Yesterday Primary 3/4/5 went on a school trip into Ednburgh to learn more about Burke and Hare, our topic in class. We arrived at the Surgeon’s Hall Museum and were met by Thomas who kindly spoke to us about Burke and Hare. The children were able to demonstrate exactly how much we had learnt, answering questions and discussing the gruesome twosome! Before leaving we guessed what some mystery objects were and explored Surgeon’s Hall ourselves, looking more closely at all those body parts in jars. Before lunch we were met by our three tour guides who took us all on a walk around Edinburgh’s Old Town. We went up the closes and down the stairs, finding out lots of interesting facts about Burke and Hare along the way. We even managed to visit Greyfriar’s Kirkyard and the statue of Greyfriar’s Bobby to tie in with our class novel. Have a look at some of our photographs from the day!
my favourite bit was seeing the brains
My favourite bit was getting to see the brains
I liked seeing bits of real bodies in Surgeons Hall. We even saw real brains.
I liked to see the graves and the body parts
My favourite bits of the trip were the gruesome jars at Surgeon’s Hall and Greyfriar’s Bobby.
I enjoyed the trip on Monday and the best part was seeing the tools the surgeons used.
I liked going to see the graves and in the surgeons hall the best part was seeing the parts of the body.
I enjoyed the trip on Monday and the best part was seeing all the tools the surgeons used. I really had fun.
The thing I enjoyed the most was seeing Greyfriars Bobby and the churchyard was fun. I really likes when we saw Burke’s plaster cast in the museum. It was fun exploring the museum.
The bit I enjoyed the most was the anatomy museum. I liked the museum because I was interested in the body parts an the plaster cast of Burke. I also enjoyed the stories the tour guide told us about the history of Edinburgh. I now know the symbol to look for where people were hanged.
It was a brilliant day! Some of the jars were a bit too gory for me though! I enjoyed exploring the churchyard and finding out what the carvings on the gravestones meant.