INQUISITIVE pupils at a Gourock school became history detectives when they set sail on a project inspired by the story of an ill-fated iconic ship.
Boys and girls in P4/5 at St Ninian's Primary have been learning about all things Titanic since just after the Easter holidays.
Teacher Claire Owens visited the Titanic museum in Belfast to find out more about the sinking of the White Star Line ship in 1912.
She managed to track down names of some of the passengers and crew members, and on her return, each pupil was assigned a ticket bearing the name of someone on the ship.
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The pupils were then tasked with researching their chosen person, giving a presentation on what they found, and composing some narrative writing about what could have happened in the person's life had they survived.
Claire said learning about all the different personalities on board the ship, and thinking about what their lives could have been like, really captured the imagination of her P4/5 class.
She added: "It's about real people and the pupils have loved researching their lives and getting to know them.
"They've been so interested in it and have done so much research at home."
The research-packed project was inspired by the young people reading The Titanic Detective Agency by Lindsay Littleson.
The young history-hunters were thrilled when author Lindsay visited the school to speak to them about the book in person.
Pupils also learned about what the inside of the ship looked like and researched what it would have been like to stay in first, second and third class cabins.
They made models of the types of rooms that would have been found on the ship in tiny boxes and arranged them as closely as possible to how they would have been set out onboard the liner.
To mark the end of their learning the pupils had a tea party with separate menus set out according to social class, as had been the case on board.
Pupil Giorgia Balzan, 10, provided a fitting soundtrack to proceedings with her rendition of 'My Heart Will Go On', from the Titanic film, on the keyboard.
Giorgia said: "It's been such a great project and we've all really enjoyed it."
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Teacher Claire said the project had helped the young people develop their skills across a whole range of subject areas.
She added: "We've worked on activities which link into literacy, ICT, art and history, and have learned all about human rights and children's rights.
"Finding out about different social classes has been really interesting too, and we've boosted our narrative writing skills.
"It's been a great topic."
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