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
But staff heard many calls of “you’ve got this!” and “do you need help?” from learners, stepping up to support each other and help overcome challenges together 🤍 Trusting your team-mates is crucial to keeping everyone safe and successful - so everyone wins! 👷🏽♂️🥳🏅 #HCResidential2026 #handsfree
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
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
The way you stepped up to work together, solve problems, care for and lift each other up was lovely to watch and we received really great feedback from the instructors 🤍😏🥹 you are amazing! 👏🏼🏆🫶🏻 keep your eyes peeled for big content drops later this week! #grateful #HCResidential2026
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
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
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
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!
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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
