On Thursday the 13^th of June, David Ashby author of Gribblebob’s book of Unpleasant Goblins came to visit our school to talk about his new book. David Ashby lives in Sweden and was visiting his family. We found out lots about him: That he had always wanted to be an author when he was younger, that he got the ideas for the book from when he was walking to his home in Sweden, that he had been inspired by a small stone that looked like a small book and that it was his wife’s suggestion to write about it. So he did. Also he had named the character Gribblebob was because he just thought it suited his character as most Goblins aren’t very nice.

We also found out how the book came to be written. Once he’d written the first 10,000 words he saw a post on the internet from an editor asking for entries. After that the editor asked if he could send the rest which he hadn’t written! It’s his first book and he’s written another but it’s not published yet. He still hopes that he can write lots more books in the future. I thought it was an amazing experience as we have never done anything like it!

Thank you to David Ashby for coming in and speaking to us, we all loved it!

Saskia

On Tuesday the 21^st of May, Sprouston P5’s went to the Border Events Centre at Springwood Park for P5 Countryside day.

When we got there we set up and had our snacks. The first thing we saw was the sheering sheep pallor and we then made our way over to the big tent. It had cows, chickens and lots of farming things. The parts I liked were the cow milking, chicks and ducks and the vet centre. The cow milking was where we had to milk a fake cow and get as much milk as we could by milking from hand. The ducks and chicks were so cute! The duck was 1 day old and the chicks were 4 weeks old. The vet showed us all the tools they use for helping animals. We also got to put a bandage on a dog but it wasn’t really hurt! Then we left the tent and headed our way over to the mini ponies! They were Fallabella’s, there was a mum and foal!

After that we went to the Farrier workshop. As SOON as we got there I knew that the ponies were from Nenthorn which is where I go horse riding! I noticed there were Domino, Dandy, Pepper, Peter, Ziggy and Cracker. Next we went to go on the Animal Transporter and see how animals felt like being transported! Lastly we saw the mounted police and I learnt that I had to join the force for 5 years until I could become a mounted police officer.

I really enjoyed it! Best day ever!!! I enjoyed it because it was what I like best!

Thank you to the organisers for organising it!

Saskia

In March Primary 5 and 6 participated in a Tapestry Workshop. None of us had ever tried tapestry before so it was a great experience. We each got a piece of linen with an oval drawn in the middle which we used to design something from it. I made a horse and everyone else did something different. All of our pieces were unique. Everyone wanted to do Tapestry weekly but we couldn’t! Lastly we got to do a bit of the REAL Tapestry which will be shown in The Great Tapestry of Scotland gallery.

I thought it was brilliant and such an experience! It was such fun!

Thank you The Great Tapestry of Scotland for coming! It was wonderful!!!  (Saskia P5)