Scottish Learning Festival News

September 17th, 2009

Dragons are coming

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Finalists for the LTS does Dragons’ Den competition at The Scottish Learning Festival have been decided.

Pitches will be heard from:

• Meldrum Academy, Aberdeenshire
• St Marys PS, Dundee
• Gavinburn PS, West Dunbartonshire
• Lairdsland PS, East Dunbartonshire.

Further information can be found on the Consolarium blog.

This session is one of the Education Showcases and takes place on Thursday 24 September at 13:00 pm.

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September 15th, 2009

Small events in Crowne Plaza hotel

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Scholastic are hosting some smaller events at the Crowne Plaza hotel which you are more than welcome to attend:

Making the most of Primary French – Paul Rogers

The session is on Wednesday 23 September from 11 am - 12 pm in the Rockwell room of the adjoining Crowne Plaza hotel.

Getting teenagers excited about learning languages – Andy Cowle

The session is on Wednesday 23 September from 12 – 1 pm in the Rockwell room of the adjoining Crowne Plaza hotel.

SuperClubsPLUS – Catriona Dormand

The session is on Wednesday 23 September, 10 – 10.45 am and Thursday 24 September, 10  - 10.45 am in the Rockall Room of the adjoining Crowne Plaza hotel.

Scholastic are on stand H15 in Exhibition Hall, where you can save money with special offers on teacher resources and pick up the new Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler picture book ‘Tabby McTat’.

Scholastic will host seminars F1B and F1C.

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September 15th, 2009

More spaces for Literacy seminar D2A

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Seminar D2A: Literacy across Learning in the Secondary School: The Experiences and Outcomes In Practice takes place on  Wednesday 23 September
 at 9:30 am.

This seminar was fully booked, but now more spaces have been made available. Please go to the seminar page and add it to your wish list.

Please note that examples of practice will be taken from Secondary schools.

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September 8th, 2009

Glow Meet with the Cabinet Secretary

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In advance of her keynote speech at SLF 2009, Fiona Hyslop will be hosting a Glow Meet for Scottish schools from Gavinburn Primary School in West Dunbartonshire.

The Glow Meet will take place on the September 15, 2009 between 1pm and 2pm.  Ms Hyslop will be speaking about why she is proud to be Scottish. She is inviting pupils from schools across the country to contribute by asking questions via Glow Meet.

To sign up your class to watch or to take part in the question and answer session, please visit the SLF Extra Glow Group (Glow login required).

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August 26th, 2009

Interview with Frank Dick

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Hear an exclusive interview with Frank Dick, OBE.

In a question and answer session, Frank sets out some of the strategies that he will be expanding on during his keynote speech.

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August 20th, 2009

The Healthier Scotland Focus on Food Cooking Bus

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The Healthier Scotland Focus on Food Cooking Bus is attending The Scottish Learning Festival to showcase its work.

The Cooking Bus travels throughout Scotland teaching pupils, teachers, parents and community members cooking skills, healthier eating, food safety and hygiene and where food comes from.

At SLF, delegates can sign up for a training workshop.  This session may be of particular interest to primary teachers as it support them in terms of some of the skills required for implementation of the practical ‘hands on’ element of the Food and Health framework within Curriculum for Excellence.

The session will take place at 10.45 and will last approx 1 hour. There will be one workshop per day.

To sign up for an exemplar workshop please call 01422 383191or email joanne@designdimension.org or carlie@designdimension.org.

Fear Not! If the sessions are fully booked you can sit outside the front of the Bus and watch the exemplar workshop on our outside TV screen.

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August 14th, 2009

LTS does ‘Dragon’s Den’ at SLF 09

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If you’ve got an idea for a computer game or a character that could capture the imagination of game players, then this year’s LTS does ‘Dragon’s Den’ competition could be your opportunity to showcase your ideas to a panel of experts. For information on how to take part in the competition visit the consolarium blog.

August 14th, 2009

Teachmeet 09

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Plans are coming together for this year’s Teachmeet which takes place on Wednesday 23 September during Scottish Learning Festival 2009.  For more information visit Teachmeet SLF 09.

August 14th, 2009

Frank Dick Keynote update – From Potential to Performance (KD)

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Frank Dick’s keynote – more information about Frank, including a link to Frank’s website and footage of Frank in action have been added to the SLF website, check these out on the keynote seminar page

August 14th, 2009

Update for Keynote speech (KB) – Developing Growth Mindsets: How Praise Can Harm, and How To Use it Well

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Carol Dweck’s keynote – more information about Carol, including a link to the Brainology website and footage of an interview with Carol talking about mindsets have been added to the SLF website, check these out on the keynote seminar page