{"id":987,"date":"2013-03-28T13:36:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T13:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=987"},"modified":"2013-03-28T13:36:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T13:36:01","slug":"trip-to-burns-birthplace-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2013\/03\/28\/trip-to-burns-birthplace-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip to Burns Birthplace Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burns<\/strong> Birthplace Museum<\/strong> \u2013 Emma Drennan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

On Monday the 18th<\/sup> of March 2013, the pupils of Leswalt Primary School jumped on a James King bus and the first question was; \u201cI wonder what it will be like at the museum?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

They were going to the Burns Birthplace Museum because their topic was Scotland and they had learned wonderful Scottish poems in January.<\/em><\/p>\n

As all 37 pupils arrived at the museum, they split into two groups.\u00a0 They were primary 5-7 and primary 1-4.\u00a0 The 5 to 7 group headed off down Poets\u2019 Lane, which was a long path which took you to the museum.<\/em><\/p>\n

At the museum they went to the Whispering Gallery, that was where they saw Robert Burns\u2019s actual writing desk (where he wrote most of his poems).\u00a0 They moved into the next room where there were interactive games and sounds to do with Robert Burns.<\/em><\/p>\n

From there they moved onto the gift shop with lots of different items to buy.\u00a0 After the gift shop we walked to the Burns Monument and it was huge.\u00a0 They went up it in groups of 6.\u00a0 It was very steep, from the top they could see the Brig \u2018O\u2019 Doon<\/em><\/p>\n

They headed off to the \u2018Auld Kirk\u2019 (that was where Tam \u2018O\u2019 Shanter shouted \u201cweel done cutty sark!\u201d).\u00a0 It was all in ruins.<\/em><\/p>\n

They walked to the Education Pavilion to eat their lunch.\u00a0 After a while they went into a room where they tried on costumes and headed out to Robert Burns\u2019s cottage.\u00a0 There were four different rooms, they were; the kitchen \/living-room \/ dining room \/ bedroom, the Spence, the byre and the barn.\u00a0 The kitchen was one of their favourite rooms because they could not believe that seven people had to sleep in one tiny bed.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>While in the education pavilion the Primary 1-4 class were learning about how times have changed since Robert Burns was alive.\u00a0 The younger pupils even made some butter, using different utensils.\u00a0 Mrs Baillie had to taste all of the different butters blindfolded, to see which one she thought was the best!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0All of the children enjoyed the trip, especially the cottage.\u00a0 They learned more about the tale of Tam \u2018O\u2019 Shanter.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t