Marybank Primary School had two classes when I started there and over the years we built a good reputation and […]
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Tom Pike
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Having gone to Teesside College for my teaching degree, I had hoped to return to Scotland after qualification, but due […]
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Having gone to Teesside College for my teaching degree, I had hoped to return to Scotland after qualification, but due […]
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After a few different jobs that didn’t completely give job satisfaction, I began to realise during my last job (residential […]
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This is the clock at Musee d’Orsay in Paris. There are so many wonderful paintings by extremely well known artists, on display […]
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Each year at Marybank Primary there was a Teddy Bears’ Picnic for the Nursery and P1-3 class as part of […]
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In school I used to enjoy sharing poems with my pupils and writing their own poems formed a large part […]
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At Marybank Primary the Primary 1-4 pupils used a section of the school house garden to plant flowers and vegetables, […]
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When I was very young I lived in the Saughton area of Edinburgh and when I was old enough to […]
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At school in Marybank Primary we had links with schools around the world. Our pupils used to write letters, sometimes […]
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Around 1957 my parents took me to Butlins holiday camp in Ayr. I was only about three years old, so […]
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Marybank pupils went to the village hall for indoor physical Education activities, and our PE teacher was Trish Fraser. She […]
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In 1974 I went on a tour of Scotland with friends from our Scout Troop, ostensibly to look for new […]
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In 1985/6 my first class started a newspaper, first in A4 format and later in A3 sized newspapers. Pupil reporters […]
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In 1985/6 my first class started a newspaper, first in A4 format and later in A3 sized newspapers. Pupil reporters […]
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The use of video as a learning tool was something I used a lot in my classes at Oxbridge. My […]
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On 29th April 1986 Leading Fireman Waites visited Mrs Galley, Mrs Graham and Mrs Irvine’s classes at Oxbridge Lane Primary […]
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Marybank was a fantastic place to visit lots of historic sites, as it is located not far from the east […]
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Marybank was a fantastic place to visit lots of historic sites, as it is located not far from the east […]
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Marybank was a fantastic place to visit lots of historic sites, as it is located not far from the east […]
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In 1991 Marybank visited Edinburgh with Conon Bridge Primary, as it had been organised by the previous head teacher. We […]
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