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
Elspeth Mackay
Education and Interpretation
Mobile: 07805 076631
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