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St Columba's School, Kilmacolm
St Columba's School is a 3–18 Mixed-sex education, mixed Independent school (United Kingdom), independent day school in Kilmacolm, Inverclyde, Scotland. It is split across two sites and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school provides both primary school, primary and secondary education between its Junior and Senior Schools. In 2016, the School built a new building called the Girdwood Building which is home to Transitus, English, Guidance and Modern and Ancient Languages History St Columba's was founded in 1897 at Duchal Road where the red sandstone building is still located. The Preparatory school (UK), preparatory school at St Columba's was formerly located at Shieldhall on Bridge of Weir Road. Boarding school, Boarders were once accepted and accommodated in Shallott, the current junior school building. The junior school was then located at Shieldhall on the Bridge of Weir Road. During the Second World War, Shieldhall was used as dormitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmacolm
Kilmacolm () is a village and civil parish in the Inverclyde council area, and the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the northern slope of the Gryffe Valley, southeast of Greenock and around west of the city of Glasgow. The village has a population of around 4,000 and is part of a wider civil parish which covers a large rural hinterland of containing within it the smaller settlement of Quarrier's Village, originally established as a 19th-century residential orphans' home. The area surrounding the village was settled in prehistoric times and emerged as part of a feudal society with the parish divided between separate estates for much of its history. The village itself remained small, providing services to nearby farm communities and acting as a religious hub for the parish. The name of the village derives from the Scottish Gaelic ''Cill MoCholuim'', indicating the dedication of its church to St Columba. The parish church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norah Neilson Gray
Norah Neilson Gray (16 June 1882 – 27 May 1931) was a Scottish artist of the Glasgow School. She first exhibited at the Royal Academy while still a student and then showed works regularly at the Paris Salon and with the Royal Academy of Scotland. She was a member of ''The Glasgow Girls'' whose paintings were exhibited in Kirkcudbright in July and August 2010. Early life Gray was born at ''Carisbrook'' on West King Street in Helensburgh in 1882 to Norah Neilson, who was from a Falkirk auctioneering family, and George Gray, a Glasgow ship owner. She was first privately taught by two local art teachers, Misses Park and Ross, at a studio at Craigendoran, outside of Helensburgh. Gray and her family then moved to Glasgow in 1901 so she could attend the Glasgow School of Art until 1906.Norah Neilson Gray Helsburgh Heroes, acces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Schools In Inverclyde
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Member Schools Of The Headmasters' And Headmistresses' Conference
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Majesty's Inspectorate Of Education
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (HMIe) was an executive agency of the Scottish Government, responsible for the inspection of public and independent, primary and secondary schools, as well as further education colleges, community learning, Local Authority Education Departments and teacher education. HMIe and Learning and Teaching Scotland were merged in 2011 to create Education Scotland. History The first HM Inspector of Schools (HMI) was appointed in 1840. The rationale for the first appointments of HMI linked inspection to "the improvement of elementary education" and charged HMI to say "what improvements in the apparatus and internal management of schools, in school management and discipline, and in the methods of teaching have been sanctioned by the most extensive experience". The particular focus in Scotland on combining inspection with self-evaluation has been central to the drive to raise educational standards. HMIe was headed by Her Majesty's Senior Chief Inspec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Schools Council
The Independent Schools Council (ISC) is a non-profit lobby group that represents over 1,300 schools in the United Kingdom's independent education sector. The organisation comprises seven independent school associations and promotes the business interests of its independent school members in the political arena, which includes the Department for Education and has been described as the "sleepless champion of the sector." History The ISC was first established (then as the Independent Schools Joint Council) in 1974 by the leaders of the associations that make up the independent schools. In 1998, it reconstituted as the Independent Schools Council. Schools that are members of the associations that constitute ISC are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). Since December 2003, ISI has been the body approved by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for the inspection of ISC schools and reports to the DfE under the 2002 Education Act. ISI was part of IS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtle Simpson
Myrtle Lillias Simpson (née Emslie; born around 1930) is a Scottish skier and the tenth woman to receive the Polar Medal. She has been called the "mother of Scottish skiing". She was the first woman to ski across Greenland on an unsupported expedition. She was president of the Scottish Ski Club in the 1970s and has written several books. Early life She was from Aldershot and moved to Fort William, Highland age 21. She qualified as a radiographer and worked at the Belford Hospital. Skiing She was part of the Edinburgh Andean expedition in 1958, climbing various routes with Hugh Simpson and Bill Wallace. The group made seven ascents, including the first British ascent of Huascarán, which at 6,768m is the fourth-highest mountain in the Americas. In 1965 she skied across Greenland with four others on an unsupported expedition, the first woman to achieve this. She was president of the Scottish Ski Club in the 1970s. She was an experienced climber. She wrote several books about her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rona Morison
Rona Morison is a Scottish actress having had roles playing Chell ''Our Ladies'' in 2019 and as Thompson in '' Absentia'' 2020. Early life and career Morison was born and raised very close to Glasgow in Scotland. Morison attended St Columba's School in Kilmacolm, then joined the Scottish Youth Theatre to hone her acting skills, before being accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London at the age of 17. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2011, after attending workshops with Charlotte Munkso at Prima del Teatro and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Between roles, Morison doubles as an acting teacher at the Fontainebleau School of Acting in Fontainebleau just outside of Paris, France. In 2020, Morison appeared in a main role as Chell in the Michael Caton-Jones directed ''Our Ladies'', the world premiere of which, was held at the 2019 BFI London Film Festival on 4 October. and was later screened at the 2020 Glasgow Film Festival. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen M
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Eleanor Laing
Dame Eleanor Fulton Laing, (' Pritchard; born 1 February 1958) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for the Epping Forest (UK Parliament constituency), Epping Forest constituency since 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997. Laing is a member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party and has served as a Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)#Deputies, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons since 2013, and as Chairman of Ways and Means since 2020. Early life Laing was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and raised in the nearby village of Elderslie, Scotland, Elderslie, where her father was a councillor. She attended the local fee paying St Columba's School, Kilmacolm, St Columba's School. Later, she graduated from University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh University with Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees. She was the first female President of the Edinburgh University Students' Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mairi Hedderwick
Mairi Hedderwick (born 2 May 1939) is a Scottish illustrator and author, known for the '' Katie Morag'' series of children's picture books set on the Isle of Struay, a fictional counterpart of the inner Hebridean island of Coll where Hedderwick has lived at various times for much of her life. She has also written several books of travel writing for adults, and is the illustrator of a range of Hebridean stationery. Life Mairi Crawford Lindsay was born in Gourock on 2 May 1939,Hedderwick, Mairi 1939– '' Contemporary Authors'', Gale Cengage, January 2004; via highbeam.com th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winifred Drinkwater
Winifred Joyce "Winnie" Drinkwater (11 April 1913 – 6 October 1996) was a pioneering Scottish aviator and aeroplane engineer. She was the first woman in the world to hold a Commercial pilot licence, commercial pilot's licence. Biography Drinkwater was born on 11 April 1913 at Waterfoot, East Renfrewshire, Waterfoot, Scotland, the youngest of the three children of Emma Banner and Albert Drinkwater, an engineer. Flying career Drinkwater joined the Scottish Flying Club near Renfrew on 2 June 1930. She trained under Captain John Houston, an instructor at the club. When she qualified for her Private pilot licence, private pilot's licence later that year she became Scotland's youngest pilot. On 8 May 1932, aged 19, she gained her "B" (commercial) licence at Lympne Airport#Cinque Ports Flying Club, Cinque Ports Flying Club at Lympne Airport, Lympne in Kent, making her the youngest professional pilot in the United Kingdom and the world's first female commercial pilot. Regulations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
