Sharing practice for global citizenship

Brucehill tots speak Scots

Using the Scots language as a context for learning, this project aimed to help parents/carers to support their child’s literacy development with particular emphasis on talking and listening skills.

Published on 17 July 2012

The United Nations: The Girl Effect

Video featuring Trinity Academy, Edinburgh, showing student-led interdisciplinary learning looking at global issues. Published by the Scottish Government, on the Vimeo website, to illustrate the impacts and benefits that Curriculum for Excellence is having in secondary schools.

Published on 21 February 2012

Creativity Portal - Big Hairy Hamish: The Monster Who Cared

Discover how Scottish Opera worked with 27 primary schools to introduce pupils from pre-school to P4 to the importance of recycling. (Requires Glow login)

Published on 20 January 2012

Entrepreneurial skills - Anderson High School

International links at Anderson High School in Shetland have helped a group of young people who require more choices and more chances.

Published on 22 August 2011

Entrepreneurial skills - Lenzie Academy

A.G. Barr Food and Drink challenge provides an insight into the entrepreneurial skills required to operate a successful business programme that encourages young people to take responsibility and ownership of the challenge

Published on 12 August 2011

Clim-ATIC Media Project

An interdisciplinary, multi school partnership project exploring impacts, opportunities and adaptations associated with climate change in the Cairngorms National Park through the medium of film making.

Published on 31 May 2011

Woods for Learning

Case studies that highlight a number of different examples of the way that woodland environments can provide a rich resource and context for learning.

Published on 17 May 2011

Entrepreneurial skills - Auchenlodment Primary School

The Fantastic Forests project at Auchenlodment Primary School in Johnstone gave P7 pupils the opportunity to develop enterprise and entrepreneurial skills by devising a series of themed walks in nearby Bluebell Woods.

Published on 4 April 2011

Lasswade Primary - Interdisciplinary learning

In August 2009 as part of their planned programme for developing Curriculum for Excellence, staff at Lasswade Primary decided on Scotland as a focus for interdisciplinary learning and global citizenship activities across the school.

Published on 29 March 2011