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Schools 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…
Read More‘Festival of Farming’ gets underway
THE Royal Highland Education Trust’s (RHET’s) “Festival of Farming” has begun. More than 3,000 school pupils are due to visit Scotland’s farms over the next fortnight. Alistair Marshall, chairman of the RHET, said: “Our ‘Festival of Farming’ will run from 7 to 18 November and, during this time, we will have a designated webpage where…
Read MoreScience award for Strathallan Prep School
STRATHALLAN Prep School has been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM). The accreditation recognises the quality of science teaching at the preparatory school in Perthshire. Pupils have been receiving science talks from palaeontologists, an oil engineer, dental students from the University of Glasgow, and a bird breeder. Clare Angus, head of prep school science,…
Read MoreSchools news round-up: Glenalmond, Belhaven Hill, and more
Peter Ranscombe rounds-up the latest news from Scotland’s schools. GLENALMOND College in Perthshire has unveiled a countryside management course accredited by the Business & Technology Education Council (BTEC). The school is the first in Scotland to offer the BTEC qualification, which could lead to jobs in farming, land management, or surveying. As well as gaining…
Read MoreStrathallan School cadets win first aid prize
ROYAL Marine cadets from Strathallan School in Perthshire have won the first aid section of a competition. Nine cadets, led by Cadet Colour Sergeant Oliver Kent, won the prize at the Sir Steuart Pringle Trophy Competition at Lympstone in Devon. Cadet Sergeant Chloe McMichael, said: “We were delighted to win the first aid section, especially…
Read MoreSt Leonards and Ardvreck triumph at schools contest
TWO Scottish institutions have carried off prizes at the Independent Schools of the Year awards. St Leonards School, which is based at St Andrews in Fife, won the “Independent School of the Year for International Student Experience” category. Ardvreck School, a preparatory institution based at Crieff in Perthshire, shared the “Independent Prep School of the…
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