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.
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.
A wee poem fer Burns season
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.
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 πΆπΆπ»π₯πͺπβ€οΈβοΈ
Aye, same!
E sun sets on 2025. Hae a Cantie Hogmanay an a Gweed N'eer ti een an aa π
Last day o term an gings wioot sayin, Filibeg Friday. Hae a cantie yule an a guid Hogmanay abdy!
Enjoyed playing for the opening of the Men's Shed in Portsoy, and then ended up in a 90th Birthday Party.
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.
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.
Bonnie nicht, gowden oor.
Foggie bummers an sunflooers
Bluesky thinking, but we're nae too far awa.
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...
Luikit at ma board yestreen, an thocht......I love ma job!
Middle een is an anagram fer an Aiberdeenshire village - onybdy? #scottishstudies #scotslanguage #geography
πΏβ¨ Bursting with pride!
Our PBL & Scots students in Banff are using Doric to reply to Gaza pupilsβ stories of place, loss, cultural loss & resilienceβlinking lost words with biodiversity decline. Language shapes our bond with nature & connects us across cultures. @karenadamsnp.bsky.social
A great book - get a copy!
Abdy need a thinkin pod. Great day at Pairlament yestreen.
ποΈ Weel deen the @pressandjournal.co.uk
fer supporting multilingual press fer oor indigenous leids. New cless display πΌοΈ
A great project. Very proud of my colleagues at Banff Academy. Just off to buy the paper!
A dreich but poignant day at Culloden wi a puckle faimlie, mindin i fallen. Hunners o fowk fae aa ower i Wirld attended.
Come awa ben ti the renovatit Tarlair Community Cafe, Macduff.
The day's holiday darg, sparked by Spring, a wee guide ti nature fer scweelbairns - sae important they connect wi nature an wirdies.
Scots an creativity at scweel - wow! Fantoosh wirk fae thon quine!