LILAC 2010 Presentation - Christine Irving, Scottish Information Literacy Project Begin at the beginning - Information and Critical Literacy in Curriculum for Excellence Early & First Level (Nursery & Primary Schools)

1. The Scottish Information Literacy Project: working with partners to create an information literate Scotland LILAC 29th March 2010 - Limerick Begin at the beginning - Information and Critical Literacy in Curriculum for Excellence Early & First Level (Nursery & Primary Schools) Christine Irving, Researcher / Project Officer, Scottish Information Literacy Project [email_address]

8. Looking @ Practice Information Literacy in Junior (Primary) 1 St Margaret’s School, Edinburgh

9. Looking @ Practice Finding and using information : Early Level I listen or watch for useful or interesting information and I use this to make choices to learn new things. LIT 0.04a Information Literacy in Junior (Primary) 1 St Margaret’s School, Edinburgh

10. Looking @ Practice Finding and using information : selecting books in groups to find information about a particular night animal that the group had chosen i.e. a fox, badger, bat. Information Literacy in Junior (Primary) 1 St Margaret’s School, Edinburgh

11. Looking @ Practice A rt of the week Rodin’s Thinker Children look at the piece of art and say what they think it is about. Teacher scribes their thoughts. Information Literacy in Junior (Primary) 1 St Margaret’s School, Edinburgh

13. Looking @ Practice Research & Evaluation Information Literacy in Junior (Primary) 2 St Margaret’s School, Edinburgh By investigating the range of foods available I can discuss how they contribute to a healthy diet. HWB 1-30a Research activity – ‘Facts about our topic’ – working in pairs the children research a topic (fruit, vegetables, bread, dairy products) finding interesting facts about their topic using a selection of books from the school library that the teacher had picked and displayed in her classroom. Evaluation Exercise - working in pairs the children had to discuss with their partners and use the evaluation form (see attached photo) to carry out an ‘Evaluation of my Picallili Monster’.