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Resources
Our resources provide a variety of activities for pupils in support of Curriculum for Excellence and National Qualifications.

Workshops
Our education staff run workshops which give teachers and pupils the opportunity to work with original sources that bring the past to life.

Glow
If your school is too far away to visit the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, we can deliver sessions via Glow Meet.

Teachers
We offer workshops in General Register House and twilight CPD sessions via Glow Meet. These aim to help teachers develop their skills in using archives creatively.

Image shows pupil participating in workshop at National Records of Scotland. Crown copyright: National Records of Scotland.

Welcome to the National Records of Scotland Education Service.

Our service, Scottish Archives for Schools, sets out to educate, inform and engage teachers and pupils who wish to connect with Scotland’s history, heritage and culture.

National Records of Scotland holds archives dating from the 12th to the 21st centuries. These include charters and government papers, legal and church records, wills, letters and diaries, maps and photographs. The records tell stories which provide inspiration for active learning across the curriculum.

News

Image shows students participating in a Study Skills workshop, Crown copyright: National Records of Scotland.

Schools Programme, 2012-13

Our new Schools Programme for the session September 2012 to March 2013 is now available. We offer 13 topics to support Curriculum for Excellence which include new sessions using census records for local and family history, and an alternative perspective on the Second World War in Scotland - from the lighthouse.

We also offer sessions to support each of the Higher History -Scottish Units . All sessions can be delivered as workshops in General Register House or by Glow Meet web conferencing.

Image shows a detail of a letter from King Philip IV to his agents at the papal court asking that they assist Wallace with whatever his business may be with the pope, the National Archives, London, reference SC 1/30/81

Special Delivery: The William Wallace Letters

The National Records of Scotland, in partnership with the Scottish Parliament, is mounting an exhibition in the Parliament from Wednesday 15 August to Saturday 8 September 2012, featuring two surviving documents directly linked to William Wallace.

Many visitors to the exhibition are unlikely to know much about this turbulent period of Scottish history. Can you help us tell the story in a modern way? We invite primary and secondary pupils to provide text, artwork or short films for the exhibition.

Contributions must be submitted to the Scottish Parliament Education Service by Friday 15 June. To find out details about this and the Education Programme during the exhibition, visit the Scottish Parliament Education Service.