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Summer 2015
Photo Competition Winner Our Photo14 competition attracted a lot of entries, and our three judges deliberated long and hard over the outcome. The theme was “what Scotland means to me”, and we received a variety of interpretations, from images of munros and monuments to the odd bottle of Irn Bru. The overall winner, though, was Rona Stewart’s picture of three rams looking through a fence (below). The judges said “Rona’s photo is a fantastic composition. It’s sharp, beautifullyframed and captures her Highland heritage.” Rona won an iPad for herself and 10 iPads for Kingussie High School, where she is currently studying for her Highers. Rona was presented with her prize at an assembly on a sunny April morning in Kingussie. She is pictured here with her art teacher David Douglas, and Andrew James of Scran.
Y There were also two further winners of the Photo14 competition. See page 3 for more details. Images © Rona Stewart/Jackie Sangster
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Nepal images on Scran Like many of you, we were shocked by the images of the recent earthquakes in Nepal. For any teachers or others who would like
Costa Rica
to explore this topic and place it in context, we have a great deal of Nepalese material on Scran, thanks to Scottish travellers and institutions, who have been collecting material over the years.
Scran continues to showcase images from around the world, including a wonderful new set of photographs of Costa Rica from Cairns Aitken. These colourful photos showcase the many charms of the country, from its exotic wildlife to its food and its
These images include religious scenes (the population is largely
people. This great new resource will be of value to
Hindu), as well as aspects of everyday life and culture in Nepal,
geography and global citizenship lessons, as well as
and a fantastic look at the music of Nepal by ethnologist Jean
to teachers of art & design and FE students studying
Jenkins. We also have a number of diagrams of seismic activity
travel and tourism.
from the Oxford Designers and Illustrators.
Images Š Cairns Aitken / Cairns Aitken / Cairns Aitken/ Oxford Designers and Illustrators
Primary winner
ASN winner
The winner in the Primary section of our recent Photo14 competition was Angus Johnston of Dunbarney Primary School. His image of two boys jumping into Portsoy Harbour was judged to be the most accomplished of the hundreds of entries we received.
A joint effort by the Tiree class at Isobel Mair School was the winner of the ASN section of our Photo14 competition. The children explored their local surroundings and took lots of photos of the environment. The judges found this image of a The judges said "There was just such a sense of fun that
mysterious path through a wood particularly striking; they
came across in this one. The facial expressions of the
commended it for its sense of "calmness" and the feeling
boys jumping into the water were just fantastic, and so
that you “really could be there in the photograph.” The
well captured.” Angus said “I chose this photo because
members of the class were particularly excited when Scran
it captures a picture of enjoyment and also it is filled
presented them with their prize of a set of iPads at special
with light just waiting for a photographer to come along
school assembly, and you can see this in the picture (below)
and capture the inspiring photo."
we took on the day!
Angus received an iPad for himself, and three further iPads for the school. Images ©Angus Johnston/Isobel Mair School/Neil Fraser
You can see all three winners’ photos (which will soon be joined by the other entrants’ pictures) at: http://www.scran.ac.uk/s/photo14
HIV/Aids Archives
Public Engagement 2015 We are working ever more closely with schools, colleges and libraries to spread the word about Scran’s 480,000 fantastic records, along with its tools and text. If you’d like us to visit you for a refresher session, training or taster session, or take part in a learning event in your area, do get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.
We are very pleased to add a large number of posters, leaflets and other materials to Scran, courtesy of Lothian Health Services Archive. These promotional items were part of the campaign to educate young people about the dangers of HIV/Aids in the 1990s, and while they have a certain historic value, the message is still as important today. These will be of immense value to anyone teaching or studying citizenship, public health or biology, as well as to art & design and social subjects students and teachers. See the full collection here.
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Schools – jackie.sangster@rcahms.gov.uk T: 0131 651 6817 Schools/FE and HE – andrew.james@rcahms.gov.uk T: 0131 651 6816 Lifelong Learning – helen.foster@rcahms.gov.uk T: 0131 651 6815 General enquiries – www.scran.ac.uk T: 0131 662 1456 Images © Lothian Health Services Archive/Carney Heritage Productions
Carney Heritage Videos We are grateful to Don Carney of Carney Heritage Productions for kindly licensing a number of long-form video clips on historic Aberdeenshire to Scran. Available to view at http://www.scran.ac.uk/s/1089+in+project , the videos show various aspects of rural life in the past, including farming, education, home life and the memories of a prisoner of war in World War II. They’re ideal for cross-curricular work, covering Language & Literacy, Social Subjects, Mathematics and Health & Wellbeing. Subscribers are free to view and download these superb clips for personal and educational use.