We're affa late tae the pairty fir #GiesAScotsPoemDay! But ye can watch an listen tae the likes o James Robertson, Sheena Blackhall an Len Pennie readin oot poems in #Scots here: bit.ly/ScotsPoetryVid…

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 - 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 🔝 We need all of Scotland behind Team Mouat, so let's spread the word. Tell a friend, tell a neighbour,

A very happy retirement to Andrew Appleby, who created Fursbreck Pottery in Orkney in 1975 and has been known as the "Harray Potter" for decades. He's also the president of the John Rae Society and a force of nature. Emjoy your evening at Skaill House!

As in real life, oor East Fife FC Bayview Park #LEGO model is noo demolished. Thanks ONFife Museums Methil Heritage Centre for haein us! We had a fab time meeting some fab local builders. Quick mug ae builders tea - then the LEGO Builders are off to Dundee! #LearningWithHES

🧙 Methil Heritage Centre are running weekly Dungeons and Dragons sessions at the centre for young people aged 12-16 years old, Starting 9th April, from 11am - 1pm and 1-3pm. 🧝 For more information, see below: onfife.com/event/dungeons… #dungeonsanddragons #Community #Activities

𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐍 - 𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 🏅 Scottish Curling and Team Mouat have won the World Men's Curling Championships 2025! What a performance - a night that will go down in history! 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐖𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄

An epic 2-day build Dundee Libraries Douglas Library saw Historic Scotland Claypotts Castle recreated in LEGO by mair than 100 enthusiastic builders of aw ages! The feenished model - wi cutaways - will be on display fir a month. #LearningWithHES

Some awesome builds this morning Historic Scotland Stirling Castle in the Pop-Up Castle Construction Zone #LearningWithHES

If onybody is still oot there & wants tae dae a guid deed. Alistair is the genius ahint oor Big LEGO Builds & does it in his spare time. He's tryin tae make it as a stone sculptor but this sh*tty thing genuinely happened last month. Gie sumthing if ye kin. facebook.com/share/p/15QVWC…

"Tongue Stramash" (Poems in Scots) launches on 22 May (Edinburgh) and 29 May (Zoom). Free events, all details on flyer. Reposts appreciated... Billy Kay ✨MizLiot//NicTeàrlach✨ Bill Herbert ✨Lentil Pentil✨ Scots Language Centre hugh mcmillan Julie McNeill

With the May bank holidays coming up, why not plan some active play! 🙈 Play Hide and Seek 💃 Have a Dance Party 🌋 The Floor is Lava We have loads more of low and no cost ideas on our website 👇 playscotland.org/play/active-pl…

The #LEGO Builders are having a weel earned rest during May - but the LEGO Artists have got a fab activity planned Historic Scotland #StanleyMils for #NationalMillsWeekend on 10 & 11th May!!! Come & help them create a mill mosaic fae bricks - for free! #LearningWithHES

🌞NEW Play Ranger Session starting today! Today Thursday 1st May, we are starting a new, FREE Play Ranger session at Toll Park, Buckhaven. The sessions will run term time on Thursdays from 3:15 - 4:15pm. Come and enjoy some den building, loose parts, arts and crafts, and more!

🌟 Announcing the theme for #Playday2025: Spaces for Play! Every child deserves welcoming, inclusive spaces to play, connect, and thrive. #SpacesForPlay Play is essential — not just on Playday, but every day. 👉 Learn more and plan your event: playday.org.uk

OPPORTUNITY ALERT: Research Assistant for 'Dialects of #Scots' project. RA needed to recruit and record good speakers of local dialects in Central and Southern Scotland and in parts of Ulster. Please contact Robert McColl Millar ([email protected]) by 1 June 2025.

Save the date! 📅 The Scots Language Awards wull be back in Ayrshire on Saturday 13th September at Cumnock Toon Ha! 🎉 We’re fair chuffed tae launch this year’s celebration o the Scots leid on #GiesaScotsPoemDay! 📖💬 Let's hear yer fav Scots poem!✍️🩵

Kathleen Jamie reads her poem Maspie Den. Today, the Scots Language Awards, produced by Hands Up for Trad, have announced that they will be returning to Cumnock Town Hall in Ayrshire on Saturday 13th September. ffi: scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/06/gies-a… #GiesaScotsPoem

We have a wealth of digital content to support learners of Scots language, including the following lesson plans 👉 scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/scots-poems-fo…

📅 Just over a month to go until #Playday2025 on 6 August! This year’s theme is Play – the culture of childhood and it's the perfect chance to celebrate the joy, freedom and learning that play brings. Planning something? We’d love to hear about it! 👇 👉 playscotland.org/playday-2025-t…

That’s the nominations for the Scots Language Awards 2025 open fae the day! 📍We’re haein the awards in Dundee - 12.30pm, Saturday 6th September at Discovery Point. Dae ye ken a body wha’s daein great stuff in or for Scots? 🗳️ Get them a nominatit - scotslanguageawards.com