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Determined to Succeed - Case Studies - Current

During the academic session 2009/10 staff across Argyll and Bute will be engaged in a variety of enterprise education projects. Updates and final case studies on all of these projects will be placed on the website as information becomes available. However, a basic outline of all projects can be obtained by clicking the relevant link below.

2009-2010 Primary Challenge Fund Bids

The following projects have been awarded enterprise funding for implementation during 2009-2010 session.

SCHOOL	PROJECT
Achahoish Primary	Creative Footprints Click here to download (PDF)
Achaleven Primary	Have a green Christmas Click here to download (PDF)
Arinagour Primary	Coll Cook Book
Cowal Primary Schools	The Cooking Bus
Dalmally Primary	Outdoor Classroom Click here to download (PDF)
Drumlemble Primary	Home Grown Click here to download (PDF)
John Logie Baird	Healthy Tuck Click here to download (PDF)
Kilchattan Primary	Geology of Colonsay Leaflet Click here to download (PDF) Click here to download leaflet page 1 (PDF) Click here to download leaflet page 2 (PDF)
Kilmartin Primary	Rainforest Survival Click here to download (PDF)
Lochgilphead Primary	P4 Nursery Project Click here to download (PDF)
Park Primary	5-a-day Takeaway Click here to download (PDF)
Rothesay Primary	Young Green Fingers Click here to download (PDF)
St Mun’s	Book Saving Project Click here to download (PDF)
Strachur Primary	Room 13 Click here to download (PDF)
Toward Primary	Nature Detectives

Secondary Challenge Fund Bids 09-10

The following projects have been awarded enterprise funding for implementation during 2009-2010 session.

SCHOOL	PROJECT
Campbeltown	Promoting local produce Click here to download (PDF)
Dunoon	Homecoming 2009 Click here to download (PDF)
Hermitage Academy	Jewelry Making
	Vegetable Planters
Islay High	Social Enterprise Projects
Oban High	Professional Master Classes
Rothesay Academy	Fun Maths Roadshow Click here to download (PDF)
	Learn 2 Learn
Tarbert Academy	Bird & Bat Box Project Click here to download (PDF)
	TarbART Click here to download (PDF)
	S2 Food and Restaurants Click here to download (PDF)

Enterprising Careers 8th National Conference

On the 27th February 2009, our Principal Teachers of Enterprise and a few of their colleagues from various schools attended the above conference which was organised by "Enterprising Careers".
The aim of the event was to explore the links between schools and employeers and the way in which they can learn from each other. The conference featured a series of workshops of enterprise and business partnerships, as well as a number of keynote speakers.

Coming Soon!...
Each teacher will be putting together a short report, to share what they learned/experienced on one of the workshops that they attended.

Jayne Smith - PT of Enterprise, Tiree High School
Click here to download Jayne's Report (PDF)

Colin Gillespie - Teacher, Oban High School
Click here to download Colin's Report (PDF)

Kirsten Muir - Teacher, Hermitage Academy
Click here to download Kirsten's Report (PDF)

Excellence in Education through Business Links (EEBL)

Excellence in Education through Business Links (EEBL) – is a programme administered by Careers Scotland that gives teaching staff the chance to spend an agreed period of time with a specific company. Teachers and schools are given the opportunity to develop a significant understanding of a current area of the labour market, or business sector activity, through planned placements. The placements can last for anything between 2 and 5 days.

Teachers can opt to undertake a placement during term time or during their holidays, and in certain cases it will count towards their CPD McCrone time. During 2006/07 Argyll and Bute teachers participated in a range of placements across Scotland. These included:

Earth & Space Placement Teachers from across Scotland were invited to spend 1 day at a Dobbies Garden Centre and 1 day at the Glasgow Science Centre discovering alternative methods of teaching about earth and space within their classroom. Nine members of staff across Argyll and Bute participated in this 2 day programme.

Gaelic Placement 4 members of teaching staff travelled to Sabhal mor Ostaig, the Gaelic College on Skye to investigate the various career paths open to Gaelic speakers. In addition, 2 members of staff attended a 5 day placement with the Gaelic unit at the BBC.

Outdoor Capital UK, Fort William Fort William has a lot to offer Scotland and has been named at the outdoor capital for the UK. 3 members of staff attended a one day seminar to discover just what Fort William has to offer and how these outdoor activities and events can contribute to the secondary curriculum.

Hospitality Seminar Scotland has a growing hospitality sector and a member of Oban High school teaching staff heard all about the careers on offer at a one day event held in Aviemore.

Ardkinglas Estate Cairndow 2 primary teachers from Drumlember Primary are spending time working with Ardkinglas Estate. They are putting together an educational package that can be used with children visitors to the estate and also in the classroom to explain how estate people used to live.

Forestry Commission A member of staff from Rhu Primary has spent considerable time with the Forestry Commission devising a programme of events and an educational pack/video that can be used with primary pupils visits.

The basics of EEBL are outlined in the following leaflet
Click here to download (PDF)

For further information on teacher placements and the EEBL programme please contact
Liz Simpson
Careers Scotland – HIE
24 Argyll Street
Dunoon, PA23 7HJ
T: 01369-705816
E: Elizabeth.simpson@careers-scotland.org.uk

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