We spent an enjoyable day with Stobhill Primary School P6 learners on 14th May. The weather was great at Musselburgh Lagoons and the learners showed some good skills on the water. Well done.
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There was a great buzz about the centre at Netherurd near West Linton, where the P7 transition camp was taking place from the 14th to 16th May 2014. I was delighted to lead 8 archery sessions for the learners from the Penicuik High School cluster primary schools.
Sean Fallon (Outdoor Learning Teacher)
The P7 Orienteering Festival 2014 was a great success. 11 Primary Schools attend this event. 52 very keen students took part in a warm up Star Event before tackling the challenge of the Cross Country Course. Congratulations to all participants, the top three boys/girls and teams are detailed on the table below. The fastest boy and girl will receive certificates and the fastest team will receive the P7 Orienteering Festival Cup and certificates.
| NAME | SCHOOL | TIME | PLACE
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| Nina Kaminski | St. Mary’s P.S. | 7.55 | 1st (fastest girl) |
| Cara Pryde | Mayfield P.S. | 8.14 | 2nd |
| Rachel Molotnokov | Paradykes P.S. | 8.27 | 3rd |
| Ryan Kilpatrick | Newtongrange P.S. | 6.37 | 1st (fastest boy) |
| Lewis Walker | Paradykes P.S. | 7.04 | 2nd |
| Marc Thomson | Mayfield P.S. | 7.13 | 3rd |
| Paradykes P.S. | Team 2 | 22.52 | 1st (fastest team) |
| St. Andrews P.S. | 24.25 | 2nd | |
| St. David’s P.S. | 24.32 | 3rd | |
Many thanks to the Active Schools Team for their help. Also a big thank you to school staff who accompanied their athletes to the event.
We enjoyed working with the Burnbrae P5’s at their residential camp at Innerwick last week. Burnbrae Primary School. Staff led a variety of visits in the local area and the Outdoor Learning team supported their visit with some rock scrambling on North Berwick Law and paddlesports on the River Tyne.
We enjoyed keeping up with what was going on at camp using the Burnbrae PS twitter feed at the school website.
A great way to keep staff, pupils and parents informed of what was happening on this brilliant trip.
Well done to all the staff and pupils who made this Outdoor Learning trip a success.
Burnbrae P5 Camp twitter feed is available at the Burnbrae Primary School website or at twitter@p5burnbraecamp
Congratulations to the S6 pupils at St David’s High School – This years winners of the S6 Outdoor Learning Challenge.
A great event with a variety of outdoor learning based problem solving, navigation; leadership and team activity,
Our special thanks to all the staff and schools who attended this year and assistance from the Active Schools and Secondary School staff who made the event possible. You can view more images of the challenge by clicking the link below.
Link to selection of images from the event
All the S6 teams did amazingly well and showed great skill , resilience and leadership which ensured the day was a great success.
Thanks also to Staff at Vogrie for letting us use such a great venue.
We are all looking forward to next years challenge, and hope that we will see all our Secondary schools at this annual event.
More details of the S6 Outdoor Learning Challenge event can be seen here.