Glow Scotland

September 29th, 2010

Glowing Cookbook - Health and Enterprise – A winning combination!

Gail Cairns

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 : Categories Angus, Glow Groups, Pupils

Ruth Doctor teaches at Northmuir Primary School in Angus. Last year Ruth was looking for a new enterprise activity for the P5 classes to undertake. After discussing this with the Enterprise Development Officer in the authority, Ruth was very taken with the suggestion that the pupils could take on the planning and organisation of Health Week.

This cookbook looks at how the P5 class used a Glow Group to inform other classes about Health Week. The Glow group was also used to share learning resources they had created, to display photos of the Health Week activities and to evaluate the project.

While Glow had been used to some degree to support Health Week previously, Ruth was very keen last year to take full advantage of the collaborative environment. Her aim was that the Health Week Glow Group would build anticipation of the event, stimulate activities and discussions, and encourage reflection and feedback afterwards

Visit this cookbook to find out:

• How the Glow group was created & customised
• How to replicate some of the key features

September 29th, 2010

National Poetry Day

Gail Cairns

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National Poetry Day 2010 will be held on Thursday 7th October, allowing people all over the UK take part in a celebration of great poetry. This year’s theme is Home.

On National Poetry Day, Scottish poet Liz Niven will lead a poetry Glow Meet which allows pupils and teachers from all over Scotland to take part. This event will include readings of the NPD poems alongside others. This Glow Meet will discuss various poems and will invite pupils’ to create their own poems about their homes. Take part in brainstorming and fun but challenging language exercises and games for everyone involved.

Ideal for pupils from P5 – S1, this session will take place twice on Thursday October 7th, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Times will be confirmed in the National Poetry Glow Group.

Sign up for this exciting event here.

The 2010 National Poetry Day poems are available to download in a PDF format as classroom posters, and teaching notes on each poem by logging on to Glow and going to the National Poetry Glow Group.

Additional National Poetry Day resources for schools and public libraries are available in the Poetry Issues of the Scottish Poetry Library’s Reader Development magazine.

If you have any questions about this Glow Meet, please contact [email protected]

September 28th, 2010

Scottish Ten – Laser Scanning of Historic Sites

Gail Cairns

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 : Categories Events, Glow Meet, National Groups

Join Historic Scotland and the Glasgow School of Arts Centre for Digital Documentation and Visualisation via Glow Meet as they discuss their fantastic laser scanning project. This Scottish Ten Glow Meet will provide public access to otherwise inaccessible areas of ten historic landmarks. The team will create an amazing record of these sites, analysing the various sites from unseen angles and providing expertise on the historic sites such as Stirling Castle, New Lanark, Rosslyn Chapel, Mount Rushmore and the Orkney World Heritage Sites.

Dr Lyn Wilson from Historic Scotland and Alastair Rawlinson from the Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art will present the Glow Meet on 3D digital laser scanning on Thursday 30th September from 2-3pm.

An event ideal for secondary school pupils this Glow Meet will cover a range of subject areas including Science, Physics, History, Technical/Engineering Studies, Social Studies, Computing/I.C.T and provide the opportunity to ask the team about their work.

For more information and to sign up to this Glow Meet visit the National Scottish Ten Glow Group.

September 28th, 2010

Glowing Thursday - Outdoor Education

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Expressive Arts, Glow Meet, Local authorities, Outdoor Learning

Craggan Outdoors is an award winning outdoor activity centre based in beautiful Speyside in the Cairngorms National Park.

Offering one of the widest ranges of outdoor activities available in the Scottish Highlands, Craggan Outdoors serves groups from two to sixty-plus people, either as day visitors for activities, or residential packages with bunkhouse accommodation. Bunkhouse and bothy are also available for group hire, separate to the activities.

Join Keith Ballan at 4pm on Thursday 30th September as he talks about what this centre can offer to children of all ages and abilties in the Glowing Thursday Glow Group.

September 28th, 2010

WoWW - Working with Animals

Jennifer McDougall

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Our next World of Work Wednesday features contributions from three people involved in working with animals; William Steele from Glasgow Universtiy Vet School, Chief Inspector Fiona Greg from the SSPCA, former shark diver Rebecca Shearer-McLennan and an officer from Strathclyde police who works with animals.

Using Glow school students from across Scotland will be able to hear about the wide range of career opportunities that are on offer working with animals.

Not only can you learn about what it is like working with animals but you will also be able to find out some of the skills that are required to be a success in this area. There will also be a chance to ask any of the speakers questions about their job, the skills they require and about how they got a job working with animals.

Sign up and join us on Wednesday 29th September in the World of Work Wednesdays Glow Group.

September 28th, 2010

Glow Meet with Matthew Bourne

Dawn Adams

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 : Categories Events, Expressive Arts, Glow Meet

Wednesday 29th September at 11.15am

Glow Meets Matthew Bourne, gives you the chance to ask questions about the career of the UK’s most popular and successful choreographer and theatre director.

A five-times Olivier Award winner and the only British director to have won a Tony Award, his work includes Edward Scissorhands, The Car Man, Dorian Gray and the world-famous Swan Lake which returns to the Theatre Royal Glasgow this month. Matthew has also created choreography for several major musicals including Oliver!, My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins and more recently was featured as guest choreographer on the BBC show So You Think You Can Dance.

He is hugely committed to working with young people in schools and community groups and is currently creating a new work based on William Golding’s Lord of the Flies involving young people in Glasgow and West Dunbartonshire.

For your chance to find out about how he got into theatre, to learn about his shows and his career join him on Glow on Wednesday 29 September at 11.15am. He looks forward to taking your questions!

Visit the Matthew Bourne Glow group to sign up and find out more.

September 26th, 2010

Glow Light Image 27.9.2010

Lesley Dickson

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Highland Cattle

Highland cattle or kyloe are an ancient Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun.

The breed developed in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Breeding stock has been exported to the rest of the world, especially Australia and North America, since the early 20th Century. The breed was developed from two sets of stock, one originally black, and the other reddish.Highlands are known as a hardy breed due to the rugged nature of their native Scottish Highlands, with high rainfall and strong winds. They both graze and browse and eat plants many other cattle avoid. The meat tends to be leaner than most beef, as Highlands get most of their insulation from their thick shaggy hair rather than subcutaneous fat. The coat also makes them a good breed for cold Northern climates.

Highland cattle have been successfully established in many temperate countries. Their hair provides protection during the cold winters and their skill in browsing for food enables them to survive in steep mountain areas.

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September 24th, 2010

World of Work Wednesdays - Working with Animals

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Events, Glow Meet, Local authorities, Pupils, Social Studies

Our next WoWW features contributions from three people involved in working with animals; William Steele from Glasgow Universtiy Vet School, Chief Inspector Fiona Greg from the SSPCA, former shark diver Rebecca Shearer-McLennan and an officer from Strathclyde police who works with animals.

Using Glow school students from across Scotland will be able to hear about the wide range of career opportunities that are on offer working with animals.

Not only can you learn about what it is like working with animals but you will also be able to find out some of the skills that are required to be a success in this area. There will also be a chance to ask any of the speakers questions about their job, the skills they require and about how they got a job working with animals.

Join us on Wednesday 29th September from 2-3pm in the World of Work Glow Group. You can also sign up to join us there as well!

September 24th, 2010

More of Tam’s Tour…..

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Glow Meet, Local authorities, Uncategorized

Once again we are delighted to be joined by Tam Baillie, Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People for an interactive Glow Meet. Based in Falkirk High School this meet will show you how you can get involved in ‘a RIGHT brilliant thing and give you more information about the vote that is taking place in November this year.

It will take part during the Learning to Achieve Festival which showcases good practice in Falkirk Council.

Join us on Tuesday the 28th September from 11- 12pm and find out more! You can sign up to join us in the SCCYP National Glow Group and also add any questions that you want to ask Tam to our Let’s Blether page.

September 24th, 2010

Goethe Institut launches Glow Group for the Interdisciplinary Project of the Scottish Languages Baccalaureate

Katie Barrowman

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 : Categories Glow, Glow Groups, modern languages

The Goethe- Institut Glasgow is pleased to announce the launch of their support site for students studying for the Interdisciplinary Project of the Scottish Languages Baccalaureate. From today on, this site, set up and monitored by the Goethe-Institut Glasgow, is open nationally.

It provides ideas, materials, activities and guidance for languages teachers and students preparing the IP. The site is written in English and covers study skills as well as content features. It can be used as a materials store plus as an interactive online space to discuss work on the IP, approaches to teaching this component and to share resources. Students are guided towards themes, angles and scope for an IP and have the opportunity to present, discuss and evaluate their project in a digital learning environment.

Click here to visit the Glow Group.