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Jamie Fairbairn

@drfairbairn.bsky.social

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Scots Language, Geography, Music, outdoors, drams, family, writing, films, fun. 4 x winner Scots Language Awards. SQA Senior Verifier Scots. OU tutor. Teacher.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 11d

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.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 24d

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Aug 26

Bonnie nicht, gowden oor.

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Aug 19

Foggie bummers an sunflooers

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Jun 21

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...

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Jun 12

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

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stewartclelland.bsky.social @stewartclelland.bsky.social · Jun 10

🌿✨ 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

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · May 30

A great book - get a copy!

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · May 30

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

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · May 23

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Mar 28

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

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Apr 27

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

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Apr 20

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

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Apr 16

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Apr 13

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

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Apr 9

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Apr 5

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

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Mar 28

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

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Mar 28

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.

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Mar 28

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.

Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Mar 28

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

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Mar 28

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...

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · Mar 23