{"id":138,"date":"2026-06-24T12:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/?p=138"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:42:12","slug":"thrive-outside-in-p4-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/2026\/06\/24\/thrive-outside-in-p4-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrive Outside in P4\/5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Over the past few weeks, our Thrive outdoor sessions have provided fantastic opportunities for pupils to learn, explore and develop important life skills in a nurturing environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The children have thoroughly enjoyed spending time outdoors, taking part in a range of activities that have encouraged teamwork, problem-solving, creativity and resilience. From exploring nature and working collaboratively to taking on new challenges, everyone has shown enthusiasm and a willingness to give things a go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">These sessions have also supported pupils&#8217; emotional wellbeing, helping them to build confidence, strengthen friendships and develop positive relationships with both peers and staff.<\/p>\n<p>It has been wonderful to see the children thrive outdoors, embracing new experiences and making the most of our outdoor learning opportunities. I am incredibly proud of the positivity, teamwork and determination they have demonstrated throughout each session.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs McClelland \ud83d\udc8c<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-139\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124051\/burn5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124051\/burn5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124051\/burn5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124051\/burn5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124051\/burn5.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124059\/finlay-map-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124059\/finlay-map-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124059\/finlay-map-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124059\/finlay-map.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-141\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124105\/LH-planting-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" 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src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124122\/teamwork-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124122\/teamwork-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124122\/teamwork-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124122\/teamwork.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-145\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124126\/thrive-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p45sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3648\/2026\/06\/24124126\/thrive-2-300x225.jpg 300w, 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\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few weeks, our Thrive outdoor sessions have provided fantastic opportunities for pupils to learn, explore and develop important life skills in a nurturing environment. The children have thoroughly enjoyed spending time outdoors, taking part in a range of activities that have encouraged teamwork, problem-solving, creativity and resilience. From exploring nature and working &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/2026\/06\/24\/thrive-outside-in-p4-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thrive Outside in P4\/5&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3206,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p45sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}