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Success Stories III is the third catalogue in an occasional series that records the successful activities that teachers and pupils engage in on a daily basis.
We think that Success Stories is different to other initiatives of this type as it is not themed and embraces a range of ideas from all school sectors – nursery, special, primary and secondary.
Each project is designed in a reader-friendly way to interest and inspire and has handy contact details if you want to find out more.
We like the Success Stories projects because they don’t concentrate on educational jargon such as targets and outcomes!
If you would like to add your project then you can also do this on the Success Stories website or send it to us.
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The national organization for parents' groups in Scottish schools.
We offer help and advice to all parents. On our website you will find advice leaflets and reports, whilst FAQ provides answers to the most commonly-asked questions.
We have a newsletter called "Backchat", Tips and Ideas for activities and fundraisers as well as news from the Scottish Executive and the latest consultations on education changes.
We hope you will find the website useful and would be pleased to get feedback
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Have you received your renewal form for SPTC membership/insurance?
If not, please get in touch with the office as soon as possible using our Feedback form or telephone
Bouncy Castles
This is to confirm that the SPTC membership insurance does cover the use of bouncy castles.
However, it is important to ensure that:-
- there is adequate supervision at all times of those using the bouncy castle and those waiting to get on
- the bouncy castle is never left so that children can use it unsupervised
- the number of children allowed on at any one time is no more than the capacity of the bouncy castle
- children using the bouncy castle are not of vastly different sizes e.g. large teenagers with small primary children (unless the older child is clearly there in a supervisory capacity)
Friday 9 May 2008
Prince’s Trust Community Cash Awards
The Prince’s Trust aims to help young people set up projects that will benefit their community, for example a new basketball court, a music studio, a youth club, sex education workshops in school, a youth advisory board, even a local magazine.
2 July 2008
A Kitchen on Wheels
Watch out for Scotland’s first ever Cooking Bus – a colourful kitchen on wheels teaching cooking and healthy eating skills to children, parents, teachers and community groups.
The Cooking Bus was launched, (I thought that only happened with boats?) by the Scottish Government on June 26th. Children will be able to get on board for lessons in how to cook simple healthy meals as well as essential food handling and preparation skills.
Monday 1 July 2008
Safe Routes to Schools Newsletter
This newsletter is published twice a year and is a free resource. Have a look at what is in the latest edition.
23 June 2008
Fundraising with Minimum Effort and Maximum Financial Return
You can make money for your school with Bag2School who specialise in collecting second-hand clothes in their original condition and selling them to emerging nations.
23 June 2008
A Report from the “Drive 4 Safety” Seminar
Read Miranda Harvey’s report on the Drive 4 Safety Seminar organised by Strathclyde Police. The theme was young road users and how to make them safer drivers
Thursday 19 June 2008
Make money and have a great time with Edinburgh Capitals Ice Hockey Club
The Capitals have asked to let you know about their great new offer!
The Edinburgh Capitals are Scotland’s only professional ice hockey team and compete in the British Elite League. The season runs from September until the end of March and for the coming year they are looking to continue to work closely with schools and clubs to help promote the game of ice hockey. This season they are offering programmes to local schools/clubs which could involve their players visiting your school and holding an assembly for the pupils.
18 June 2008
Consultation – “Safeguarding our Rural Schools and Improving School Consultation Procedures”
A consultation on proposals for improving the way in which school closure proposals might be handled in the future.
The full consultation plus a short summary leaflet is available online on the Scottish Government website at: www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations and via the Parentzone website at www.parentzonescotland.gov.uk
The deadline for responses is Friday 19th September 2008.
18 June 2008
“National Qualifications – the next generation”
How you can get involved.
In the last edition of Backchat we reported on proposed changes to SQA exams. The Scottish Government has now launched its formal consultation and it’s really important that the parental voice is heard.
18 June 2008
At last! A Move Towards Common-Sense
Read about the amendment being brought forward which will mean that Parent’s Groups will no longer need disclosure checks for their meetings.
12 June 2008
Backchat Newsletter - Issue 103 - June 2008
In this issue:-
- Bouncy Castles
- Keeping Children Safe
- Proposals - new qualifications
- Cervical cancer vaccine
- News from you
- Scottish Food Fortnight
Monday 9 June 2008
Playground Partnerships 2008
If you are helping to plan improvements to your school’s play spaces then this may be the answer to your funding problems.
Monday 9 June 2008
A New DVD from Additional Support Needs Tribunals
ASN Tribunals for Scotland have asked us let you know about their new DVD which is available via their website.
For more information go to: http://www.asntscotland.gov.uk
Monday 9 June 2008
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