Today we went on our first school trip to the Kelpies. We went on the bus to Falkirk. Our tour guide was called Jennifer. She took us a walk up to the Kelpie statues and she told us lots of information about the Kelpie legend and the man who created the sculptures.
Jennifer told us that a man called Andy Scott created the Kelpies. He decided to create Kelpies because horses used to help pull the boats along the canal. Jennifer showed us photos of two Clydesdale horses. One was called Duke and one was called Barron. This is also the name of the Kelpies. A good way to remember which one is which is to think Duke has his head down so the other one must be Barron.
We played a game with Jennifer. We used our bodies to make sculptures of either Duke or Barron. Look at our pictures and see if you can tell who we are all trying to be.
Jennifer took us through a magic door and inside the sculpture of Duke. When we were inside we learned lots of facts about the sculptures. We all lay down on the floor so that we could look up and see how big the sculpture was.
We all had a great time on our school trip!
Andrew – We liked going inside the Kelpie and it has helped us with our artwork this afternoon.
Adam – We learned that the statues of the Kelpies are 30 metres tall.
Ewan – I learned that 100 elephants are the same weight as one of the statues.
Rebecca – I had great fun this morning.
Conor – I liked when we went inside, we found a horseshoe.
Jason – I learned that the water next to the Kelpies is called a Canal.
Eva – The Kelpies are made out of metal.
Lewis – The Kelpies were made out of a metal called Steele.
Niamh – My Dad brought the statues of the Kelpies into the school.
Erin – My favourite part was when we went inside the Kelpies and we lay on the floor.
Ryan – It was fun going into the Kelpie and seeing all the parts that it is made of. I liked when jennifer played a game of true or false with us.
Thank you to Jennifer and all the staff at Falkirk Community Trust at Helix park for making our visit so fantastic!
