Robert Burns resources - primary
Celebrating Burns - an enterprising approach
A range of enterprising ideas and activities to help you celebrate Robert Burns's birthday in your school.
Burns Night illustrations
A portrait of Rabbie Burns, and a plate of haggis, neeps and tatties to help you celebrate Burns Night.
Working on farms
Rural life in 18th-century Scotland is explored in this interactive resource on the Scottish History website.
Scots soundbytes
Scots poems and songs, on the 5-14 website, created and recorded by children and read aloud by the authors.
Focus on the Scots language
Tak a guid look at yon wabsteid wi teachin materials for teachers in or on Scots. Braw ideas for teachin, and recordings of Scots poems that fair cry oot tae be doonloaded an listen't tae.
Edwin Morgan
Text, and audio downloads of poems by the Scots Makar, on the Literacy website, performed by writer Liz Lochhead, Professor Jim McGonigal, Hamish Whyte and Glasgow's former Lord Provost Liz Cameron.
Caledonian Medley
Teachers' notes on the 5-14 Music website, focusing on the medley drawn from three other Scottish music modules - 'Silver Darlings', 'Coilsfield House' and 'Ruidhle'.
Related links
Robert Burns World Federation
Learning resources, including information, activities, images, quizzes, crosswords and texts of the poems in Scots and English.
Burns Night and dialect
Teaching ideas and an online quiz for Burns Night from CBBC Newsround.
National Burns Collection
A searchable online gallery with images of objects, people, places and events associated with the poet.
Scuilwab
A website in Scots for 'bairns o aa ages' with ideas and resources for using Scots in a classroom setting.
Tam O'Shanter Overture
More about the Tam O'Shanter Overture by Sir Malcolm Arnold, including a description and a sample recording. The page contains links to commercial sites.