LAST MONDAY, the Year 3 children at Brookham School held their own Burns Day ceilidh in the school theatre.

The children have been learning Scottish ceilidh dancing in their PE lessons as part of the aesthetic block of the curriculum.

Challenges arose in the first couple of lessons as the thought of holding hands with the opposite sex was not appealing to many and rugby shirt sleeves were seen quickly covering hands.

However, the children soon got over these issues as they learnt to count out the different beats, learned the difference between a reel and a waltz and experienced the complications of dancing a figure of eight.

The boys learned how to ask the girls to dance, and the girls in turn learned how to accept gracefully.

Patience and understanding between couples and reeling groups grew.

By the day of the ceilidh the children were eager to show their moves to all the parents and grandparents who had come to watch.