All posts in the ‘games and sport’ Category
- October 10th, 2011
New Glow meet - Global citizenship DROP IN
- imenzies
- Comments: none Tags: Tags: CPD, events, games legacy
: 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 26th 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 >>
More- October 9th, 2011
Calderglen High School - Open Day Study Visit
- mfarrell
- Comments: none Tags: : Categories CPD, africa, citizenship, commonwealth, curriculum areas, games and sport, health and wellbeing, international, secondary schools, sharing practice
Main focus: Global Citizenship and Games Legacy for Scotland
Tuesday, 25th 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
More- September 28th, 2011
New open day programme 2011/12
- imenzies
- Comments: none Tags: Tags: CPD, events, school improvement
: Categories CPD, citizenship, community, creativity, curriculum areas, early years, games and sport, international, primary schools, scottish culture, secondary schools, sharing practice, sustainable development
New global citizenship open day study visits!
We are pleased to announce a new series of the popular, inspiring and practical school open days from Education Scotland’s Developing Global Citizens team.
Sign up by contacting [email protected] or call 0141 252 5000
There is increasing recognition that the rich contexts and learning approaches associated with global citizenship are a powerful means of engaging with Curriculum for Excellence. In this initiative, selected schools are offering an open door to senior leaders and classroom practitioners to share how they have led a whole school approach to global citizenship.
The schools selected for the open school programme have developed approaches that have successfully woven 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.
What others have said about the study visits:
‘The best CPD I have ever had’
‘This was an inspirational CPD event and I found it all very useful and enjoyable, particularly the input from the HT/PT and children – fantastic’
‘My mind is going into overdrive – I plan to take everything you have given and use it!’
| Date | Time | School | Theme |
| Thursday 13th October | 9.30am – 3pm | Mearns Primary School, East Renfrewshire | Global Citizenship – learner voice at the heart of the curriculum |
| Tuesday 25th October | 9.30am – 3pm | Calderglen High School, South Lanarkshire | Leadership of Global Citizenship/ Games Legacy for Scotland |
| Friday 18th November | 9.30am – 3pm | Woodacre Nursery, Glasgow >>details | International education and citizenship in the early years |
| Tuesday 22nd November | 9.30am – 3pm | Hamilton Grammar School, South Lanarkshire >>details | Leadership of global citizenship |
| Tuesday 29th November | 9.30am-3pm | Garrowhill Primary School, Glasgow >>details | Sustainable Development Education |
| Thursday 8th December | 9:30am – 3pm | Whitelees Primary School, North Lanarkshire >>details | Sustainable Development Education |
| Tbc | 9.30am – 3pm | Gracemount Cluster (High School, Primary School, Nursery and Special School), Edinburgh | A cluster approach to global citizenship |
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.
Sign up by contacting [email protected] or call 0141 252 5000
Find out more about using global citizenship to develop a whole school approach to Curriculum for Excellence
Download the new global citizenship calendar for 2011-12
More- September 20th, 2011
Forest Pitch football strip design competition
- mfarrell
- Comments: none Tags: : Categories Uncategorized, biodiversity, citizenship, community, creativity, games and sport, health and wellbeing, international, scottish culture, social studies, sustainable development
Design a football strip for Forest Pitch!
Education Scotland and Forest Pitch are working in partnership to offer all primary age children in Scotland an opportunity to design the football strips for an exciting project connected with London 2012.
Forest Pitch is the only Scottish project in Artists Taking The Lead, a major part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, and is also part of the London 2012 Festival, the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad. The Cultural Olympiad uses art and culture to welcome the world, to inspire young people and to create a lasting legacy.
Scottish artist Craig Coulthard, supported by funding from Creative Scotland will be creating a full size football pitch hidden deep within woodland in the Scottish Borders. In July 2012, two games will take place on this pitch, one between men and one between women. The players will all be amateurs, resident in Scotland, over the age of 18. In addition they will all be people who have become British citizens since the year 2000. After these games, the pitch will be left to grow back, and become a living relic of the events that took place in the woods.
The project explores a range of themes: national identity and belonging, what it means to be a citizen, how personal and shared memories and myths are created, the power of sport, diversity in nature and society, and sustainability.
Forest Pitch is looking for your creative designs for the football strips which the players will wear. As there are 4 teams (2 men’s and 2 women’s) Craig is looking for 4 winners.
The competition is for primary-age pupils and is designed to enable children to express themselves openly and freely and to encourage critical thinking and creativity. They will be able to express their own ideas, thoughts and feelings by exploring the themes of Forest Pitch and then creating a football strip design.
To find out more and enter the competition click here.
For further information contact [email protected]
… and don’t forget to register with Get Set and use Forest Pitch as part of your application to the Get Set Network. This will provide even more opportunities and resources for learning linked to London 2012 - and free tickets through the ticketshare scheme. Over 1100 Scottish schools are registered for Get Set and over 170 are now on the network.
More- September 19th, 2011
Bring learning to life with the brand new Global Citizenship calendar 2011/12
- kmayer
- Comments: none Tags: Tags: action, climate and energy, competition, democracy, enterprise, europe, events, games legacy, resources
: Categories Uncategorized, africa, biodiversity, citizenship, commonwealth, games and sport, international, scottish culture
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 [email protected] 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.
More- August 23rd, 2011
Global Citizenship Seminars at the SLF
- kmayer
- Comments: none Tags: Tags: climate and energy, games legacy, resources, rights, slf2011
: Categories citizenship, curriculum areas, games and sport, international, renewables and climate change, sciences, sharing practice, sustainable development, technologies
During the Scottish Learning Festival a number of seminars will focus on the potential of global citizenship as 
a theme across learning. The seminars will range from an introduction to global citizenship within Curriculum for Excellence to the sharing of successful practices across education. The following seminars are of particular relevance:
Forest Pitch - an art project to develop global citizenship, Wednesday 21 September, 9.30;
Democracy and Global Citizenship in a Changing World, Wednesday 21 September, 9:30;
Leadership of global citizenship, Wednesday 21 September, 12.15;
Developing deep learning in an interdisciplinary context, Wednesday 21 September, 13.15;
Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games - Building the Legacy for Learning, Wednesday, 21 September, 13.15;
Climate Change - truth, controversy and evidence, Wednesday, 21 September, 14.30;
Developing Global Citizens in Early Years, Wednesday, 21 September, 15.45;
Renewable Energy Education - Western Isles and Glasgow City Council, Wednesday, 21 September, 15.45;
Developing Global Citizens - A rich context for learning, Thursday, 22 September, 9.30;
Climate Change and Forest; Using forests in learning and teaching about Climate Change, Thursday 22 September, 9.30;
Advancing The Curriculum For Excellence through Rights Respecting Schools, Thursday, 22 September, 10.45;
Oban High School, interdisciplinary learning and careers management through the topic of renewables in partnership with Skills Development Scotland, Thursday, 22 September, 10.45;
Building the Boat: Young People as C0-Producers of Policy, Thursday, 22 September, 12.00;
Excellence in LGBT equality education, Thursday 22 September, 13.15;
‘Education Showcase’ events:
- Practical Steps in Developing Global; Citizens, Grange Academy, Wednesday 21 September, 9.30;
- Eco Schools - Food and the Environment, North Queensferry Primary School, Wednesday 21 September, 10.15;
- Focus on Develop Global Citizens, Thursday 22 September, 10.15;
- August 2nd, 2011
Sustrans - launch of Free Range Kids website
- imenzies
- Comments: none Tags: Tags: action
: Categories games and sport, health and wellbeing, outdoor learning, sustainable development
Free Range Kids is all about putting the right to roam back at the heart of children’s lives. Today the average eight year old’s horizons extend a few hundred metres or, for some kids, to their back garden and bedroom.
Childhood should be a crucial time in our lives - a time to develop independence, explore, have fun, discover friendships, scuff our knees, and generally learn about life.
If you would like resource, ideas and activities to get learners active and outdoors then visit Sustrans new website at: http://www.sustrans.org.uk/freerangekids
More- June 20th, 2011
Solar Energy and the greenest Olympic Games ever
- kmayer
- Comments: none Tags: Tags: climate and energy, events
: Categories games and sport, renewables and climate change, sciences, sustainable development, technologies
The BBC programme ‘Countryfile’ from Sunday, 19 June 2011 included many features on solar energy projects - both home and abroad - and ‘The Green Games’ in London 2012. If you want to find out more about domestic solar energy, energy independence or the efforts to incorporate sustainability in the Olympic Games next year watch the relevant sections on Countryfile.
More- June 2nd, 2011
Games Legacy and Scottish education
- nickmorgan
- Comments: none Tags: Tags: games legacy
: 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.
More- January 31st, 2011
Stakeholder event - Developing global citizens
- imenzies
- Comments: none Tags: : Categories citizenship, commonwealth, games and sport, international, sustainable development
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 28th March 2011
Thistle Hotel, Cambridge Street, Glasgow G2 3HN
Cost: Free
To book
Contact [email protected] or Tel: 0141 282 5193
Programme - DGC stakeholder event
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