P5 Trip to Surgeons' Hall

Primary 5A and 5B went to visit Surgeons’ Hall Museum in Edinburgh on Wednesday.

We took part in a workshop to learn about how surgery was performed in the past and how this has helped to shape the procedures we are lucky enough to have today.

We handled some old instruments and had to guess what they were used for, then some lucky volunteers demonstrated what it would have been like to undergo certain procedures back in the bad old days – we all agreed we’d much rather have to go to hospital in this century than back then!

We then looked at some of the exhibits, including some hands-on robotics which allowed us to see what it is like when robots perform surgery.

Afterwards we enjoyed lunch outside in the sunshine before returning to school.

Everyone feels ready now to begin our new IDL context on Human Body Systems.