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The Company HQ buildings are located in Inverness and Dingwall. We operate leisure centres, libraries, museums and a host of other services on behalf of The Highland Council. High Life Highland is a company limited by guarantee registered in Scotland No. SC407011 and is a registered Scottish charity No. SC042593

High Life HighlandTuesday, January 26th, 2021 9:55am

Fatburn Extreme - grab some water make some space and work as hard as you can.

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Fatburn Extreme - grab some water make some space and work as hard as you can.

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High Life HighlandTuesday, January 26th, 2021 9:50am

PLOUGHMAN POET

We hope you are all enjoying your Burn's Night celebrations? Did you know that Burns was also known as the Ploughman Poet? Burns wrote the poem in 1788 - we hope you enjoy it below, along with the photo of Bob Powell, ploughing at the museum back in 2015!

The Ploughman

The Ploughman he's a bony lad,
His mind is ever true, jo,
His garters knit below his knee,
His bonnet it is blue, jo.

Then up wi't a', my Ploughman lad,
And hey, my merry Ploughman;
Of a'the trades that I do ken,
Commend me to the Ploughman.

My Ploughman he comes hame at e'en,
He's aften wat and weary:
Cast off the wat, put on the dry,
And gae to bed, my Dearie.

I will wash my Ploughman's hose,
And I will dress his o'erlay;
I will mak my Ploughman'g bed,
And cheer him late and early.

I hae been east, I hae been west,
I hae been at Saint Johnston,
The boniest sight that e'er I saw
Was th' Ploughman laddie dancin.

Snaw-white stocking on his legs,
And siller buckles glancin;
A gude blue bannet on his head,
And O but he was handsome!

Commend me to the Barn yard,
And the Corn-mou, man;
I never gat my Coggie fou
Till I met wi' the Ploughman.

Then up wi't a', my Ploughman lad,
And hey, my merry Ploughman;
Of a'the trades that I do ken,
Commend me to the Ploughman.

#burnsnight #burnsnight2021 #HLHMoreThanLeisure High Life Highland

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High Life HighlandMonday, January 25th, 2021 4:41pm

The 5 Million Step Count Challenge Update

We are on week into the challenge!! Well done everyone so far it's been a tremendous effort through the cold weather this week. As you can see below we are well on our way to reaching our second target. Don't worry if you have forgotten to send in your steps for a certain day you can still send them in. This is just the total so far. Also still plenty of time to get involved so don't worry if you have missed the first week, why not get involved this week!

Day 5 total - 606,585
Day 6 total - 587,324
Day 7 total - 490,728

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High Life HighlandMonday, January 25th, 2021 4:39pm

Usborne have just released Play and Learn at Home and I thought some of you may enjoy it. It’s completely free and full of ideas and activities to help with homeschooling. I’ve copied the blurb and the link here.....

Daunted by homeschooling?
Don’t worry, Usborne is here to help! Whether you’re a parent looking for lockdown learning ideas or a teacher needing quick and easy brain-breaks for your class, we’ve got brilliant free activities for you to download or do online.

From letters and numbers to maths, science and creative writing, educational games and boredom busters, plus tips to help you look after your kids’ mental health and wellbeing, we’ve got lots for you to choose from.

https://usborne.com/gb/activities-for-kids/play-and-learn-at-home?organiserCode=b97b07e9076a4bf89da8e9e22327dddd

HLH Adult Learning - Ross & Cromarty

Usborne have just released Play and Learn at Home and I thought some of you may enjoy it. It’s completely free and full of ideas and activities to help with homeschooling. I’ve copied the blurb and the link here.....

Daunted by homeschooling?
Don’t worry, Usborne is here to help! Whether you’re a parent looking for lockdown learning ideas or a teacher needing quick and easy brain-breaks for your class, we’ve got brilliant free activities for you to download or do online.

From letters and numbers to maths, science and creative writing, educational games and boredom busters, plus tips to help you look after your kids’ mental health and wellbeing, we’ve got lots for you to choose from.

https://usborne.com/gb/activities-for-kids/play-and-learn-at-home?organiserCode=b97b07e9076a4bf89da8e9e22327dddd

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High Life HighlandMonday, January 25th, 2021 4:38pm

Today Scotland celebrates #BurnsNight - the anniversary of the birth of Scotland’s National Bard.

Robert Burns was born in a cottage (pictured) in Alloway, Ayrshire in 1759. He died in Dumfries at the early age of 37. Yet in that short time he took the Scottish literary world by storm, and secured a place for himself in history.

The 19th-century scholar and educationalist J S Blackie summed up Burns's legacy to Scotland and the Scots with the words: 'When Scotland forgets Burns, then history will forget Scotland.'

Today, his legacy is seen not only in Scotland but around the world, on packaging, in advertising and merchandise, as well as through continued scholarship and academic study.

Burns’s life attracted public scrutiny, including his relationships with women. He also accepted a job on a Jamaican sugar cane plantation as a bookkeeper, overseeing enslaved people (later declined). More on this unpalatable detail (via Robert Burns C21) > https://burnsc21.glasgow.ac.uk/robert-burns-slavery-and-abolition-contextualising-the-abandoned-jamaica-sojourn-in-1786-part-1-of-2/

The National Library of Scotland holds one of the largest collections of Burns material in the world, including the single largest collection of manuscripts, the Glenriddell manuscripts, including the poem ‘Holy Willie’s Prayer’. We also hold two copies of Burns’s ‘Poems Chiefly in The Scottish Dialect’ (1786), more commonly known as ‘The Kilmarnock Edition’, as well as numerous letters to his friends and family. Read The Kilmarnock Edition online at > https://digital.nls.uk/poems-chiefly-in-the-scottish-dialect/archive/

The Library still actively acquires Burns material, and thanks to help from the Friends of the National Libraries (FNL) and the Soutar Trust, we were able to purchase several Burns items in 2020 including this sonnet written by Burns on the death of Robert Riddell of Glenriddell, to whom the Glenriddell manuscripts were originally presented.

View more information on our Robert Burns learning resource, which explores his life and work > https://digital.nls.uk/robert-burns/

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- March 8, 2021

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- March 8, 2021

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