{"id":1377,"date":"2015-10-22T17:19:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T16:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHPhysicalEducation\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2015-10-22T17:19:55","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T16:19:55","slug":"hong-kong-scottish-education-connection-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHPhysicalEducation\/2015\/10\/22\/hong-kong-scottish-education-connection-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Scottish Education Connection 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following pupils participated in the Hong Kong Scottish Education Connection trip alongside pupils from Blairgowrie High, Crieff High, \u00a0Lasswade High and Morrison\u2019s Academy:<\/p>\n

Julie MacDonald (6a1), Marianne MacDonald (6a1), Jack McDonald (6a7) and Rory Phelan (6a1).<\/p>\n

The HKSEC aims to foster and facilitate academic, cultural and sporting links between Scottish and Hong Kong schools. The pupils participated in the Wilson Trail, a 78\u00a0km race, 63\u00a0km of which runs through Hong Kong country parks. There were two teams entered into the Raleigh Wilson Trail. Team 1 finished in 12:41:43, and Team 2 finished in 13.01.46. A fantastic effort from all involved!<\/p>\n

Following the race pupils and staff were given the opportunity to experience Chinese culture and gain a real insight into life in Hong Kong. They visited various landmarks and were given the opportunity to taste some wonderful food. The trip was concluded with a presentation night at Hong Kong\u2019s Royal Yacht Club, a fantastic setting for such an occasion. Pupils spoke in front of 200 distinguished guests, delivering an excellent presentation. The HKSEC team of 2015 have undoubtedly gained some fantastic memories that will last a lifetime.<\/p>\n

The team are fundraising for Capability Scotland’s\u00a0Stanmore House School.\u00a0Stanmore House is a specialist school in Lanarkshire for day and residential pupils between the ages of 5 and 18 who have severe and complex needs. They have raised over \u00a34000 so far.<\/p>\n

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The following pupils participated in the Hong Kong Scottish Education Connection trip alongside pupils from Blairgowrie High, Crieff High, \u00a0Lasswade High and Morrison\u2019s Academy: Julie MacDonald (6a1), Marianne MacDonald (6a1), Jack McDonald (6a7) and Rory Phelan (6a1). The HKSEC aims to foster and facilitate academic, cultural and sporting links between Scottish and Hong Kong schools. … Continue reading Hong Kong Scottish Education Connection 2015<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8506,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHPhysicalEducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHPhysicalEducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHPhysicalEducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHPhysicalEducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8506"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHPhysicalEducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHPhysicalEducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1379,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHPhysicalEducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions\/1379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHPhysicalEducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHPhysicalEducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHPhysicalEducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}