17 Mar 2025
Oor #LearningWithHES #SoondAeScots pilot projects ur stertin tae tak shape - its gettin fair excitin! Ou've got performances, stories an tours aw bein creatit bi young folk in Fife & Perth.. wi mair tae come includin yin aboot Scots leid in the streets ae the 'auld grey toun'!
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12 Mar 2025
What a braw morning at Stanley Primary Scuil wi the laddies and lassies in P2/3. Ou explored the @welovehistory #StanleyMills storymat, 'met' Jock, Jeannie, Ber & Nat, sang the Mill song, lugged-in tae the Tale of the Oil can, and creatit a yin-word story! #LearningWithHES
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12 Mar 2025
#Dundee #LEGO fans - the LEGO Builders are heidin your wey!! And they’ll be looking fir help fae young - and aulder! - builders to create @welovehistory Claypotts Castle oot ae LEGO bricks! Spaces go like hotcakes so keep yer een peeled fir them coming online.. #LearningWithHES
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9 Jan 2025
#DYK we're running some fun new activities at @stirlingcastle for P1-P7 primary school groups?
Explore the nooks & crannies, handle objects & more!
Join us 20 to 23 Jan, at 10.30 am & 12.30 noon.
📧 Email sc.learning@hes.scot to book.
#LearningWithHes
ALT Aerial view of the gate at Stirling Castle
ALT Three children dressed up as knights wearing helmets.
ALT Drawbridge at Stirling Castle.
ALT A pair of hands building a catapult
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27 Nov 2024
#Museum30 #handle - plenty handles on these auld tools thit wid huv been yaised tae build and repair Stanley Mills during its lifetime - fae slate rippers tae lead beaters. We yaised them in oor #LearningWithHES 'How to Build a Mill' activity for schools.
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20 Nov 2024
Great idea - we hae a similar #LearningWithHES activity as pairt ae oor Defending Scotlands Heritage project - tae show how often heritage is yaised bi clubs, businesses, groups etc to create a sense ae local identity 😊
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14 Nov 2024
#Museum30 #challenge Oor Waterwheel Challenge for primary schools at Stanley Mills was a fab wey for pupils to learn aboot renewable energy by building and testing their ain waterwheel #MopsAhoy #LearningWithHES
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3 Nov 2024
#museum30 #fabric - spoilt fir choice wi this theme - fabric is at the hert ae @welovehistory Stanley Mills - fae products tae the historic fabric ae the building itsel and oor #LearningWithHES projects. Here's a wee threid of some ae ma favourite community projects.
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28 Oct 2024
Life as a #LEGO brick… yin meenit yer riding high oan tap ae a buttress ae Elgin Cathedral, the neist yer jist yin ae a thoosan ither bricks in a box, waitin tae become the neist #LearningWithHES Big Build model 😄. @ElginMuseum - you were fab! LEGO builders - you were awesome!
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21 Oct 2024
#LearningWithHES - A think this is evidence ae how successful oor #LEGO event @LinlithgowH wis at the weekend! A clean sweep for green! Luik oot for the awesome results gauin oan display shortly!
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11 Oct 2024
Yin week tae go til oor #LearningWithHES Big Linlithgow LEGO Museum Build @LinlithgowH - we’ll be creating LEGO versions of some fab objects frae the museum & @welovehistory Linlithgow Palace. Only a few spaces left - grab them afore they’re gone! @HistEnvScot #CuratesEgg
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9 Oct 2024
We're so happy to see you enjoyed your visit to @stirlingcastle! 🏰👑
#LearningWithHES
9 Oct 2024
Our learning on "Mary Queen of Scots" is progressing, and we stepped on the ground of Mary's childhood place yesterday at the Stirling Castle! The education team from the Castle is amazing and we have discovered the job of being a stonemason in the castle age! @HistEnvScot
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29 Sep 2024
The LEGO models fae oor #GreatFire400 #LearningWithHES project are set up and oan display for delegates attending the @HTNmembers conference in #Dunfermline the morrin. #HTNconf2024
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4 Sep 2024
#Teachers #EduTwitter Re-Discover @welovehistory #Stirling Castle! Free CPD on 18th Sept or 3rd Oct. Find out about the programme offer for 2024-25 & get a first look at our new resources. #STEMeducation #Play #Stirling800 Email sc.learning@hes.scot #LearningwithHES
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20 Aug 2024
Thanks to aw the veesitors thit came tae Stanley Mills to see the Literature in the Mills & Factories exhibition. As promised, your comments were used by @sharpette to create a found poem, one line of which can be read vertically to reflect warp & weft threads. #LearningWithHES
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19 Aug 2024
One for our teachers! 🍎
Did you know that schools in Scotland can apply for help towards the travel costs when visiting @welovehistory, some of the wonderful @N_T_S sites & others? 🏰
Find out more & apply
👉 ow.ly/xAnJ50OQl3p
#LearningWithHES
ALT A child sketching the view from Edinburgh Castle.
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10 Aug 2024
Day 3 of The BIG @welovehistory Elgin Cathedral LEGO Build @ElginMuseum - and despite being up against MacMoray Summer Special, some braw builders came along to keep oor build on track. It's lookin awesome # LearningWithHES
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8 Aug 2024
Day 1 of the Big Elgin Cathedral LEGO build complete. Phew! What a great effort by aw the builders who came along to @ElginMuseum . The towers of the main entrance and the presbytery end are weel under wey. #LearningWithHES
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8 Aug 2024
The #LEGO builders have arrived @ElginMuseum and are ready to start work on @welovehistory Elgin Cathedral! Can they feenish it in 4 days - stay tuned to find oot! #LearningWithHES
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