Argyll and Bute Council Community Services: Education

Welcome to the new Education online area for Education in Argyll and Bute. These pages have been developed for the purpose of providing information on the work of Education and access to a range of resources that are used for administration and curricular purposes. Information on individual schools is available on the Argyll and Bute Council Website.

Argyll and Bute's Quality Improvement Team will make a major contribution to their areas of responsibility and future plans include links to the services and resources currently being developed for the Scottish Schools Digital network (SSDN). It is essential that this site is of use to you and if you have any suggestions on how we can improve it, please let us know by emailing web.master@ea.argyll-bute.sch.uk.

About this website

Statement about this website from Douglas Hendry - Director of Community Services and Councillor Dick Walsh - Council Leader.

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Glow FAQ

Glow is a national schools intranet, providing pupils and teachers with an online facility allowing for joined-up working the length and breadth of Scotland.

Click here to view frequently asked questions relating to Glow in Argyll & Bute.

Argyll & Bute's latest Education News

This section of the website will contain up-to-date information on a range of issues that are of high importance and interest to school staff and managers. In turn, schools are invited to submit articles related to projects and events that would be of interest to others. Click here to view a news archive of recent articles.

Bi-ennial Headteachers Conference hailed a success: The recent Headteachers conference in Oban has been hailed as a success by contributors and participants alike. Two days of creative thinking on the theme of 'imagine-invent-create' culminated in the unveiling of a conference website. The site contains the content of the bi-ennial as well as offering delegates a chance to reflect on the 'Big Questions' posed throughout the two days. The site will remain open for some time and the organisers would welcome further contributions and comments on any aspect of the conference. ...more

World Aids Day - 1st December:
In Scotland around 5,400 people are living with HIV and one third of them don't know they have it.
The UK theme for World AIDS Day 2009 will focus on the reality of HIV in the UK today. ...more

CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCES AND ACTION: FREE RESOURCES FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY - CLIMATE CHANGE

The 10:10 campaign –

The 10:10 is an ambitious project to unite every sector of British society behind one simple idea: that by working together we can achieve a 10% cut in the UK’s carbon emissions in 2010.



Schools can register to join the 10:10 school's campaign and receive regular updates as the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit (7 December 2009) approaches with ideas and resources.

SECONDARY RESOURCES

The educational resource 'Stupid or not: Education for a smarter planet' can be obtained at no cost by schools that sign up to be part of 10:10 and pledge to try and reduce their carbon emissions in 2010.

PRIMARY RESOURCES



Primary schools that sign up will get a copy of our PowerDown climate change resource. The offer is limited to the first 1,000 schools that sign up so hurry to ensure you don't miss out!



EVENTS

The Wave:



Tens of thousands of people are going to be marching through London and Glasgow on 5th December to demonstrate support for a safe climate future for everyone.

 If you would like to organise a group from your school to march with Action Aid please email nicola.cadbury@actionaid.org to let them know.



You could hold a Wave solidarity event in your school. Why not make a short film of yourselves to join an online (Mexican) wave? Or ask everyone to dress up in blue, or paint their hands blue and gather everyone together to make a wave photo opportunity.

If you'd like media support for an event like this do get in touch - email Karen.garvin@actionaid.org.



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Health and Wellbeing News: Appointment of Curriculum for Excellence Co-ordinator (Health and Wellbeing), Morag McGinlay has been seconded from Hermitage Academy to support teachers and their schools in planning and preparing for the new curriculum. Her post will also focus on interdisciplinary learning, skills and assessment across learning.
Morag is based at the Colgrain Area Education Office and can be contacted on 01436 678635. ...more

Eco School Success at Lochgilphead Joint Campus: Congratulations to Lochgilphead Joint Campus who have achieved First Green Flag status as a joint campus. This has been the result of hard work and enthusiasm by pupils, parents and staff from all sectors of the joint campus.

This award makes Lochgilphead Joint Campus - secondary sector Argyll and Bute's leading Secondary Eco School.

Congratulations to all concerned. ...more