Scots language in the Broad General Education (Early and First level)
6. Community Link
FÈIS ROIS - The Highland Culture Collective
"Feis Rois" by GrubbyPix is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Based in Dingwall, Feis Rois is an organisation that enables people of all ages to access, participate in and enjoy Scottish traditional arts, particularly music.
Feis Time is a film project bringing Gaelic and Scots songs, music-making activities, and traditional stories.
Here is a small selection from the many videos and resources available on their site, which you might want to use in your own classroom:
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- Jimmy’s Lost His Jarrie video; resource: http://www.feisroisfoghlam.org/scottish/jimmys-lost-his-jaurie/pdf?song-type=activity-sheet
- Is A Dove A Doo Da? video; resource: http://www.feisroisfoghlam.org/scottish/is-a-dove-a-doo-da/pdf
- Coulter’s Candy; resource: http://www.feisroisfoghlam.org/scottish/coulters-candy/pdf
- Heid, Shudders, Knaps and Taes resource: http://www.feisroisfoghlam.org/scottish/heid-shudders-knaps-and-taes/pdf
- Jeanie Jenkins resource: http://www.feisroisfoghlam.org/scottish/jeannie-jenkins/pdf
- The World Must Be Coming Tae An End resource: http://www.feisroisfoghlam.org/scottish/the-world-must-be-coming-tae-an-end-whistle/pdf