Education Archives - Page 2 of 2

18/07/2023 Peter Lyon

Garden to kitchen, fork to fork

Visitors are now benefitting from two investments inside and out.

10/01/2023 Peter Lyon

Rebuild gives Path a new lease of life

Projects officer Alan explains what it’s taken to look after some of our key features over the past year. A lot of work goes into maintaining parts of the grounds used for our learning development with children, and 2022 saw the biggest changes for some time. At the start of

15/12/2021 Peter Lyon

How we brought outdoor education to schools

“With residentials off the table, pupils were missing out on a big opportunity to engage themselves in developmental learning. These experiences are known to have a profoundly positive impact for young people. Taking Wiston on the road seemed like the natural way to re-engage with those who were missing out.

28/10/2021 Peter Lyon

Grounds team grows stronger with Community Jobs Scotland

Our two new Community Jobs Scotland Programme grounds staff, Daniel and Struan, have spent the past month settling in. They are gaining new skills all the time, from using leaf blowers to learning how to work the biomass heating system. Grounds co-ordinator Colin Aitken and his son Shaw, who has

19/02/2021 Peter Lyon

Vision to Ensure Residential Outdoor Education for the Future

A conversation has started with the aim of guaranteeing that our young people have the chance to take part in a residential outdoor education experience as part of the curriculum post Covid-19. A group of outdoor education centres and politicians from across Scotland have created a joint vision for the