Education
Morrison’s Academy launches STEM partnership
MORRISON’S Academy has launched a programme covering science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The independent school has teamed up with Margaret Ritchie, an associate tutor at the University of Glasgow and founder of STEM Academy Scotland. The academy provides hands-on workshops and activities with experts, enabling pupils to experience STEM. Ritchie visited the school to…
Read MoreDollar Academy gives schools free online courses
INDEPENDENT school Dollar Academy has launched an online learning platform to give pupils from other Scottish schools free access to Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) courses and shorter “Discovery” courses. The academy’s “Dollar Discovers” platform will give pupils access to courses that may not be taught in their schools, starting with Higher politics, and will also…
Read MoreFour sets of twins start school
BISHOPTON primary school in Renfrewshire welcomed four sets of twins into primary one today. Ayla and Elliot Clark, Evie and Owen McGuinness, Emily and Freya McNamara and Archie and Charlie Paterson are among the 20 twins going to school for the first time today across the area. In total, almost 2,000 children are joining Renfrewshire’s…
Read MoreExam results day 2020: when a school’s wellbeing focus will be truly tested
Alan Johnston, senior deputy head at Merchiston Castle School, reflects on the importance of well-being during this year’s exam results period. WE HAVE all found ourselves thrown into a closer relationship with digital technology than we would have envisaged just a few short – although it seems long – months ago. The benefits have been…
Read MoreMorrison’s Academy posts 100% Advanced Higher passes
ALL pupils in sixth year at Morrison’s Academy passed their Advanced Highers exams, the Crieff school has revealed. Every pupil sitting a Higher exam in sixth year also passed, with the overall Higher pass rate across fifth and sixth year standing at 94%. More than a quarter of fifth-year pupils were awarded five As and…
Read MoreStrathallan pupils jump with joy
ONE in three grades achieved by pupils at Strathallan in Perthshire in their Highers was an A, the independent school has revealed. All the students who passed their computing, economics, music, and modern languages Highers gained As or Bs. Headmaster Mark Lauder said: “I am absolutely delighted by these outstanding results, which represent a tremendous…
Read MoreTwo pupils share St Mary’s Music School prize
TWO pupils from St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh have been awarded the Directors’ Recital Prize jointly for the first time in the award’s 20-year history. The judges said that flautist Cliodhna Scott (16) and accordionist Sophia Ros (17) had “achieved an exceptional quality of musicianship, communicating the character of the performance and capturing the…
Read MoreSwimmer tells pupils to mix sport and studies
A SWIMMING champion has advised young people to combine sport with their studies during a visit to his old school. Tobermory Mackay-Champion, who hails from Clathy near Crieff, graduated from the University of Oxford this month with a first-class undergraduate master’s degree in earth sciences. He holds eight Oxford swimming records and is the British…
Read MoreMasterchef and bagpipes for Glenalmond’s virtual ‘commem’
GLENALMOND College held a virtual “commemoration day” to mark the end of the independent school’s academic year, complete with bagpipes and Masterchef finalist Claire Fyfe. A performance of Highland Cathedral by Ramsay Pagett, from the Perthshire school’s upper sixth class, was broadcast live from Glenalmond’s front quadrangle. A service broadcast from the school’s chapel included…
Read MoreBelhaven Hill School unveils new leadership team
BELHAVEN Hill School in Dunbar has made four senior appointments as it prepares for the arrival of new headteacher Olly Langton. John Marriott, currently the school’s director of studies, becomes deputy head (academic), while head of maths Katie Gale becomes deputy head (pastoral). Anna McGrath, previously resident house tutor and director of drama at Fettes…
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