Our three Primary 7 classrooms were transformed into court rooms on Wednesday 20th March 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 7 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:

Primary 7a: not guilty

Primary 7b: not guilty

Primary 7c: not guilty

Well done to Primary 7 for engaging so passionately in the court proceedings and many thanks to Mrs Neville for giving so generously of her time.