{"id":1180,"date":"2025-12-02T12:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:46:14","slug":"millport-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/2025\/12\/02\/millport-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Millport 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The S3 and S4 pupils have just returned from a great three-day field trip to Millport FSC. The aim of the trip was to study Biology and Geography, with the hope of improving their key skills for their assessments and to give them a taste of working in a different learning environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124603\/20251121_080517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1188\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124603\/20251121_080517-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124603\/20251121_080517-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124603\/20251121_080517-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124603\/20251121_080517-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124603\/20251121_080517-1200x540.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124603\/20251121_080517.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We arrived at Millport FSC just afternoon and settled into the accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>The first task involved walking into Millport and measuring the beaches there to establish if longshore drift was taking place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124200\/20251119_143044.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1181\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124200\/20251119_143044-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124200\/20251119_143044-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124200\/20251119_143044-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124200\/20251119_143044-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124200\/20251119_143044-1200x540.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124200\/20251119_143044.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After dinner the pupils spent an hour in the lab processing their data and then returned to rooms to rest after a long day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124209\/20251119_162033.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1183\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124209\/20251119_162033-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124209\/20251119_162033-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124209\/20251119_162033-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124209\/20251119_162033-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124209\/20251119_162033-1200x540.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124209\/20251119_162033.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next morning we set of to a forest in the middle of the island. We investigated whether the slope of a hill would impact the soil characteristics and the fauna in the woodland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124215\/20251120_105521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1184\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124215\/20251120_105521-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124215\/20251120_105521-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124215\/20251120_105521-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124215\/20251120_105521-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124215\/20251120_105521-1200x540.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124215\/20251120_105521.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After lunch the pupils walked round to the rock shore where they carried out an investigation on the distribution of organisms on the rocky shore and whether it was influenced by the tide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124225\/587312226_122119873352998474_472177862063682031_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1185\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124225\/587312226_122119873352998474_472177862063682031_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124225\/587312226_122119873352998474_472177862063682031_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124225\/587312226_122119873352998474_472177862063682031_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124225\/587312226_122119873352998474_472177862063682031_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124225\/587312226_122119873352998474_472177862063682031_n-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124225\/587312226_122119873352998474_472177862063682031_n.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again, the evening session was spent processing data.<\/p>\n<p>After a fantastic breakfast on the final morning, we travelled into the centre of Millport to look at the impact of tourism by comparing two different streets and interviewing locals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124230\/20251121_113312-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1186\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124230\/20251121_113312-135x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124230\/20251121_113312-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124230\/20251121_113312-461x1024.jpg 461w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124230\/20251121_113312-rotated.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 85vw, 135px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We then had to rush back to catch our ferry and managed to find time for a quick ice cream in Largs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124235\/20251121_124714.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1187\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124235\/20251121_124714-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124235\/20251121_124714-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124235\/20251121_124714-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124235\/20251121_124714-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124235\/20251121_124714-1200x540.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dalrysecondary\/uploads\/sites\/4672\/2025\/12\/02124235\/20251121_124714.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The school and the pupils would like to thank Natural Power for a significant contribution towards the trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The S3 and S4 pupils have just returned from a great three-day field trip to Millport FSC. The aim of the trip was to study Biology and Geography, with the hope of improving their key skills for their assessments and to give them a taste of working in a different learning environment. &nbsp; We arrived &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/2025\/12\/02\/millport-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Millport 2025&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1189,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalrysecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}