Pupils at Closed Schools Spend Monday ‘Learning by Candlelight’, Discover It Is Just Normal Light But Less
A few Perthshire primaries shut due to power cuts after Boelo; children report the day off 'went very fast'.
A classroom, temporarily dark. Photo: AlasdairW, “Scotland Street School classroom DSCN8978”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
PERTHSHIRE — A small number of primary schools in Perth and Kinross were closed on Monday because of storm power cuts, prompting pupils across the area to stage what one fictional P6 described as “a respectful day of having a day off”.
“We did a lot of learning,” said fictional pupil Callum, 10. “I learned that if the telly’s off you can still eat crisps.” His mother confirmed he had also learned to count all the candles in the house, twice.
All other schools in the area were expected to open as normal after the October break. Parents at those schools were said to be “very happy for everyone else”.
The real story: Perthshire primary schools closed on Monday due to power cuts (The Courier, 25 Oct 2026)
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