On Friday 26th January Hermitage Primary held a Scottish Afternoon to celebrate Burns Day. There was plenty of talent on show as pupils recited Scots poems, performed Highland dances and played Scottish songs on a variety of instruments. Guests from the local community came along and later enjoyed tea, coffee and shortbread served by Primary […]
In the lead up to Scottish Afternoon 2018, Primary Six were challenged to teach the school about the life of Robert Burns in a short video to be played to pupils and guests at the opening of the event. Primary Six started the creative journey by researching the life of Burns and writing biographies on […]
As part of Scottish Afternoon Primary 4s were given the choice of 2 poems by JK Annand to recite. The teachers were very impressed with high standards and effort the children gave to this task. https://youtu.be/2WFdWG9cRNk
On Friday 27th January 2017, the whole school enjoyed an afternoon of Scottish entertainment. All stages presented excellent recitations of poems in the Scots language and enjoyed listening to extracts from Address to the Haggis. We had a variety of Scottish tunes played on bagpipes, saxophone, and piano. Highland dancers entertained with excellent performances. Thank you to […]
On Friday 22nd January 2016, the whole school enjoyed an afternoon of Scottish entertainment. All stages presented excellent recitations of poems in the Scots language with Primaries 6 and 7 offering extracts from the works of our National Bard – Robert Burns. We enjoyed listening to extracts from Address to the Haggis, Tam O’Shanter, Address […]
On Friday 23th January 2015, the whole school enjoyed an afternoon of Scottish entertainment. All stages presented excellent recitations of poems in the Scots language.
