As part of our Passport to Europe context for learning, Primary 5 have been developing their talking and listening skills through presenting their European country talks to the class.

We have listened to several fascinating and informative talks about a variety of European countries such as Italy, Spain, Iceland, Germany, Poland and many more. We have learnt lots of interesting facts about these countries and Mrs Stephen has been very impressed with our efforts to use an appropriate pace and tone and lots of eye contact to engage our audience.

Some of the interesting facts we have learnt include:

Poland has the biggest castle in Europe – Ruaridh

The capital city of Norway is Oslo- Niamh

The population of Belgium is 11,535,732- James

September is the best month to swim in the Ocean in Portugal because it goes up to 20 degrees- Jess

The capital city of Austria is Vienna- Isla