Miller pupils celebrate Burns with lunch and Scottish show

PUPILS and staff at Thurso's Miller Academy Primary School celebrated Robert Burns's birthday with a traditional lunch followed by a Scottish show.

At the lunch, one of the primary five pupils very ably piped the haggis in and around the dining hall, after which some P7 pupils cleverly recited the Address to a Haggis.

Afterwards, a whole-school Scottish show featured pupils from different classes performing items of their choice.

There was Scottish dancing as well as gymnastic dancing, along with chanter playing and the reciting of Burns's work and other Scottish poems and songs.

Songs included Three Craws, Donald Where’s Your Troosers?, Ally Bally Bee and The Skye Boat Song. Poems performed were Tae a Thistle, To a Mouse and A Red, Red Rose.

Amazing Grace was also played beautifully by a little trio.

Head teacher Jacqui Budge said: “Our Burns lunch was very well attended and the haggis was so popular. We were all delighted by our children, who entertained us beautifully with Scottish-themed items and who entertained our nursery learners too. Our little Nursery learners were particularly good at their Pas-de-basques!”

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