{"id":6063,"date":"2026-03-16T08:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/?p=6063"},"modified":"2026-03-16T08:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:18:36","slug":"ava-makes-a-splash-at-the-west-district-championships-%f0%9f%8f%8a%e2%99%80%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/?p=6063","title":{"rendered":"Ava Makes a Splash at the West District Championships! \ud83c\udfca\u200d\u2640\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to Ava, who represented our local Stingray team at the West District Championships in the <strong>11\u201312 age group<\/strong> for the <strong>50 metre breaststroke<\/strong>. Impressively, Ava is <strong>only 10 years old<\/strong>, making her qualification for the older age category a fantastic achievement in itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ava delivered a brilliant swim, beating her personal best by an impressive <strong>0.45 seconds<\/strong> \u2014 proof that she really does swim like a speedy fish! \ud83d\udc1f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the weekend, our local <strong>Stingray<\/strong> swimmers showed tremendous <strong>determination, resilience and progression<\/strong>, stepping up to compete against some of the strongest young swimmers in the region. Ava had an especially exciting set of races and came incredibly close to qualifying for the finals in Aberdeen \u2014 missing out by just <strong>0.03 seconds in one race<\/strong> and <strong>0.44 seconds in another<\/strong>. Wow! What an achievement and what a great example of perseverance and effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are very proud of Ava\u2019s commitment to training and the positive attitude she brings to her sport. Well done, Ava!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How this connects to our learning values:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>UNCRC:<\/strong> Article 29 \u2013 Children have the right to develop their talents and abilities to their fullest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Metaskills:<\/strong> <em>Resilience<\/em> and <em>Self-management<\/em> through dedication to training and striving to improve personal bests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Four Capacities:<\/strong> Demonstrating the qualities of a <strong>Successful Learner<\/strong> and <strong>Confident Individual<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>This Is Our Faith:<\/strong> Celebrating God-given talents and encouraging one another to always try our best.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Ava, who represented our local Stingray team at the West District Championships in the 11\u201312 age group for the 50 metre breaststroke. Impressively, Ava is only 10 years old, making her qualification for the older age category a fantastic achievement in itself. Ava delivered a brilliant swim, beating her personal best by an impressive 0.45 seconds \u2014 proof that she really does swim like a speedy fish! \ud83d\udc1f<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/?p=6063\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11913,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6063"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6065,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6063\/revisions\/6065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}