Published: Wednesday, 12th March, 2008 10:00
Clackmannan kids walk like Egyptians!
By Bob Lovik
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OH MUMMY! Taking fright are Clackmannan pupils Leah Orr, Charlotte Westland, Kyle Rogerson and Alexandra Paterson, and their teacher Julie McNally.
Pic by: Jan van der Merwe
PUPILS at Clackmannan Primary could be forgiven for walking like Egyptians last Friday night as three classes culminated lessons on the ancient civilisation with a fun-filled event.
Two P7 classes and the P2/3 class decorated their classrooms with mummies, pyramids and ancient sailboats as they showed their parents – and fellow students – all they had learned during the six week project.
Ochil MSP Keith Brown also showed up to take in the students’ impressive displays relating to ancient Egypt.
Head teacher Janette Wieczorek was thrilled to have the MSP as a guest.
She said, “He’s told the classes here about the workings of parliament and we took to a trip to Edinburgh to see where he works. It was smashing that he came along.”
The evening event, which lasted for two hours, was organised to link the learning between the two age groups and to encourage interaction between the two.
Parents of the older children were impressed to see the progress of their children’s work, who last studied Egypt as younger pupils.
Janette added, “The evening was a great success and was really enjoyable for the staff and for the children. A lot of really hard work went into the evening and it was great to see everyone having such a good time.”
In addition to the displays, belly dancers and even a European eagle owl made appearances.
A falconry expert was brought in, along with Gonzo, his large but well-trained owl, to demonstrate the importance of birds to the ancient Egyptian civilisation.
As the pupils arrived, they paid £1 for a box of barter bits and were encouraged to interact with their classmates, exchanging the bits for homemade beads, sweeties and dates stuffed with honey and almonds.
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