This month is the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Throughout Oct and Nov the transformation of China will be celebrated by a varied programme of events organised or sponsored by the Confucius Institute for Scotland.
To celebrate the new school year, eTwinning is running its annual ‘eTwinning Weeks’ campaign. Learn more about how eTwinning can benefit your school and take part in activities across Europe.
All through October, eTwinners old and new can take part in a variety of competitions, training opportunities and events across Europe organised through the eTwinning Portal. This is the ideal way to find out how eTwinning can benefit your school, meet new colleagues and get started on an exciting new eTwinning activity.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/scotland-learning-etwinning-weeks-campaign
LTS is inviting applications from Scottish teachers for a SCIPD group study visit to Nova Scotia, Canada, in October 2009.
The theme is Homecoming, and the teaching of culture and history, and takes advantage of the shared history and cultural expression of Scotland and Nova Scotia. This visit complements the Scottish Government’s Homecoming 2009 programme.
Full details from the International Education website.
Minister for Schools and Skills, Keith Brown, visited Fintry Primary School in Stirlingshire and Bishopbriggs Academy in East Dunbartonshire yesterday to see the innovative, international education work underway in both schools.
Mr Brown said:
‘By working with the Gambia, pupils at Fintry Primary are developing a good range of global citizenship skills.
‘…Last year, Bishopbriggs Academy signed an agreement with the Goethe Institute which aims to make the school a centre of excellence for the teaching and learning of German and become a model for other schools in Scotland and throughout the globe.’
Read more on the Scottish Government website
From the creative studio director of the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony, a Chinese multi-media adaptation of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
This unique interactive production features 18 Chinese performers, music, dancing and martial arts, fused with online computer gaming and video technology, in a visually spectacular performance…but who is controlling the fates… ?
Ten nights: 14-23 August, 7.00pm
Three matinees: 16, 22 & 23 August, 2.30pm
Tickets: £12 (£10); Preview 14 August £6
For more information please visit http://www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/BFA/
To book please call 0131 651 1292 or book online through Edinburgh Fringe Box Office
The Société Française d’Études Écossaises, in conjunction with the University of St Andrews and the University of Strathclyde, is pleased to announce the theme for its 2009 conference will be ‘Exile and Return: Context and Comparisons’.
The conference will be held from September 10th to 12th at the University of St Andrews. It will examine aspects of Scottish migration, emigration and the formation of Scottish expatriate communities abroad in both the past and present.
The French Ministry of Education has launched a mobility programme for primary and secondary teachers called Jules Verne.
Up to 300 teachers throughout France will spend the year 2009-2010 in a school abroad. The programme, of which a full description in English is attached, is entirely funded by the French Ministry of Education.
Word file: Jules Verne programme
French teachers may already have sent applications to Scottish schools. However, Local Authorities are welcome to let me know by 22 June 2009, if they have schools willing to host a French teacher, to the following address: education@ifecosse.org.uk
Through the British Council’s eTwinning project, an East Lothian teacher has created his own version of the Eurovision song contest that has seen his school engage with 30 schools across Europe.
Inspired by both the Eurovision Song Contest and the European Year of Creativity and Innovation Yester Primary School teacher Michael Purves decided to set up Schoolovision 2009.
Each school was asked to enter a song that was representative of their country and recorded a video of it which they then uploaded to the project website.
You can watch the performances and find out who won from the Schoolovision 2009 website.
The British Council’s Chief Executive, Martin Davidson, has announced new international opportunities for Scottish schools to link with partners from the Middle East to Latin America, marking the continued growth of British Council programmes in Scotland.
Read more from the British Council and find out more about Connecting Classrooms.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-connecting-classrooms.htm
In association with the Confucius Institute and other bodies, the Scottish Centre for Chinese studies is presenting a lecture on Chinese literature.
Below is some information about the lecture:
Date: Tuesday 28 April
Time: 5.15 – 6.30 pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, Hugh Robson Building 10-15, George Square, Edinburgh
Speaker: HAN Dong, Chinese poet and novelist
Topic: New Words, New Roads: Chinese Literature in the World Followed by panel discussion with translators of contemporary Chinese literature.
Download more information PDF file: Han Dong talk
This lecture is FREE. You are very welcome to attend should you be interested in China, literature or translation studies.
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