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Magical History Tour

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What a week it has been in P4/5/6!

On Monday, P4/5/6 and P6/7 spent the whole day in Virkie, learning about what went on there throughout history.

First we took a little walk to see the remains of the Braer oil tanker, which ran aground 30 years ago.   Some pupils have chosen this topic to research further and we look forward to seeing what they have to share with us later in the term.

 

We could see one of the funnels stuck between some rocks.
I wonder if it will still be there in 30 years time?

Next it was time to visit Old Scatness and the iron age village.  Archaeologists from The Amenity Trust took us around the site and gave us a little insight into what life was like and how archaeologists can learn more about how people lived in the past.

Looking fierce!
It was great fun dressing up!
We made a timeline jigsaw together. We could see just how long ago Old Scatness was built!
We dissected some “poo” to see if we could find out what had been eaten. (Thankfully, it wasn’t real!)
Was it easy to make flour using this method?
Getting a tour of Old Scatness.
We enjoyed sitting in the reconstructed round house. I wonder what it would have been like to live there?

After some lunch in Betty Mouat’s Bod, we set off to Mrs Leslie’s farmland to find out about what was going on there during World War 2.  We were amazed to find out that around 5000 men were stationed there at that time!  There are still some remains of buildings and roads that were built for them.  We had fun trying to guess what some of the different structures were used for.

The remains of an old house that had to be knocked down to create a clear view of the runway during the war.

On Wednesday we walked to the Crofthouse Museum to find out about life in Shetland over 100 years ago.  It has been so well looked after, one of the pupils asked if it was a reconstructed house.   We are grateful that it continues to be cared for and enjoyed by so many visitors.

We learned about the crofting way of life and all of the different things people used.  Everyone listened really well to the information and there were some super questions being asked too.

We passed around some items inside the crofthouse. These are some “rivlins” that were made from seal skin.
We did a scavenger hunt around the garden area and tried to answer questions on what we had just learned.

Thank you again to all of our parent helpers who accompanied us on our trips this term.   Your support is greatly appreciated and has given the children the opportunity to safely explore all of the wonderful things on offer in their local  community.