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ComputerXplorers Summer Camps

ComputerXplorers — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:04:25 +0000

For 2013 ComputerXplorers will be running a number of summer camps across the Lothians from Edinburgh to North Berwick and in everything from Lego Animation and Cartoon Creation to Minecraft and Rocketeering. We will also be holding our first ever Video Game Jam in Edinburgh and holding a Techno-tainment Camp for juniors!

Some of the workshops on offer:

LEGO ANIMATION

Stop-motion is one of the simplest and most fun animation techniques. Combine this with LEGO and you have a winning combination for young film-makers. A fantastic way to bring your favourite LEGO creations to life.

We will teach you the techniques you need to become a magical movie producer and produce your very own animation which can be viewed by family and friends. Watch out Wallace and Gromit here comes ComputerXplorers!

TALKING HEADS – FACIAL ANIMATION

Imagine being able to animate James Bond or Simon Cowell, make a monkey…even a potato talk or transform a photograph of yourself into a talking puppet! Well now you can with ComputerXplorers. We will teach you the techniques you need to make any image come alive and to produce your very own animation which can then be viewed by family and friends.

For East Lothian Camps booking is via the east Lothian Council website or via the Summer Activity Brochure

For this and much, much more please see our website for further details…http://www.sescotland.computerxplorers.co.uk

Dunbar SciFest 2013

Jennifer Sked — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:36:54 +0000

Dunbar Science Festival 2013

Monday 11 – Sunday 17 March 2013

We are offering a full Education Programme as part of Dunbar SciFest 2013.

Monday 11 –

Thursday 14 March

Generation Science, the education outreach programme of Edinburgh International Science Festival, will be providing 25 workshops (4 age-specific themes) within the two campuses of Dunbar PS for 1,700 pupils from 5 cluster schools.

Friday 15 March

Morning

5 Science stage shows for schools at Dunbar PS’s 2 campuses

Lochend campus for 1,000 P4 – P7 pupils: 2 x Dr Bunhead “Dr Bunhead’s Exploding Energy Show”
John Muir Campus for 1,000 Nursery & P1-3 pupils: 2 x Science Shows for Schools “The Best Bubble Show”
John Muir Campus for 180 deaf and hard of hearing pupils from throughout Edinburgh & Lothians: 1 x Science Museum, London, SIGNtific show “Fantastic Forces” presented in British Sign Language.

Thursday 14March

Dunbar Conversations evening event in Dunbar Community Centre: Guest panel & audience will be discussing ‘Supporting a Scottish Science Revival – stimulating our wee bairns to become inventors, innovators and super scientists’.

Friday 15March

Lennoxlove Book Festival, Dunbar SciFest & Dunbar Library evening event: Forensic Fiction – An evening with Scottish crime writer Lin Anderson and forensic psychologist Kathy Charles.

Saturday 16March

Café Scientifique event in Dunbar Community Centre: ‘Enjoy a series of 4 short, snappy presentations on a selection of Scottish scientific research: Higgs Boson, Large Hadron Collider, Brain Scanning, and Marine Mammals”

In the meantime, you can download the full Dunbar SciFest 2013 Programme from our website: http://www.dunbarscifest.org.uk– click on the link below the App Store.

Please see below for the full programme information and the festival booking form

Booking Form

Dunbar-SciFest-2013-EDF-Education-Programme-for-ELC-Schools-04.03.13

S6 Outdoor Learning Challenge Friday 7.12.12

Bill Stephen — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:25:40 +0000

The final Outdoor Learning Challenge of this season is on Friday the 7th December 2012. So far this year, teams from Knox Academy have been successful in bringing home the trophies for all the events. Congratulations to Knox and to all school teams for their amazing efforts so far . The S6 challenge will be your school’s opportunity to prevent a Knox 2012 Grand Slam!

A mixture of problem solving, navigation and outdoor adventure this years event is at Yellowcraig at 1000-1500 on the 7th December. Get your S6 teams entered for this crucial event now. Email wstephen@eastlothian.gov.uk to enter or call the Outdoor Learning Service 0131 653 5217

For info on all challenges and the amazing Outdoor Learning opportunities to enhance learning and the CfE visit the Outdoor Learning Service webpage.

East Lothian youth friendly zones

Admin (David Gilmour) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:08:33 +0000

East Lothian Youth Council would like your views on how young people are treated when out and about in East Lothian

• What do you think of the places you use?

• How can we make them more youth-friendly and accessible?

• Give us your feed back

We will have an Award for the most youth friendly spaces services.

The type of venue…? this could be Community Centre, Museum, Library, Youth Club, Skate park, Healthy respect, Doctors, Sport centre, shops or any other centre or service you use ….

http://www.youngscotsayswho.org/consultation/East-Lothian-Youth-Friendly-Zones

Ppp pick up your pencils ….Art competition

Seabird Centre — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:29:19 +0000

Would you like to see your artwork on sale at the award-winning Scottish Seabird Centre?

The Centre is looking for young artists to come up with a new design for their popular line in tea towels, using the marine life, seabirds and the seaside as inspiration. We are looking for a colourful A4 picture from P1- P7 pupils from across East Lothian.

Judging the Centre’s first ever tea towel design competition will be local artist Jane Alexander who has an eye for young artistic talent.

The winning design will be made into a tea towel which will go on sale in the gift shop: the winner will also receive a bag of goodies from the shop, as will the two runners up.

The closing date for entries is 28 October – schools can have multiple entries, but only one per child. There is no cost for entering. For full terms and conditions, please visit the education section at http://www.seabird.org/education.asp

More Information on Scottish Book Trust Royal Mail Book Awards for All Children

mary horsburgh — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:59:47 +0000

CALL Scotland has worked with the Scottish Book Trust and the authors and publishers to create accessible digital versions of the nine shortlisted books. The idea is that children and young people with physical, visual and reading or dyslexic difficulties, who can’t read or access the paper books, can read the digital books instead and take part in the awards.
• Children with spinal injury, cerebral palsy or other physical impairments can click a switch or press a key on a computer, to turn pages and read the books by themselves.
• Dyslexic readers or children with visual impairments can change the font size and/or colours on screen, or use text-to-speech software to read the books.
• The books can be read out by the computer using “Heather”, the high quality Scottish computer voice that is available free for schools and pupils from CALL Scotland’s The Scottish Voice web site.
The books are available free of charge. Readers and schools can request accessible digital copies of the book(s) they wish to read.
In a related initiative, RNIB Scotland have produced Large Print, Braille and audio copies of the books.
The web link for more info and to request copies of the digital books is http://www.books4all.org.uk/Book-Awards/

Including All Children in the Royal Mail Scottish Children’s Book Awards

Karen Haspolat — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:33:32 +0000

The Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children‟s Books is an innovative nationwide reading project in which children and young people from every corner of Scotland read and vote for their favourite Scottish children’s books of the year. Last year:
. over 31,000 children were involved and an amazing 15,014 votes were cast;
. over 400 schools and libraries in every corner of Scotland, from Aberdeen to Dumfries; Shetland to Arran, took part;
. the 2009 awards ceremony brought 650 young judges from across Scotland together to see their peers act out the winning books.

More information on the Awards including how to register and vote is on the Scottish Book Trust web site at http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/royalmailawards.

The shortlisted books for 2010 are:

Bookbug Readers 0-7 years
 What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson
 Love from Louisa by Simon Puttock and Jo Kiddie
 Stormy Weather by Debi Gliori

Younger Readers 8-11 years
 Invisible Fiends: Mr Mumbles by Barry Hutchison
 The Secret of the Black Moon Moth by John Fardell
 The Dragon Whisperer by Lucinda Hare

Older Readers 12-16 years
 Crossing the Line by Gillian Philip
 The Witching Hour by Elizabeth Laird
 Grass by Cathy MacPhail

But what about disabled children who can’t read the books?

CALL Scotland has again worked with the Scottish Book Trust and the authors and publishers to create accessible digital versions of the nine shortlisted books. The idea is that children and young people with physical, visual and reading or dyslexic difficulties, who can‟t read the paper books, can read the digital books instead and take part in the awards.

The accessible digital versions of the shortlisted books are available free of charge from CALL Scotland. You can request books by going to CALL‟s Books for All web site at http://www.books4all.org.uk/Book-Awards/.

The Four Nations Maths Challenge

Karen Haspolat — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:27:04 +0000

Inspired by the Six Nations rugby, schools and students in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are invited to participate in the exciting, online, Four Nations Maths Challenge. Who will be the Top Student, Class and School in each country?

Registration open soon.

Website: http://www.mathletics.co.uk/fournations/
Phone: 0117 370 1992
Email: customerservice@3plearning.co.uk

Diversity Challenge: Proposals for projects/activities/ learning invited from youth clubs

Admin (David Gilmour) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:21:49 +0000

Diversity Challenge is offered by the East Lothian Diversity Network to support young people in a youth setting to explore issues around identity, tolerance and respect including exploring issues such as racism, prejudice, sectarianism, bigotry, homophobia and/ or related themes. Projects should also seek to celebrate common values and experiences, irrespective of culture or backgrounds.

For more information about the project, including how to apply can be found attached or via http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/diversitychallenge

Please share information about this project with colleagues who would be interested in taking part.

More info: Diversity Challenge (2003 word)