KIDS from Hopeman Primary School celebrated the legacy of Scotland’s Bard with their annual Burns supper on Wednesday.

A Scot’s puppet show kicked off the day before pupils spoke about Burns Night traditions.

Primary 7 pupils Bella Robertson and Stella McPherson, after a little difficulty, recited the ‘Address to a Haggis’ and the special assembly was rounded off with a rendition of Auld Lang Syne.

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Aoife Irwin, who teaches Primary 5,6 and 7 at the school, said the kids were excited to learn about Robert Burns with some clearly taking inspiration from the globally celebrated poet and lyricist.

“The kids were really excited to learn about him,” she said.

“We had our shadow puppet show of course and we spoke about some of the Burns Night traditions.

“In fact some of the kids were actually writing poems afterwards so I think they’ve been totally inspired by it.

“We also had two of our Primary 7 pupils, Bella and Stella, address the haggis.

“I think it was a wee bit awkward for them at first because they found it tricky to actually get the knife into the haggis.

“That was hard work but they got there in the end so it was a really good experience for them.”

Pupils were treated to haggis, neeps and tatties for their lunch after the special assembly.

The school has also been working closely with the Elgin Burns Club.

That saw six pupils from the school perform their shadow puppet show at the club’s supper in Elgin for Burns Night.

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