On Monday 23rd April Primary 5 visited the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh to photograph some of the exhibits and to view the 2018 Wildlife Photography Exhibition. We were welcomed by Ms Gill (Theo’s Mum!), who gave us a very interesting insight into her role as a director of the museum and really inspired us to get the most out of our visit. P5A visited the exhibition first and were amazed by the clarity and composition of the many forms of wildlife which were on show. Some of the photographs were even taken by children their own age or younger! While P5A were visiting the exhibition, P5C got to explore the wonders of the museum…

Some favourite exhibits were Dolly the Sheep and the human hamster energise wheel within the Science and Technology installation. We were also blown away by the Natural History section, where we saw dino skeletons, sharks, narwhals, elephants, wildcats, big, cats, giant pandas….the list is endless.

Afterwards, P5A explored the museum while P5C went to view the wildlife photographs. Some of our favourites were the photos of animals interacting with their young, animals playing, animals hunting, underwater shots and so much more. There were also some images of animals which are hunted by humans, showing us the devastating effect we can have on wildlife.

Some of us made sketches of the exhibits; we are continuing to work these up back at school with Miss Brolls and we are adding more detail to these as we go along.

We had a fantastic day at the Museum and would highly recommend it as a day out, especially as it’s completely free!

Have a great holiday weekend,

Miss Anderson and Mrs Campbell