Jamie Fairbairn

Enjoyed playing for the opening of the Men's Shed in Portsoy, and then ended up in a 90th Birthday Party.

We're definitely progressing with the GTCS recognised training programme for Scots Language learning and teaching across the land. This includes practitioners who have engaged with the course in the first 4 cohorts and the pilot at Banff Academy.

My Doric column in iday's @pressandjournal.co.uk, aa aboot a veesit fae e Vikings. Gey important at oor mither tongues are alive in e media.

Bonnie nicht, gowden oor.

Foggie bummers an sunflooers

Bluesky thinking, but we're nae too far awa.

My column in the P&J today is about Whitehills, Blackpots and the Red Well. It features a great poem by pupil Leland. Awa get yer copy!
pressreader.com/article/2846...

Luikit at ma board yestreen, an thocht......I love ma job!
Middle een is an anagram fer an Aiberdeenshire village - onybdy? #scottishstudies #scotslanguage #geography

🌿✨ Bursting with pride!
Our PBL & Scots students in Banff are using Doric to reply to Gaza pupils’ stories of place, loss, cultural loss & resilience—linking lost words with biodiversity decline. Language shapes our bond with nature & connects us across cultures. @karenadamsnp.bsky.social

A great book - get a copy!

Abdy need a thinkin pod. Great day at Pairlament yestreen.

🗞️ Weel deen the @pressandjournal.co.uk
fer supporting multilingual press fer oor indigenous leids. New cless display 🖼️

A great project. Very proud of my colleagues at Banff Academy. Just off to buy the paper!

A dreich but poignant day at Culloden wi a puckle faimlie, mindin i fallen. Hunners o fowk fae aa ower i Wirld attended.

Come awa ben ti the renovatit Tarlair Community Cafe, Macduff.

The day's holiday darg, sparked by Spring, a wee guide ti nature fer scweelbairns - sae important they connect wi nature an wirdies.

Scots an creativity at scweel - wow! Fantoosh wirk fae thon quine!

It's pride I feel fer yon loon fae Poland, disna say muckle, affa affa quait, wirks awa with sicna care ower his wirk, wi a bittie help fae thon resource, scrievit a crackin piece o Doric wirk wi his cairt.

I've bin weel impressed wi thon quine's wirk ess year in S3 Scots. Fitna care she's tikken, an nae a braid Scots spikker, but wi Scots in e faimlie; reconnectin wi her grunnie ower it. Golshochs, or gulsh = chaep sweeties.

🗞️ Weel deen the @pressandjournal.co.uk
fer supporting multilingual press fer oor indigenous leids. New cless display 🖼️

Ess bairn articulates foo bilingualism works wi Scots and English; he is weel on i wye fae awakenin tae ownership o his leids. See mair in: www.abdn.ac.uk/uploads/educ...

www.abdn.ac.uk/uploads/educ...

Full tricket tae hae ma paper published iday in
@educationabdn
's journal Education In The North amon a bonny faimlie o wirks. Ess acknowledges a twinty year journey o dicovery, lear an adventure, & validation fer 1000s o bairns. www.abdn.ac.uk/uploads/educ...

Ma wee airticle in e P&J at e wikkeyn, aboot a dominie exchange a lang fyle syne til e Airctic, inspirin ma darg wi Scots ever sin syne.

Aye gret tae hae Shane up ti Banff Academy eence mair giein it laldie wi his poyetry, an coaxin i bairns in i senior Scots cless tae mak Scots Haikus aboot their hame placies an as aye reinforcin i inclusive clessroom. @shanestrachan.bsky.social @scotslanguage.bsky.social

Aye, buttries it is (jist i twa syllables hereaboots). Staunin i test o time.