Monday 22 March

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Presenter/Host

Maker Mondays Design Sprint
Maker Mondays has been created to inspire and develop curiosity, creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. This five day sprint starts with a design challenge on Monday. Over the week, participants will research and develop ideas, sharing creative solutions on Friday. Join us each morning to find out about the next stage of the creative process.
Recording of session on Google Drive.
See resources below.

Clare Hoare
Creative Learning Officer
Stirling Council

COVID: a Creative Crisis or Creative Opportunity? (and what should schools do next?)
The global pandemic has driven a wedge into the landscape of creativity. As it becomes clearer about when schools may re-open it is important we reflect on what we have learnt from the last 12 months of living with COVID and how we can apply these lessons to schools to develop a more creative and resilient society.
Recording of session on YouTube.

Ollie Bray
Strategic Director, Education Scotland

Play your “SKILLS” cards right
How do we develop a consistent language of SKILLS that is shared by pupils, teachers and employers?
Our fun and interactive cards game, developed through the Moray Skills Pathway to support dialogue around skills, allows our young people to develop and take ownership of their skills whilst giving practitioners a useful tool for assessment, profiling and learner conversations.
Recording of session on YouTube.

Maxine Garson
ESO Skills 3-18

Reframing Creativity: Considering school culture and the conditions needed to facilitate creative leadership
Reflecting on inspection evidence, we will consider how school leaders can focus on the development of the features of school culture to support the successful implementation of change to support school improvement.
See presentation below.

Graham Parry, Teri McIntosh and Stuart Cathro, HM Inspectors

Creativity is the ONLY answer
Global leading experts will take you on a creative journey to creatively solve your own problems and then help answer the challenges we face in a post-Covid world.

Global Leading Experts

An Introduction to Creativity Across Learning
Participants will:

• gain a deeper understanding of creativity across learning
• examine the role of creativity skills in teachers and learners
• have a good understanding of the support available for developing creative learning
• gain confidence in planning and assessing creative learning.

Recording of session on YouTube.
Follow-up material - see below

Charlotte Bennett and Lorna MacDonald
City of Edinburgh Council

Creativity, Autonomy, Heutagogy and YOUR Role - Session 1
First, listen to practitioners share their experience (and the experience of their learners) of embracing the ‘unknown’ (and often ‘uncomfortable’) reality of authentic learner autonomy in order to encourage wild creativity. Then, jump into a challenge and experience it for yourself with your learners and share the ups and downs with a supportive community.

Julie Watt, Katy Anderson and Stuart McIntyre, West Lothian Council

Tuesday 23 March

Time

Session

Presenter/Host

Maker Mondays Design Sprint
Maker Mondays has been created to inspire and develop curiosity, creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. This five day sprint starts with a design challenge on Monday. Over the week, participants will research and develop ideas, sharing creative solutions on Friday. Join us each morning to find out about the next stage of the creative process.
See resources below.

Clare Hoare
Creative Learning Officer
Stirling Council

Hack our way to a better world!
Hackathons are design sprints that look to solve real world problems with creative thinking. In this session, you will take part in a mini hackathon, working in groups of peers to design solutions around issues of sustainability.
Recording of session on YouTube.

Mark Irwin and
Jen Hodson
Education Scotland

Multi-generational Learning: From Huts to Tiny Houses
Imagine spending time in a wood, in a cosy hut that you have designed and built yourself. When we set out to achieve this dream, we had no idea of the breadth of the learning journey we’d be taking. My granddaughter and I will share our family’s story so far.

Lorna Jackson and
Mischa Oliver

Embedding Skills in the classroom
This workshop introduces the importance of skills development both now and for the future, preparing young people for the changing world of work. It explores how teachers can embed skills development and build creative skills conversations into their classroom teaching practice.

Elizabeth Dumbell and Susan Rees
Skills Development Scotland

Creative Learning at Home
Creativity is becoming increasingly important in the learning and teaching environment. Please join this session to explore how you can help develop your children’s creativity in the context of home learning.
See presentation below.

Susan Bell
Barbara Atherton
Susan Bell
Kirsty Harker
Madeleine Conn
NPFS

Getting the Craic - practitioners and leaders discuss the realities of promoting creative learning in practice
Practitioners (3-18) and leaders discuss why they continue to drive creative approaches to learning in these challenging times.
See presentation below.

Miriam MacDonald
Professional Learning Team
Highland Council

Teachers as Creative and Lifelong Learners - The Role of Collaborative Professional Learning
This workshop will provide an opportunity to consider the role of professional learning in enhancing creative and lifelong learning. With a particular focus on the Creative Learning Plan’s values-based goals, input and discussion will highlight collaborative professional learning that empowers and embeds change.
Recording of session on YouTube.
See presentation below.

Peter McNaughton
Executive Officer, ADES

Pauline Stephen
Chief Executive and Registrar, GTCS

The Secret Creativity Service - Glasgow CREATE with Vox Liminis
Vox Liminis have developed a teacher resource inspired by an event in Glasgow, where participants were invited to play, explore and create within the fictional world of The Secret Creativity Service. This interactive session will help you find creative ways to use and adapt this resource in your own classroom.
Teacher resource - The Secret Creativity Service (PDF)

Rosie Reid
Vox Liminis

Ailsa Ramage
Glasgow CREATE

Wednesday 24 March

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Session

Presenter/Host

A Creative Breakfast Blether
Creating collaborative communities begins with conversation. Come and join us for an early morning blether to engage collaboratively and creatively! Have a second device available if possible (e.g. laptop + smartphone).
See presentation below.

Lynne Williams and Andrew Pearce
Co-creator and learning designer
Single Steps Learning.

Maker Mondays Design Sprint
Maker Mondays has been created to inspire and develop curiosity, creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. This five day sprint starts with a design challenge on Monday. Over the week, participants will research and develop ideas, sharing creative solutions on Friday. Join us each morning to find out about the next stage of the creative process.
See resources below.

Clare Hoare
Creative Learning Officer
Stirling Council

The Dundee City Partnership approach to a seamless learner journey
An innovative partnership approach by key education partners seeking to implement effective skills profiling from primary school, throughout secondary, into college and beyond.
See presentation below.

George Junor
SDS National CIAG Education Manager

Karen Watson
SDS National CIAG Education Executive

Creative approaches to designing the curriculum at Dyce Primary School
Our curriculum has a strong focus on learning across the four contexts. Each month, a theme is explored through a series of linked activities with strong connections to the local community.
See presentation below.
Recording of session on YouTube.

Jenny Watson
Liam Sturrock, DHT
Gillian Hewitt, DHT

Falkirk Learning for Sustainability Framework – an example of creative and collaborative leadership
This session shares the creation of a framework which supports educational settings with their implementation of Learning for Sustainability as a cross-cutting theme. It demonstrates how this framework provides strategic structures within which practitioners can engage in creative curriculum-making with pupils and peers.
See presentation below.
Recording of session on YouTube.

Yvonne McBlain
Jane Jackson, curriculum support officers
Falkirk Council

Online Learning #NEXTNORMAL - early years and primary
Lynn Taylor and Stephen Bullock will challenge our thinking with big questions about curriculum making and share their work with e-Sgoil developing and delivering innovative digital learning that respond to the refreshed narrative for Scotland’s curriculum and play pedagogies.
See presentation below.
Recording of session on YouTube.

Stephen Bullock and Lynn Taylor
Education Scotland

Wonder Fools - Positive Stories for Negative Times
Positive Stories for Negative Times is an international participatory project by Wonder Fools in association with Traverse Theatre created during the pandemic in response to the lack of physical spaces for young people to participate in creative activities. We will discuss the process, challenges and successes of the project.
Recording of session on YouTube.

Robbie Gordon
Wonder Fools

Jonathan McLean, Interim Creative Learning Officer, Creative Scotland

International Series: In Conversation with Trevor MacKenzie
Trevor MacKenzie will share his passion for inquiry-based learning and how this constructivist approach to instruction can foster student agency and increase engagement for our students. Trevor will discuss how teachers can plan to teach from an inquiry stance, and how students can sharpen their inquiry skills throughout the experience.

YouTube recording of the event.

Additional resources:
Four inquiry qualities at the heart of student-centred teaching
Bringing inquiry-based learning into your class
How to ease students into independent inquiry projects

Annette Beaton
Lead Specialist

Julia Fenby
Education Scotland

Creative Conversation: Don't play with me, 'cos' you're playing with fire
A conversation that focusses on the importance of creativity and play-based learning within educational settings, with guests Ollie Bray and Suzanne Zeedyk, facilitated by David Cameron.
YouTube recording of the event.

Linda Lees
City of Edinburgh Council

David Cameron

Thursday 25 March

Time

Session

Presenter/Host

Maker Mondays Design Sprint
Maker Mondays has been created to inspire and develop curiosity, creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. This five day sprint starts with a design challenge on Monday. Over the week, participants will research and develop ideas, sharing creative solutions on Friday. Join us each morning to find out about the next stage of the creative process.
See resources below.

Clare Hoare
Creative Learning Officer
Stirling Council

What is the place of creative, systems leadership in raising attainment?
Raising educational attainment and improving subsequent life choices is a challenge for not only those working in an education environment but also for young people, families, communities and other public services. It requires leadership practice at all levels that draws from systems thinking and the ability to work across boundaries in order to maximise creative learning opportunities.

Karen Lawson
Collective Leadership for Scotland

Design Thinking in Practice
Stirling’s 2019/20 Ready for Work group worked in collaboration with a local primary school on solutions for more effective use of their playground.
See presentation below.
YouTube video: Ken Robinson - Why is Creativity Important in Education?
YouTube video: Andreas Schleicher (OECD) about Creativity and Critical Thinking Skills
YouTube video: Paul Collard - Creativity, Culture and Education (UK) - about Creativity and Critical Thinking
YouTube video: On Creative Learning, with Paul Collard and Bill Lucas

Clare Hoare
Creative Learning Officer
Stirling Council

Esther Harrington
Ready for Work Learning Coordinator

What does creative leadership in the classroom look like? A virtual staffroom
Bring your lunch and join us for an informal virtual staffroom chat about being a creative leader in the classroom.

Julia Fenby
Education Scotland

Barbara Atherton
Creative Learning Plan

Exploring Creative Leadership – a Conversation
How should we be as leaders? In a conversation with education leaders, Joan MacKay, Head of Curriculum Innovation at Education Scotland, will explore their own sources of creativity and how they use their own creativity skills to make a difference through their leadership and in their lives.

Joan Mackay
Head of Curriculum Innovation, Education Scotland

Carrie Lindsay
Chair of ADES,
Executive Director for Education and Children’s Services, Fife Council

Martin Boyle
Executive Director, Glasgow Colleges Regional Board

Shirley Stuart
HT North Walls School, Orkney,

Greg McDowell
HT West Calder High School, West Lothian

Creativity, Autonomy, Heutagogy and YOUR Role - Session 2
After jumping into the challenge and experiencing it for yourself with your learners and share the ups and downs with a supportive community. Get back together to reflect, question, and laugh (probably)!

Julie Watt, Katy Anderson and Stuart McIntyre, West Lothian Council

Creative Thinking – A New Qualification
In August 2021 secondary schools across Scotland will pilot the new Creative Thinking qualification. This will be resourced and supported by Daydream Believers. You are invited to be part of this exciting opportunity and help put creative thinking at the heart of the curriculum.

Helena Good
SDS

Ruth Cochrane
Napier University

Friday 26 March

Time

Session

Presenter/Host

Maker Mondays Design Sprint
Maker Mondays has been created to inspire and develop curiosity, creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. This five day sprint starts with a design challenge on Monday. Over the week, participants will research and develop ideas, sharing creative solutions on Friday. Join us each morning to find out about the next stage of the creative process.
See resources below.

Clare Hoare
Creative Learning Officer
Stirling Council

IDL: Ambitious learning for an increasingly complex world
Following from the IDL thought paper, this workshop will explore what value an IDL approach can bring to learning and will share some service design tools to re-ignite conversation on Interdisciplinary Learning.
See presentation below.

Elizabeth McGuire
Senior Education Officer

Andrew Brown
Senior Education Officer
Education Scotland

‘This Is Who We Are’: North Walls School, Hoy
North Walls School has been working with Hidden Giants through 2019-2021, supported by the Creative Learning Network. The focus has been to develop pupil-led learning through creative curriculum design.

Emma Gee
Arts Officer
Orkney Council

Say YES to the mess – Leading through systematic change
How we are coming together to keep children, young people, and communities safe, healthy, and thriving in Aberdeen through the formation of the Fit Like Hubs.
Youtube video: Say YES to the mess – Leading through systematic change.

Iona Mitchell
Children First

Margaret Stewart
Aberdeen City Council

Any of this making sense? A virtual staffroom
Stirling and Hidden Giants would like to invite you to our virtual staffroom. There are no biscuits, only great conversations about reimaging learning. Bring your lunch and your experiences and together we will try to make sense of it all.

Clare Hoare
Creative Learning Officer
Stirling Council

Paul Gorman
Creative Producer, Hidden Giants

Arts in Education Recovery Group
An Introduction to the Arts in Education Recovery Group (AiERG), with presentations from member organisations Starcatchers, Catherine Wheels and YDance on respective projects related to Creativity in Learning and Leadership.

Jonathan McLean, Interim Creative Learning Officer, Creative Scotland

Creative Leadership and Curriculum Design in a Remote Learning Setting
Curriculum development and leadership development are intertwined. Using the context of one strand of the National e-Learning Offer, specifically the partnership of e-Sgoil and Education Scotland, this session will focus on initiatives in S1-3 programme including the craft of curriculum design.

Andrew Brown
Senior Education Officer
Education Scotland

Marc McWhirter
DHT e-Sgoil

Collective Sense Making Campfire
Join us for a conversation with an end-of-week vibe. We will reflect on what has happened during the festival, try to make sense of it, and figure out what it all means as we move into the weekend. Bring your stories, put your feet up, and we’ll toast your marshmallows.

Julia Fenby
Education Scotland

Paul Gorman
Hidden Giants