P1b are really enjoying their topic , ‘Scotland and Edinburgh’.  The boys ands girls have learnt lots of exciting things and been very busy making tartan, flags, painting thistles and writing stories about Nessie. We are really looking forward to our Burn’s Supper on Wednesday !

What have we learnt so far ?

Chloe  – ‘Inverness is nearly at the top of Scotland’.

Piper – ‘Edinburgh used to be called ‘Auld Reekie’.

Sofia – ‘Edinburgh was stinky in the old days’.

Thomas – ‘People in Edinburgh used to throw rubbish out of the window’.

Keilidh – ‘Trousers are called troosers’.

Andrew – ‘The Loch Ness Monster lives in a loch near Inverness’.

Matthew – ‘The flag is called St Andrew’s Cross’.

Max – ‘A thistle is a kind of flower’.

Alfie – ‘A thistle has jaggy bits’.

Isla – ‘Don’t touch thistles because they spike you’.

Shahazaib  – ‘Tartan is a Scottish pattern’.

Jamie – Leigh – ‘You can get different colours of tartans’.

Eleanor -‘The Scottish word for girl is lassie’.