English at Perth High

Scots Language Awards 2025 shortlist unveiled Hands Up for Trad are gled tae annoonce that amang the braw nominees includit on the shortleet for a Scots Leid Award 2025, are weel worthy fowk fae Scottish literature, theatre, eddication an busi…

We are fair chuffed fer @missmaird.bsky.social and Perth High School has been recognised fer oor Scots work. We’d love if ye’d vote for us. projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguag...

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A muckle weel done tae 1B2 and 1P9 fir performing their sounds o the castle script tae oor P3 freens fae Oakbank primary fa hiv been learning aboot castles. Oor bairns scrieved a their ain Scots scripts takin oan jobs foond at Huntingtower castle in the 16th century. They did a braw job! #weAREphs

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Organising oor scripts fir oor S1 soonds o the castle project. Nae sure foo mony mentions o jobbies is too mony? Affa proud o fit they’ve come up wi so far @learninghoolet.bsky.social

Nae jist oor bairns!

What a great #WorldBookDay 📖📚

Who said Secondary teachers cant dress up and celebrate books?!

The students loved it and the book activities in my BGE classes today. They loved it so much, we’re celebrating books tomorrow too 🤓

#weAREPHSreaders #erAREPHS @englishphs.bsky.social

1B2 and 1P9 were joined by storyteller Eileen Budd tae help us wi oor Soonds o the castle’ project wi @HistEnvScot We hid Harry in chainmail, Mrs Fraser carrying the milk and William wi a basket sword! As weel as captivating storytelling! Affa excited tae get scrievin.

Today our English team are celebrating #WorldBookDay with a range of book themed activities. Some of the team have dressed for the occasion. #weAREphsreaders

Calling all readers. You must be 13+ to take part.

We are here. Trying to encourage the rest of the school as well.

William Neill Kailyard and After When I wes wee I hud tae dae ma share mulkan the kye wi the weemin in the byre; I mind hou I wad scoosh lang streeman jaups that loupit in the luggie makkin froth rise oot frae yon rich deeps. The douce kye skelpit roon thaim wi their tails tae dicht the flees aff; whiles they’d cotch yir lug a fair bit ding: ye’d sweir ablo yir braith. An whiles the wilder yins wad try tae pit their fit intil the luggie an caa ye oot on tae the settles, luggie, stuil an aa … an gin ye didna sett in ticht eneuch there ye wad be, rubbin a sair hainch a loch o mulk aboot ye in the grup, the auld dug barkan an the weemin lauchan tae see yir breeks aa smoort wi mulk an sharn. Man, whit a contrast tae ma life-style nou … nae dungarees, nae luggie and nae kye. Escape to the tailored suit, the pan-loaf speech, the benefits of higher education, the dull rewards of strict conformity. O what a fall was there, my countrymen.

Escape to the tailored suit,
the pan-loaf speech,
the benefits of higher education…

—“Kailyard & After”, by William Neill (1922–2010), b. #OTD, 22 Feb. He wrote poetry in all three of Scotland’s languages & was an active campaigner for Scots & Gaelic in education
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We have a busy supported study timetable in the department.

Mrs Fraser has been enjoying some National Theatre live over the past few weeks, at Perth Cinema. Did you catch any of them?

This week, Mr Rowan took the Warhammer club to Aberdeen. Thanks as always to our PTA who help fund the equipment.

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A big congratulations to S2s, Jessica J and Tristan C for making it through to the next round of the COPFS public speaking competition.
Commiserations to Mr Kearns and his team from Glenalmond. #weAREphs

1P9 have started their Scots Language unit! This week has been an introduction to the Scots words we know and exploring others we found through research!
Excellent posters produced today, even with some silly words 🙉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚#scotslanguage #phsenglish #weAREPHS

Mrs Fraser’s S4 have been making revision posters to consolidate their learning of the Jackie Kay poetry. Orla, Abbie, Emily and Rosie designed this impressive one. #weAREphs

Burns Night Skies On Burns Night, 25 January 2025, there will will be a rare celestial alignment of the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in the same section of the sky. Alignments like these are relati...

🪐 BURNS NIGHT SKIES

With a rare planetary alignment taking place in our skies this month, welcome to our 2025 Burns Night project where 11 poets, writing chiefly in Scots, look to the night skies. Features no less than 4 heavenly-wrought Makars. 🌌

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