Education
Fife kids get ‘Fish in the Classroom’
PUPILS in Fife have been learning about the River Leven thanks to a project called “Fish in the Classroom”. The children have been looking after brown trout eggs in school until they hatch and develop before releasing the baby fish into their local river, the Leven. Coaltown of Balgonie, Coaltown of Wemyss, and East Wemyss…
Read MoreArt contest marks King’s coronation
WINNERS of an art competition to mark the King’s coronation will receive £50 gift voucher from the Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) to spend on arts and craft. The organisers are encouraging blind and partially-sighted children and young people to share a royal-themed piece of artwork by participating in the competition, adding that entrants…
Read MoreSchools news: international women’s day and more
Peter Ranscombe rounds-up the latest news from Scotland’s schools on International Women’s Day. THE High School of Glasgow has been given a shirt by Maryam Faisal, one of its sixth-year pupils, to mark her inclusion in the first women’s Scottish Under 19 World Cup cricket team. Faisal was part of the 15-strong squad that represented…
Read MoreGrowing Future Assets contest unveils finalists
NINE teams from throughout Scotland have made it through to the finals of the Growing Future Assets Competition on 9 March. The contest is designed to “encourage young women to consider a career in the world of investment management”. During the competition, pupils research and analyse a company and then outline the case for investing…
Read MoreJackie Bird helps pupils with time travel
TELEVISION presenter Jackie Bird helped pupils travel back in time at one of the National Trust for Scotland’s (NTS’s) properties. Bird, who is president of the NTS, joined children from St Vincent’s Primary School when they visited Pollok House to take part in a trial of “Timesliders”, the trust’s new education programme. She helped pupils…
Read MoreSchools news round-up: Space, tennis and more
Peter Ranscombe rounds-up the latest news from Scotland’s schools. PUPILS from The High School of Glasgow met former astronaut Anousheh Ansari at the Glasgow Science Centre. Ansari became the first female space tourist, the first astronaut of Iranian decent, and the first Muslim woman in space when she spent 11 days on the International Space…
Read MoreSchools news round-up: Tedx, music, and more
Pay attention at the back – Peter Ranscombe shares the latest news from Scotland’s schools. PIANIST William Liu has been crowned Strathallan School’s first ever “young musician of the year” in the Perthshire institution’s senior school. His performance of Chopin’s Revolutionary Etude won him the top spot. “It gives me a lot of confidence and…
Read MoreSchools news round-up: Trees, music, and more
Peter Ranscombe calls the register as he rounds-up news from Scotland’s schools. Quiet at the back. BELHAVEN Hill School in East Lothian has planted a forest full of native species to celebrate the school’s sentenary and to join the “Queen’s Green Canopy” initiative. “The native saplings were locally sourced from Cheviot Trees, and consist of…
Read MoreGlenalmond College appoints its next warden
GLENALMOND College, the independent boarding school in Perthshire, has named Mark Mortimer as its next warden. Mortimer – who joins from Bryanston and Warminster, two independent boarding schools in the south of England – will take over from Michael Alderson on 1 January. Alderson and his wife, Emma, are returning to England after three years…
Read MoreStrathallan hails British Horse Vaulting Champion
STRATHALLAN School in Perthshire is celebrating the victory of one of its pupils at the British Horse Vaulting Championships. Eva Sinclair, 12, began horse vaulting with Kinross Vaulting Group as a hobby during the coronavirus lockdowns. Her team was named British Horse Vaulting Champion during a recent competition at Bishop Burton in Yorkshire, and she…
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