Jamie Fairbairn
@drfairbairn.bsky.social
Scots Language, Geography, Music, outdoors, drams, family, writing, films, fun. 4 x winner Scots Language Awards. SQA Senior Verifier Scots. OU tutor. Teacher.
Enjoyed playing for the opening of the Men's Shed in Portsoy, and then ended up in a 90th Birthday Party.
October 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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.
October 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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.
September 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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.
August 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Bonnie nicht, gowden oor.
Foggie bummers an sunflooers
August 19, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Foggie bummers an sunflooers
Bluesky thinking, but we're nae too far awa.
August 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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...
pressreader.com/article/2846...
June 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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...
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
Middle een is an anagram fer an Aiberdeenshire village - onybdy? #scottishstudies #scotslanguage #geography
June 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Luikit at ma board yestreen, an thocht......I love ma job!
Middle een is an anagram fer an Aiberdeenshire village - onybdy? #scottishstudies #scotslanguage #geography
Middle een is an anagram fer an Aiberdeenshire village - onybdy? #scottishstudies #scotslanguage #geography
Abdy need a thinkin pod. Great day at Pairlament yestreen.
May 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Abdy need a thinkin pod. Great day at Pairlament yestreen.
A dreich but poignant day at Culloden wi a puckle faimlie, mindin i fallen. Hunners o fowk fae aa ower i Wirld attended.
April 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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.
April 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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.
April 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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!
March 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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.
March 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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.
March 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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 🖼️
fer supporting multilingual press fer oor indigenous leids. New cless display 🖼️
March 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🗞️ Weel deen the @pressandjournal.co.uk
fer supporting multilingual press fer oor indigenous leids. New cless display 🖼️
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...
March 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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...
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...
@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...
March 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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...
@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.
March 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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
March 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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
Prof Turunen from University of Lapland below - maks a wheen o sense fer revitalisation o Scots in education. An Arctic pedagogy wye o deein wid be newfangled, caller an hae a network o pairtners athort e north. I'm a convert - paper oot ess wikk.
March 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Prof Turunen from University of Lapland below - maks a wheen o sense fer revitalisation o Scots in education. An Arctic pedagogy wye o deein wid be newfangled, caller an hae a network o pairtners athort e north. I'm a convert - paper oot ess wikk.