This feature is only available to premium members
Check out our Premium Accounts
Select your Account Type
I'm a Parent Add up to 6 children
Scots all round the world celebrate
Burns Night with a Burns Supper to celebrate the life of the poet Robert Burns. The suppers are held on or near the 25th January, Burns' birthday.
A Burns Supper is started with piping in the guests by bagpipes. They then take their places at the dining table and are welcomed by the host. The Selkirk Grace (a prayer) is read and the first course is served (often Cock-A-Leekie soup). After that the haggis, a traditional Scottish dish, is piped in from the kitchen. Haggis is a sausage made from the liver, heart, and lungs of a sheep. Before the haggis is cut the host or an invited guest reads Burn's famous poem, Address To A Haggis. The haggis is cut with a large knife and eaten with mashed tatties and neeps. Dessert (often sherry trifle) is served along with oatcakes and cheese.
A toast to the Queen is made after dinner and a short speech about Burns called 'The Immortal Memory' is given by one of the guests. Guests also take it in turns reading Burns' poems, singing songs and possibly some Highland dancing. The Supper is ended with everyone singing 'Auld Lang Syne'.
Here at Primary Leap we have created some resources that can be used in your lesson plans when teaching students about Burns Night.
We have a reading comprehension about Burns Night for older pupils, a reading comprehension about Robert Burns for younger pupils, an acrostic poem that can be used for all years and a word search to add a bit of fun!
