It was the end of June and so the end of term when I found myself reminded of the reason why I adopted Guineapigmum as my nom de blog. Three years ago (was it really that long ago?) the school decided to bring the Standard Grade exams forward a year. The students would choose their 8 [...]
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Published August 14th, 2008 in Highers, SQA, School, Standard Grades and Teachers. 2 CommentsThe personal touch
Published May 22nd, 2008 in Boys, Communication, Highers, SQA, School, Standard Grades, Teachers and Work experience. 2 CommentsSo there we are. External exams are over for another year. Next year will be the big one - GP1/Highers (I’m trembling and pale at the prospect) with GP2/Standard Grades (an entirely different proposition). This year, though, was a relative breeze.
First up there was SVS. Once I’d got my head round the fact that
There are a couple of recent posts on Fidra books that may be of interest to any EduBuzz or Edinburgh based readers.
The childrens’ writer Steve Augarde is visiting the shop “on Thursday 8th May at 7.30pm to talk about the joys and problems of writing for children and young adults and to give plenty of practical advice on how [...]
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