Water of Leith Trip
On Wednesday, 15 March, seven boys from P5N and all of P5M went to the Water of Leith Centre. First, we went to the yellow room where we saw where the Water of Leith fl ows. It starts in the Pentlands and ends in Leith. Next, we went to the exhibition and watched a video on how we can keep the rivers clean. We also played with a flood exhibit which involved making a wall to protect the city from flooding. After that we went outside to spot some river features. We also went river-dipping to catch some river creatures. I caught three mayfly nymphs and a caddis nymph.
On the way back we counted how many people had been littering and how this can affect the river. We had to look for the best things. Some other things we found were cigarettes, a football and dog dirt! We went back to have lunch and then we had a look at the creatures we caught. We looked at some artwork by Andy Goldsworthy. We tried to draw it without looking at the picture and by not lifting our pencil off the paper. Then we did what Andy Goldsworthy would do to make a model. Ours was called ‘Ivy sticks’. It was a great day out and I would like to do it again
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Trip to Egyptian Museum
Another report on thisI also saw some Egyptian names that were carved on a wall near a metal mask in a glass frame. In the end I had a really good time at the Egyptian Museum. We caught the bus back to school and walked a fair bit. We went back into the classroom and talked about what we learned in the Egyptian Museum and then shared our ideas with a partner. We talked about what we learned. For example, Jack liked the gift shop best and I disliked the hardness of the drawings. Everybody had a chance to go up to the top of the class and share their ideas with everybody. Overall I had a very good day at the Egyptian Museum and school. |
P6 at Inverard
Two visits were made as part of their WW2 topic work and these really brought the subject alive. The residents and staff at Inverard are extremely hospitable; they provided afternoon tea for us when each class visited to interview residents about their war experiences. These were fascinating for both the children and the adults who accompanied them. They included a nurse who had worked in Africa; one who had been a child whose parents would not allow him to be evacuated, and so was taught in an offi ce in Leith with the small group of children who remained; and one who had flown with the RAF. When we returned several weeks later for our VE celebrations we took the ingredients for a very good afternoon tea with us and Inverard provided the tea and juice. They told us it was the first time anyone had ever brought food. Mrs Donaldson brought the music and we all sang ‘The Lambeth Walk’ and ‘Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line’ around the piano. Some of the Inverard residents came to watch the P6 ‘Oliver’ production and were very impressed with the standard of singing and acting. We brought pleasure and happiness and we definitely received more of it back. More activities are planned for next year as well as a continuation of the WW2 ones. |
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As part of our topic
on Improving the Environment, Primary 3 visited the Waste Education
Cabin at Seafield Recycling Centre. We enjoyed learning about the 3 R's
- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and got to see Recycling in action. Our work
on Improving the Environment has helped the school to achieve the
Eco-Schools Silver Award.
Primary 3 visited the Gurdwara to help us learn more about Sikhism. We had to take our shoes off, wash our hands and cover our heads as a mark of respect to God and to the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib. .jpg)
On 6 January the P4s went to the Egypt Museum. First we went to the first floor, and we saw loads of ancient Egyptian artefacts. They were very interesting and cool. We had to have these work sheets and we had to find statues and write things down about them and draw pictures of the gods. My favourite god is Anubis because he wraps all the mummies up and he was in charge of mummifying people. After that we went to the second floor. This time we did the same but saw a big colourful coffin and then we asked a security guard if they had the mummy in the museum. He said no. After that we went to the gift shop. I got a god statue. Then we went back. I had a very good time. 
The contact with Inverard Retirement Home which was started in summer 2006 continued throughout the 2006-07 session. Some of the Infant classes visited to show off their Easter bonnets, but the real treats were in store for the Primary Six year group. This page is: Edinburgh Academy / juniorschool / expeditions / visits.htm
