St Bridget's School Blog

On the 3rd of May our primary 7 went to visit the Scottish Parliament where they went for a very sneaky peak in the debating chamber and managed to get a very special question and answer session with John Mason the MSP for Shettleston.

When p7 seven first arrived at the Scottish parliament they had to go through a metal detector and put anything they were carrying on to a conveyer belt that went through a computer that scanned it (a bit like an airport) after they went through security a guide lead them through the lobby and to a room.

The power point was mostly all about the history of the Scottish parliament then were escorted up to the very top level were they had a question and answer session with John Mason Shettleston’s MSP. After that they were all very quietly hushed into seats in the debating chamber were nobody moved for about half an hour while they all listened to a debate that never seemed to end after a while they had to leave and weren’t back to school for quite a while.

It was a great opportunity to get inside the Scottish parliament and see how our Government works.

Primary 6 class A and B have been participating in the John Muir Award, they have been swapping classes, reading books and doing work on nature. They have been going to Maryiston woods, and Garrowhill park, they have also been doing different challenges like measuring trees, drawing pictures of the park and colouring sheets of paper on trees so it looks like the bark

On Wednesday the 24th May we will go to Dumbar to see the birth place of John Muir, On Wednesday 15th June we will be going to the Five Sister Zoo. We hope you enjoy it.

St Bridget’s Primary school are taking part in  international children’s  day. International children’s day is when all of the classes get to sing a song about a country . p5 are singing a Scottish song called wild mountain thyme . P6 are singing a Irish song called Molly Malone and Galway girl . We are all looking forward to this day!

This May our school will be going to the 5 sister’s zoo.  Some of us will be going on the 15th of June. The whole school will be participating on this trip and are excited to see Lions, Elephants, Giraffes, Zebra’s, Monkeys and the animal on the logo a Lemur. We understand the animals can’t wait to see us too!

The Primary 5  class room 12 are doing a play about Hoodwink. The play Hoodwink is about Robyn Hood standing up to the sheriff of Nottingham. The reason everyone is so poor is because the sheriff keeps on stealing money because of the unfair taxes. Robyn Hood stea
ls from the rich and gives to the poor. At the end everything gets sorted out and the sheriff gets a punishment from King Richard form fighting the Crusades

Some of the actors and actresses are:

Roman = Jester 2 and Narrator

Sophie and Olivia = Maid Marian

Fintan and Callum = Robyn Hood

Carmen = Friar Nosh

Michael = King Richard and Lord and Narrator

Emma = Villager

P7 on the 3rd of may went to Edinburgh castle on a full day trip the bus journey was long but was worth it when they got to the castle.

The castle was loaded with cannons that looked bigger than an average person with an incredible view all the way to sea. The castle had so many rooms and since we were also caught up in traffic we only explored so little of the great castle. Despite being on a tight schedule we managed to see the crown jewels and the stone of Destiny with various other important gems and jewels in the room. We managed to all fit inside a very small private chapel which was only for the Queens of the past to use for private prayers and we managed to see one of  the castles most famous cannons that was transported all the way from Belgium

The p7s hade a very fun day exploring what was one of the worlds most secure and safest fortresses.

Primary 7 have set up an exhibition called Gathering voices.

Here are a few words from their teacher.”I do not think they need to improve in anyway apart from being a bit louder,

all the teachers were very proud and could listen to them all day long.”

Great praise! So all round well done to the primary 7’s!

P5,  P6 and P7  are taking part in the discovery and explorer  John Muir Award  . The John Muir Award is about nature and Eco  you can go to places like the beach, woods,  forests, and a camping site. It is fun to learn about the John Muir  as his life was very interesting. If  you explore it  you may find lots of insects and mini beasts  and  if you go to any of these places we hope you enjoy doing the great activities. You can find out more about the John Muir award at www.johnmuirtrust.org  Think: Discover, Explore, Conserve and Share!

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Primary 3 have been learning about egyptians.They have been doing lots and lots of intresting and cool things in there topic such as learning to read hieroglyphics, learning how the farmers worked and about how they would trade. P3 also drew themselves as egyptians and they look super cool!