Homecoming interactive map
This map shows Homecoming activities happening in education establishments across Scotland.
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The school has a tradition of holding a Celebrating Scotland Week throughout the school which is devoted to learning about Scotland.
The school is telling fairytales in Scots dialect, holding a Scottish day school dinner with games and organising a ceilidh for the local community.
Cultural connections with Alaska were the focus for this school's Burns Night including talks from a published author and naturalist who is an experienced Arctic traveller and musician.
Alloa Academy's annual Burns Supper was completely arranged by senior pupils. The immortal memory was given by George Reid, former MSP for the area. And further events are planned for later in the year.
Many different events are planned to celebrate homecoming such as inviting traditional storytellers to entertain all the classes and a Burns competition.
For the first three weeks in January the whole school's topic was Scotland. They looked at famous Scottish people, famous Scottish landmarks and famous Scottish events.
The school is researching and producing a website for children and parents about Famous Scots.
The primary 7s at Anstruther primary worked to create their own Homecoming Event. They created dramas, poems, dances and speeches and performed them to a sell-out audience.
The entire school will take part in classes hosted by many different guests on different aspects of Scottish culture.
The children are becoming aware of their place in the wider world and recognise that although Scots may be based in many different countries and cultures, they still have close links to 'Home' and never lose their sense of nationality or cultural identity.
The school has held awareness-raising assemblies, enterprise displays and 'mither' tongue poetry and vocabulary sessions.
Stonehaven Community Network Schools are working together to celebrate Homecoming by holding a Scottish festival over two weeks.
The children had a Burns Supper and learnt about Scottish literature and are now designing a garden in a wheelbarrow using the theme of Robert Burns for a national competition.
In the home of the Saltire, this school is planning a Scottish garden party and ceilidh and saying goodbye to their headteacher of 20 years.
The P7 pupils had three weeks in which to rehearse their songs, poems, speeches and dances before the night of a traditional Burns Supper.