{"id":20934,"date":"2026-03-09T10:21:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=20934"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:40:11","slug":"edinburgh-residential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2026\/03\/09\/edinburgh-residential\/","title":{"rendered":"Cracking time in the capital! \ud83d\udc96"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Our Primary 6 and 7 pupils recently had an amazing time during their residential trip to Edinburgh .\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">They crammed so much into their two days away, and were so very well behaved.\u00a0 Several people commented on what delightful pupils they were and how they represented the school impeccably.\u00a0 Well done all &#8211; we are very proud of you .\u00a0 Many thanks must got to he staff for supporting the pupils when away.\u00a0 Everyone had the best time!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Have a look what they got up to here &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Edinburgh Residential trip , March 2026\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o6fE79aRSYM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Residential trips are powerful because they combine <strong data-start=\"2646\" data-end=\"2705\">challenge, independence and new environments<\/strong>, which naturally develop meta-skills such as <strong data-start=\"2751\" data-end=\"2842\">resilience,\u00a0 self-management and confidence<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>School residential experiences support several rights outlined in the <strong data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"119\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child<\/span><\/span> (UNCRC)<\/strong> by providing opportunities for children to learn, participate, and develop independence in a new environment. During residential trips, pupils exercise their <strong data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"313\">right to education (Article 28)<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"357\">goals of education (Article 29)<\/strong> through experiential learning and personal challenge. \u00a0Time spent engaging in\u00a0 social activities also supports <strong data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"681\">Article 31<\/strong>, which recognises children\u2019s right to rest, play and take part in recreational activities. Together, these experiences help promote wellbeing, confidence, resilience, and positive relationships among pupils.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Primary 6 and 7 pupils recently had an amazing time during their residential trip to Edinburgh .\u00a0 They crammed so much into their two days away, and were so very well behaved.\u00a0 Several people commented on what delightful pupils they were and how they represented the school impeccably.\u00a0 Well done all &#8211; we are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2026\/03\/09\/edinburgh-residential\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cracking time in the capital! \ud83d\udc96&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":640,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20934"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20937,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20934\/revisions\/20937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}