Delivered by Cleo Jones of Edinburgh City Council at the Annual Conference of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS), which took place 1-3 June 2009.

1. Curriculum for Excellence and School Libraries: the Edinburgh Experience Cleo Jones

19. Staff working together

23. Our Planet A Thoughtful Approach…… 2008

25. Global Warming?

28. Rationale

29. Our Planet – a Thoughtful Approach What are you doing for the 23rd of May? Departments Staff What When How Which groups Drama Liaison with Art & Geography J Rae Displaced Peoples (stimulus – Salgado’s photography) Feb – End of March Intellectual stimulation S3 Standard Grade Chemistry S MacFarlane Fossil Fuels – causes and cures of pollution current Presenting to class, with powerpoints displayed in foyer S3 Standard Grade Business Education Liaison with departments B McGurk and dept Support with posters, powerpoint etc As required Liaison with departments Home Economics S Auchterlonie Food and Flower airmiles / impacts. Nutritional depletion S5/6 History C Moodie and dept Essay competition Term 3 S1 - 3 English J Caldicott Debates on Environmental Issues Term 3 S1 - 3

30. CDT J Thomas and dept Creation of model designed to conserve water and stop water waste in school (UK competition run by Go4SET, supported by an industrial mentor from Halcrow Engineering) Current and by end Feb 10 week programme Developing model where rainwater could be collected & stored for use as grey water which, after filtration, could be used in toilets. Costing repair of leaking taps. Written report, display and model of their idea 6 S2 pupils Music C Madden and dept Possible musical composition and performance (under discussion) Art Liaison with Drama R White P Rodgers Art work based on landscapes. Possible decoration of foyer (under discussion) Portraiture, looking at the visual means of recording human life through portraiture painting and photography Drawings of exotic and endangered species Feb – Apr / may display completed Possible visit to Portrait Gallery, and / or speaker display S3 S2 Geography Liaison with Physics and Drama S McGhee and dept Class work on global warming. Posters Term 3 Classwork and posters S2 Maths Under consideration PE Liaison with SE B Henderson and dept With SE ‘ Ditch the car – it’s not that far, get on your bike or take a hike to school’ Indoor cycling competition with classes on 23 rd May day Posters Term 3 Health promoting assembly Cycling competitions Posters S1 – 3

31. Modern Languages Liaison with CDT, Bus Ed and Drama M Cordner (with CDT and Bus Ed) M Bream (with Drama) Conserving water. Creation of posters. Tying in with Spanish Expo. Information from exchange school in Germany. Environmentally friendly signs around school Drama with environmental message looking at different viewpoints. Essays S5/6, S3/4 S1-3 Religious Education L Malarky “ Peace on Earth” concerning peace within us, between individuals, between nations, and with nature. The final part of the unit will concentrate on the Gaia Theory to tie in with “Our Planet” End of March onwards Classwork, posters, and poems S2 Library D Wild Coordination of project. Events, speakers and resources to support departments. Competitions As required All groups S.E. Liaison with P.E J Mitchell With PE Liaison with PE project ‘Ditch the car…..’ Term 3 S1 – 3 Physics Liaison with Geography D Richardson (liaising with Geography) “ Nuclear Power Station in South Queensferry? – Yes or no” February Research on internet to look at arguments / information. Present on powerpoint S4 standard grade

33. Sebastiao Salgado

38. Honduras Hurricane Project May 2009

46. Huge commitment, and extra work Can we face it?

47. YES WE CAN!!

49. Queensferry High School School of Ambition

51. Step 1 Plan - what information do you need? What is your subject? What do you want to find out about? Ask some questions. What other words or phrases can you think of to describe this subject? Brainstorm - Make a list or draw a mind map Discover the most important words – these will be your keywords. Highlight them . Use your keywords to form a search strategy What do you know about this subject already?

52. Step 2 - Locate - identify helpful resources Make a list of any resources which might help you to find information about your subject Here are some to get you started: Books Newspapers TV Radio Videos Maps The Internet Spreadsheets

54. Step 3 Organise relevant information Examine all the information you have gathered The information which answers your questions is relevant . Keep this. Look again at your questions Discard everything that is not relevant Sort the relevant information to answer your questions

56. Scottish Scientists Quick information about this person Name Date of birth/death Where they were born Where they lived Family Information about the invention or discovery How did it change society then? Why is it still important now? What is this person noted for? List of sources you used to find the information (web sites, books etc)

57. Step 4 Represent relevant information After you have kept only what is relevant - Present your information To do this you might: Write a report or an essay Give a talk Make a slide show Write a song

59. Holyrood High School ExPLORE, Science & Unpacking learning outcomes!

61. Gracemount High School

62. Associated Primary Visits – year 1 Europe Recycling Rainforests