Connecting Scotland & Zambia
Our website uses the arts to connect schools in Scotland and Zambia.
Schools around Scotland, [particularly in Livingston New Town. West Lothian],
and schools in the town of Livingstone, Zambia, [beside Mosi-oa-Tunya, the Victoria Falls] are taking part.
We have pages about participating places in SCOTLAND, about The Bird Exchange in which pupils create and share images of birds that have never been seen before, and these wing off to pupils in the other continent.
We hope to develop our Connectng, Story Exchange and Want To Know? pages.
Our work began in 2013, the bicentenary of Scottish explorer David Livingstone. Learn more about his Scottish connections and friends at http://davidlivingstonescotland.webs.com/
Our website is edited by Ewan McVicar, with funding from our Scottish Government via National Trust Scotland.
Ewan has had much help from Belinda Hodge of Livingstone 2013 - see http://www.victoriafallslivingstone.com/
Ulva Primary, Ulva Ferry, Isle of Mull
The Mull Roads
What do you see on the Mull roads, the Mull roads, the Mull roads,
What do you see on the Mull roads, when you drive along.
Deer running across the road, across the road, across the road,
Deer running across the road, and stags standing guard.
See a gannet diving, diving, diving,
See a gannet diving, and a starling eating seeds.
Flying like an aeroplane, an aeroplane, an aeroplane,
Flying like an aeroplane, starlings in a flock.
White sheep and horned cows, horned cows, horned cows,
White sheep and horned cows, standing in the road.
A buzzard hunting, hunting, hunting
A buzzard hunting, and an eagle swooping by.
Minx, cats and rabbits, rabbits, rabbits,
Minx, cats and rabbits, running away to hide.
The sunlight on the hillside, hillside, hillside,
The sunlight on the hillside, and the sunset over the sea.
A puffin saying ar-row-er, ar-row-er, ar-row-er,
A puffin saying ar-row-er, and the wren, the King of the Birds.
Spiral-jumping dolphins, dolphins, dolphins,
Spiral-jumping dolphins on a lovely summer's day.
Otters in the water, water, water,
Otters in the water, and the fin of a basking shark.
Seals like black bananas, bananas, bananas,
Seals like black bananas, balanced on the rocks.
What do you see on the Mull roads, the Mull roads, the Mull roads,
What do you see on the Mull roads, when you drive along.
To hear the song click here
Pictures of Ulva Primary, and the bird images made by Sam, George, Lizzie, Eilidh, Kate and Issy to send to Zambia in Feb 2014.
To hear the song click here
Ulva Primary pupils learn to card, spin, set up and use the loom.
How To Make A Kilt
If you want a kilt you start with a sheep,
Baa baa you'll make me cold.
Shear the wool and put it in a bag,
When it's finished it can be sold.
Card it to straighten and roll it for a rolag,
Baa baa you'll make me cold.
You'll need a spinning wheel to make the yarn,
When it's finished it can be sold.
Use a niddy noddy to wind it in a hank,
Baa baa you'll make me cold.
You need to make it clean in the kitchen sink.
When it's finished it can be sold.
Put it on a loom, the worp then the weft,
Baa baa you'll make me cold.
Thread the shuttle through, tighten with the reeds,
When it's finished it can be sold.
When you've made the cloth you fold the pleats,
Baa baa you'll make me cold.
Then you've made a colourful tartan kilt,
Now it's finished and it can be sold.