events and dates to help you plan rich and stimulating learning experiences across the curriculum throughout the year.

Go to Global Citizenship calendar 2011/12 and download the pdf version or email globalcitizens@educationscotland.gov.uk to request a printed (A2) version.

An exciting online version of this calendar connecting you to support materials for each entry will soon be available on the Education Scotland website (http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/ ).  So, whether you are planning learning around religious festivals, Holocaust Memorial day or World Environment Day, the Global Citizenship calendar will point you in the right direction.

June 2nd, 2011

Games Legacy and Scottish education

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 : Categories commonwealth, games and sport, international

Scottish schools, teachers are steadily increasing their engagement with Global Citizenship through the contexts of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics and the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Scottish Government and its agencies work with the various organisers of the different Games to extend the educational dimensions of these mega-events and stimulate school involvement. 

A Games Legacy for Scotland blog carries frequent updates about opportunities, events, and descriptions of how schools are taking up the themes. For example: Hundreds of schools have registered with the ‘Get Set’ network of the London Olympics; and thousands of Scottish school pupils will be taking part in sporting activity this week as part of the National School Sport Week 2011.

In addition to the blog, there is a national group on Glow for Games Legacy, giving teachers a number of ways to keep up to date with developments and activities across the country.

January 31st, 2011

Stakeholder event – Developing global citizens

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The Developing Global Citizens Team at Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) has responsibility for developing and promoting global citizenship within Curriculum for Excellence and provides guidance, professional development activities and resources to practitioners, schools and local authorities to support the development of whole-school approaches to global citizenship.

Developing Global Citizens incorporates a number of elements and contexts for learning including international education, sustainable development education, education for citizenship, games legacy, Confucius Classroom Hubs and Scotland’s culture and heritage.

LTS recognises the significant contribution and impact made by stakeholder organisations to this area of work and is keen to explore opportunities for further collaboration and partnerships.

Purpose of the event

This event provides an important opportunity for LTS staff and stakeholders to come together, share their vision for the development of global citizenship and learn more about each other activities. Delegates will also have the opportunity to:

• Learn about embedding global citizenship within Curriculum for Excellence
• Discuss approaches to delivering a whole-school approach to developing global citizens
• Identify opportunities for developing collaborations and partnerships
• View global citizenship resources recently developed by LTS
• Learn about the use of Glow in delivering professional development activities and supporting networks

Who should attend?

Representatives from:

• Non-governmental and community-based organisations
• Associated public sector organisations
• Further and higher education institutions
• Other DGC stakeholders 

Date and venue

9:30am – 3:30pm, Mon 28^th March 2011

Thistle Hotel, Cambridge Street, Glasgow G2 3HN

Cost: Free

To book     

Contact globalcitizens@ltscotland.org.uk or Tel: 0141 282 5193

Programme – DGC stakeholder event

January 31st, 2011

Global citizenship – study visit programme

imenzies

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Learning and Teaching Scotland has organised a series of open day visits to schools between February and June 2011 to share good practice and promote whole school approaches to global citizenship.

These popular events give participants an opportunity to visit schools across Scotland to see their activities and meet staff, pupils and other community partners.

The schools selected for the open school programme have developed approaches that have successfully weaved elements such as sustainable development education, education for citizenship, international education and games legacy into a wider coordinated whole-school approach to developing global citizens. The programme includes a number of award winning schools and schools whose achievements have been widely recognised.

Senior managers may be interested in taking part in the visits that explore the role of leadership in developing a whole school approach. A number of the open days for practitioners will also explore sustainable development education themes and how these support wider global citizenship activities. There will also be the opportunity to learn more about the activities of Stirling Council and how it seeks to promote global citizenship to schools across the authority.

Further events will be added to the programme in the coming weeks so watch this blog entry for updates.

Places for these events are limited so it is advisable to book early to avoid disappointment.

Please contact globalcitizens@LTScotland.org.uk or Tel: 0141 282 5193 to book a place.

November 29th, 2010

Global Citizenship and Games Legacy – make the connection!

mfarrell

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A Games Legacy for Scotland – Olympic and Commonwealth Games as a context for developing global citizens within Curriculum for Excellence

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, preceded by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, present a huge opportunity to leave a lasting legacy for learning – especially in global citizenship. As well as providing a rich context for learning across the curriculum, the Games offer opportunities to develop new and existing international partnerships.

So how can you get involved?

As the milestones pass towards Glasgow 2014, Learning and Teaching Scotland’s Games Legacy for Scotland website provides access to a wealth of material and resources helping you keep track of activities, events and celebrations and share your own ideas and resources.

Find out how Scottish establishments are using Get Set, the London 2012 educational programme to promote the values of the Games.  Why not register for Get Set and apply for the Get Set Network to gain access to a wide range of exciting resources, activities, ideas and benefits to engage learners across the curriculum?

See how Scottish establishments are using the inspiration of the Games to develop interdisciplinary learning and forge international partnerships in our Tales of the Games interactive map.

Share your Games-related work on the new Games Legacy for Scotland National Glow Group.

Take part in the Games Legacy for Scotland blog.  Comment on the posts by our guest bloggers or offer to be a guest blogger.

Please contact m.farrell@ltscotland.org.uk for more information

September 30th, 2010

Commonwealth Games 2010

nickmorgan

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The 2010 Commonwealth Games in India are about to begin, with the Delhi handover only a few weeks away. Many schools in Scotland have been using this occasion as a stimulus for learning, and the Developing Global Citizens team at Learning and Teaching Scotland is supporting this activity. We are delighted to introduce a new Games Legacy for Scotland blog, which will feature posts from Scots participating in the Games and the handover ceremonies – such as the young Scots who travel to Delhi as ‘Interaction Ambassadors’.

The Teachers TV online service has a new short video about the Games, in its ‘Learning from the News’ series about how students can gain from coverage of topical news stories.

August 10th, 2010

International Sports and Games

nickmorgan

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Lanarkshire in Scotland is hosting the ’2011 International Children’s Games’ which will bring thousands of youth sport competitors from over 70 countries to South and North Lanarkshire next summer. An article in the Evening Times, “On your marks for Children’s Games in Scotland”, covers aspects of early work as the two Lanarkshire Councils seek to maximise the benefits of bringing these Games to the country. International events such as this help to engage young people in sporting activity and intercultural dialogue, but also offer a great opportunity for school students to consider issues of global citizenship. For example, travel to the Games can stimulate discussion about sustainable development, and the manufacture of sporting kit can be tied in with discussion about ethical production and trade. Also, there will be local television and online video coverage, some already available on a South Lanarkshire YouTube channel, which opens up opportunity for media studies.

Glasgow is to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and this sporting celebration will kick off in July 2014 – four years from now. “And they’re off”, an article in the Glasgow daily newspaper ‘Evening Times’, reports on some of the preparations underway in the city to make the most of the experience.