Do you want to milk a cow, build a bothy, or plant a forest? Be an archaeologist, a poet, a weaver? Come outdoors and get stuck in to shieling life with us.
The Shieling Project is an off-grid learning centre based in Glen Strathfarrar, near Beauly in the Highlands of Scotland. The project is all about outdoor living – from looking after our livestock to making real buildings, from weaving baskets to making burgers from the meat we have raised here. The tradition of the shieling where folk lived outdoors all summer herding the cattle, gives us a window onto the past, but also helps us look forward to a sustainable future.
On Saturday 22nd September we are hosting a shared learning day bringing together teachers, educators, tutors and practitioners working in Traditional Arts education, Outdoor Learning and Learning for Sustainability, asking: what can we learn from each other?
With talks, workshops and activities from staff here, Margaret Bennett, Roddy Maclean, Raghnaid Sandilands, Fèis Farr and Fèis Rois. In the evening, join us for a traditional cèilidh, try our famous cobb oven pizza and spend the night in one of our shieling bothies! With special guest performances at the cèilidh from Brian ÓhEadhra & Fiona Mackenzie sharing music from their new album, ‘Tìr: Highland Life and Lore.’
With thanks to Fèisean nan Gàidheal’s TASGADH small grants fund.
Am bu toigh leat bò a’ bhleoghainn, bothan a’ thogail neo coille a chur as ùr? Am bu toigh leat a’ bhith ‘nad arc-eòlaiche, ‘nad bhàrd, no ‘nad breabadair? Thig a-mach dhan àrainneachd agus feuch dòigh beatha na h-àirigh còmhla rinn!
’S e ionad ionnsachaidh neo-eisimeileach a th’ ann am Pròiseact na h-Àirigh, a chaidh a’ stèidheachadh taobh a-muigh siostaman dealain is goireasan phoblach àbhaisteach. Ionnsachaidh sibh mu dheidhinn a’ bhith beò a-muigh – a’ togail bhothain, a’ dèanamh bhasgaidean, neo a’ còcaireachd bhurgairean bho fheòil ar sprèidh fhèin. Bidh sinn a’ toirt sùil air ais chun an àm nuair a bhiodh daoine agus am beathaichean a gluasad gach Samhradh suas chun na h-Àirighean. Tro ionnsachadh seann chleachdaidhean a bh’ aca, gheibh sinn sealladh air mar as urrainn dhuinne a bhith beò ann an saoghal seasmhach san latha againn fhèin agus ‘s an àm ri thighinn.
See you later Alligator (& our Autumn term). Windy days, sending letters, old dens, new friends and a holiday for the Larch Cat. So many stories from the Summerlings magic filled learning adventures. A joy filled tattie holiday to you all! https://t.co/9v4Q0Gj8Lz
See you later Alligator (& our Autumn term). Windy days, sending letters, old dens, new friends and a holiday for the Larch Cat. So many stories from the Summerlings magic filled learning adventures. A joy filled tattie holiday to you all! pic.twitter.com/9v4Q0Gj8Lz
— The Shieling Project (@shielingproject) October 12, 2018
Stories are at the heart of a lot of what we do. Last Saturday, the three year-old on my lap, captivated by Margaret Bennett's description of shieling life reminded me of that.
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This is what we are good at, and always improving through working in partnership with local schools on attainment challenge projects.
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This is what we are good at, and always improving through working in partnership with local schools on attainment challenge projects.
— The Shieling Project (@shielingproject) September 26, 2018
A change of context and applied learning can make all the difference to engagement.
What can we offer your learners?#situatedlearning pic.twitter.com/M9tv5gKBHu
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Photos by the Shieling Project, Mhairi Baird, George Logan and David Powell