Burn's Night

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Description

Burns Night Activities: games, clans, poems


Resources

Wellies
Pool noodles
Balloons

Clan names - http://scotclans.com/

Instructions

Who is Robbie Burns?
Do we know any of Robbie Burns' poems? (Auld Lang Syne)
Can you read any of his poems?

Take it in turns - see what we think he is saying?

Try haggis, neeps and tatties

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/

Highland Games
Welly wanging
Caber toss (pool noodles)
Sheaf toss - essentially caber toss over a bar
Weight over bar - Throwing a weight over a bar and you keep raising the bar till you have a winner, we could use the pioneering pole for this

Haggis chasing - chase balloon with sticks
Haggis bowling - throw balloons at a target


Tags

  • burns
  • burns night
  • competition
  • culture
  • haggis
  • Highland games
  • international
  • world cultures

Badge Links

  • International - Phrases
  • World - Discover