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All GEM members in Scotland and elswhere are invited to a training day exploring Scots language at the new Robert Burns Birthplace Museum - see below. Please forward to any interested colleagues. Enjoy Burns night tonight - and don't let that haggis boil dry. Mind your Language: The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum and Scots language in today’s curriculum Friday 25th February 2011 10.00 – 3.00pm Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway, Ayrshire The newly-opened Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway provides an ideal venue to consider the place and potential of Scots language activities. A language in its own right, Scots is now an important part of Curriculum for Excellence, and its use in schools has been linked to improvements in all-round literacy, self-esteem and motivation. This training event, planned in collaboration with the National Trust for Scotland will include: A tour of the exciting and innovative Robert Burns Birthplace Museum Presentations by museum staff highlighting the thinking behind the museum and their plans for delivering education A practical session by Matthew Fitt, acclaimed Scots writer and co-founder of Itchy Coo Books, suggesting ways in which you might incorporate Scots language activities into your own formal and informal education programme. Cost: GEM members £20 / Non-members £30 To book: contact Calum Price [log in to unmask] Elspeth Mackay Education and Interpretation Mobile: 07805 076631 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +