Education
The Battle of Prestonpans
Children aged between 10 and 17 are being invited to take part in a brand new project to mark the 275th anniversary of the Battle of Prestonpans, one of the most significant battles in Scottish history. Entries which commemorate the battle – which can be in prose, poetry or art and design – should be…
Read MoreWindow on the world
Day pupils at the Royal Blind School, run by Scottish charity Royal Blind, are accessing the world using special braille devices as the coronavirus lock-down continues. The BrailleNote Touch, small devices which have a braille keyboard and a refreshable braille display, are being used by visually impaired pupils to continue their learning while at home.…
Read MoreNew Warden at Glenalmond
Perthshire boarding school Glenalmond College has a new headmaster. Dr Michael Alderson recently joined the school as its new Warden, taking over from Hugh Ouston, who stepped down this month after a 15-month interim role at the helm. Dr Alderson was most recently Deputy Head at Durham School, and began his teaching career in 2000 after…
Read MorePupils booked up for an exciting train journey
Pupils at a Scots school received a visit from the authors of an exciting new book. Prior to schools closing with the coronavirus pandemic, more than 150 East Lothian school children listened to bestselling and award-winning author Maya Leonard and her co-author Sam Sedgeman talk about their brand new book, Adventures on Trains: The Highland…
Read MoreGlasgow Science Centre goes online
Glasgow Science Centre will be releasing free online science content every day at 10am so that people at home don’t have to miss out. After the centre announced it would close to the public this week, the team decided the best way to keep people engaged with science was to take content online. The result…
Read MorePerthshire minis receive new Glenalmond shirts
Glenalmond College has presented Perthshire Rugby minis with brand new rugby strips featuring the logo of the Perthshire school, which is the new official partner of the mini section. Graham Smith, director of sport at Glenalmond College, presented the new shirts to Carol Ann Rose, head of the minis, joined by players and coaches at…
Read MoreGordonstoun School to open in Nova Scotia
A new Gordonstoun School will be built in Nova Scotia, a Canadian province with historic links to the original Scottish school. A consortium led by Canadian businessman Edward Farren, with the cooperation of the local government, will build a 250- acre campus in Annapolis County, where pupils will be able to benefit from an education…
Read More‘Digital school’ readied for coronavirus shut down
A Scots school is preparing to go digital as it readies itself for a coronavirus shut down. As teachers, pupils and parents around the country are concerned about the effect that coronavirus may have for the education of young people, Lomond School is planning to ensure that teaching can continue ahead of the busiest exam…
Read MoreUncover true potential at Kilgraston School
Every school claims to be special, but when visitors come to Kilgraston, they say that this school feels ‘feel different’… and that’s because it is. Kilgraston have got the outstanding academic results; they’ve got the state of the art sports facilities, the only onsite school equestrian centre in Scotland, exceptional pastoral care and 54 acres…
Read MoreHagrid returns to school for World Book Day
Pupils and staff at Glenalmond College in Perthshire really entered into the spirit of World Book Day, even welcoming Harry Potter character Hagrid to the school. Robbie Coltrane, who played Professor Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, attended Glenalmond as a boy. However, this week it was the statuesque Mark Nichols, Glenalmond’s head of…
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