Monthly Archives: February 2017

P7 Outdoor Learning

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As part of their topic on Scotland, P7 will be getting out into the great Scottish outdoors over the coming weeks, enjoying the Scottish weather and taking in the scenery.

This afternoon, the class worked in groups to create sun shelters using a limited selection of materials. Mr Innes was extremely impressed with the way the pupils collaborated and assigned roles to one another. Later in the term, the class will be building on this knowledge when they create ‘wild shelters’ in Brownsburn Local Nature Reserve – our favourite destination for outdoor learning!

Over the next four Tuesdays, our children will also be hiking, recording signs of animal life, and identifying and classifying insects and mini-beasts.

P3/4 Titanic Assembly

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Yesterday, P3/4 presented a terrific assembly, all about The Titanic.

The rain was so heavy that some of our guests may have needed a boat to get to the performance…but the hall was as busy as ever and the children did themselves proud as they wowed us with all of the knowledge they have built during their topic studies.

During the performance, we saw and heard about:

  • The five BIG QUESTIONS the class investigated
  • Some terrific folk dancing
  • Interesting information about the boat and its cabins
  • Two beautiful songs
  • Some absolutely incredible costumes
  • Confident speaking

We would like to say a huge well done to P3/4 and Miss Allan for presenting such an interesting and unique assembly! Thanks also to parents and carers for turning the children out so magnificently in their uniforms and costumes, and for helping the pupils with the wonderful homework projects they produced!

Boxersize!

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At Rochsolloch Primary School, we always aim to provide our children with two hours of high-quality physical education every week. During their time at school, our pupils learn that taking part in exercise has both physical and mental health benefits. Yesterday afternoon, our pupils from P4-P7 took part in a boxercise taster session, with the team from Bannan Fitness Club.

The children had a great time working up a sweat as they completed their routines using the gloves and pads, medicine balls and steppers. Boxersise is a really high-energy activity, so the pupils were testing their stamina as well as their strength!

Not content to let the pupils have all the fun, our staff team took part in a session of our own at the end of the school day, with most of use making use of muscles we’d forgotten we had!

World of Work

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P4/5 learned about the world of work today, when they were visited by Mrs McDonald, also known as Sophie’s Mum!

Mrs McDonald told the class all about what skills and qualities a person needs to be a good police officer. The children also learned about the different departments within the police service and about what the day to day job is like.

Finally the pupils were given a demonstration of some important police equipment before an arrest was made!

Thank you so much for visiting us Mrs McDonald, we really learned a lot!

The Great Google Expedition

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Today, all of our pupils from P1-P7 got the chance to take part in an amazing Google Expedition. Using virtual reality, our teachers guided our pupils through a variety of incredible locations linked to class studies, such as:

* The Great Barrier Reef

* The surface of the moon

* New York City

* The Great Wall of China

* Aurora Borealis

* Mount Everest

Our pupils absolutely loved this experience.  Here are some one sentence reviews from our P5 pupils:

“I thought it was a great experience and I thought it was absolutely amazing!” – Billy

“It felt so real!” – Archie and Robbie

“I loved it!” – Logan

“It was amazing having the chance to do that!” – Lucy

“It was good to have a different experience in school.” – Katie

“It felt like I was floating above The Great Wall of China!” – Max

 

Rock On Rochsolloch!

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Last night our pupils performed a wonderful rock concert in front of a jam-packed audience in New Wellwynd Church! Capping off the end of the Rookie Rockstars experience, our young rockers sang and danced their hearts out, amazing the crowd with their confidence and with the quality of their performance!

Take a look at the gallery and check out the fun our pupils had rocking out!

This really has been an amazing experience for our pupils, who have loved every minute of it.

Talent Show!

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As you may know, our School and House Captains and Vice-Captains have been working really hard over the past few weeks to organise and run a school talent show.

Our show was held in the assembly hall this morning, and it was definitely a big success! Our Captains and Vice-Captains did a great job of presenting the show and the talent on display was fantastic!

Our audience were wowed with some wonderful singing, dancing, music, poetry, gymnastics, art and even some impressions!

Check out the gallery below and have a look at our 13 marvellous acts, who all performed on stage this morning:

We would like to say a huge congratulations to everybody involved, with an extra special mention to our winners:

Robbie, in 3rd place, singing ‘We Will Rock You’, who has won 50 points for his house!

Alex, in 2nd place, who performed some live art with audience participation, earning 75 points for his house in the process.

Lucy and Amber, who sang beautifully and finished as joint winners…earning a whopping 100 points each for their houses!

Digital Literacy Investment

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As part of our School Improvement Plan, we have been looking to develop ‘Digital Literacy.’ With this in mind, we have invested in 24 brand new HP laptops, which will be used by all pupils in the school during the school year. In order to do this, we’ve combined some of our school budget with money raised by our Parent Council.

Take a look at these effective contributors from P5, who helped to ‘set-up’ and test our new laptops on Friday afternoon.

Magnificent Netballers!

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We would like to congratulate our school netball team on a very successful outing this morning! Our pupils visited Airdrie Academy to take part in a netball qualifying festival, where they competed in four matches – winning an amazing three of them!

The team will find out next week whether they have qualified for the next round of the competition, so our fingers are crossed!
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Our after school netball club has been running for around a year now, and the pupils have worked very hard to improve their skills and knowledge of the game, alongside Miss Clerkson and Miss Allan.

I know the rest of the netball squad will be as proud of today’s team as their coaches are! Great job team!

Did You Know?

Every second Wednesday, we hold a ‘Celebrating Success’ assembly. At these assemblies, pupils are awarded with certificates for being Successful Learners, Effective Contributors, Responsible Citizens, or Confident Individuals.

Our House Captains and Vice-Captains also update our school on how many house points have been awarded over the past fortnight.  House Points are awarded for positive behaviour, effort, attitude and manners.

We also encourage pupils to share personal achievements with the whole school, including sports medals and trophies, dancing exam success, martial arts gradings, Boys’/Girls’ Brigade badges, and many more!

At Rochsolloch Primary we love to celebrate the successes of our wonderful pupils!!!

Rookie Rockstars in the House!

As you will know, over the past few days we have been visited by the Rookie Rockstars, and have been having a blast preparing for our upcoming concert.

Our children have:

  • learned to sing rock songs with a positive message
  • learned choreographed dance moves to accompany those songs
  • designed CD covers to be used on our school recording
  • taken part in hilarious challenges, including Chubby Bunnies, a Rap Battle and Wrapping the Mummy
  • joined in with pop rock sing-a-longs
  • increased knowledge of musical terms such as chorus, pre-chorus and riff.

Have a look at the gallery below to see some serious rocking out!!!