Recently, the Scottish Ambulance Service delivered CPR training to Rooms 23, 24, 26 & 27. This was such a valuable experience, learning a skill that can help save lives. Here’s what some of the pupils had to say, along with a selection of photos:

“We learned the correct hand position for performing CPR and that you have to push down about 5-6cm deep for it to help keep oxygen flowing around the body. You might even break some of the ribs doing it properly.” – Lily 

“You should perform 100 – 120 compressions every minute for the CPR to be effective.” – Eva L

“For every minute a person isn’t getting CPR performed, their chance of survival drops by 10%” – Brody C

“Without CPR, the brain begins to deteriorate after 3 mins.” – Carrie

“It’s called a code purple when you phone 999. Ambulances aim to get to the patient in under 8 minutes.” – Holly G

“We learned that out of 70 people in a week who might have a cardiac arrest, only 4 of them will survive. If we all know how to do CPR, we can help to change that number and give people the best chance of survival.” – Aaron C

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Room 26 enjoyed a day out of school at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. We worked our way around 6 Active Stations learning about different aspects of World War 2: Winston Churchill, ACE pilot, Home Front, WAAF, Spitfire and the Striped Pyjamas. We used our own map to rotate round the stations on the first floor of the museum. We also used a stopwatch to time 8 minutes for each station. We had a booklet to fill in what we learned at each station too. This was a super experience. At 1pm we listened to the Organ Recital and were very lucky as he played one of Miss Kennedy’s favourite pieces of music called Nimrod by Elgar. Afterwards there was a pop up workshop run by the People’s Palace. We participated in Arts and Crafts and touched some birds and insects. We learned so much and loved being on a day trip out of school. The bus was luxurious! We couldn’t believe how nice it was.

Kelvingrove.

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