{"id":1332,"date":"2016-06-08T11:11:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T11:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2016-06-08T11:11:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T11:11:35","slug":"village-clean-in-the-sunshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=1332","title":{"rendered":"Village Clean in the Sunshine!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>On \u00a0Wednesday 1st of June, Portpatrick Primary school set out in the glorious sunshine to help tidy our village.\u00a0 The boys and girls, accompanied by parents, grandparents and siblings, went down to the beach to collect litter along the shoreline.\u00a0 We were warmly greeted and encouraged by holiday visitors and their families.\u00a0 After making the beach spick and span for everyone to enjoy, the school progressed to the play park and the public areas at the heart of the village.\u00a0 We dutifully bagged and binned 12kg of litter, helping to make our village shine.\u00a0 \u00a0 This was a great learning opportunity for the children as the task supports the requirements of Eco Schools Scotland.\u00a0 Such whole-school activities help to\u00a0cultivate the children&#8217;s social skills, developing their capacities for learning i.e. responsible citizens and effective contributors and aligns with the learning experiences and outcomes of the Health and Wellbeing curriculum. \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Take a look at our happy snaps to see our little workers in action!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>E &amp; O&#8217;s relevant from Early &#8211; Second level<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Representing my class, school and\/or wider community encourages my self worth and confidence and allows me to contribute to and participate in society. <strong>HWB 2-12a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Through contributing my views, time and talents, I play a part in bringing about positive change in my school and wider community. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>HWB 2-13a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I value the opportunities I am given to make friends and be part of a group in a range of situations. <strong>HWB 2-14a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On \u00a0Wednesday 1st of June, Portpatrick Primary school set out in the glorious sunshine to help tidy our village.\u00a0 The boys and girls, accompanied by parents, grandparents and siblings, went down to the beach to collect litter along the shoreline.\u00a0 We were warmly greeted and encouraged by holiday visitors and their families.\u00a0 After making the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=1332\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Village Clean in the Sunshine!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1339,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}