Fiona Davidson

Learning Officer; Scots speaker; LEGO whisperer; interests in archaeology & industrial history; waterwheel nerd; in wi the bricks @StanleyMills/ A views ma ain.

[Largs & Millport Weekly News @largsnews]

Opportunity to re-build Largs' Viking Cinema as Big Lego Build comes to town @welovehistory #Lego https://t.co/OdkbjIwz7i

[Fiona Davidson @LearningHoolet]

@urbanprehisto Jings! Talk aboot being catapulted back in time. I’d forgotten aw aboot thaim!

[Hands Up For Trad @handsupfortrad]

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 @DiscoveryDundee.

Dae ye ken a body wha’s daein great stuff in or for Scots? 🗳️ Get them a nominatit - https://t.co/NBhMRfJvLZ

[Fiona Davidson @LearningHoolet]

@PlayScotland Hoping to have some Historic Scotland sites involved in this year’s #Playday2025, creating spaces for play in some fantastic settings! #LearningWithHES

[Fiona K @Fi_PlayScotland]

📅 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! 👇
👉 https://t.co/mbkFrLQQ74

[Scottish Poetry Library @ByLeavesWeLive]

We have a wealth of digital content to support learners of Scots language, including the following lesson plans 👉 https://t.co/eMPUNyuhhQ

[Fiona Davidson @LearningHoolet]

@JamieFairbairn1

[Society of Antiquaries of Scotland @socantscot]

Place-names have much to teach us about languages, living and dead, and about their societal and political context.

Join us for six fascinating lectures exploring Scottish place-names, sponsored by @OrdnanceSurvey.

Register for a free online ticket: https://t.co/IhXnQNLh7m

[Hands Up For Trad @handsupfortrad]

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!✍️🩵

[@lairnscots.bsky.social @LairnScots]

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: https://t.co/5f9XznxEGf

[Scottish Poetry Library @ByLeavesWeLive]

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: https://t.co/HUBGbgd8fW

#GiesaScotsPoem

[Dictionaries of the Scots Language @ScotsDictionars]

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.

[Fife Families @FifeFamilies]

🌞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!

[Play Scotland @PlayScotland]

🌟 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: https://t.co/EO6hdordKF

[Play Scotland @PlayScotland]

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 👇
https://t.co/B2ip4NNVdC

[Fiona Davidson @LearningHoolet]

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

[David Bleiman (grandfather poet) @BleimanDavid]

"Tongue Stramash" (Poems in Scots) launches on 22 May (Edinburgh) and 29 May (Zoom).
Free events, all details on flyer.
Reposts appreciated...
@billykayscot @MizLiot @billherbert @Lenniesaurus @scotslanguage
@shugmcmillan @JulieMcNeill1

[Fiona Davidson @LearningHoolet]

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. https://t.co/SeUctPyQDL

[Fiona Davidson @LearningHoolet]

@DarrellWakelam These look amazing! Mibbe ou should think aboot creating a Historic Scotland site in cardboard… loads tae choose fae!

[Fiona Davidson @LearningHoolet]

@PlayScotland 😊

[Fiona Davidson @LearningHoolet]

Some awesome builds this morning @welovehistory @stirlingcastle in the Pop-Up Castle Construction Zone #LearningWithHES

[Fiona Davidson @LearningHoolet]

Some awesome builds this morning @welovehistory @stirlingcastle in the Pop-Up Castle Construction Zone #LearningWithHES