Schools can apply for grants up to £5000 to test an element of the draft Film and Screen curriculum with classes from Early Years to S3, or to design and deliver screen education projects for schools.
It looks like School strikes will go ahead on 26, 27 and 28 September.
The Scottish Government has published a list of Local Authority areas where inspections have identified Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in their schools. There are 16. Orkney Islands Council has confirmed that there is none in the islands’ schools.
“By investing in our young people, we are all investing in a sustainable future for our islands and beyond.” Richard Ryder – Operations Manager for Stagecoach Orkney
“In what can only be described as a complete dereliction of duty, it was not until 18:56 on Sunday 3 September that the UK Government shared four pages of RAAC photographs dating as far back as 2018—not detailed or comprehensive structural reports but photographs with the bare minimum of supporting context. To be frank, the engagement has been insulting.” Shirley Ann Somerville
“Throughout the history of the games the host island has always chosen a mascot for their event, and Orkney will be no different” says the games director, Kirsty Talbot.
Workers in Education and early years services across 10 councils in Scotland have voted for industrial action.
Around 70 young people gathered to compete in a variety of Science Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) challenges set by industry who provided an insight of the different career paths available in the STEM sector.
Orkney International Science Festival has announced its schools programme for this year. Each year in addition to its public programme, which is freely available to school pupils to visit, the Festival provides a special further programme for schools only, delivered direct to the various individual schools with no charge.
The pupils of Sanday school are in for scary operatic experience on May 30th with ‘The Curse of MacCabbra Opera House’ from Scottish Opera.
