Posts Tagged ‘education’
Pupils 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 MoreFood bank donation call from LOVE Gorgie Farm
LOVE Gorgie Farm will be providing breakfast for children amid school closures and set a delivery service from its new café for those staying at home. It is also urging people to donate to its food bank. The education and social care charity LOVE Learning, who recently took ownership of former Gorgie City Farm, decided…
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 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…
Read MoreConservatoire in global top ten for performing arts
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is one of the world’s top ten destinations to study the performing and production arts, according to a leading international ranking published today. Scotland’s national conservatoire has taken the number nine spot in the QS World University Rankings 2020 for performing arts, alongside prestigious institutions including The Juilliard School in…
Read MoreNew cameras spot return of the Northern Gannets
The Scottish Seabird Centre is welcoming the arrival of the first gannets in 2020 with the installation of brand-new state of the art cameras. At the centre’s new interactive Discovery Experience in North Berwick, budding Sir David Attenboroughs and Liz Bonnins will be able to take control of the cameras for themselves to observe the…
Read MoreCourses for race horse lovers are revealed
Equine students at Scotland’s Rural College will be able to specialise in race horse care as part of their course thanks to the creation of a new Scottish Racing Academy. Scottish Racing, the body which promotes the sport in Scotland, has created the sister organisation to provide courses for students who want to develop their…
Read MoreArdvreck School celebrating its skiing success
Several Ardvreck pupils raced into podium position at the Scottish Schools Snowsports Association (SSSA) and Scottish Prep Schools Championships (SPS). Kerr Baxter won gold in the boys under-13 age group and Brooke Baxter scooped gold for the girls under-13 age group at the SPS Championships. The team also retained the SPS Cup after a very…
Read MoreCelebrating the artistic achievements of women
Glasgow Print Studio is holding an event to mark International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month 2020. GPS will present Graphic Impact: Our Lives in Print, an exhibition which highlights and celebrates the contribution women have made to the organisation since its inception in 1972. The exhibition features work from the GPS Archive, new works…
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