A lucky ten children from P4 had their names picked out of the hat to go on a trip with Ben the Storyteller and Ms Newall, to Galgael.  This is a remarkable place where people from all walks of life come together to work with wood.  The creations we saw were amazing.  The children’s favourites were a model boat (see the pictures) that is just like the boats that Scottish people used to travel around the country in hundreds of years ago, and a stunning eagle created by Galgael’s founder.  They got to hammer rivets into wood to create part of their own boat, which the staff gave us to bring back to school!  We were shown around to see the various machines they work with.  Perhaps the most special part was that each child was given a beautiful, unique handmade wooden box to take away.  Ben had the idea that we can use them as story boxes.

We also had fun singing silly songs on the walk to the subway and riding the train over to Ibrox.  It was a brilliant afternoon – thank you Galgael and Ben for organising.

Check out some of our photos of the day.

The model boat.  A bigger version was sailed from Scotland to Ireland.  Alan told us incredible stories of his adventures with the crew fighting against the currents to safely navigate a loch in Ireland.

The part of a boat we got to take away.

Ava’s design for a new sail for the boat.

We had a blast playing some tunes on the piano, bongos and guitar.

The children hammering in the rivets.

Yousaf the rock star!

Alan putting up the sail on the boat.

Yousaf’s design for the sail.

Singer/songwriter Malaika – star of the future?!