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up a tree and lower yourself down. Both
were tremendous fun! And then, sadly,
it was time for us to leave. We said
goodbye to the Abernethy staff, very
Having a dance on the Ryvoan Ramble grateful for the amazing weekend they
No snow does That evening, we took part in a general had provided us with!
knowledge quiz. We were already in Annie McDowell (P6)
not stop play teams for the weekend, and were asked
several questions in five rounds, the first
P6 and P7 went on the Junior School being on the theme of ‘Heriot’s or Hoax?’.
ski weekend at Abernethy, Nethybridge, It was all great fun.
an outdoor centre in the Cairngorms. The day after, some of us took part in
Despite there being no snow, which outdoor activities. Firstly, we had to put
meant we couldn’t ski, we still had a on goggles, so everything was blurry, and
marvellous time. navigate through an obstacle course. We
After we had arrived and had dinner, also had to get through a giant spider’s
we watched the film Eddie the Eagle, a web without touching it, and our team
true story about a non-sporty boy who carried one member through a hole Making fire in a saucepan while sheltering
goes on to become a ski jumper at the too high to step through! And then we from the rain
Winter Olympics. The next day, some of completed ‘mission impossible’: a variety
us took part in a long, merry walk in the of activities, one of which involved being Wild experience
countryside. We heard some fascinating pulled across a stream by our fellow
folklore, that although we didn’t believe, teammates! for P6
the people of the time did! At one point We also did some climbing and abseiling.
we stopped and were given flint and The climbing involved being on a climbing P6 very much enjoyed their day out to
saucepans in which we made small fires! wall strapped to a harness, climbing to Edinburgh Zoo. Pupils spent some time
We got hot blackcurrant juice, which the top and slowly letting yourself come looking at the diversity of animal life
warmed our hands and our stomachs! down. For the abseiling, you had to climb and the classification of vertebrates
through handling and close observation.
In addition, pupils investigated the
changes that take place as animals
develop, the life cycles of birds and
mammals and the differences in
family structure and parental care.
One particular highlight was watching
the three lion cubs frolic around their
enclosure.
Mrs Bronya Hunt

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