Megaphone Icon

Next school holidays Monday 14th April to Monday 21th April (inclusive)

Perth Fife [gtranslate]
  • Our Family
  • Our Schools
  • Support & Advice
  • Contact Us

Colour Mode

  • About Us
  • Our Service
  • Parents & Carers
  • News & Events
  • Welcome
  • About Us
    • What we do
    • Meet Our Team
    • Work for us
    • Proprietor
    • Virtual Tour
    • Policies
  • Our Services
    • Curriculum
    • Care at Falkland House
    • Clinical Therapy
    • Careers
    • Beyond the classroom
    • Safeguarding
  • Parents and Carers
    • Important Information
    • Referrals and Admissions
    • Parents and Carers
    • Autism Accreditation
  • News & Events
  • Referrals and Admissions
  • Contact Us
  • Our Family
  • Our Schools
  • Support & Advice
Admissions
Admissions

Find out more about Falkland House School Fife.

What we do

Our team

Work for us

Proprietor

Policies

Virtual tour

 

Our work and how it helps.

Curriculum

Care

Clinical therapy

Careers

Beyond the classroom

Safeguarding

 

Making a real difference.

Important information

Referrals and admissions

Care and support

Autism Accreditation

×

Home News & Events End-of-year excursion to Blair Drummond Safari Park

30th June 2021

End-of-year excursion to Blair Drummond Safari Park

FHS English Teacher, Mr Stewart, reports on the whole school, end-of-year trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park

Following a year of restricted opportunities, we finally managed a whole school outing to Blair Drummond Safari Park on June 9th.

By 9:15am all boys and staff were ready to depart, armed with snacks, drinks and Mr Melville in charge of the money.  The weather was overcast but a few staff and pupils were optimistic, having decided upon shorts, t-shirt and sunglasses.

The journey through was so uneventful that one of the boys remarked “I’m disappointed by the lack of cows in the fields.”  Despite the earlier optimism regarding the weather, it started drizzling as we neared the Park.

Tickets sorted, we drove into the “wild”, stopping to see a rhino at close quarters. Some of the boys noticed a sign that read if the rhino starts walking towards you, you should drive away slowly.

This caused a bit of a panic in the Juniors’ car as the rhino started to walk towards them and their car couldn’t go forward due to the car in front of them not moving! They were very relieved when the rhino changed direction!

We moved on, deciding that our vehicles would be no match for it, and headed for the safety of the lions. Some were sensibly sheltering under trees while others showed they were true Scottish lions as they braved the drizzle.  We continued our drive through the animal reserves, seeing bison, antelope, monkeys and camels before stopping for a snack in the car park.  It was at this point we realised this was Scottish drizzle; the kind that soaks you right through! 

Undeterred by the weather, the boys headed off to enjoy the park.  Some opted for some “teacher bashing” on the dodgems, delighting in bumping into each other but mostly bumping into Mr Stewart.  The mighty fort adventure playground was enjoyed by all and the paddle boats were also a great, if wet, success.

Although there were certain areas of the animal park not open due to Covid restrictions, there were still lots of animals to see, ranging from giraffes, elephants, penguins and monkeys, to more domesticated animals in the petting zoo.  Dinosaurs roared and moved, delighting the boys as they moved round the Dinosaur Safari.

By 12:30pm the weather had improved and the boys dried out over lunch. They were able to pick from food stalls selling pizzas, burgers, wraps and sandwiches and they also had the opportunity to sit down in the restaurant to choose from the menu there.

To finish off the day, the boys had ice cream cones or ice lollies before heading back to school in extremely quiet cars! Overall, it was an excellent day, with the boys representing themselves, the school and their families well.

  • Read Previous
  • Read Next
Options Autism
24th July 2024
‘Falling UP Together’

FHS has been working with ‘Falling UP Together’, an art collective for mental wellbeing based in Fife. Our

Options Autism
24th July 2024
Bringing 3D design to life

Last term, our boys took their skills to new heights with an exciting project centred around 3D

  • What we do
  • Term Dates
  • Virtual tour
  • News & Events
  • Contact Us

Follow us on social

Falkland House School

Falkland, Fife, KY15 7AE

01337 857 268 Email

 

Part of

Options Autism

Follow us on social

  • Slavery Statement
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Legals

© Outcomes First Group 2025