{"id":430,"date":"2025-09-08T15:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/?p=430"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:52:28","slug":"s3-pupils-kings-trust-achieve-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/2025\/09\/08\/s3-pupils-kings-trust-achieve-program\/","title":{"rendered":"S3 pupils &#8211; King\u2019s Trust Achieve Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Whalsay School &#8211; A Connected Community of Learners\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are fortunate at Whalsay School to work with a number of different community partners to enhance our pupils&#8217; learning experiences. Similar to our recent post which focused on the work of SDS, our collaboration with Youth and Employability Services greatly adds to our pupils&#8217; learning experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Our link Youth work officer, Sadie Simpson has been guiding pupils in working towards an award with The King\u2019s Trust Achieve Program.<\/p>\n<p>Young people taking part in Achieve are developing the skills and confidence they need to shape their futures. Through hands-on projects and group activities, they work towards personal development, improved wellbeing, and \u00a0stronger teamwork and communication skills.\u00a0 The program helps them set goals, gain qualifications, and prepare for their next steps.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past couple of weeks, pupils have been focusing on teamwork skills. The group took on challenges like building the tallest free-standing tower using only marshmallows and spaghetti, and the cup tower challenge where they had to stack and position cups using just strings tied to elastic bands. \u00a0Both activities got everyone thinking, communicating, and using their problem solving skills! Photos of the activities here:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-431\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155050\/Teamwork-skills-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"252\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-432\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155052\/Teamwork-skills-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155052\/Teamwork-skills-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155052\/Teamwork-skills-1.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-433\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155053\/Teamwork-skills-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155053\/Teamwork-skills-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155053\/Teamwork-skills-2.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-434\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155054\/Teamwork-skills-3-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155054\/Teamwork-skills-3-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155054\/Teamwork-skills-3.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-435\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155056\/Teamwork-skills-4-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155056\/Teamwork-skills-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155056\/Teamwork-skills-4.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-436\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155058\/Teamwork-skills-5-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155058\/Teamwork-skills-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155058\/Teamwork-skills-5.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-437\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155059\/Teamwork-skills-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"252\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-438\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155100\/Teamwork-skills-7-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155100\/Teamwork-skills-7-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/08155100\/Teamwork-skills-7.png 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whalsay School &#8211; A Connected Community of Learners\u00a0 We are fortunate at Whalsay School to work with a number of different community partners to enhance our pupils&#8217; learning experiences. Similar to our recent post which focused on the work of SDS, our collaboration with Youth and Employability Services greatly adds to our pupils&#8217; learning experiences. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/2025\/09\/08\/s3-pupils-kings-trust-achieve-program\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">S3 pupils &#8211; King\u2019s Trust Achieve Program<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5549,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5549"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}