Burns Night

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Description

To Teach them a bit about Scotland, Robert Burns, the poetry he wrote and the traditional Scottish Burns Supper


Resources

Information about Robert Burns, Burns Night and the Burns Supper. (file attached)
Traditional Scottish Childrens Games (file attached)
Recording of Address to a Haggis (read by a Scotsman): https://soundcloud.com/kevin-brown-50/address-to-a-haggis-robert

Print outs of Some of Burns' Poetry, available at: http://robertburns.org/

Instructions

Discuss who 'Robert Burns' is, and the purpose of 'Burns Night'.
-Have they heard of him?
-Do they know any of his poetry? (Auld Lang Syne!)

Eat some shortbread and discuss different dishes served on Burns Night



Play The Haggis Target Game:
-A Pretend Haggis made out of an old pair of tights, and a chalk target drawn on the floor
-Take it in turns to roll the 'Haggis' at the target to see how many points they can get!

Other Burns / Scottish Activities for the evening could include:
-Scottish word guessing!
-Discussing what a Clan is, and then looking up their Surnames to see if they belong to a Clan. http://scotclans.com/
-Playing some traditional Scottish Childrens Games


Tags

  • burns
  • burns night
  • Burns Supper
  • cooking
  • game
  • haggis
  • History
  • Poetry
  • scotish
  • scotland
  • scottish
  • scottish challenge
  • scottish craft
  • scottish foods
  • scottish games

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  • Skills - Meal
  • World - Activity
  • World - Worship