Primary 7 had a fantastic time travelling through to Edinburgh of the train.

We discovered a lot more about where money originated from and how to keep it safe.

The children worked hard to plan the trip, behaved excellently during the trip and excelled when asked to write a recount of the trip.

Please read one of our recounts to find out a little more about the day:

Money Museum

Yesterday we went to the Money Museum to learn more about money. We had been planning it for days. We traveledto the train station by a bus, then caught the train. When we arrived in Edinburgh we walked up to the museum. We were split up into three groups, one group with Mrs Walker, second group with Mrs Anderson and the third group with Mrs Cordner.

My group went with Pinjia first. We were talking about money used 300 years ago. Pinjia took a bag out, we got to feel the money from 300 years ago. They were shells that used to be money. We went back to the room to get our snack. The other group we went with was Elca. We learned how to make a £20 note. We were told that if you tried to fake a £20 note you were executed. We got to draw on a real £20 note.

My group went with the last teacher Hannah. We got to build a copy of the building. It took us 38 seconds to build it. We were shown two safes, we needed to open them. At the end we managed to open the best safe and retrieve the postcards. Then we walked to the Edinburgh train station and went on the train. When we arrived in Bathgate train station we walked 2.2 miles back to school.

I learnt lots of facts about money and I didn’t know that they used shells for money. At the trip I learnt that if you tried to fake a £20 note you got executed and I used my listening skills and drawing skills. I learnt also that they got red birds and took off the feathers and made a 9 metre belt that was used as money. At the end we saw 2 big safes and at night there was 1 person at night to guard it. I learnt how to open it and used learning skills.

by Nikolas