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The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place, Glasgow, Scotland
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
• Primary 5 researched the highest place in Glasgow as part of our homework.
• We wrote about what we found.
• We made models of the places.
• Have a look at some of the places we found out about.
The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
The Cathkin Braes Country ParkCathkin Braes Country Park covers a large area in the south east of Glasgow.It has a lot of history and is a familiar landmark on the skyline. It reaches 200 metres above sea level, the highest point in South Glasgow.
This is the view from the Cathkin Braes.
The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
Springburn ParkThe highest point in the North of the City of Glasgow is Springburn Park on Balgrayhill. It is 364 feet above sea level. Springburn Park was opened by Glasgow Corporation in 1892.
It has amazing views of Ben Lomond, the Trossachs, the Kilpatrick, Campsie and Kilsyth Hills, and the hills of Argyllshire. If the weather is good, you can even see the peak of Goat Fell on the Isle of Arran.
The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
Bluevale and Whitevale Towers
This is the name of twin tower block flats which are in Camlachie in the East of Glasgow. They are 90.8 metres tall and have 30 floors. Glasgow built a lot of these towers in the 1960’s. There were a lot of towers like these in the Gorbalswhere we live, but there are not many left now.
The tallest building ever to have stood in Glasgow in the past was the Tait Tower in Bellahouston Park.
Ryan P5
The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
Red Road Flats
The tallest building in Glasgow is the Red Road Flats. The Red Road Flats have 31 floors and is 259 feet tall.
The Red Road Flat construction started in 1964 and completed in 1969 and opened in 1971. It cost £6 million.
The Red Road Flats are now in the process of being demolished. There are pictures and information about this building in the museum called The People’s Palace, close to our school.
Scott P5
The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
The Jeely Piece Song
We also learned a very famous Glasgow song which is about tall buildings. It’s called the JeelyPiece Song. It’s about children being hungry because their mothers can’t throw sandwiches out of windows of high rise flats. It’s great fun. Here’s a picture of Mr. McCormick singing the song.
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I'm a sky scraper wean, I live on the ninteenth floor
But I'm no goin' oot tae play any more.
'Cause since we moved to oor new house I'm wastin' away
For I'm getting one meal less every day.
Chorus:
Oh ye canna fling pieces oot a twenty story flat
Seven hundred hungry weans will testify to that
If it's butter, cheese or jeely, if the bread is plain or pan
The odds against it reaching us is ninety-nine to one
On the first day my Maw flung oot a daud o' hovis broon
It came skitin' oot the windae and went up instead o' doon
Noo ev'ry twenty seven hours it comes back into sight
Cause my piece went intae orbit and became a satellite
On the next day my Maw flung me oot a piece again
It went up and hit a pilot in a fast, low flying plane
He scrapped it off his goggles, shouting through the intercom
The Clydeside Reds have got me wi' a breid 'n jelly bomb
On the third day my Maw tho't she would try another throw
The Salvation Army band was standin' doon below
'Onward Christian Soldiers' was the tune they should've played
But the Oompah man was playing piece 'n marmalade
We've wrote awa' to Oxfam to try an' get some aid
We all joined together and have formed the Piece Brigade
We're gonna march to London tae demand our civil rights
Like nae more hooses over piece flinging height
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Glossary
breid: breaddoon: downhoose: housejeely piece: breadand jelly sandwich
oor: ouroot: outpiece: sandwichwean: child
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow Tower
This tower is on the bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow near the Glasgow Science Centre. It is 127 metres tall. It holds a Guinness World Record for being the tallest tower in the world in which the whole structure can rotate 360 degrees.
Toni P5
The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
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Here are some of the models we made.
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
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Everyone wrote down their comments.
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
The Seven Wonders of Our RegionThe Glasgow Tower
All the classes came to see our models and find out about the highest places in Glasgow.
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
The Vote
We took a vote on which landmark we wanted to be the winner of the
First Wonder of Our Region.
The Seven Wonders of Our Region
The First Wonder of our Region - The Highest Place Glasgow, Scotland
The Vote
We took a vote on which landmark we wanted to be the winner of the
First Wonder of Our Region.
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The winner is……..?