{"id":253,"date":"2025-06-24T18:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/?p=253"},"modified":"2025-06-24T18:22:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:22:38","slug":"the-quiet-garden-is-officially-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/2025\/06\/24\/the-quiet-garden-is-officially-open\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quiet Garden Is Officially Open!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-253 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/2025\/06\/24\/the-quiet-garden-is-officially-open\/img_12131-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/files\/2025\/06\/IMG_12131-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/files\/2025\/06\/IMG_12131-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/files\/2025\/06\/IMG_12131-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/files\/2025\/06\/IMG_12131-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/files\/2025\/06\/IMG_12131-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/files\/2025\/06\/IMG_12131-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-262'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Kay Family\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/2025\/06\/24\/the-quiet-garden-is-officially-open\/qg2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174341\/QG2-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174341\/QG2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174341\/QG2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174341\/QG2.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-257'>\n\t\t\t\tFantastic Outdoor Blackboards\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/2025\/06\/24\/the-quiet-garden-is-officially-open\/qg7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174358\/QG7-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174358\/QG7-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174358\/QG7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174358\/QG7.jpg 945w\" 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https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174404\/QG78.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-261'>\n\t\t\t\tEnjoying The New Hamocks\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/2025\/06\/24\/the-quiet-garden-is-officially-open\/qg3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174346\/QG3-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174346\/QG3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174346\/QG3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174346\/QG3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174346\/QG3.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-258'>\n\t\t\t\tOur wonderful Helpers and Supporters\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/2025\/06\/24\/the-quiet-garden-is-officially-open\/qg1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174336\/QG1-693x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174336\/QG1-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174336\/QG1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174336\/QG1-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174336\/QG1.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-256'>\n\t\t\t\tHandmade Outdoor Music\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174253\/1000021211.jpg 949w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-254'>\n\t\t\t\tHome Baking For the Helpers\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/2025\/06\/24\/the-quiet-garden-is-officially-open\/qg4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174352\/QG4-761x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174352\/QG4-761x1024.jpg 761w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174352\/QG4-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174352\/QG4-768x1033.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/comrieprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/7077\/2025\/06\/23174352\/QG4.jpg 937w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-259'>\n\t\t\t\tEnjoying The New Messy Kitchen\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We are very grateful to the Kay Family who kindly donated a sum of money on behalf of their late mother who passed away. The wish was for the money to be spent on an outdoor project. This allowed us to bring back to life a corner of our school playground that needed a lift. The children worked together to discuss what it was they felt they needed to create the right environment for relaxing in as the quiet garden was no longer a quiet space. Many people have been involved and help to make this space the wonderful garden it has become. We would like to say a huge thank you to our helpers and donators:<\/p>\n<p>Mr Armstrong, Mr Pinkerton, Miss Gentry and Mr Smissen, Mrs Cowie, Mr &amp; Mrs Kilgour, Miss McAllister, Mrs Rodgers, Ms Winkle,\u00a0 RTS for donating woodchip, Laura Norval (Bushcraft Bairns) for allowing us to visit at Comrie Croft and coming to teach the kids how to build the wild wall plus making the wooden signs, Gavin Harrower Lechkin fencing for donating a new fence, Tom at Scottish Prison Service for the reading bench and mud kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>And all the children that took part!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are very grateful to the Kay Family who kindly donated a sum of money on behalf of their late mother who passed away. The wish was for the money to be spent on an outdoor project. This allowed us to bring back to life a corner of our school playground that needed a lift. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/2025\/06\/24\/the-quiet-garden-is-officially-open\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Quiet Garden Is Officially Open!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/comrieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}