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Thursday 29th July was Superhero day here at Oatridge. Our students woke up to find that the college had been transformed overnight into a School for Superheroes. Their teachers and activity leaders had disapeared and been replaced by a legion of cape-wearing, superpower wielding staff. Their classes had become training sessions, the common room was now the Batcave and their on-site activities gave them time to design their Superhero disguise (and costume for the disco!). In their training sessions they learnt all about superheroes, discussed what makes a hero and even discovered their own superpowers and wrote their own origin stories to share with the other students!

Here are some pictures to give you an idea of what went on:

Here are some of the EAC Staff, The Medusa Sisters, Professor H, Ice-Eyes and Polly Pyromaniak



Bubbly Barbie and Thunderpants...



Students got dressed up:





So did their group leaders...





Even the college was all dressed up...




Much hard work went into making capes and costumes during the daytime!




A BIG thank you to all of the staff and students that helped make our theme day such a success!

EAC Plus Horse Riding

Over the course of the summer many of our students have signed up to the EAC Plus courses. You’ve seen some of our stylish golfers, now here is a look at some of our talented horse riders.

With a lot of organising from Jamie Simpson at head office as well as Vicky and her team at the yard, many of our students got to experience not only riding a horse but also the work involved with caring for a horse.

Beach Disco!

With the sun lacking on the outside here at Oatridge we decided to bring some sun into the centre with our beach disco.


After a busy day designing the beach set everyone was very excited to strut their stuff on the dance floor. Our very own Activity leaders looked particularly beautiful with their flower head dresses and accessories. For many it was a sad occasion being their last disco, but for others it was only the start of what was in store for their EAC stay.

Arthurs Seat

ARTHUR'S SEAT!

Its been a very busy last couple of weeks for us at Oatridge. Here we have one of our many trips to Arthurs seat were the kids at first found rather challenging to climb, but once they reached the top it was well worth while.







The trip was great entertainment with our very own Rocky Balboa (Gordy) re-creating the old Rocky scene out of the Rocky films. Unfortunatley the old gas tank is not quite what it used to be. So instead of the classic arms alloft jumping celebration, Gordy opted for breathing in a few big ones whilst lying on his back after crawling the last 15 metres!!!