{"id":16132,"date":"2026-06-25T11:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/?p=16132"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:29:25","slug":"royal-highland-show-2026-%f0%9f%90%ae%f0%9f%a5%95%f0%9f%8d%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2026\/06\/25\/royal-highland-show-2026-%f0%9f%90%ae%f0%9f%a5%95%f0%9f%8d%a6\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Highland Show 2026 \ud83d\udc2e\ud83e\udd55\ud83c\udf66"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Waterproofs<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2611.svg\" alt=\"\u2611\ufe0f\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">School Bags<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2611.svg\" alt=\"\u2611\ufe0f\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Snacks<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2611.svg\" alt=\"\u2611\ufe0f\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">More snacks<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2611.svg\" alt=\"\u2611\ufe0f\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">We were all set for our trip to the Royal Highland Show 2026! Despite the early 7:30am start, pupils and staff boarded the bus with bags of excitement ready for a full day of fun!<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f604.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude04\" \/>We travelled in style on the Ulsterbus coach, with the buzz of excitment and we had arrived in Edinburgh before we knew it! <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f68c.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude8c\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">When we arrived, we split up into our smaller groups with our adult and together decided on a quick itinerary on how we were going to tackle the busy showground!<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f42e.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc2e\" \/>\u00a0Some groups decided to start with some lunch, while others were keen to get stuck into their tour around the field! There was so, so much to see that Mrs Baillie had tried to group pupils on their interests and age, so that pupils could prioritise the areas best suited to them. Some group\u2019s first stop was the machinery, while others were there for the ponies, others groups were keen to gather up some freebies in the food and gift tents! The excitement of the activ<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ities actually made us forget that the weather was a tad drizzly!<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f326.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf26\ufe0f\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">After a full day of exploring, we met back up with our friends from Leswalt ready to board the bus back to Kirkcolm. We had fully anticipated that after the excitement of the day and the early start, we\u2019d have some sleepy heads and a quiet trip home\u2026 not quite! The bus was booming with many, many, many renditions of<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u2018This Little Light of Mine\u2019 among many other spectacular tunes!<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f3a4.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfa4\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">A super day out, thank you to the boys and girls for all their fun, the teachers and adult volunteers and Kirkcolm Parent Council for making our fab end of year trip possible!!<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f970.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd70\" \/><\/span><\/span><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16132 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2026\/06\/25\/royal-highland-show-2026-%f0%9f%90%ae%f0%9f%a5%95%f0%9f%8d%a6\/db5479ce-aecf-498b-bef7-b2951313c755\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2026\/06\/25112848\/db5479ce-aecf-498b-bef7-b2951313c755-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2026\/06\/25\/royal-highland-show-2026-%f0%9f%90%ae%f0%9f%a5%95%f0%9f%8d%a6\/img_0525-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2026\/06\/25112852\/IMG_0525-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2026\/06\/25\/royal-highland-show-2026-%f0%9f%90%ae%f0%9f%a5%95%f0%9f%8d%a6\/img_6980-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2026\/06\/25112858\/IMG_6980-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2026\/06\/25\/royal-highland-show-2026-%f0%9f%90%ae%f0%9f%a5%95%f0%9f%8d%a6\/img_9124\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2026\/06\/25112902\/IMG_9124-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waterproofs School Bags Snacks More snacks We were all set for our trip to the Royal Highland Show 2026! 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