Macduff Primary School pupils show off Doric writing skills in annual Buchan Heritage Society Competition
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MACDUFF Primary School pupils put their writing skills to the test recently in the annual Buchan Heritage Society Doric Writing Competition.
The competition is usually held every year in Fraserburgh but due to the continued impact of Covid-19, writers were asked to send their entries in from afar this year.
Macduff pupils went up against 36 other entries from schools all over the North East.
And, despite the tough competition, six pupils from Macduff Primary School were rewarded for their excellent writing in the Junior Prose category of the competition.
That included a first place finish for P6 pupil Georgia West who won for 'Workin' at ma Grunny's Ferm'. Georgia also took home the category shield for the piece which she wrote based on her experiences helping out on her granny's farm.
Second place went to P6 pupil Charlie Duncan and third place to Abbie Ironside P7.
Rylee Taylor P6, won highly commended while Zack Eite, P7 and Emily Sobaszkiewicz, P6 both received commendations.
Class teacher Mrs Aileen Clark was delighted to see the pupils do so well in the competition.
Mrs Clark said: ""The Macduff pupils had the choice of topic for their writing and topics varied from “A Day on Grunny’s Ferm” to instructions on “How to Build a Minecraft Hoosie” and even “A Bonny Day in Japan” demonstrating how Doric can be used in a contemporary way.
"Many of the pupils use Doric regularly at home but even if they don’t they all enjoy learning the different vocabulary, which is often expressive and quite humorous.
"It is great to listen to the pupils using Doric and it is so important to keep the local dialect alive. The pupils are “fair trickit” to have swept the board in their category."
