{"id":5693,"date":"2021-09-10T08:40:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T07:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/?p=5693"},"modified":"2021-09-10T08:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T07:40:02","slug":"scots-language-awards-2021-troqueer-primary-school-dumfries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/scots-language-awards-2021-troqueer-primary-school-dumfries\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Language Awards 2021: Troqueer Primary School, Dumfries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Weel duin tae Troqueer Primary School, Dumfries wha hae bin nominatit in Scots School o the Year sponsored by Itchy Coo and Black and White Publishing in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

We askit Colin Mackenzie o Troqueer Primary School, Dumfries thae speirins. <\/p>\n

Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit.<\/strong>
\nTroqueer is a primary schuil an nursery in Dumfries, on the Gallawa side o the Nith Water. Oor schuil motto is \u2018Aim high and be the best you can be’. Monie o oor staff, pupils, an parents\/carers speak Scots an we promote it in oor schuil in a wheen o weys. We hae lessons lairnin aboot the Scots leid; we yaise it in oor day-tae-day teachin an interactions wi the weans; an we gie pupils o aa ages the opportunity tae tak pairt in local an national sangshaws.<\/p>\n

Whit wis it got ye involvit wi the Scots leid?<\/strong>
\nOor journey wi Scots has been taen forrit by Mrs Johnston wha has inspired hunners o weans wi her luve o the Scots leid an performin. The lave o us couldnae dae ocht else but follae alang! In the last echt year or thereawa, we\u2019ve gaun frae strength tae strength daein mair an mair wi Scots: poetry clubs, author workshops, sangshaws an muckle mair.<\/p>\n

Ony particlar career heighlichts<\/strong>
\nThe best thing aboot yaisin Scots in schuil is seein the weans enjoyin it an bein creative wi it. We\u2019ve had a hantle o success at local an national sangshaws, includin a pupil winnin oweraa primary performer at the Robert Burns World Federation Schools\u2019 Competition.
\nA personal heighlicht o mine wis in a Scots leid session wi poet Stuart Paterson whan a pupil came up wi her ain Scots wird for a llama \u2013 lanky gobber!<\/p>\n

Wha’s yer plans fir the days aheid?<\/strong>
\nWe\u2019re luikin forrit tae taen pairt in the Dumfries and District Music Festival in their Scots leid categories. It\u2019s been a lang time since we\u2019ve been able tae perform in front o audiences an cannae wait tae get stairted again.<\/p>\n

Read more about Troqueer Primary School, Dumfries<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.troqueerprimaryschool.co.uk\/<\/a>
\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Troqueer-Primary-School-and-Nursery-Sharing-Page-106581187713906<\/a>
\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/TroqueerPrimary<\/a>
\nInstagram:<\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Gardyne Theatre, Dundee on 25th September at 7pm. Tickets are available to buy here: https:\/\/www.gardynetheatre.org.uk\/show\/the-scots-language-awards\/<\/a> Performing on Saturday 25th September include Ellie Beaton, Anna Stewart, Gemma Johnson and more to be announced.<\/p>\n

If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians please consider supporting our Patreon<\/a> campaign. We have 3 tiers starting at $1 a month and everything helps support us in our work. Read more at www.patreon.com\/handsupfortrad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weel duin tae Troqueer Primary School, Dumfries wha hae bin nominatit in Scots School o the Year sponsored by Itchy Coo and Black and White Publishing in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! We askit Colin Mackenzie o Troqueer Primary School, Dumfries thae speirins.  Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit. Troqueer is a primary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nominee-2021-en","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/files\/2021\/09\/logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phaZzh-1tP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5693"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5695,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5693\/revisions\/5695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}