PROGRAMA SOCIAL EDIMBURGO 2019 Date 9:00-10:30 10:30-11:00 11:00-12:30 12:30-13:30 13:30 - 17:00 19:30 - 22:00 Sunday Arrival Evening with hosts 28/07/19 Welcome to Scotland! Spend the evening getting to know your host We hope you have a wonderful time. Get to Know Edinburgh Highland Games night Learn how easy it is to move around Edinburgh with this fun, Toss the caber; fling the haggis; dress up as a highlander and Monday (Tuition) interactive team challenge. See all the hotspots and take in the Placement Test and test your strength in tug o' war- all as part of School's 29/07/19 Scotland not Britain historic sights of Scotland's magnificent capital city while completing Induction Highland Games! Is devolution evolution? engaging group tasks on iPad minis. MEET AT SCHOOL AT 19:30 WITH IPAD CHALLENGE PRIVATE TAXI HOME TO HOST National Museum of Scotland and Greyfriars Bobby Discover thousands of years of world history in a stunning building (Tuition) Tuesday (Tuition) that balances the best of the old with the new. Explore the diversity Money Free night 30/07/19 Advertising of the natural world, art and design, science and technology, world It doesn't grow School open for you to use the facilities. Do you buy into brands? cultures and Scottish history. Afterwards, visit the world famous on trees! grave of Greyfriars Bobby. Linlithgow Palace & South Queensferry Walk the corridors and explore the ancient chambers of the (Tuition) (Tuition) Wednesday birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots! Savour stunning views of Scottish Landscape Health & Beauty Free night 31/07/19 Linlithgow Loch at the top of the high tower and play games in the Glens, lochs, islands Is it how you feel on the inside School open for you to use the facilities. garden before heading to heading to South Queensferry, on the Break Lunch and highlands that counts? banks of the River Forth, to grab an ice cream in the shadow of the spectacular Forth Bridges. Edinburgh Castle Ceilidh This instantly recognisable fortress is a powerful national symbol and Scotland's favourite tradition. This is an evening of traditional Thursday part of Edinburgh 's UNESCO World Heritage site. Explore this (Tuition) (Tuition) Scottish dancing, and is a full participation event so wear formidable military stronghold and discover the Scottish Crown Education Gender 01/08/19 comfortable shoes! Fun & laughter guaranteed... Jewels, the location of Edinburgh’s oldest building, and an 2 cool 4 skool? Same or different? MEET AT SCHOOL AT 19:30 atmospheric eighteenth- century prison. PRIVATE TAXI HOME TO HOST Climb Arthur's Seat Friday Embark on an energetic walk up Edinburgh's very own volcano. Stop (Tuition) (Tuition) for a photo of the Queen’s Residence at Holyroodhouse, pass a Space Poetry Free night 02/08/19 ‘plague pit’ and a ruined monastery, before admiring the picturesque Is there anyone You're a poet and School open for you to use the facilities. landscape of the Lothians, Fife, and the Forth from 251m above sea out there? you didn't know it! level. Full-day excursion to Stirling & Loch Katrine Saturday Want to experience the full scale and drama of Scotland and its history? Visit the home of Scotland's greatest hero, William Wallace and climb the famous gothic Free night 03/08/19 monument erected in his memory. Then head off for a walk around one of Scotland's most picturesque Lochs and the inspiration for one of the nation's finest School open for you to use the facilities. writers, Walter Scott. Date 9:00-12:30 12:30-13:30 13:30 - 15:00 15:00-15:30 15:30-17:00 19:30 - 22:00 Sunday Free night 04/07/19 FREE DAY WITH GROUP LEADER School open for you to use the facilities. Dean Village, Water of Leith & Stockbridge One of the city's most romantic landscapes with dramatic weirs, fantastic (Tuition) (Tuition) Monday stone bridges, disused nineteenth century flour mills and some beautiful Environment Edinburgh Festival Free night 05/08/19 wildlife all in the heart of the city. After, in Stockbridge, Georgian elegance Warming or cooling Find out about the world's School open for you to use the facilities. mixes with a country village atmosphere. Visit the charity shops and feed - what's going on? no.1 arts festival the swans in Inverleith Park. WITH IPAD CHALLENGE* Edinburgh Dungeons Quiz night (Tuition) (Tuition) Tuesday Transport yourself back to the darkest moments in Scottish history and be Compete against your friends to see who the 'Brains of Sport & Games The News 06/08/19 swept away in a nasty wave of historical horrors within the cavernous the School' are. Are you a clever clogs or a clot? Give it your best shot Investigate, report and depths of the Edinburgh Dungeon! Live actors and interactive special MEET AT SCHOOL AT 19:30 (but don't jump the gun) break the news! effects ensure that you confront your fears head on... PRIVATE TAXI HOME TO HOST Half-day Excursion to Dunfermline Abbey & Pittencrief Park (Tuition) Wednesday (Tuition) In what was Scotland's ancient capital lie the romantic remains of Scots Language Free night 07/08/19 Dreams Dunfermline's palace and abbey, built to honour the saintly Queen Break School open for you to use the facilities. Dae ye ken whit Lunch Do you remember yours? Margaret. Nearby is the outstanding Pittencrief Park, a fairy-tale rural ah mean pal? landscape in the middle of the town. Royal Botanic Gardens Disco (Tuition) Relax and refresh your senses by discovering the riches of the green Thursday (Tuition) Get down with your moves in rhythm to the grooves on the Crime & Social kingdom at one of the world's finest botanic gardens. Expand your 08/08/19 Famous People School Dancefloor! Music, dancing and fun! Problems aesthetic sensibilities and test your language of description with our Life in the spotlight MEET AT SCHOOL AT 19:30 Let’s get this SORTED! creative task while exploring the collection of over 13,000 different plant PRIVATE TAXI HOME TO HOST species. Harry Potter Tour (Tuition) (Tuition) Friday Dive into the magical world of Edinburgh as you discover the true secrets Magic & Illusion Storytelling Free night 09/08/19 of Harry Potter. Learn the basics to transform yourself from Muggle to Smoke and mirrors or Telling tales and School open for you to use the facilities. Wizard walking in the footsteps of JK Rowling. sleight of hand? spinning yarns Full-day excursion to Glasgow with Riverside Museum and Sightseeing Coach Tour Saturday Enjoy Scotland's biggest and boldest city! This is Scotland's capital of industry, music and shopping, and a popular choice for students. Discover 3,000 objects that Free night 10/08/19 detail Glasgow’s rich past as a maritime powerhouse to daily Glasgow life in the early to mid 20th Century at the Riverside Museum. Afterwards, spend the School open for you to use the facilities. afternoon seeing the sights and soaking up the culture. Then take a stroll or go on a shopping spree on Buchanan Street! Date 9:00-10:30 10:30-11:00 11:00-12:30 12:30-13:30 13:30 - 17:00 19:30 - 22:00 Sunday Free night 11/08/19 FREE DAY WITH GROUP LEADER School open for you to use the facilities. Royal Mile Tour Discover some of the Royal Mile's deepest and darkest secrets as well as (Tuition) (Tuition) Monday visiting some of it's hidden treasures on this is an interactive stroll up one Leisure Scottish Traditions Free night 12/08/19 of the world's most famous streets. Complete team challenge on iPad Work hard, Ceilidhs, kilts and School open for you to use the facilities. minis while taking part in your own bit of history. the caber toss play hard WITH IPAD CHALLENGE* Drama session Lose your inhibitions and learn something about yourself. (Tuition) (Tuition) Sports in the Park Tuesday Language tasks and theatrical games combine to make this Relationships Engineering Marvels Step across the street from the school into the expansive parkland of Leith 13/08/19 drama session fun and informative. Breaking up and Crumbs! How did Links. Enjoy an afternoon playing football, volleyball, rounders and much MEET AT SCHOOL AT 19:30 making up they build that? more. PRIVATE TAXI HOME TO HOST Scottish Mining Museum (Tuition) (Tuition) Descend to the depths and find a black diamond in the rough at this Wednesday Innovation Cultural Differences museum of Scottish working life. One of the finest surviving examples of a Free night 14/08/19 Eureka! Brainwaves Are people the same Victorian colliery in Europe welcomes you to the pithead, where School open for you to use the facilities. Break and gagdets everywhere you go? Lunch generations of miners descended 500 metres down into the blackness of the pit. Bowling Scotland’s oldest surviving public house - going since 1360 (Tuition) Dynamic Earth Thursday (Tuition) and still going strong today but... you won't be drinking the Music Feel the Earth move at the Mother Nature of all adventures! Tropical 15/08/19 Shopping ale! You will be playing skittles in what is reputed to be the Beatles to Beiber storms, icebergs and lava await before you decide the fate of the planet. A Shop 'til you drop oldest skittle alley in the world. You won't have seen bowling What are you into? multi-sensory experience that informs as it excites! like this before! PRIVATE TAXI HOME TO HOST AT 10.30pm Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Friday (Tuition) (Tuition) The Gallery is home to an outstanding collection of international post-war Free night Scotland & Edinburgh Adventure pieces as well as the most important and extensive collection of modern 16/08/19 School open for you to use the facilities.