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  Jennifer Sked 10:44 am on April 11, 2013 Permalink
  Tags: awards, Competiton ( 3 ), Midlothian ( 2 ), poetry ( 2 ), schools ( 3 )   

  Young Writer of the Year – 2013 

  USE YOUR IMAGINATION!

  TYNE & ESK WRITERS

  Young Writer of the Year 2013

  Open to all schools and pupils living in East Lothian and Midlothian

   

  Competition subject

  Let your imagination run wild – entries will be accepted on any topic

   Two categories of entry

  • P4- P7
  • S1 – S4

   Why participate

  • Fits with Curriculum for Excellence
  • Good evidence for HMIe inspections
  • Encourages creativity

  Please see below the rules for entering the competition.

   

  Rules1 – Young Writer of the Year2013

  letter Head Teachers

   

  Prizes

  There are two sets of prizes – one for East Lothian and one for Midlothian consisting of:

  Best poetry                 

  Best prose      

   

  All the winners will receive a £10 book token plus a family day pass to the Scottish Seabird Centre  in North Berwick          

   The overall Young Writer of the Year winner P4- P7 will receive an iPod Shuffle plus a family day pass to the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick       

   The overall Young Writer of the Year winner S1- S4 will receive an iPod Shuffle plus a family day pass to the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick.   

   Award Ceremony

  Winners of the competition will have prizes presented at Tranent Library on Monday 23 September at 4.30pm.

   

   Closing date for entries

  Friday 14 June 2013

   

   
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  Jennifer Sked 5:10 pm on February 25, 2013 Permalink
  Tags: activities ( 8 ), awards, Competiton ( 3 ), educational; ( 6 ), literacy ( 7 ), literacy and english ( 12 ), maths ( 2 )   

  The World Education Games 2013 

  

   

  The World Education Games are taking place on the 5-7^th March 2013 and we anticipate over 5.5 million pupils participating from around the globe and this year .  Pupils will even be attempting to become triple World Record Breakers too!  Enter World Education Games 2013!

   It is open to both primary & secondary schools and, as you may know, East Lothian pupils have competed extremely well in the past. 

   The Games incorporate, World Literacy Day, World Maths Day and World Science Day so there is something for everyone.

   
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  Jennifer Sked 4:27 pm on January 15, 2013 Permalink
  Tags: awards, competition ( 13 ), eco ( 6 ), educational; ( 6 ), environment ( 4 ), Global Citizenship ( 5 )   

  Climate Week 

  

   

  Climate Week

  Britain’s Biggest Climate Change Campaign

  4 to 10 March 2013

   

  Do you have an event or activity planned for Climate Week 2013? Register now at http://www.climateweek.com. By registering your event, you can help build a social movement for change, encourage others in your area to run their own event, and profile the fantastic work that you are doing. All registered events appear on our online map, so this is your chance to shine 

  Backed by the Prime Minister, Paul McCartney, the NAHT and the Met office to name a few, Climate Week is a supercharged national campaign to inspire a new wave of action on climate change. It culminates in thousands of events and activities, planned by organisations from every sector of society. During the last Climate Week, over 3,000 events were attended by half a million people across the UK for the second successive year. 

   No event planned yet? You can register now for the Climate Week Challenge, Britain’s biggest environmental competition. The Challenge is open to all ages, can be done on any day during Climate Week and it is completely free to take part. Over 130,000 people participated in 2012 in a challenge to come up with an idea to green a local space and make it more environmentally friendly. The entries were judged by a celebrity panel and the winners went on to take part in workshops organized by industry and business leaders.

   

  Whatever you do, don’t forget to tell us about it! You can help to build a movement for change by sharing your Climate Week activities at http://www.climateweek.com/run-an-event/register-an-event/ 

  To find out more about Climate Week go to http://www.climateweek.com, email info@climateweek.com or telephone on 020 3397 2601.

   
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  David Gilmour 10:54 am on August 10, 2011 Permalink
  Tags: achievement, asl, awards, currioculumforexcellence   

  The Caledonian Family Of Awards 

  The Caledonian Family of Awards provide an opportunity for young people and adults with special support needs, to participate in an educational programme which will help them reach their full potential while increasing their self-esteem and independence.  Increasing their self – esteem and community involvement increases their ability to become active integrated members of society and is recognised with a national achievement award.

  The achievement awards from the Caledonian Family of Awards are tailor made packages which support education professionals to fulfil the requirements of The Curriculum for Excellence. Each of the Awards promotes independence skills, citizenship, equality of achievement while encouraging creativity and ambition.

  The Junior and Standard Awards are open to all young people, aged between 7 – 19 years, within additional support needs schools and young people with increased support needs in mainstream schools.

  The Team at the Caledonian Award are looking forward to welcoming back those of you who had young people involved in previous years and would be delighted to welcome groups who are new to the Caledonian Family of Awards.

  The award office is open between 9.30am and 12.30pm. Please do not hesitate to contact us at

  Bearsden Public Hall, 69 Drymen Rd, Bearsden, G61 3QT

  Tel – 0141 931 5678

  Fax – 0141 956 9562

  Email – mail@thecaledonianaward.org.uk

  Registration forms and more information is available on-line at

  http://www.thecaledonianaward.org.uk

   
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  Admin (David Gilmour) 10:13 am on May 9, 2011 Permalink
  Tags: awards, cashback, funding ( 6 ), youth work   

  CASHBACK FOR COMMUNITIES YOUTH WORK FUND 

  ROUND 4 – PHASE 3

  FINAL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – DEADLINE 16TH SEPTEMBER 2011

  With over £1.3 million remaining in the CashBack for Communities Youth Work Fund budget, now is the time to be working up an application for youth work events and activities for young people aged 10 – 19 years. A CashBack award can fund youth work programmes until 31st May 2012, so this might be an ideal way of funding your winter and Easter youth work programmes up to a maximum period of 26 weeks. The maximum award is £30k.

  Check out the Fund criteria on the YouthLink Scotland website at http://www.youthlinkscotland.org where you can download an application form, notes of guidance and frequently asked questions.

  If you need assistance with the application form please call any member of the CashBack Team at YouthLink Scotland on 0131 313 2488.

   
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  Admin (David Gilmour) 12:29 pm on March 17, 2011 Permalink
  Tags: awards, GTCS, research   

  Marianne McCron wins George D Gray Dissertation Award 

  St Mary’s Primary teacher Marianne McCron has won the George D Gray Award for the best undergraduate dissertation in teacher education in Scotland.

  Her topic was an investigation into ways in which boys and girls interact in the classroom and the impact of gender on social relations, pupil motivation and performance.

  More information at http://www.gtcs.org.uk/news-events/news/george-d-gray-award-2010.aspx

  Photo is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtcs/page5/ (All rights reserved by GTCS, so we can’t use it here!)

   
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  Admin (David Gilmour) 3:25 pm on March 4, 2011 Permalink
  Tags: awards   

  Inspiring Volunteering Awards East Lothian 2011 

  Volunteers can be nominated for the categories of:

  • Volunteer of the Year
  • Young Volunteer of the Year
  • Volunteer Team/Group of the Year
  • Tenant Volunteer of the Year
  • Tenants Group of the Year
  • Outstanding contribution to Tenants Participation
  • Volunteer Adult Tutor/Group Worker of the Year
  • Volunteer Youth Worker of the Year
  • Community Activist of the Year

  More information:

  East Lothian Inspiring Volunteering Awards Application 2011

  inspiring vol awards poster

  East Lothian Inspiring Volunteering Awards Application 2011