Tag Archives: Community Resilience

Ready Scotland Photography Competition 2016⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

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Be prepared for bad weather and win prizes for your school!

What is it?

Ready Scotland Photo and Caption Competition for P6 pupils. Take part in this competition to ensure you and your family are ready for winter!s4x4r-arran-130325-scords-2371

Before you start read this!

Radio can be really helpful in communicating information in an emergency.  Watch this youtube clip to find out how useful people in Chile found the radio during an emergency. Visit Ready Scotland website for more advice on staying safe in Scotland and  complete a family action plan. Visit Ready for Emergencies website for more ideas on staying safe this winter. cwfrn0gxeaajtlu

Action!

Now you’ve done your research we’d like you to communicate to others the importance of staying informed, having a grab-bag and looking out for neighbours through a photography and caption competition. In no more than 20 words provide a caption for your image that gets your message across clearly.

The prize!

The 3 winning schools will receive a wind-up radio for their own grab bags and a behind the scenes experience at their local Bauer network radio station.

The 3 winning schools will receive a wind-up radio for their own grab bags and a behind the scenes experience at their local Bauer network radio station. The Bauer network reaches over 25 million consumers and includes stations like heat, KISS, Magic and Absolute Radio. Each school will be able to send 6 pupils to their local station to see what is involved  in creating a radio show and will have the opportunity to try a few of the tricks of the trade.

Each school will be able to send 6 pupils to their local station to see what is involved  in creating a radio show and will have the opportunity to try a few of the tricks of the trade.

So have a go!  Win yourself and 5 of your classmates this exciting opportunity!

How to enter:

Each school should attach their top 5 entries as jpg’s to an email and send them to: info@keepscotlandbeautiful.org

In the text box add:

  • Name of school
  • Full name of pupil
  • Full name of class teacher
  • Caption describing the photo in no more than 20 words

Deadline for entries:

5pm on Thursday 17th November 2016

 

Resilience Week 7th – 11th November⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

How resilient are you and your family?  What aboutready-for-winter-westie your class? Your colleagues? Are you ready for snow, ice, wind, flooding, rain?  Don’t worry, there are simple steps you can take, some have been listed below.  If you do any of them tweet using #ReadyScotland and encourage others to be resilient too!  For learning journeys and other resources to help deliver lessons in this area you can also visit bit.ly/RfEScot

Snow – keep a blanket, food and water in your car

Ice – identify the stop valve and know how to turn off water

Wind – secure loose objects like garden furniture, trampolines or anything that could get blown around

Flooding – move important documents and valuables to a higher place

Rain – avoid walking or driving through flood water

Visit the http://ReadyScotland.org/ for more advice on being resilient this winter

Contact Eilidh.Soussi@educationscotland.gsi.gov.uk if you or your school are being resilient or for more information

Community resilience networking event⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

Date: Monday 31st October 2016

Time: 09:00 (for 09:25 start) – 15:00

Venue: Celtic Park, London Road, Glasgow, G40 3RE

Target audience: P4 – 7 and secondary teachers with an interest in geography/social studies/health and wellbeing/science and resilience professionals who are looking to engage schools in activities relating to flooding, extreme weather, climate change and other community resilience issues.

This is a unique opportunity that will encourage meaningful employer involvement, supporting the work of the Developing the Young Workforce agenda.  Don’t miss out on this opportunity to engage learners with their local environment supporting work around learning for sustainability.

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We would be delighted if you were able to join us on the day.

Supporting Men’s Sheds⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

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In Argyll and Bute  when a school was  updating technical equipment they  gifted it to their local Men’s shed.  It’s a recycle/ re-use story.  Actions like this   promote inter-generational activities and lifelong learning.

A men’s shed is a meeting place where men come together and take part in a variety of mutually agreed activities. There are Men’s Sheds in 22 regions – there could be one near you.  More information from Age Scotland  or Scottish Men’s Sheds website

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Supporting Men’s Sheds⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

scottish-mens-sheds-association-logo-WT-smallCan you help your local Men’s Shed?

In Argyll and Bute  when a school was  updating technical equipment they  gifted it to their local Men’s shed.  It’s a recycle/ re-use story.  Actions like this   promote inter-generational activities and lifelong learning.

A men’s shed is a meeting place where men come together and take part in a variety of mutually agreed activities. There are Men’s Sheds in 22 regions – there could be one near you.  More information from Age Scotland  or Scottish Men’s Sheds website

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Become a River Monitoring Volunteer⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog


 

For more information click on the links below:

Photo guide for volunteers

Recording sheet

 

Save the Children Resilience Project⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

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Save the Children are looking for two schools to take part in a resilience project that aims to strengthen children’s understanding of emergencies and the actions they can take to prepare themselves, their families and their communities.  Click here for more information on the project .  It is aimed at children aged 9 – 11 and participating schools will be given a £1000 budget.

You can also contact Graham Clark, Programmes Manager g.clark@savethechildren.org.uk for more information.

 

Community resilience briefing paper⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

iStock_2835272_LARGEwaterambulance_800_tcm4-723177Hot off the press! Read this briefing paper to get an overview of community resilience and the curriculum.  Find out why it is an exciting context for learning and how this can be applied to your own setting.  If you are already doing work in this area or are interested in finding out more, contact Eilidh.Soussi@educationscotland.gsi.gov.uk

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Community resilience networking event May 2016⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

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Friday 13th, unlucky for some but not for us last month, when resilience professionals and education colleagues met to discuss how they could work together, to ensure our children and young people would be best prepared for the challenges they may face in the 21st Century as a result of a change in Scotland’s climate.  To find out what was discussed, click here Conference Report May 2016.  To have your say in future work we do, come along to our next networking event, to be held in Glasgow on Monday 31st October.  Email Eilidh.Soussi@educationscotland.gsi.gov.uk for more information or if you would like to showcase work your school, class or organisation are doing in this area.  We look forward to hearing from you!

Learning Families – Intergenerational Approaches to Literacy Teaching and Learning⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

“All of the programmes featured in this publication by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning  share valuable experiences and lessons. They reflect a view of effective learning families whereby each child is a member of a family, and within a learning family every member is a lifelong learner. Among disadvantaged families and communities in particular, a family literacy and learning approach is more likely to break the intergenerational cycle of low education and literacy skills..” (Elfert and Hanermann 2014)

http://uil.unesco.org/fileadmin/keydocuments/Literacy/en/learning-families.pdf