Savvy Moray youngsters have been teaching their parents a thing or two about the European Union as they brush up for the final of a national competition.
Children from St Sylvester’s Primary School in Elgin will travel to Edinburgh on Monday to take on youngsters from across Scotland in a Euro Quiz at Holyrood.
Their teacher said that as well as learning about capital cities and flags, the P6 pupils have been delving into some meatier matters.
Lynne Chater said they had been reading up on Brexit – and suggested they were now more clued up on the UK’s departure from the European Union than many of their elders.
Taking part in the contest will be Adam Landicho, Dea Nunag, Ines Gomes, Alisa Bodman, Dearbhla McIntyre and Beth Dempster.
They won a local heat at Elgin Town Hall in March, defeating sides put forward by 11 other schools.
There were questions about currency, sport, history and languages.
The group beat children from Applegrove Primary in Forres by just a single point in a tense head-to-head finale.
Since then, they have been learning more and more about life on the continent as they prepare to compete on the grand stage.
The quiz will take place in the debating chamber at the Scottish Parliament building.
Teacher, Lynne Chater, said the event had a special significance while debate about the UK’s place in the Europe dominates politics.
She said: “The competition covers politics, geography and contemporary culture, with a particular focus on the European Union and Brexit.
“It has all been quite topical, and when they were asked to speak to their parents to get their opinions I think they were more aware of what Brexit could mean than some of them.”
The pupils’ classmates will watch the quiz live as it is screened over the internet.
Quizmaster, Christine Grahame MSP, said: “Euroquiz is a brilliant way for young people to learn more about Europe and Scotland’s place in the world.
“With European elections and Brexit being debated at breakfast tables in many households, I’m sure it’ll be an exciting quiz for the hundreds of young people who have all been studying hard.”
The Scottish European Educational Trust has been running the quiz since 1993 and the finals have been held at The Scottish Parliament for nine years.
