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Jamie Fairbairn

@drfairbairn

Scots Language, Geography, Music, outdoors, drams, family, writing, films, fun. 4 x winner Scots Language Awards. SQA Senior Verifier Scots. OU tutor. Teacher.

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Sheena Blackhall, oor northeast makar, was celebrated today in S3 Scots, completing an important outcome for the bairns' Scots Language Award SQA. Great work fae the bairns.

28.01.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A wee poem fer Burns season

23.01.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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So prood o ess quine, fa put in a 9 page essay aboot the history and development o Scots, despite debilitating struggles. Here she demonstrates fit wye we need to keep doing Scots at school.

15.01.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.01.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anither cracker o a Hogmanay in ess placie wi toppers o fowk, pipe and drum, sangs, piana, fiddles, mandolin, guitars, gemmes, fine food, Ceilidh duncin, mair singin an Auld Lang Syne 🎢🎢🎻πŸ₯πŸͺ•πŸ˜Šβ€οΈβ„οΈ

02.01.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aye, same!

31.12.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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E sun sets on 2025. Hae a Cantie Hogmanay an a Gweed N'eer ti een an aa 🎊

31.12.2025 16:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last day o term an gings wioot sayin, Filibeg Friday. Hae a cantie yule an a guid Hogmanay abdy!

19.12.2025 12:03 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Enjoyed playing for the opening of the Men's Shed in Portsoy, and then ended up in a 90th Birthday Party.

11.10.2025 18:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're definitely progressing with the GTCS recognised training programme for Scots Language learning and teaching across the land. This includes practitioners who have engaged with the course in the first 4 cohorts and the pilot at Banff Academy.

07.10.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Doric column in iday's @pressandjournal.co.uk, aa aboot a veesit fae e Vikings. Gey important at oor mither tongues are alive in e media.

27.09.2025 16:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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14.09.2025 13:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bonnie nicht, gowden oor.

26.08.2025 19:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Foggie bummers an sunflooers

19.08.2025 06:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bluesky thinking, but we're nae too far awa.

14.08.2025 10:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My column in the P&J today is about Whitehills, Blackpots and the Red Well. It features a great poem by pupil Leland. Awa get yer copy!
pressreader.com/article/2846...

21.06.2025 07:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Luikit at ma board yestreen, an thocht......I love ma job!
Middle een is an anagram fer an Aiberdeenshire village - onybdy? #scottishstudies #scotslanguage #geography

12.06.2025 09:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🌿✨ Bursting with pride!
Our PBL & Scots students in Banff are using Doric to reply to Gaza pupils’ stories of place, loss, cultural loss & resilienceβ€”linking lost words with biodiversity decline. Language shapes our bond with nature & connects us across cultures. @karenadamsnp.bsky.social

10.06.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

A great book - get a copy!

30.05.2025 17:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Abdy need a thinkin pod. Great day at Pairlament yestreen.

30.05.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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23.05.2025 08:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ—žοΈ Weel deen the @pressandjournal.co.uk
fer supporting multilingual press fer oor indigenous leids. New cless display πŸ–ΌοΈ

28.03.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A great project. Very proud of my colleagues at Banff Academy. Just off to buy the paper!

27.04.2025 12:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A dreich but poignant day at Culloden wi a puckle faimlie, mindin i fallen. Hunners o fowk fae aa ower i Wirld attended.

20.04.2025 07:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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16.04.2025 21:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Come awa ben ti the renovatit Tarlair Community Cafe, Macduff.

13.04.2025 17:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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09.04.2025 16:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The day's holiday darg, sparked by Spring, a wee guide ti nature fer scweelbairns - sae important they connect wi nature an wirdies.

05.04.2025 11:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scots an creativity at scweel - wow! Fantoosh wirk fae thon quine!

28.03.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0