Glow Scotland

April 28th, 2011

Edinburgh Book Festival Preview

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Glow Meet, Literacy, West Lothian

Our 2011 Glowing Thursday’s programme begins again on Thursday 5th May at 11am with a preview of the Edinburgh Book Festival. Join us live from Linlithgow Academy in West Lothian to hear more about what’s going to be hot at the Book Festival later this year and also hear from primary and secondary pupils about their favourite authors and what they are looking forward to seeing at the festival.

Sign up and join us from 11am on the Glowing Thursday page.

April 28th, 2011

Choices for Life

Jennifer McDougall

Comments: 2 Comments » Tags: Tags: alcohol, Choices for Life, peer pressure, Stornoway
 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Expressive Arts, Glow Meet, Health and Wellbeing, Pupils, Western Isles

Many of you will have been involved in the highly popular Choices for Life event aimed at Primary 6/7 ages pupils. In May, Choices for Life will be travelling to the Scottish Islands. This will be the last time you can see Choices for Life in its current format before its transformation into Choices for Life Online.

The Choices for Life team would like you to join them live via Glow Meet on Monday 9th May when they will be in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Start time is 10.30 and you can join them from about 10am. The format will be as in previous years, but for those who have not been to the event before, pupils will see a live stage show presented by Mark Martin from Forth One. There will be video clips depicting real life stories and a 4 part drama around alcohol and peer pressure. PACE Theatre group from Paisley will perform a live, on stage play called ‘Ready or Not’ and there will be music from Carrie Mac, new boy band GMD3 and MC Enel.

The event on the 9th May will last around 2 hours, but nearer the time we’ll post a running order that may help you to link with parts you’ll find most useful, although we would encourage pupils to watch it all and hear all the messages.

After May, Choices for Life will transform and there will be competitions, opportunities for questions around set topics (drugs, alcohol and tobacco this year) and the details of how you can take part in our live Glow meet in November with Choices for Life Online.

Why not sign up and join this exciting event and find out more about the presenters and performers who will be at the event live in Stornoway? Sign up in the Choices for Life National Glow Group.

April 24th, 2011

Glow Light Image 25.4.2011

Lesley Dickson

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Close Up on Glasses

This image was submitted by Falkirk Council.

It was sent in by teacher Nick Tait and was 3D modelled by, Stacy E., Grangemouth High School.

April 18th, 2011

Exploring Safe and Unsafe Use of ICT Through Drama

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Expressive Arts, Glow, Glow Meet, Pupils, Scottish Borders, Technologies

Despite a range of excellent resources and plenty of publicity, there is still considerable concern about the dangers to young people of the misuse of modern technology - ‘cyber bullying’, access to inappropriate material, ‘grooming’ of young people etc.

Although young people, when asked specific questions about the use of ICT will give ‘correct’ answers, there is often a mismatch between their knowledge and their actions.

Borders Youth Theatre will work with a class of P6 at Earlston Primary School, Scottish Borders using drama to explore the issues involved and to devise some pieces of theatre which will illustrate the dangers of mobile phones and the internet and possible safe practice.

The drama pieces will be performed and filmed and broadcast live across Scotland via Glow Meet on Tuesday 26th April from 1.45 - 2.30pm. There will be an opportunity for pupils in other schools to interact and perhaps influence the performances.

Although there is no attempt to replace the many excellent sources of information, there will some material available which schools may wish to use to follow up the project with pupils and parents.

Sign up now and join us on Tuesday 26th April at 1.45pm!

April 18th, 2011

Working in the Food and Drink Industry

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Career Opportunities and Pathways, Curriculum for Excellence, Glow, Glow Meet, Moray, Pupils

This WOWW event hopes to identify the employment and career opportunities that exist within the food and drinks industry from shop floor employment through to the food technologists and scientists who will work for our major food manufacturers.

Moray where the event is coming from live, is well placed in this field with quality retail outlets such as Mr Royan’s shop through to Whisky manufacturing and wholesaling and retailing with Gordon and MacPhail through to food manufacture and marketing with Walkers shortbread who manufacture food stuffs for a variety of Brand names as well as the famous Walkers Shortbread.

The speakers on the panel that day will be representative of these companies.

The food and drinks industry employs approximately 500,000 people in companies of all sizes, 39% of employees in this industry are aged between 16 and 24. There is an acknowledged gender imbalance with 64% of the employees being male.

Sign up and join us on Wednesday 27th April from 2-3pm and find out more about career opportunities in this exciting field.

April 17th, 2011

Glow Light Image 18.4.2011

Lesley Dickson

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Black Linn Falls, The Hermitage, Perth and Kinross

This week’s image was taken by Andy Garnett, Active Schools Lead Coordinator, Angus Council and is the winner of a competition organised by the local authority to choose an image for Glow Light.

The Hermitage is a National Trust for Scotland-protected site in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross. Located just to the west of the A9, it sits on the banks of the River Braan in Craigvinean Forest. It is home to Ossian’s Hall of Mirrors and Ossian’s Cave, Georgian follies built by the Dukes of Atholl, who had their former main residence in nearby Dunkeld House in the 18th century, to honour the blind bard Ossian. The Hermit’s Cave was built around 1760 for the third Earl of Breadalbane, who unsuccessfully advertised for a permanent eremite. The guide in 1869, Donald Anderson, dressed up with a long beard of lichens and clothes of animal skins.

Also in its grounds are several Douglas-fir trees — one of which was the first tree in Britain to reach 200 feet in height. The Forestry Commission Scotland, on the other hand, gives its height as 194 feet.

Visitors to the site can undertake various walks. The most popular walk is the 1km long journey to Ossian’s Hall.

Originally, the popular riverside path purposely deviated away from the river at about a half-mile from the car park. This was to build up the visitors’ anticipation for the waterfall (the Black Linn Falls) that is to be found a short distance ahead.

Image: Andy Garnett, Active Schools Lead Coordinator, Angus Council/Text:Wikipedia

April 12th, 2011

Co-Create: Sharing the Learning, Perth Concert Hall, Wednesday 20 April

Julia Fenby

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April 10th, 2011

Glow Light Images 11.4.2011

Lesley Dickson

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Winning Entries from the Western Isles

Curracag, the Outer Hebrides Natural History Society, runs an annual photographic competition with 7 categories.

The adult categories are:

1. Landscapes/seascapes

2. Crofting life including fishing

3. Flora including all types of wild flowers and seaweeds

4. Fauna i.e. wild fauna of all types

5. Collages including stories and multiples images

Categories for those under 17 years old are:

6. Flora and Fauna

7. Any other category listed above

Images must have been taken in the Outer Hebrides. The 2011 competition received over 190 entries which were judged by Steve Carter, Biology Teacher, Sgoil Lionacleit, on Friday 18 February, in the Sgoil Lionacleit Museum. The photos are currently on exhibition in the Museum.

The under 17 entries were of a very high standard and it was great to see entries from a range of local schools including Castlebay, Sgoil Lionacleit, Sgoil nan Loch, Balallan, Tolsta – and Switzerland! The competition is sponsored by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).

2011 Curracag Photographic Competition Winners:

Under 17′s Flora and Fauna

1st - Scotch Burnet Moth, South Uist, by Megan McCabe, Age 13 (Friday/Weekend picture)

2nd - A Most Delicate Flower, by David Macleod, Age 12, Sgoil nan Loch (Thursday picture)

3rd - Natural Beauty, South Uist, by Megan McCabe, Age 13 (Wednesday picture)

Under 17’s Any other category

1st - Sea Shells at Traigh Cille-Bharra, Isle of Barra, by Megan McCabe, Age 13 (Tuesday picture)

2nd - Power and Rock, by Calum Copeland, Age 11, Sgoil nan Loch (Monday picture)

Note: Megan McCabe lives in Switzerland and took the winning photographs while on holiday in the Western Isles in 2010.

For further information about Curracag visit www.curracag.org.uk

Learn more about the work of SNH at http://www.snh.gov.uk/

Find out more about the Western Isles (Outer Hebrides) at: http://www.visithebrides.com/

April 6th, 2011

The Renewable Energy Show Glow Meet

Dawn Adams

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Glow, Glow Meet, Sciences

Join us on the 12th May at 2pm for The Renewable Energy Show Glow Meet with the Glasgow Science Centre and the team from the Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre.

Get blown away as you find out all about renewable energy sources, in particular about the Whitelee Windfarm, the largest onshore windfarm in Europe.

Ever wondered how a windfarm works? Want to find out lots more about renewable energy sources?

Take part in some interactive activities to learn more about fossil fuels, solar power, hydro power and wind power exploring the implications using these energy sources has. Join this Glow Meet to get your questions answered by our experts on the day and share ideas about possible renewable energy sources for fuelling Scotland’s future.

You can either submit questions before the Glow Meet or tune in on the 12th and ask your questions live.

To sign up for the Glow Meet visit the Glasgow Science Centre Glow group.

April 4th, 2011

Question Time in East Lothian

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, East Lothian, Glow Meet, Pupils, Social Studies

As the Scottish Parliamentary Elections are fast approaching, a secondary school in East Lothian is joining in the political debate and will be sharing this opportunity with other schools throughout Scotland.

On Friday 8th April from 10 - 11am Musselburgh Grammar School will be hosting its own Question Time event to allow senior pupils to put pressing questions to PPCs and find out about the policies of the different political parties.
The panel consists of Iain Gray, Kenny MacAskill, Robin Harper, Derek Brownlee and former pupil Aidan Simpson who is standing for the SSP.

Why not sign up and join the senior pupils at Musselburgh Grammar and have an opportunity to ask questions yourself?!

Sign up and join us on Friday 8th April.