{"id":479,"date":"2012-01-26T10:04:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T10:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=479"},"modified":"2012-01-26T10:04:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T10:04:02","slug":"super-burns-supper-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2012\/01\/26\/super-burns-supper-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Burns Supper!"},"content":{"rendered":"
On Wednesday 25 January 2012, Leswalt Primary held its third annual Burns Supper.<\/span><\/address>\n
The whole school sat down alongside invited guests, including staff and parents.\u00a0 Tommy Cowan, P7, was a very able and organised chairperson who ensured the proceedings ran smoothly.<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0Kathryn Topping, P3, said the \u2018Selkirk Grace\u2019 before Mr Andy Ross piped in the haggis.\u00a0 Kayleigh Williams, P1, proudly carried the haggis into the company.\u00a0 The haggis was presented to Andrew Archibald, P7, who confidently addressed it with great gusto.\u00a0 Mr Douglas McClure educated the company about the early life of Robert Burns, in saying \u2018The Immortal Memory\u2019.<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0Recitations were also delivered from pupils in primary 1 to primary 7.\u00a0\u00a0 Classes also entertained by singing Scots songs.\u00a0 The senior class sang \u201cSkyscaper Wean\u201d and the younger pupils sang \u201cThree Craws\u201d.<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0Kieran Dodds, P5, proposed an amusing toast to the lassies before Emma Drennan in P5 gave him an appropriate reply.<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0Catherine Archibald and Maxwell Garrett provided an articulate and amusing toast to Leswalt School<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0The Burns Supper concluded with Callum Boyce and Eilidh Hill giving an appreciative vote of thanks.\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/span>The company sang \u2018Auld Lang Syne\u2019 at the end of a highly successful and entertaining Burns Supper at Leswalt Primary.<\/span><\/address>\n