Sts Peter and Paul Catholic College: Scotland

Life is richer at Sts Peter and Paul!

Life is richer at Sts Peter and Paul!

Welcome to the official blog created by students to chronicle their experiences during Enrichment Weeks.

On these pages you’ll find personal accounts from our students discussing the wide range of activities they enjoyed both in college and off site.

Visits included residential trips to Iceland with the Geography department, France with the History department and Barcelona with the Maths department. Year 10 and 11 students will visited New York with the Business Studies teachers, while English staff and students explored creative writing skills in locations as diverse as Florida and Yorkshire, where students worked alongside a poet, a novelist and a playwright to set their imaginations on fire.

Back at College, students will take part in retreats to explore and deepen their faith. They will hear from inspirational speakers, attended careers workshops and take part in a host of music, dance and drama activities.

Our College Principal, Wendy White, said, “Enrichment Week is a fantastic opportunity for students to broaden their horizons and learn outside the classroom. It is experiences like these which testify to the diverse, exciting and challenging curriculum at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic College, and how we focus on the development of the whole child.”

Daily updates from home and abroad will allow students to record and share their memorable learning experiences with family and friends.

We hope that you enjoy reading about our experiences on these pages as much as we have enjoyed putting them together.

Look out for the next instalment of the blog following Enrichment Week in July 2015….

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Scotland - Day 3

After a leisurely start to the day we all boarded the coach at 11 am to drive the short distance to Mugdock Country Park.

Sts Peter and Paul Yr 8 having a great day in Mugdock Country Park

We unpacked all the BBQ equipment and started off on a lovely trail. The walk took us past the ruins of the 14th century Craigend Castle where the Scottish outlaw Rob Roy often hid out! The later stages of the walk took us past the historical site of the 2nd World War army gun mountings positioned above Clydebank to protect the city of Glasgow and the shipyards from night raids by German bombers.

The crack BBQ team

The crack staff BBQ team then rustled up burgers and sausages for 40 pupils! From Mugdock we boarded the coach for the journey to The Time Capsule where the students first ice skated and then spent over 2 hours in the leisure pool playing on the slides, flumes and waves.We returned to the Auchengillan Centre where hot chocolate and snacks were served before lights out.

Supper time at Auchengillan