As part of our “ Where We Live” topic, Primary 3 wanted to find out a bit more about the houses in our local area and also how towns and areas are planned.

Firstly we had a visit from Miss Beedie, a Town Planner at Glasgow City Council. She came in to talk to us about what her job entails and to take a look at the fictional towns we had planned in class – she was really impressed and thought some of us should come and work for her! We asked Miss Beedie a lot of questions. Bismah learned that the area of Newlands used to be a farm and Abigail discovered that property developers are not allowed to build in areas where foxes and badgers already live.

Our next visitor was Ms McGonigle, she is an Estate Agent in the West End of Glasgow. We all wrote a schedule for our own house and got to measure the corridor with a tape measure and a laser pointer, just like Estate Agents do when they are preparing to sell a house.  Leo found out that Ms McGonigle had sold Calvin Harris’s flat and that she helped some lottery winners buy a house! It was a fantastic afternoon!

We also took a walk in our local area and decided to visit Newlands Park to see how local people use the land around the school. We made our own maps of the park and sketched the school whilst we were out. We took a note of the different types of houses we could see and what they were made out of. We think red sandstone, semi-detached houses are the most popular around school!

Primary 3 have really enjoyed learning more about their local area and are looking forward to starting a new topic soon