Crossgar students visit Highland Show

Crossgar students visit Highland Show

1 July 2015

STUDENTS at St. Colmcille’s High School, Crossgar, had an excellent day out at the Royal Highland Show recently

As part of the curriculum St. Colmcille’s are offering GCSE Agriculture and Land Use. The course is made up of theory, scientific practical investigations and  daily operations of a farm.

The GCSE group have visited the Balmoral Show in Lisburn for the past two year running and this year some pupils took the lead and decided they would like to visit the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh.

The pupils who are studying the course are mainly from a rural or farming background and the trip taught them some skills for life.

One of the students was Katrina Killen, who said: “I enjoyed my day out at the Royal Highland Show. It was a good entertaining, learning process that connected us with the animals, farm technologies and many other learning points from the year.”