Achaleven Primary School

Primary 4-7 have had a busy March. We have been to Oban to take part in Y Dance, visit the Fairtrade Exhibition, St Oran’s Church and St Columba’s Cathedral.

Fairtrade

Fairtrade is when workers in developing countries get the right payment for their hard work. We visited the Corran Halls to find out more about this.  We were introduced to a man from New Ghana, who worked in a tea plantation.  This plantation sells 200 million kilograms of tea per year. He worked long hours for very little pay. He told us a little about his life and country.   This will probably be the only opportunity he will have to visit Britain.  He found Scotland very cold. However he was happy to come and bring the message of Fairtrade.

Y-Dance

Primaries 4,5,6 & 7  went to the Scout Hall on Monday 5th March to dance.  Y-dancing is very similar to street dancing.  We played lots of fun games and even learned a funky dance routine. It was a real fun trip and we hope to do some more dancing.

     Making the most of our moves.                    

St Orans Church and St Columba’s Catherdral

Primary 6/7 visited both St Oran’s in Connel and St Columba’s in Oban as part of their Religious Education. We studied the inside of both churches, taking note of the different stain glass windows and religious artefacts.  We talked about the comparisons between them .  We would like to thank the Reverend Cringles and Father MacKay who took us round and explained things to us.