SASB English and Literacy

Updates from SLC St Andrew's & St Bride's English & on Literacy. Gold Reading School 23 & #CWIG School RfP Award holder 21 from @Soc_of_Authors. #SASBReads

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

@ScotsHooseYaldi @YaldiBooks @JamieFairbairn1 @billykayscot This is just the best news! Ridiculously excited tae see this post! Any paper copies tae be had? We’ll get the link up pronto oan oor Google Classrooms fur a the Eejit Street & fitba fans!

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

@ScotsHooseYaldi @YaldiBooks @RCStweets @BishyLibrary Braw! I know a class who’ll enjoy this!

[ScotsHoose Yaldi @ScotsHooseYaldi]

Caitlin Logan's @SASB_English superb reading of MacDiarmid's Crowdieknowe. Mair MacDiarmid readings by Scotland's amazing pupils at Sangschaw 2025 https://t.co/G5EzrHTTmv
@SLCLiteracy #Scots

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

Many congratulations to Margaret, hot on the heels of her @CarnegieMedals win, she has followed it up with one from @ukla! We are delighted for her, amazing to see a former pupil having such success. It’s well deserved! Our new S3s all have their own gifted copy too.

[UKLA @The_UKLA]

The Winner of the UKLA Book Awards 2025 in the category for 11-14+

[The Carnegies @CarnegieMedals]

📻 Carnegie 2025 Writing winner Margaret McDonald joined @BBCFrontRow last night to discuss Glasgow Boys, writing in Scots dialect, and read a moving extract from the book.

Listen here at 29:35 👇
https://t.co/nG5aJRvgn6

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

A great day’s CLPL & a privilege to speak to other participants about our #MyHometown films & our recent comic project, produced in conjunction with @gatherthevoices & @MagicTorchComix Thanks to the @HET Education team & staff at the Scottish Jewish Archives & Heritage Centres.

[H.E.T. @HolocaustUK]

Educators in Scotland! Join us in Glasgow on Sunday 22 June for a free #LessonsfromAuschwitz CLPL workshop. This day-long workshop will connect you with organisations committed to Holocaust pedagogy - and provide you with free printed materials to use in your classrooms.

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

Thank you @VisionSchools for all your support. We’re very proud of our comic and film groups and what we’ve achieved together this year. @sasbhighschool

[Vision Schools @VisionSchools]

This is a fabulous achievement! the end result is exceptional. The school's involvement in this project & the My Hometown initiative is testament to the incredible work taking place at @SASB_English, well done. 👏 @gatherthevoices @MagicTorchComix @Dylanillo

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

We’re delighted for our former pupil @carnegiemedal! Our new S3s were all gifted a copy of ‘Glasgow Boys’ last month. Margaret also recorded a podcast for us, interviewed by S6 pupils in conjunction with EK Central Library. https://t.co/bG15uDDwVc

[The Carnegies @CarnegieMedals]

And the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing goes to Glasgow Boys! Congratulations to Margaret McDonald and @FaberChildrens @FaberBooks! #Carnegies2025

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

We’re delighted to announce the launch of “Where out Stories Met”, produced with @gatherthevoices, @MagicTorchComix & @Dylanillo. We’re so proud of our 13 S2s who worked incredibly hard to present Dany & Isi’s stories so sensitively. Thanks to Dany for her generous support too.

[Gathering the Voices @gatherthevoices]

St Andrews and St Bride's School with Magic Torch Comics wrote a comic about Isi & Dany Metzstein's escape from the Holocaust to Scotland.

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

Mrs Webb’s Rock and Read Book Club enjoyed this year’s annual visit to @WaterstonesEK to choose some new books for our English classroom libraries. There was also ☕️ & 🧁too, as a treat.

[Andersen Press @AndersenPress]

COMPETITION TIME!

To celebrate the launch of @philearle's much-anticipated follow-up to When the Sky Falls, we're giving away a class set of THE DAWN OF ADONIS plus posters & bookmarks to one lucky school.

Plus an extra 10 schools will win a book & poster

RT by 26/06 to win!

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

Alyssa & Scott spoke at the inaugural
@VisionSchools Student/Teacher Conference @UniWestScotland Lanarkshire, on their work this year as part of our wider Vision Schools’ team. Interesting to hear from pupils from other VSS schools too, sharing the learning. @sasbhighschool

[Vision Schools @VisionSchools]

Thank you to our next 2 presentations from @DumfriesHighSch and St Andrews and St Brides.

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

@VisionSchools @UniWestScotland @DameHelenHyde @Jackson_Carlaw @BishopbriggsAC @brannock_high @MissSmithard @WestCalderHigh Thank you for organising the Student/Teacher Conference, which we hope could be the first of many. Incredibly important to engage pupils outside of the classroom & have them at the heart of the ongoing conversation around TLH. Thanks to other participating schools today too.

[e-Sgoil @eSgoil]

We have 30 Study Support webinars running next week.
Find out what's on here:
https://t.co/ZQOaDvYtGw
Registration is still open for anyone looking for a bit of extra support ahead of the exams.
https://t.co/8ScQ0J69rq

#NeLO #StudySupport

[e-Sgoil @eSgoil]

Our Easter Study Support may have finished for this year but our evening #StudySupport programme of live, free webinars continues ahead of the #SQAExams starting later this month.
Check which webinars are running this week and sign up here
https://t.co/8ScQ0J69rq

#NeLO

[e-Sgoil @eSgoil]

Don't forget that our Easter Study Support programme of FREE live, online webinars for #SeniorPhase learners ahead of the #SQAExams2025 begins this coming Monday (7th April)
It's not too late to sign up. Find out more here:
https://t.co/bff5QTxXwY

#NeLO

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

Muckle thanks tae the team @ScotsHooseYaldi for oor copies o their new Scots anthology, ‘The Wheesht’. A braw collection o stories and poyums haunpicked by them. The cover image catches yer een tae, meanin ye cannae help but pick up a copy. A richt treat for us!

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

Big thanks to #toppstaschooldisplay, author Padraig Kenny & @WalkerBooksUK for our gifted copy of ‘After’ & bookmarks to share with pupils!

[e-Sgoil @eSgoil]

Need a bit of extra support with your N4, N5, Higher or Advanced Higher English?
We have FREE Easter Study Support Webinars running during the week of 7th April.

Find out more and sign up here:
https://t.co/bff5QTyvmw

#NeLO #SQAExams2025

[SASB English and Literacy @SASB_English]

Thank you to Father Colm who agreed to be interviewed by our NPA Journalism students earlier this week. In a very honest interview, he gave a touching & thought- provoking look at life as a young priest.