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From: [REDACTED] Sent: 07 March 2018 14:06 To: [REDACTED] Cc: [REDACTED] Subject: RE: Call yesterday Hi [REDACTED] It was lovely to speak to you and [REDACTED] last week too – thank you both for your time. We are delighted that the First Minister will be joining us on our Lessons from Auschwitz Project visit from Glasgow in the autumn. The provisional dates we have for the seminars which will be held in Glasgow are: Orientation seminar – Sunday 21st October Follow-up seminar – Monday 5th November In terms of our two projects which took place from Scotland last autumn, please see the attached spreadsheet for a list of schools which participated from Edinburgh and Glasgow (please see each individual tab). As discussed, we do have students participating from schools across Scotland but we will also undertake further internal mapping and highlight areas we are particularly keen to target so you can share this with local authority contacts. Thank you for sending through the link relating to the Year of the Young People – I will look at this but my initial impression as you say is that it does seem to link with the Lessons from Auschwitz Project. Best wishes [REDACTED] . [REDACTED] Lessons from Auschwitz Project Holocaust Educational Trust BCM Box 7892 | London WC1N 3XX [REDACTED] www.het.org.uk | donate now The Holocaust Educational Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (1092892) and in Scotland (SC042996). This email may be confidential and is intended solely for the recipient to whom it is addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and then delete it from your server. The views expressed in this email do not necessarily represent those of the Holocaust Educational Trust. 1 From: [REDACTED] Sent: 28 February 2018 12:26 To: [REDACTED] Cc: [REDACTED] Subject: Call yesterday Hi [REDACTED] It was good to speak to you yesterday, thank you for taking the time to give me an overview of the Lessons from Auschwitz programme. On the FM’s participation in the Auschwitz visit in October, if there is any information that would be helpful for her even at this stage do send it on to me. It may be of interest to her to see the range of schools who have participated already. We will try to confirm as soon as possible the likely number of people who will accompany her, for engagements in Scotland it is usually 2/3 people but I will confirm. And I’ll confirm also if I am able to join the group. Do you have the dates for the orientation and follow-up activities yet? I said I would send you some information about Year of Young People. The best place to start is to look on their website - http://yoyp2018.scot/ There are six themes – culture, education, enterprise and regeneration, equality and discrimination, health and wellbeing, and participation – Lessons from Auschwitz fits well with three of those. As [REDACTED] said, we will be in touch again shortly about our grant award for 2018/19 Look forward to hearing from you. [REDACTED] [REDACTED]| Languages Team | Curriculum Unit | Scottish Government | Area 2-B North, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ | [REDACTED] ********************************************************************** This e-mail (and any files or other attachments transmitted with it) is intended solely for the attention of the addressee(s). Unauthorised use, disclosure, storage, copying or distribution of any part of this e-mail is not permitted. If you are not the intended recipient please destroy the email, remove any copies from your system and inform the sender immediately by return. 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For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ 3 School Name School Town School County Airdrie Academy AIRDRIE Lanarkshire Alva Academy ALVA Clackmannanshire Arbroath High School ARBROATH Angus Armadale Academy BATHGATE West Lothian Auchmuty High School GLENROTHES Fife Baldragon Academy DUNDEE Balerno High School EDINBURGH Bannockburn High School STIRLING Biggar High School BIGGAR Lanarkshire Blairgowrie High School BLAIRGOWRIE Perthshire Bo'ness Academy BO'NESS West Lothian Boroughmuir High School EDINBURGH Braes High School FALKIRK Breadalbane Academy ABERFELDY Perthshire Brechin High School BRECHIN Angus Buckie High School BUCKIE Banffshire Calderglen High School EAST KILBRIDE Castlebrae Community High School EDINBURGH Craigmount High School EDINBURGH Culloden Academy INVERNESS Cumnock Academy CUMNOCK Ayrshire Dalkeith High School DALKEITH Midlothian Deans Community High School LIVINGSTON West Lothian Drummond Community High School EDINBURGH Dunbar Grammar School DUNBAR East Lothian Dyce Academy ABERDEEN Earlston High School EARLSTON Berwickshire Elgin Academy ELGIN Morayshire Elgin High School ELGIN Morayshire Falkirk High School FALKIRK Firrhill High School EDINBURGH Forres Academy FORRES Morayshire Forrester High School EDINBURGH Fortrose Academy FORTROSE Ross-shire Gairloch High School GAIRLOCH Ross-shire Galashiels Academy GALASHIELS Selkirkshire Gracemount High School EDINBURGH Grangemouth High School GRANGEMOUTH Stirlingshire Grove Academy DUNDEE Gryffe High School JOHNSTONE Renfrewshire Hazlehead Academy ABERDEEN High School of Dundee - Senior School DUNDEE Inveralmond Community High School LIVINGSTON West Lothian Inverness High School INVERNESS Inverness Royal Academy INVERNESS Jedburgh Grammar School JEDBURGH Roxburghshire Kelso High School KELSO Roxburghshire King's Park Secondary School GLASGOW Kinross High School KINROSS Knox Academy HADDINGTON East Lothian Langholm Academy LANGHOLM Dumfriesshire Larbert High School LARBERT Stirlingshire Lasswade High School Centre BONNYRIGG Midlothian Leith Academy EDINBURGH Lockerbie Academy LOCKERBIE Dumfriesshire Lornshill Academy ALLOA Clackmannanshire Mackie Academy STONEHAVEN Kincardineshire Madras College ST. ANDREWS Fife McLaren High School CALLANDER Perthshire Millburn Academy INVERNESS Monifieth High School DUNDEE Morgan Academy DUNDEE Musselburgh Grammar School MUSSELBURGH East Lothian Newbattle Community High School DALKEITH Midlothian North Berwick High School NORTH BERWICK East Lothian Oldmachar Academy ABERDEEN Peebles High School PEEBLES Perth Grammar School PERTH Peterhead Academy PETERHEAD Aberdeenshire Preston Lodge High School PRESTONPANS East Lothian Prestwick Academy PRESTWICK Ayrshire Queensferry High School SOUTH QUEENSFERRY West Lothian Ross High School TRANENT East Lothian Selkirk High School SELKIRK St. Andrew's and St. Bride's School EAST KILBRIDE St. Augustine's RC High School EDINBURGH St. John's Academy PERTH St. Kentigern's Academy BATHGATE West Lothian St. Luke's High School GLASGOW St. Margaret's Academy LIVINGSTON West Lothian St. Mungo's RC High School FALKIRK St. Paul's RC Academy DUNDEE St. Thomas of Aquin's RC High School EDINBURGH Stirling High School STIRLING Strathallan School PERTH Strathaven Academy STRATHAVEN Lanarkshire The Royal High School EDINBURGH Torry Academy ABERDEEN Trinity High School RENFREW Turriff Academy TURRIFF Aberdeenshire Tynecastle High School EDINBURGH Viewforth High School KIRKCALDY Whitburn Academy BATHGATE West Lothian Woodmill High School DUNFERMLINE Fife Hi [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] It was a pleasure speaking to you yesterday – thank you for your time. As discussed, please find attached the following: A document with the seminar and flight details for the Lessons from Auschwitz Project taking place from Glasgow – our flight numbers and flight times for the day visit on 30th October are: Outbound Glasgow to Krakow Flight Number: LS6561 Depart 6:30 – Arrive 10:20 Return Krakow to Glasgow Flight Number: LS6562 Depart 20:30– Arrive 22:40 The application deadline for schools is Monday 8th October. I have attached a list of schools which have signed up to date – this includes two schools from the First Minister’s constituency so far – Craigholme School and Bellahouston Academy. We have two upcoming LFA visits taking place which you [REDACTED] along with a member of [REDACTED] are welcome to attend to prepare ahead of the visit on 30th October: Wednesday 3rd October – visit from Edinburgh airport Wednesday 10th October – visit from Newcastle airport For both of the visits above you will need to check-in at the airport at 5.00am and we have an anticipated return in the evening at 10.15pm.
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