November 2008 email update
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Contents
- New NQ resources
- Popular resources
- Website of the month
- Schools' Activity Toolkit
- Connected magazine 22
- Latest news
- Professional development
- Subscription information
New NQ resources
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) - two new resources:
Writing - All Contexts for Higher
A collection of three writing topics, each of which covers a variety of writing skills and contains a variety of tasks.Reading - All Contexts for Higher
Comprises four reading texts, each accompanied by a variety of tasks. A practice assessment, which contains two texts, is also provided to help students prepare for the external reading assessment.
For more information, resources and web links visit NQ subjects: English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
Modern Studies - one new resource:
Modern Studies: Government and Decision Making in Scotland for Access 3
Resources for students and teachers linking this theme to Curriculum for Excellence. Provides a baseline of knowledge for students and activities that can develop knowledge and enable discussion.
Popular resources
View more of the current popular resources.
Geography: Hydrographs
PowerPoint Presentations to Support the Teaching of Intermediate 2 Mathematics
Core Skills Numeracy for Intermediate 1
Music: Listening - Concepts Glossary
Modern Studies: PowerPoint Presentations for Higher and Advanced Higher
Website of the Month - National Museums Scotland
NQ online continues to build upon its collection of useful websites. Every month, one of these new web links is given the accolade of website of the month.
This month's recommendation, National Museums Scotland, provides exciting opportunities for all visitors to learn from its world-class collections of inspiring objects.
The website provides opportunities to explore science and technology, ancient civilizations, world cultures, the history of Scotland and the wonders of the natural world.
NQ: latest added educational websites
Schools' Activity Toolkit
During November, teachers will be encouraged to celebrate and showcase the exciting and enterprising approaches that exist in classrooms up and down the country.
With this in mind, Determined to Succeed has designed a toolkit to help teachers celebrate the enterprising young people in their schools. In the toolkit you will find examples of events you can run in your school, top tips on getting good press coverage and a variety of downloadable templates to help you in the planning process.
Enterprise in Education: Schools' Activity Toolkit
Connected magazine 22
The latest edition of Connected magazine is now available online. Highlights from this issue include a feature on Homecoming Scotland 2009 and news from this year's Scottish Learning Festival.
Latest news
The NQ news page has full details of the stories listed below:
New HMIE report on science published
Timetable for new school exams
BBC Scotland - 'Scotland's History'
National Progression Awards in Enterprise and Employability
Careers/National Qualifications posters
New education programmes at the Scottish Parliament for 2009
Diplomas 'could lead to more dropouts'
Pupils get the wrong results
Support for lifelong learning
Professional development
Scottish CILT Outreach Conference (Inverness, Stornoway, Barra and Benbecula)
FEI and Forest School Networking Event 2008
NQ Modern Studies – The Scottish Penal System
NQ Home Economics – Christmas Cake Decoration
Art and Design: Painting with Andrew Ratcliffe - Glasgow
Art and Design: Textiles with Caroline Earl
Global Classroom Conference for S3-S6
NQ Graphic Communication
Geography Higher
Speaking at Higher and Advanced Higher in French
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