Our Primary 6 classrooms were transformed into court rooms on Thursday 24th April for an 
engaging Developing the Young Workforce activity, facilitated by Cathedral parent, Mrs Neville. Mrs Neville works as a Sheriffdom Legal Advisor for the Scottish Courts & Tribunals Service and supported our Primary 6 learners to run their very own court case, the case of the stolen jelly beans. The big question was: who stole the jelly beans, gifted to him by Mrs Duffy, from Mr Young’s office?
The children learned about the Scottish criminal court system before taking on various legal profession roles: lawyers, Procurator Fiscal, Defence Agent, Court Police Officer, Bar Officer, Sheriff, JP, Legal Advisor and Clerk. Other pupils played the accused and the witnesses.
The verdicts in each class were as follows:
Court hearing 1: Guilty
Court hearing 2: Not guilty
Well done to Primary 6 for engaging so passionately in the court proceedings and many thanks to Mrs Neville for giving so generously of her time.
His Majesty’s Inspectors of Education (HMIe) will carry out an inspection of Cathedral Primary
School and Nursery Class during the week commencing Monday 12th May. Please click on the link below to access an interactive summary of the strengths and good practice Cathedral Primary will share and celebrate with inspectors during their visit:
Preparing for Cathedral’s inspection |
