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Pupils learned that some words that we use in English are actually Gaelic. How many do you know?

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S1 had a look at modern and traditional tartans then created their own designs.

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William, William, Jack and Matei are very pleased with their score in our “Scots Factor” quiz!! Winners, Hassan and Charlie are hiding at the back.

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The classes have learned some fascinating facts about Scottish food (e.g. dry pig's blood in black pudding and that oatcakes have been around for more than 600 years)

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Some of our S1s have been consolidating their recently developed Reciprocal Reading skills with a new text for Scottish Day - "Brave"!

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Did you know Scotland produces 97.4 % of it's electricity from renewable sources and that our scientists and engineers are world leaders in tidal and wave power. S1 will decide where different renewable power sources  would be best sited all over Scotland.

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SO IN 25 YEARS OF TEACHING Mrs McKeich said she has never seen a pupil who can actually do a Highland Sword Dance.
Ladies and Gentlemen
Kayla Smith S1

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Kilted Dash in Action.

The results of the Clan Battle will be announced tomorrow by Tannoy.

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Eilidh using her searching skills to find out about her Clan.

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Jack researching Clan Stewart.

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Pupils taking part in the throwing for height discipline in the Alloa Academy Highland Games. We had five activities which were the Shot Put, throwing for height, Kilted dash, Sword Dance and the Caber Toss.

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Hassan and Lauran finding out about their clans.

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S1 Pupils performing the Caber expertly in the Wallace Clan

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Caber Toss demonstrated superbly by Mr Lynch

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Lots of fun tasks with a Scottish theme: word games; films; poetry; songs.

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Maths: Tartan design and Scottish questions 

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Maths: Tartan design and Scottish questions 

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S1 will be using their internet research skills to find out about Scottish Clans and Scottish inventors.

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Celebrating Scotland and Scottish Authors

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Celebrating Scotland and Scottish Authors

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The library has a collection of books about Scotland and fiction written by Scottish authors for pupils to explore and borrow!

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S1 classes have all been working towards a performance of a piece by a Scottish artist. Some have gone for more traditional and some for modern. Check Twitter in the next few weeks for videos of our performances.

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S1 will be watching this short animation, about the life and legacy of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns, during their library session.

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S1 will be designing their own tartan.
Watch this space to see the results!

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S1 pupils are writing about Scotland for our competition this term. These are judged  by our Advanced Higher English pupils.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Well done to S1 pupils who have already completed writing pieces about Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://t.co/UodkQBymiB

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Some classes are studying the poetry of Robert Burns.