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A lesson on traditional Scotland

Jim teaching in 2º ESO B/C

Last week , our new language assistant  James Ferrie - a Glaswegian helping the English department for the academic year - came to school dressed like a Scotsman.

Jim had promised the students in his preliminary sessions that he would wear a kilt one day.  Not being one to renege on promises , he did so last Wednesday.

Jim prepared a very interesting lesson on the various parts of the outfit , the different tartans and on some important figures of  Scottish history : we could learn about William Wallace, Bonnie Prince Charles or Rob Roy.

Fernando and Pablo with the sporran

The children enjoyed it a lot  and asked some clever questions . Besides ,  Jim was so kind as to let them physically touch the belt , the sporran ( a pouch which serves as a wallet int he pocketless Scottish kilt ) and the sgian dubh  ( the small knife  Jim wore tucked into the top of the kilt hose as tradition demands ) .

 They loved  passing all these around  as you can see in the picture . 

It was a nice morning -  both students and teachers  agreed it had been a wonderful opportunity to learn a bit more about Scotland. 

Jim and some of the teachers of the English Department

Jim was obviously the centre of attention  - everybody wanted a picture with him.