P5 meet Lemony Snicket
Written by Aaron and Morven P5
Friday, 15 January 2010
On Wednesday we went to see Lemony Snicket. His a book author. He is American, which is quite cool. This was his first ever event in Scotland. He has a number of books (13). I thought he was going to be boring but he wasn't, actually he was a bit of a comedian! He played an accordian to us and we had to join in with the song. Aaron P5
We were at the Queen's Hall to meet the author of a Series of Unfortunate Events. Lemony Snicket was not as I expected. He kept on repeating himself and did a dance where he fell on the floor. He said Lemony Snicket was bitten on the armpit by a crocodile then he played the accordian whild singing and told someone to squeeze someone else. He start to read a bit of the book and let people make noises like BOOM and GRRR. I am going to read all 13 of his books now. In the end he ran away, it was really good. Morven P5
Last Updated ( Friday, 29 January 2010 )
Classroom 
Welcome to the Classroom section. This section is dedicated to pupils and includes childrens' work, reading and Pupil Council. 
On 18th January P6/7 took part in a basketball competition for the EPSSA HOPE TRUST TROPHY. It was held at the Crags Sports Centre. In the first game the team we were supposed to play didn't turn up so we played Royal High and we lost 0-8.In the second game we played Pentland Primary and we won 10-4.Then we played Royal Mile and were narrowly beaten 8-6. We had a rest and we watched Pentland V Sciennes . In our last game we played Sciennes and we lost 10-6. We gave our best effort and enjoyed the tournament. Liam & Kacper P6
On Thursday 26th Nov. P6 went to the Victorian Schoolroom at Leith Walk Primary. When we got there the girls got changed into pinafores and the boys got changed into shirts and waist coats. Then we went into the classroom.The desk and seats were different from the ones we use now and the teachers were very strict. We had to sit up very straight and keep our feet together. When we were seated we did the 5 times table up to 12 mentally. Then we did some more maths on a slate board with a slate pencil.It was hard to write with and made a horrible noise. After we did writing with ink pens with a sharp point and dipped the ink pen in the ink well in the desk. Then we heard about Jet, a shiny black stone Queen Victoria wore. The teacher asked lots of questions about Queen Victoria and as we knew nearly all the answers she was very pleased. When we had finished in the classroom we went through to the Victorian Museum. The teacher told us about Victorian life at home and showed us some of the things they used in the kitchen, the bedroom and on wash day. I got to turn a mangle and try on a corset!. Last of all we got to play with some Victorian toys for 10 minutes. At the end we got changed out of our Victorian clothes and walked back to our own school. I thought the trip was fantastic and we learnt lots. Kaera
