Global Citizenship

February 3rd, 2012

Marine Science Glow meet - a fun and quirky look at life in our seas and oceans

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 : Categories biodiversity, sciences, sustainable development

Marine Scotland Science GLOW Meet

Everything you ever wanted to know about the marine environment but were too scared to ask….

11am - 12pm, Thursday 23 February 2012

Why are fish slimy? What is the weirdest sea creature? Which sea dad gives birth through its mouth? What yukky substance from the sea is used in lipstick?

Around one fifth of Scotland’s population live within a kilometre of the sea and our marine environment is one of the most diverse in the world – supporting over 48,000 species. Despite its importance in terms of our economy and biodiversity, we still know very little about marine life and the oceans remain one of the Earth’s last unexplored frontiers.

Join this interactive Glow meet for a whacky, fun and informative look at the science of our oceans and seas. This Glow meet will be aimed at learners in primary schools. The school submitting the best questions during the Glow meet will win a visit by the Edinburgh Science Festival Marine Detectives Workshop, complete with rock pool and live creatures.

Further resources about the marine environment are available on Glow at: http://bit.ly/marineresources

Click here to watch recording of this Glow meet>>

November 18th, 2011

Crofting Connections

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 : Categories biodiversity, community, creativity, curriculum areas, expressive arts, health and wellbeing, homecoming, languages, mathematics, outdoor learning, primary schools, religious and moral education, renewables and climate change, sciences, scottish culture, secondary schools, sharing practice, social studies, sustainable development, technologies

Crofting Connections is a 3-year long educational project which started in August 2009. It aims to enable over 1,200 young people aged 5 to 16 living in remote rural communities throughout the Highlands & Islands to learn about crofting past, present and future.

It is funded by HLF, SNH, LEADER, HIE and the Craignish Trust.

Its key outcomes for young people are for an increased:

• desire to live and work in their crofting communities.
• ability to keep crofting alive in the 21st century for the benefit of rural communities and the environment.
• development of Curriculum for Excellence‟ four capacities – successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.
• understanding of the need for locally produced, environmentally-friendly and healthy food based on low carbon principles.

The lead partners in the project are Soil Association Scotland and the Scottish Crofting Federation. To read more about this exciting project an about the impact it has had on learning teaching then download the Interim Report (you will need a Glow password to access this link).

October 13th, 2011

Open day CPD event - Garrowhill Primary School, Glasgow

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 : Categories CPD, biodiversity, citizenship, community, outdoor learning, primary schools, renewables and climate change, sharing practice, sustainable development

Date and time: 9:30am – 3.00pm, Tuesday 29 November 2011

Theme: Sustainable Development Education

This CPD event offers practitioners and school leaders a wonderful opportunity to visit Garrowhill Primary School – winner of the ‘Sustainable school’ category in this year’s Scottish Education Awards.

Garrowhill Primary is an inspiring example of a school that has adopted a whole school approach to sustainable development education. The secret to the school’s success has been the embedding of sustainability across the curriculum which has had a demonstrable impact on every classroom and learner. This has been driven forward by strong distributed leadership and a positive, caring ethos which permeates the school.

A focus of the event will be to identify and share the practical lessons and ideas that have helped the school move forward on its journey including:

• Making the most of the curriculum to provide momentum and sustain programmes
• A strong focus on pupil voice to lead learning and activities
• The effective use of programmes such as Eco-Schools, Fairtrade Schools and the John Muir Award to support learning and teaching
• Extensive partnerships with the local community to transform the school’s ageing buildings and grounds through the development of an outdoor classroom, wildlife area and vegetable garden which are regularly used for curricular activities
• The reduction in the school’s energy consumption by 30% through sustained commitment.

Participants will have the opportunity to meet and talk with the Head Teacher, staff and learners and also tour the classrooms, buildings and grounds. Time will also be set aside for participants to reflect and share their own experiences.

How to book

To book, please email: [email protected] or Tel. 0141 282 5172.

Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. This is a free event!

Download programme by clicking on the link below

Garrowhill PS Open Day 29 Nov 11

This is one of a series of open day events organised by Education Scotland’s Developing Global Citizenship Team. View the full programme of open day events here>>

June 2nd, 2011

The Story of the Food on Your Plate - SDEN Seminar, 9 June 2011

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A mouth-watering portion of Food and the Environment, seasoned with a sprinkling of the Schools Global Footprint resource.

9.30am - 12.30pm Thursday 9^th June

The Melting Pot, Edinburgh

Join us for a taste of the new Eco-Schools Scotland topic. This seminar, delivered by Eve Keepax (Eco-Schools Scotland) and Amie Fulton (Sustainable Scotland Network), will build on the introduction to the topic held in November, covering new ground now the topic has been launched. You will be given the opportunity to learn about curricular links, resources and teaching aids for the topic, some of which will be taken from the Schools Global Footprint resource. You will look at developing a Food and the Environment Action Plan (based on an Environmental Review) as well as ways to monitor and evaluate progress.

At the end of the seminar participants will:

• Be familiar with the ‘Food and the Environment’ topic
• Have confidence to apply/teach about the topic in school
• Take away resources and activities relating to the topic

To book, please email: [email protected] or call Ben Seymour, Network Co-ordinator on 07506 189 600 for more details.

June 2nd, 2011

‘Project Connect’

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 : Categories citizenship, international, sustainable development

SCIAF’s new ‘Project Connect’ provides a dynamic and engaging opportunity for schools to develop their global citizenship education across the curriculum by linking directly to countries and people that SCIAF supports.

The aim of this project is to encourage learners to investigate, compare and contrast as well as respond to the situations of their ‘global neighbours’. In identifying similarities and differences of the lives of people around the world learners reflect on their own circumstances and become aware of global challenges such as climate change and food production. It also fosters a reflective approach to values such as fairness, justice and peace and allows learners to respond constructively to challenges they identified.

The project relates directly to many of the experiences and outcomes set out in ‘Curriculum for Excellence’ linking to a wide range of curriculum areas such as literacy and numeracy, health and wellbeing, social studies, and RERC/RME. It also provides the backdrop for enterprising activities and financial education.

By signing up for the project you are able to obtain a wide range of support materials, receive up-dates on your chosen country and welcome people from the countries you support in your school.

For more information visit: http://www.sciafyouth.org.uk/youth/connect/how_it_works