Education
Swimmer 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…
Read MoreRecord results for Belhaven Hill School
PUPILS at Belhaven Hill School in East Lothian have managed to post record exam results during the coronavirus lockdown. All 28 boys and girls aged 12 to 13 were accepted into their first-choice senior schools in Scotland and England. Headmaster Henry Knight said: “Just shy of 80% of all grades at common entrance are A*,…
Read MoreGorgie City Farm prepares to reopen
A SMALL farm near Edinburgh’s city centre is preparing to reopen next Monday after closing during the coronavirus lockdown. Gorgie City Farm will be open every day from 9.30am to 4.30pm to give visitors the chance to see alpacas, cows, goats, pigs and sheep. A one-way system has been introduced and an open picnic area…
Read MoreMorrison’s Academy to reopen to all pupils in August
ALL pupils will be welcomed back to Morrison’s Academy when the Perthshire school reopens in August. The independent school said that children attending nursery through to secondary will come back to its campus on a daily basis. Since switching to online learning on 23 March, pupils and teachers have been using the academy’s virtual learning…
Read MoreLomond to offer two International Baccalaureates
LOMOND School is set to become the first institution in Scotland to offer two International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes and a Higher National Certificate (HNC) to its fifth- and sixth-year pupils. The independent school will offer an IB diploma programme and an IB careers programme, as well as an HNC in business studies. Lomond, which is…
Read MoreSchool delivers 700 online lessons each week
STRATHALLAN SCHOOL is delivering 700 live online lessons each week to its pupils during the lockdowns. Its “Strath Worldwide” remote learning facilities will have be used to conduct more than 7,000 lessons by the end of the independent school’s summer term. Other online activities have included one-to-one tutorials, sports and training sessions, music lessons, ensemble…
Read MoreGlenalmond College holds first ‘virtual taster day’
PUPILS from Mowden Hall School in Northumberland made an online visit to Glenalmond College in Perthshire on Friday during the Scottish independent school’s first “virtual taster day” for junior school children. Around 30 pupils took part in activities including codebreaking and a virtual adventure around the college’s 300-acre grounds. The virtual taster day follows two…
Read MoreOutlander star Sam Heughan reflects on his Steiner school days
HOLLYWOOD heartthrob Sam Heughan has spoken about his time as a pupil at the Edinburgh Steiner School during a new online video interview. The star of Outlander, the television series based on the historical fantasy books by Diana Gabaldon, said: “The Steiner education gives you this understanding about the world; that you are not being…
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