One final post to conclude our #HCResidential2026 @blairvadachoec.bsky.social adventure by sharing the views 😍🍃 from the windswept shorelines to the coldest caves, the weekend’s weather couldn’t stop our magnificent P7 squad from enjoying an inspiring and unforgettable experience! 👏🏼 #HolyCrossBV26

And finally the Gaming thread! 🎱⚽️🥅 a #digitaldetox is always good for nurturing iur young minds, but there were few complaints or social media withdrawal symptoms with these activities on offer!

Almost there! Our Saturday Night Disco 🪩💃🕺🏻 didn’t get the full dedication it deserved, so here’s a post purely for the moves, friendship, outfits and genuinely the most unexpected and chaotic playlist I have ever heard 🥳

Next up - it’s Go Time! 🥾⛑️🧤🪢 Prepping for activities took lots of organisation, planning and listening 👂🏻💭💡each group had their own colour and number to co-ordinate their things and help each other get sorted. Safety first!

Next up - Dine and Whine! 🍽️ 🤤Meal times were a great opportunity to recap our day, check in and fuel up for activities (dont be fooled by some glum looking faces, they were probably just up too early - or sick of me by this point 📸😅) #HCResidential2026

A word of warning - there will be no rhyme or reason to the categories presented here this evening but I will do my best to be coherent 👀 We shall begin with travel journeys. The bus trips were full vibes, both going… #tellmewhy 🎶

Alright who’s ready for the #HCResidential2026 roundup? 📸🎶✌🏼if you don’t see your child, please don’t worry - all photos will be uploaded to SeeSaw including the official @blairvadachoec.bsky.social snaps from activities too! Here’s a taster to kick us off on our recap 🤩🏅💪🏽 #HolyCrossBV26

Awesome weekend everyone. Well done to all #HolyCrossBV26

And a final thank you to our incredible P7s 🙌🏻👏🏼 there are not enough words to describe how proud we are of you! Whatever your experience this weekend - from the smallest win to the steep learning curve - you gave us your best 🫶🏻we had so much fun with you all and can’t wait to see what comes next!

Happy reunions for our fabulous learners to bring our @blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 to an end 🎉 Thank you to our families - it’s a been a pleasure to watch your children glow ✨ with kindness, compassion and respect over the past few days. Those are the skills they learn from you 🤍👏🏼

Indoor climbing to round off the weekend for this group 🧗our unstoppable pupils pushed themselves to reach the highest heights! #HCResidential2026 #HolyCrossBV2026

Our final reflections - all instructors praised our learners for their resilience and determination 🤍 a huge thank you to everyone at @blairvadachoec.bsky.social - management, instructors, kitchen and cleaning - we are so grateful to you all for giving us a weekend to remember! #HolyCrossBV26 👏🏼🙌🏻

When you thought you were gonna sleep on the bus but the vibes are just too good ✌🏾😎 tunes are on and we’re en route home! 👏🏼 our boys know how to get exactly the right balance between work, play and rest 😏 #HCResidential2026 #homewardbound

A lovely shore walk to round up our visit! 🐚🌊⭐️ a great opportunity for our young people to be inspired and think about local #conservation and #sustainability efforts 🤍🍃🌏 if anyone comes home with a pet crab, I can assure you we warned them 🦀 #HCResidential2026 #HolyCrossBV26

A bit of #STEM for two groups this afternoon as it rains on our #climbing plans! Learning lots about our shorelines and Scottish sealife as we develop our observation and analysis skills! 👀🧐 🔬 #HolyCrossBV26 #HCResidential2026 @blairvadachoec.bsky.social

Successful #scramblers are heading back to @blairvadachoec.bsky.social for a warm shower and well earned lunch after this morning’s activity! 👏🏼 whether motivated by words of encouragement or trying to escape my singing, the whole squad had big achievements! ✌🏾🏆. #HCResidential26 #HolyCrossBV26

A shout out to our behind-the-scenes teaching staff who gave up their weekends to support the children! 👏🏻🤍🙌🏻 they’ve been dealing with medication, nurturing and encouraging our young people whilst tidying up after me so I can run around looking for 5G to post photos 😅 #teamwork #HCResidential2026

Breakfast of champions! All of the boys were down on time with me and my team were the first full team seated! 👏🏻 (it’s absolutely nothing to do with me but I need a small win this early for an energy boost) @blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 #HolyCrossBV2026 #wakeupshakeup

Up and at ‘em! A wet and dreary morning here at @blairvadachoec.bsky.social but some of our boys are already awake 😱 Big discussions over whether it’s 06.30 or 07.30 but I’m just glad it wasnt half an hour earlier for the 🤷🏽‍♂️“six seeeeeven” 🤷🏽‍♂️ chat 🫠 #HCResidential2026 #HolyCross2026

Another #lightsout and fun-packed day over for us here at @blairvadachoec.bsky.social 🌓 😴looking forward to our final day of activities, learning and achievements tomorrow! #HCResidential2026 #HolyCrossBV26

#OutdoorEducation at Blairvadach continues... #BV26 #HolyCrossBV26 @holycrosspri.bsky.social

Some more 📸 from our Saturday night disco ✌🏿🪩🙌🏻 including some action shots from the most popular tunes, like Call Me Maybe. Staff had to check we hadn’t time travelled back to our own dancing days. Well, except Mr Doherty of course 👀🙊 @blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 #HolyCrossBV26

Well when the disco began at 8.30pm, some of us (staff) could not have imagined the vibes would hit so hard! But these guys brought the energy we all needed to push through. Absolutely fantastic moves from our squad this evening 🕺🏻💃🪩 #HCResidential2026 #HolyCrossBV26 @blairvadachoec.bsky.social

Tonight’s after dinner activity - an indoor scavenger hunt! Effective communication, planning and teamwork to ensure success for our orienteers! ✅📋🕵🏾@blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 #HolyCrossBV26 #education #lifeskills

Dinner time done! Another great job by our clean up team! 🙌🏿 finishing up with a fruit salad for dessert 🥝🥭🍓before planning our events for the evening! Some sleepy-looking faces but a happy camp nonetheless! @blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 #HolyCrossBV26 #lifeskills

Our second group of climbers for the day! Whether reaching the highest tree top or overcoming fears to take the first steps off the ground, everyone challenged themselves and achieved their goal. Success all round for these guys! 👏🏾🏆 🙌🏻@blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 #HolyCrossBV26

And it turned into a lovely day for a #gorgewalk this afternoon! ☀️🌳💦 the weather has been chaotic but what an adventure for our groups exploring local landscapes! @blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 #HolyCrossBV26 #outdoorlearninh #lifeskills

Our happy #scramblers had a fabulous morning exploring! ⛑️🪨🧗🏽‍♀️Quite the squeeze through some of these spaces but everyone has returned in tact! @blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 #HolyCrossBV26 #outdoorlearning #lifeskills

A fun morning on the #ropescourse with @blairvadachoec.bsky.social for this team! Lots of hard work and challenging ourselves to complete this activity! 💪🏽 #HCResidential2026 #HolyCrossBV26 #outdoorlearning

Important safety chats for the #climbing activity! Lots of growth mindset and resilience from this group 👏🏽 Shoot for the moon, reach the stars! 🌙✨ @blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 #outdoorlearning #resilience #teamwork

We’re kitted up and ready for our morning activities! #scrambling , #climbing and the #ropescourse to start us off! Great to have Mrs Collum join us this morning too! Especially as we found the harnesses tricky (the kids were fine…😅) 🧗‍♂️ 🌲@blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 #outdoorlearning

Breakfast done! A quick chance to get our rooms ready for inspection 🧐 Hopefully everyone has followed the rules, otherwise us teachers are about to hit the snack jackpot for our Saturday night 🍿🍬🍪 #sweetliltreat @blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 #HolycrossBV26 #lifeskills

It turns out we’re up early so we can squeeze in some more game time before breakfast 🎱🥅⚽️ #HCResidential2026 #indoorgaming #education

The sun is up after a wet and windy night here at @blairvadachoec.bsky.social ❄️☀️some of the children are up and eager to start the day… or perhaps just excited for breakfast 🤔🤤 #HCResidential2026 #outdoorlearning #education #lifeskills

The lights are officially out after our arrival here at @blairvadachoec.bsky.social 😴 children are off to bed with zero reported attempts of ding-dong-ditch so far 👀 a busy evening but we’ll have plenty of rest ahead of tomorrow’s activities! #HCResidential2026

A final activity before supper! The dark didn’t stop our #scavengers hunting for hidden items around the outside of the building! Grateful for the wellies and the cosy jumpers provided! 🌖❄️📋✏️ #HCResidential2026 #outdoorlearning #education

It’s Mr Docherty to the rescue as it becomes apparent that I (Miss Feeney) have unknowingly taught several right-handed children to shoot pool left handed. Sneaking off to find the room key I left at one of the other games tables… 🤷🏻‍♀️🎱😅 @blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026

Stunning views at our home for the weekend 🤍 the weather doesn’t look promising for our visit so we may have to skip water based activities tomorrow, but we’re sure to have a great time either way! 🌬️@blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 #outdoorlearning #education

Enjoying some downtime in the games areas! Lots of opportunities for team building, communication and resilience already - and most importantly, fun! @blairvadachoec.bsky.social 😍 #HCResidential2026 #lifeskills #education

Dinner is done! Lovely fish and chips from the chefs at @blairvadachoec.bsky.social to get us the energy we need for the evening’s activities! Fab job by our tidy up team too 👏🏻 #HCResidential2026 #outdoorlearning #education

Starting off with a practice fire alarm for #firesafety. We’ve had some time in our rooms before the alarm went - everyone used the correct routes and met at the correct safety point! A job well done 👏🏽👏🏻 #HCResidential2026 #outdoorlearning #education @blairvadachoec.bsky.social

We’ve made it! We’re off the bus and ready to settle in! @blairvadachoec.bsky.social #HCResidential2026 #outdoorlearning

Aaaaand we are on our way! @blairvadachoec.bsky.social. The sun is out and the music is on - so far not even Friday traffic can dampen these high spirits! #outdoorlearning #education #HCResidential2026 ☀️🕶️🎶

Today’s the day! Our P7s are off to @blairvadachoec.bsky.social this afternoon for a weekend of fun activities! Double check your list and make sure you pack yourself too - Miss Feeney didn’t have help and now she has to buy a toothbrush 🪥😅🤡 #lifeskills #outdoorlearning

Eid Mubarak! Wishing the whole community a happy and blessed time as you celebrate with family and friends. #Eid #family #peace

P3/2 enjoyed our time on the #poweringthefuture level @glasgowscience.bsky.social , looking at ways we can generate power using things like light, water, wind and movement to create clean energy. Our young engineers were definitely up for the dance challenge! 💃🕺🏻 #STEM #education #climateaction

P3/2 had a fantastic time exploring @glasgowscience.bsky.social today! A great visit to inspire curiosity and creativity in our own young scientists 🤩 #STEM #exploration #investigation #imagination

A huge congratulations to all the Primary 7 children who were confirmed this week. What a special moment to share with you all. #Confirmation #Sacrament

The stage is set, you don't want to miss it, so get to the office, to buy your ticket!!! #TheWizardofGoz