THE JOURNEY BEGINS

  

Departed from school we walked to shields road underground and we had fun. we learned how to use a ticket machine and go through the barrier. half of us took the inner line and half of us took the outer line. one of groups came first and arrived before the other because there were less stops. We discovered that the subway goes under the River Clyde.

 

ARRIVING AT THE WEST END

      

On our way to Botanic Gardens we walked along the Great Western Road, one of the longest roads in Glasgow. We looked at the windows of some shops along the way : a fishmonger’s, a fruit and veg shop, a cake shop and a charity shop. We talked about the sort of jobs in these places like a podiatrist (a foot doctor) and a physiotherapist (someone who helps treat muscle injuries).

BOTANIC GARDENS

We had our lunch and we fed some pigeons. We went into the massive greenhouse and saw some tropical fish and killer plants (carnivorous) like Venus Flytraps. We found out that the plants in the house need heat so the glass keeps it in. They need heat because they come from different places with hot climates. We walked around the park and saw some of the dinosaur models and exhibits.

JOURNEY HOME

We took the subway from Hillhead station which is on Byres Road. We could get back because we had a return ticket which costs £1.35 for a child. You can use it for two journeys. Children can’t get an all day ticket. We walked back to school from Shields Road station. We were tired but we had a great day!

 

 Before the trip.

We checked if everyone had packed lunches and jackets in case the weather was bad. We made sure that we had something to eat for lunch with us, or money to buy lunch because we knew that there was a café at the studio.

Then Mr McCormack gave us money for the subway tickets. We had to divide this money between us so that everyone had enough to buy a return ticket, which means you can go and come back on one ticket. We each needed £1.35.

We talked about why we were going to the studio and what we could learn about. For example, who would work there and how they got their job there. We also chose three songs that we wanted to record.

Getting there.

We all left the school and walked to the subway at Shields Road. We each paid for our tickets at the desk. Some of us had problems scanning our ticket to get through the barrier!

We got off at St. Enoch centre. We had to make sure all day that we had our own ticket safe so that we could get home. We walked to the studio from the subway and had to cross the River Clyde.

At the studio

We met the team who worked at the studio. We  recorded our three songs and saw how the songs were  edited and produced. We saw many new things like the mixing desk, we sang in the vocal booth, we tried the drums and microphones in the rehearsal studio. We also made sure to have a lunch break outside to get some fresh air.

We also learned the names of different types of guitar: electric, acoustic and bass and what the differences are. We spoke about people who recorded there and how you can go to college to get a job as a music producer.

You can listen to the songs we recorded at the top of this post.

Getting home was much easier as we knew how to use the subway and which stop to get off at. We had a great day!