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Troqueer Primary

@TroqueerPrimary

We are a primary school in Dumfries. We were awarded 'Scots Schuil o the Year' at the 2021 Scots Language Awards.

 Dumfries, Scotland
troqueerprimaryschool.co.uk/welcome-troqueer-primary-school
Joined March 2017
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Great to welcome the first of two groups from ⁦⁦@TroqueerPrimary⁩ in #Dumfries to Ellisland to learn about Burns and farming history. They are benefitting from our ⁦@MuseumsGalScot⁩ recovery grant supporting school visits.
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Our P6 EuroQuiz team had a fantastic day in Edinburgh yesterday representing @dgcouncil. We are over the moon to have come 2nd. Congratulations to all the other teams and thank you so much to @SEET_scotland for organising.
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🎶 Head over to our Facebook page to see the winners of this year's festival! 🎶 m.facebook.com/PerforminDumf…

Perform in Dumfries: Dumfries and District Music Festival Association

Perform in Dumfries: Dumfries and District Music Festival Association. 585 followers. Perform in Dumfries has been running since 1922 supporting local arts Piping and Drumming, Music, Spe

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P5/6, P6 and P6/7 had a fantastic time listening to @CressidaCowell's Authors Live session yesterday. We got lots of ideas for developing our library too. ⁩Mia drew this picture of Cressida while we were taking notes. @BBCScotLearn @scottishbktrust
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A new Scots word for giraffe from P6: Spatty Craigie!
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Some recent Scots Wirds O The Week from P6 and P7: Drookit - soaked Crabbit - grumpy Skreik - shriek Lowp - jump (A 'cat lowp' is a short distance, about as far as a cat can jump!)
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Stuart Paterson@StuartPoet1 Oct 2021
A squatter o thanks tae P6 weans o @TroqueerPrimary fir this grand chaird fu o wee cairds an pics! Braw schuil tae work wi whae fully deserve tae hae won @scotslanguage Schuil o the Year at the @handsupfortrad Scots Language Awards! @DGCEducation @DGWGO @BBCLearning @sabbertha5
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Dumfries Standard@DGStandard29 Sep 2021
Braw! dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local…

Troqueer Primary named Scots Schuil o the Year

It was a double celebration for the school as primary six teacher Colin Mackenzie was a finalist for the Scots Teacher or the Year prize

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Thank you to everyone who voted for us!
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Scots Schuil o the Year sponsored by Itchy Coo / Black & White Publishing. The Winner: Troqueer Primary School, Dumfries. #sla
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Shoo Rayner@shoorayner19 Sep 2021
Excellent works P6!
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We're big fans at Troqueer! Here is some of P6's work. We'll try to say hello!
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Mrs Ashton came up wi these fantoosh Scots wirds for animals! They've been brawly illustratit by yin o oor P7s: Jaggy-Heid (Antelope) Crabbit Baudrons (Lion) Glaiket Puggy (Sloth)
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Our Scots Language Awards nominations are featured in the @DGStandard on page 23! There's a list of other Dumfries and Galloway nominees on page 5. @handsupfortrad
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Here's oor profile at the Scots Language Awards site where you can read aa aboot us! projects.handsupfortrad.scot…
P6 hae been addin animals tae their Scots wirds waa. We made up oor ain wirds when there wisnae a Scots yin already: Ain-Hame - tortoise Ben Baudrons - lynx Muckle Lang Neb - elephant Brockit Beast - panda Lauchin Dug - hyena
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We were inspired by a Scots leid session last year with @StuartPoet. He got us tae mak up oor ain wirds for animals an a pupil came up wi 'lanky gobber' for llama!
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Stuart Paterson@StuartPoet6 Sep 2021
Chuffed wi P6-P7 weans bein taught @scotslanguage at @TroqueerPrimary fae ma @TippermuirBooks A Squatter o Bairnrhymes & comin up with a wheen o bonnie wee poem-posters, how braw their ootlooks aw are! Great seein weans sae keen oan their ain leid! @DGCEducation @BBCScotLearn
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We're ower the moon tae hae been nominatit for Scots Schuil o the Year. We're the anely schuil in D&G on the shortleet an we'd luve it if you could gie us your vote: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SLA-202… @dgcouncil @DGWGO @WigtownBookFest @MoatBrae @ItvSandymcc @StuartPoet @DGStandard
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Well done to this years @SEET_scotland #Euroquiz winners, St Mary's, and to all the other pupils for attending! If you attended today's event why not try spot yourself in the video at parliament.scot/tv.
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A huge well done to P4 and all their fundraising friends at Troqueer Primary, Dumfries. A massive £580.40 raised this week! Wow! @rednoseday
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A huge well done to P4 and all their fundraising friends at Troqueer Primary, Dumfries. A massive £580.40 raised this week! Wow! #RedNoseDay
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