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Primary 2, Primary 3

Canal walk

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Today Primary 3 and 3/2 went for a walk along the Union Canal. We looked for lots of different things. Here are some facts we found out about the canal.

We saw the canal getting wider for the boats to turn. Isla M

We saw swans along the canal swimming and gliding. Grace

I saw the swans making a love heart with their necks and heads. Hubert

The number of the bridge was 27. Maisie

We saw the shale bings. Ben

In the canal there was rubbish including a football, bottles, bicycle wheel, and other food wrappers and a bike. Callum

We saw a weather vane on top of Broxburn Primary. Rebecca

Lots of branches had fallen in the canal. Zac

We saw a ginger cat laying at the side of the canal. Ruby

The water in the canal was rippling. Ciaran

There was mooring point to tie boats up along the side of the canal.

The port was called Port Buchan. Luke There are also lots of reeds in the water.

Primary 4, School News

Canal Presentations

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This week we have been learning about the Union Canal. We worked in a group to create a power point presentation and then we delivered our presentation to the class. Look at us presenting.

Have a look at our super presentations.

Sophie R, Piotr & Ben

Saoirse, Cole & Hana

Ollie, Finlay & Megan C

Ethan, Kornelia & Wiktoria

Maria-Victoria, Reyan and Karolina

Natasha, Fraser & Jazib

Callum, Olivia, Artur

Charlee-Marie, Oscar &Finn

Brandon, Ieuan & Sophie M

Aayan, Megan L, Rebecca

Well done Primary 4. Good work!

Primary 4, School News

Canal

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Mrs Street came into class today to tell us all about the Union Canal. She is a canal enthusiast who has her own boat on the Union Canal. She told us lots of interesting facts about the Canal.

Fraser – You can’t fish where it has yellow signs as you might get electrocuted from the overhead wires.

Sophie R- Canal boats used to get pulled by horse who walked along the side of the canal.

Oscar – Minks live along the canal and are dangerous to animals and humans. They are not scared. The union canal is about 21 miles long.

Maria-Victoria – the canal was built 200 years ago! The canal was dug by hand – no machines!

Charlee-Marie – plants grow in the water and if you try to swim in the canal you might get drowned. You also should not put rubbish in the canal.

Sophie M – lots of wildlife live around the canal.

Finlay – the canal was closed for 40 years and they had to clean it to reopen it. It goes all the way from Edinburgh to the Falkirk wheel.

Ethan – the bridges over the canal have numbers on them.

Thank you very much Mrs Street – we learned lots from you.