Primary 1-3 have been using their language skills to learn how to write letters for different purposes. The children have been wondering what happens to our letters when we post them. To answer this quesion the boys and girls had a guest visit from Wullie Dougan, our local postie.
The children also had many other questions to ask him such as:
- What would you do if there is no address on the letter?
- How many parcels do you deliver in a week?
- What uniform do you wear?
Wullie happily answered all the children’s queries. For example, he explained that:
- The Post Office always try to find a return address to send an unaddresed letter back. After this, Royal Mail hold on to it for a period of time to see if someone comes in to claim it.
- Stranraer would normally have 200 parcels for Amazon to deliver a week, but because of BlackFriday shopping week, he and his team had to deliver 500 this week alone.
- Wullie has 3 hats; a cap, a sun hat and a woolie hat for winter time, which he is very glad he has just now on these cold mornings. He also explained that he must wear a bright jacket to be easily seen, which is especially helpful in the dark winter days.
The children had a great day learning all about our postal service and our thanks go to Wullie for coming along to share his job experiences with the children.
