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Curriculum for Gaelic (Learners) and A 1+2 Approach to Languages⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

e-Sgoil is an interactive, real-time teaching facility which uses Glow, Office 365 and V-scene to support the teaching of Gaelic and through Gaelic in any school in Scotland. This supports the curriculum for 1+2 Approach to Languages, Gaelic Learner and Gaelic Medium Education. A short promotional video is available here:

http://bit.ly/2Nhvm2F

e-Sgoil is currently inviting expressions of interest for teaching National 5 Gaelic (Learners) from August 2019. This may be to provide progression with the 1+2 Approach to Languages, or to enable learners to access Gaelic as a new subject.

Support for self-evaluation

Advice to support implementation of 1+2 and challenge questions

Case study and challenge questions on improving the secondary GME and GLE curriculum

Statutory Guidance on Gaelic Education

A review of e-Sgoil’s first year of operation is available here:

http://e-sgoil.com/media/1133/e-sgoil-report-year-1-june-2018.pdf

 

For more information, please contact e-sgoil@gnes.net or phone 01851 822850.

Gaelic Education Award 2019⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

The Scottish Education Awards celebrate the commitment and success of Scottish education. We have a specific award for the Gaelic sector for which we invite nominations that recognise impact and achievements in both Gaelic Learner and Medium Education. The award is open to secondary, primary, early learning and child care centres, and special schools.

Please also ensure that the Gaelic sector is represented across all the award categories, including Lifetime Achievement Award, Teacher of the Year and Headteacher of the Year.

Nominations for the 2019 Scottish Education Awards are now open. Details are here.

Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Glasgow Central on Wednesday 5th June 2019.

Nominations close at 6pm on Thursday 14th February, 2019.

 

New video on Gaelic Medium Education (GME)⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

Press Release from The Highland Council

The Highland Council is to launch a new video this week “Educational Growth” aimed at parents who are thinking of enrolling their children in Gaelic Medium Education.  The video features a range of different people who explain the benefits of Gaelic Medium Education and of being bilingual.

Professor Antonella Sorace from the University of Edinburgh gives an insight into how young children can pick up languages quickly and the skills a person can gain from learning more than one language.

The video also features the experiences of parents who enrolled their children into Gaelic education without speaking the language themselves. It answers fears and questions parents may have about the opportunity, such as how they are able to help with homework and how they can still feel very much included in their child’s education.

Musicians also feature in the video, such as singer-songwriter Robert Robertson and member of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Chad Smith, who discuss the benefits of Gaelic education and the effects it has on a child’s future growth.

The video was created to demonstrate to parents how enriching, inclusive and unique Gaelic Education can be and to encourage them to take advantage of Gaelic Medium opportunities.

Councillor Alister Mackinnon, Chair of the Highland Council’s Gaelic Strategy and Implementation Group, said: “This is an excellent video which explains simply and clearly the many benefits of learning more than one language. It shows parents how engaging this type of education can be and how it can provide their child with skills they may not be able to develop elsewhere.”

The video was created by the Council’s Gaelic Team and was funded by the Scottish Government. The Team worked with editor, Donald Ewen who has a key role in the Gaelic soap ‘Bannan’.

The video was previously well-received when it previewed at An t-Alltan, the annual Gaelic Teachers conference and also when it previewed at Highland Council’s Care, Learning and Housing Committee.

The video can be viewed on the Council’s YouTube site from Thursday 8 November onwards at https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHighlandCouncil (external link)

Buannachdan dà-chànanais gan comharrachadh ann am bhidio ùr

Tha Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd a’ cur bhidio ùr ‘Fàs Foghlaim’ air bhog an t-seachdain seo agus e ag amas air pàrantan a tha a’ smaoineachadh air an cuid chloinne a chlàrachadh airson Foghlam tron Ghàidhlig. Tha grunn dhaoine a’ nochdadh sa bhidio agus iad a’ mìneachadh nam buannachdan a tha an lùib Foghlam tron Ghàidhlig agus dà-chànanais.

Tha an t-Àrd-Ollamh Antonella Sorace bho Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann a’ cur an cèill mar a bhios clann òga a’ togail chànanan gu luath agus na sgilean a bhuannaicheas neach bho bhith ag ionnsachadh barrachd air aon chànan.

Tha pàrantan cuideachd a’ nochdadh sa bhidio agus iad air an cuid chloinne a chur tro Fhoghlam tron Ghàidhlig ged nach eil a’ Ghàidhlig aca fhèin. Tha seo a’ freagairt uallaichean is cheistean a dh’fhaodadh a bhith aig pàrantan, leithid ciamar a thèid aca air an cuid chloinne a chuideachadh le obair-dachaigh agus na pàrantan seo ag innse gu bheil iad fhathast a’ faireachdainn gu bheil iad gu mòr an lùib foghlam an cuid chloinne.

Tha luchd-ciùil cuideachd a’ nochdadh sa bhidio, leithid an seinneadair-òranaiche Raibeart MacDhonnchaidh, agus Chad Mac a’ Ghobhainn bho na Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Tha iadsan a’ bruidhinn mu na buannachdan a tha an lùib Foghlam Gàidhlig agus na buaidhean a tha aige air fàs leanaibh san àm ri teachd.

Chaidh am bhidio a chruthachadh gus sealltainn do phàrantan cho beartach, in-ghabhaltach agus àraid ’s a dh’fhaodas Foghlam Gàidhlig a bhith, agus gus am brosnachadh gus brath a ghabhail air na cothroman a tha na lùib.

Thuirt an Comhairliche Alasdair MacFhionghuin, Cathraiche Buidheann Ro-innleachd agus Buileachaidh Gàidhlig Chomhairle na Gàidhealtachd, “’S e bhidio sgoinneil a tha seo agus tha e a’ mìneachadh gu soilleir gu bheil iomadh buannachd an lùib a bhith ag ionnsachadh barrachd air aon chànan. Tha e a’ sealltainn do phàrantan gum faod an seòrsa foghlaim seo a bhith cho tarraingeach agus gum faod e sgilean a thoirt dhan chloinn aca nach tèid aca air a leasachadh, ma dh’fhaodte, ann an suidheachadh eile.”

Chaidh am bhidio a chruthachadh le Sgioba na Gàidhlig aig Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd agus chaidh a mhaoineachadh le Riaghaltas na h-Alba. Dh’obraich an Sgioba leis an neach-deasachaidh Dòmhnall Eòghainn MacFhionghain, aig a bheil prìomh phàirt san dràma Ghàidhlig ‘Bannan’.

Chòrd am bhidio ris an luchd-amhairc nuair a chaidh ro-shealladh a thoirt seachad aig An Alltan, a’ cho-labhairt bhliadhnail do thidsearan Gàidhlig, agus cuideachd nuair a chaidh ro-shealladh a thoirt seachad aig Comataidh Cùraim, Ionnsachaidh agus Taigheadais Chomhairle na Gàidhealtachd.

Chithear am bhidio air làrach YouTube na Comhairle bho Dhiardaoin 8 Samhain air adhart aig https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHighlandCouncil

 

 

Information to support GME curriculum partners⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

A free introductory module is available to develop an awareness of dyslexia.  It may support partners working with schools . To find out more click here.

A new national CLD partnership plan was launched in June. It aims to improve the co-ordination of workforce development opportunities at national and regional level in community learning and development across Scotland.

Gaelic Education Award/Duais Foghlam Gaidhlig⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

The Scottish Education Awards recognise early learning and childcare settings and schools that have developed a vibrant and progressive culture and climate of continuous innovation in relation to Gaelic Medium and Gaelic Learner Education. The culture and ethos should promote respect, ambition and achievement in Gaelic Education while improving outcomes for all learners in ways which eliminate inequity.

Do you know an early learning and childcare centre or school that can respond to the above statement? Then why not nominate them for the Gaelic Education Award?

Nominations close at 12 noon on Wednesday 14 February 2018

PLEASE NOMINATE AT

www.scottisheducationawards.co.uk

Deputy First Minister’s Maths Challenge: GME Version⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

Tha Dùbhlan Matamataig an Leas Phrìomh Mhinisteir ri fhaighinn ann an Gàidhlig an seo:

http://gaelic.readwritecount.scot/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/148167_SCT1117349458-1_DFM_Maths_Challenge_A3_Gaelic-WEB22-1.pdf

Tha sinn an dòchas gun còrd e ruibh.

Deputy First Minister’s Maths Challenge is available through the medium of Gaelic:

http://gaelic.readwritecount.scot/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/148167_SCT1117349458-1_DFM_Maths_Challenge_A3_Gaelic-WEB22-1.pdf

Fun, festive activities to keep your child busy over the holidays!

Bookbug and Read, Write, Count in GME: Professional learning resource.⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

Please see this presentation which gives an overview of the Read, Write, Count initiative.  It explores the potential of Read, Write, Count as a parental engagement tool and discusses practical ways to integrate Read, Write, Count in schools and communities.

The presentation includes how Bookbug and Read, Write, Count has been  used as a support tool for parental engagement and family learning in Gaelic Medium Education. It also  highlights the related impact on Gaelic language development .

* A Glow login is required *

 

LANTRA 2017 – Career Workshops and Skills Events⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

The latest event in a series of  workshops and events on career pathways and skills development in the land-base, aquaculture and environmental industries, will take place on Thursday, 14 December, Westerwood Hotel, Cumbernauld (10am – 3pm). (contact: 01738 310164 or Scotland@lantra.co.uk)

Two recent LANYRA career workshops run for SDS career staff, teachers, DYW regional groups etc. were held in Perth & Lanark. Here are the links to the presentations from industry speakers :

LANTRA’s website offers plenty of information on  exciting and rewarding jobs in this industry sector, especially for Modern Apprentices. Find out more by signing up for our quarterly newsletter or contacting us LANTRA directly.

And:  The new rural skills video has just been published and can be viewed on  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omCE4wlikqo

Sleep in the Park: 1000 Free School Tickets!⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

This year Social Bite are bringing together 9,000 people in Princes Street Gardens, on the 9th of December, for the world’s largest ever Sleep-Out to try and end homelessness in Scotland for good. Participants will be joined by some of the world’s biggest artists to sleep in the cold for one night.
We have invited some amazing musicians to “busk” stripped back acoustics sets including Liam Gallagher, Deacon Blue, Amy Macdonald and Frightened Rabbit. We also have Rob Brydon hosting the event, Sir Bob Geldof sleeping out and John Cleese has agreed to come and read a bedtime story!

The website is: https://www.sleepinthepark.co.uk/
You can see a little video about the event here:

 Sleep In The Park Launch Video.mp4

Please note:  This allocation is for young people 16 and over and they must be accompanied by an adult.

Opportunity for Your School

Ordinarily, in order to participate in the event people have to pay an initial donation of £50 and commit to raise at least £50 more. However, we have had a wealthy individual donate £50,000 to fund the participation of 1,000 School kids (aged 16 and over).

Therefore I am writing to see if you would like to take an allocation of free tickets for children over 16 at your school. The group would need to commit to raising a minimum of £50 or more per person in order to take part, but would not have to pay any initial £50 registration fee as this has been entirely funded. They would also have to be accompanied to the event by a teacher(s).

We are giving the school ticket allocations out on a first come first served basis and we expect the demand to be high and the 1,000 available to be taken quickly. Therefore could you let me know if you would like an allocation of tickets? If so please let me know the number of tickets you would like for your school?

Josh Littlejohn MBE

Social Bite

Co-Founder

t: 0131 220 8206

 

Comhairle nan Leabhraichean Bileag Ùr do Phàrantan⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

Tha Comhairle nan Leabhraichean air bileag ùr a chruthachadh do phàrantan aig nach eil Gàidhlig, aig a bheil clann ann am foghlam tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig. Tha molaidhean agus fiosrachadh ann mu dheidhinn leabhraichean agus goireasan a tha rim faighinn airson diofar aoisean, bho phàistean gu inbhich òga. Cuiribh fios Shelagh is cuiridh iad pasgan dhan sgoil.

The Gaelic Books Council has produced a new leaflet for non-Gaelic speaking parents of children in Gaelic Medium Education. It contains information and advice about books and resources for all ages. Please contact Shelagh for more information.