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Search for the stars of education
16/12/2009
The Scottish Education Awards 2010, which will celebrate the achievements of pupils and teachers in Scotland, were launched at Mearns Primary today.
Education Secretary Michael Russell launched the campaign to find the best projects from across Scotland in 15 categories including Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and Numeracy across Learning, Sustainable School and Teacher of the year.
During his visit to Mearns Primary - last year's Most Enterprising Primary winners - Mr Russell was interviewed for a podcast about the Education Awards by primary six pupils.
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Mr Russell said:
"There is fantastic work going on in schools the length and breadth of Scotland and many achievements that should be recognised and celebrated.
"This could be an innovative way of helping learners develop core skills such as literacy, or imaginative projects to teach pupils about issues such as enterprise or climate change.
"The Scottish Education Awards are about finding, highlighting and praising the success of staff, pupils and schools across 15 different key areas.
"The strength of both winners and applications from last year shows the world class nature of Scottish education. The pupils who interviewed me for the podcast at Mearns Primary are a real credit to the school and I look forward to hearing the end result.
"I hope schools, parents, pupils and teachers across Scotland will be inspired to think about what they're doing that could be a good example to others. So if you think your school has got the "x factor" get online and nominate your school for the Scottish Education Awards."
The Scottish Education Awards have been running since 2001 and are open to all publicly funded schools, including nursery, primary, secondary and special schools.
Nominations can be made online.
The 15 awards are:
- Health and Wellbeing Award
- Getting Scotland Active Award
- Literacy and Numeracy across Learning Award
- Enterprise and Employability across Learning Award (Primary and Early Years)
- Enterprise and Employability across Learning Award (Secondary)
- Entrepreneurial Learning Award
- Aiming High Award
- Sustainable Schools Award
- Global Citizenship Award
- Learning through Technology Award
- Educational Supporter of the Year
- Probationary Teacher of the Year
- Teacher of the Year
- Headteacher of the Year
Listen to the Mearns Primary Podcast
Nominations close on March 5, 2010 and the Awards ceremony will be held in City Halls in Glasgow in June 2010.