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We designed a logo to make people want to visit Lanarkshire like they do in places like Cyprus and Australia.
My logo had thistles and the saltire on it as well as a slogan telling people to explore Lanarkshire and do new things while they were here. Next period we have to redraught our logo on a computer in the library and print it off.
post by David S2
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New Year- New IDL! S2 classes have started their new topic which is Lanarkshire Tourism and for the Art element of the topic the classes will design a logo for Lanarkshire with a slogan and an image incorporated into their design. For the first of 3 sessions they will look at what a logo is and discuss other tourism logos to help them come up with an idea. For the second session they will start to draw out their ideas by hand and for the third session they will be using the online logo resource Cooltext to help them come up with some professional looking fonts. These logos will be used later on in the year for a brochure on Lanarkshire that the classes will produce at the end of the topic.
So far it has gone well – one of the classroom assistants commented that it was so quiet in class while the pupils were drawing out their ideas- a sure sign that they were excited and well into the task at hand 
Pupils have been researching all sorts of topics related to life in Scotland and France during the period of the Auld Alliance, with castles sprouting up all over the place along with posters, maps and adverts.
As we get towards the end of the term, the classes are feverishly cutting, colouring and painting to finish their work.
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OK, 2nd year. Here’s your chance to tell us what you think of IDL so far.
What have you liked and not liked?
What’s been your favourite activities so far?
Are you enjoying the groupwork?
Let’s hear your opinions
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Watch this space for pupil posts soon to follow!
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Watch out for pupil posts about this handsome Scotsman who is ready to dance a jig with you!
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An authentic Scotsman created by IDL pupils- well except for the cheap belt from Primark for £1.
Ms Steinert
In IDL, the full of second year helped make a Scottish guy.
When we started to help with the guy we made a Scottish kilt and painted it black and green and other people helped to make the hair which was ginger and brown!
Most people painted the guy and make him stand up straight.
The guy is finished now and is in the IDL room.
He took a while too complete but it did use a lot of teamwork!!!
by Amy and Nicole
As part of an interdisciplinary project between Social Subjects and Modern Languages, S2 pupils went on a visit to Edinburgh. The theme was ‘The Auld Alliance’ and pupils enjoyed a guided tour of Holyrood Palace, scene of much drama during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots.
In addition, pupils also visited the Scottish Parliament where they participated in making their own slideshow about the Parliament, past and present.
Throughout, pupils had the opportunity to handle and examine a variety of artefacts connected with both buildings: a replica of the Parliament’s mace was particularly popular.
On Monday 24 and Friday 28 October, the S2 pupils of Our Lady’s High School went on a visit to Edinburgh as part of their investigations on the Auld Alliance for the Inter-Disciplinary Learning project. After researching the impact that the long friendship between France and Scotland had on the culture and history of Scotland, it was very exciting to go and see Holyrood Palace where so many significant events took place. Pupils were thrilled to follow the footsteps of Mary Queen of Scots and of her French mother, Mary of Guise. Our guides were amazing and very good at bringing history to life.
During our visit in the capital, we also had the opportunity to visit the Scottish Parliament where the excellent education team led a workshop on the history of the Parliament in Scotland. The pupils had fun recreating scenes from the history of Parliament and gathered quite a few clues again about the Auld Alliance.
Our pupils came back delighted, having experienced ‘for real’ what they had been working on for so long.
Written by lorenasteinert
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