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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I feel that a back an fore musical duel atween a petriedick and a trump is well overdue.

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Lairn Scots @lairnscots.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Wur ain folk hink thit Scots is a leid anaw. We're no bletherin - honestly... 2,444,659 folk cannae be wrang! www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk

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Lairn Scots @lairnscots.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Hae ye had a luik at oor lairnin games? www.scotslanguage.com/learning

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Managed to get a wee bit in The National about Reform's plans to criminalise use of languages other than English and Welsh in political campaign literature. Bòrd na Gàidhlig invites Reform UK for talks after attack on Gaelic language www.thenational.scot/news/2628236...

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Delighted that my interview was successful and I have been offered the position of the next Director of the Scots Language Centre. Me an Robert F in Aul Reekie.

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Education Scotland @educationscotland.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We are leading a systematic review of the Scottish #curriculum called the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. This week we're focusing on #Languages. In this reel Ceitidh Campbell, Teacher, Principal Assessor, at Millburn Academy, Highland Council, discusses #Gaelic education 👇

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Sheena Blackhall, oor northeast makar, was celebrated today in S3 Scots, completing an important outcome for the bairns' Scots Language Award SQA. Great work fae the bairns.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

So prood o ess quine, fa put in a 9 page essay aboot the history and development o Scots, despite debilitating struggles. Here she demonstrates fit wye we need to keep doing Scots at school.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Anither cracker o a Hogmanay in ess placie wi toppers o fowk, pipe and drum, sangs, piana, fiddles, mandolin, guitars, gemmes, fine food, Ceilidh duncin, mair singin an Auld Lang Syne 🎶🎶🎻🥁🪕😊❤️❄️

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

E sun sets on 2025. Hae a Cantie Hogmanay an a Gweed N'eer ti een an aa 🎊

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Last day o term an gings wioot sayin, Filibeg Friday. Hae a cantie yule an a guid Hogmanay abdy!

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Enjoyed playing for the opening of the Men's Shed in Portsoy, and then ended up in a 90th Birthday Party.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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 · 27/09/2025

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 · 14/08/2025

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

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

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...

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

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 · 10/06/2025

🌿✨ 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 · 30/05/2025

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

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

🗞️ 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 · 20/04/2025

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

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

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

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

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 · 28/03/2025

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

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

🗞️ 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 · 28/03/2025

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 · 21/03/2025

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...

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

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.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

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

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Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

This ane gangs oot tae fellow teuchters fae Aberdeenshire an Tounsers forby. A document fae an officer scrievin anent his retinue gaan tae the wars in 1627, includin "butterie sellers". Thar ye hae it! #Butteries #Rowies #Doric #Scots @fitsidee.bsky.social @drfairbairn.bsky.social

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

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.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I recently learned about Arctic pedagogy - learning with an environmental, cultural & linguistic response to place, and working on the skills you'll need where you are. It's thrown up ideas of learning based around rivers, aligning with HH's concept o the carrying stream. A great model f/ learning.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Aye, there has been progress with Scots. But it's one of the 3 official languages, 2.4 million folk reporting skills. Our expectations for action have been ridiculously low, we are satisfied with tinkering on the edges, but we need to do more of this imho 👇

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

New paper out soon. What can we learn from indigenous people of the Alaskan Arctic? Empirical education research, narrative inquiry. Scots Language learning. Aberdeenshire.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Want tae be an official Scots Language Teacher? Fit wye nae upskeel wi the professional lear programme? t.co/f9NekNcslG

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