This afternoon we said an emotional goodbye to our P7 pupils, as a guard of honour lined the school playground to watch our children piped out.
Boys and girls, you have been a fantastic P7. We have enjoyed watching you grow and develop over the years into the wonderful young people you have become. The high schools you are going to are extremely lucky!
We hope that you always remember your time at Rochsolloch, and look back on that time very fondly. Wherever you go in life, you will forever be Rochsolloch children! We wish you every success in the future, and we can’t wait to hear how you’re getting on!
We would like to thank our Parent Council for organising our P7 pipers, and for providing their lovely leavers’ t-shirts and yearbooks.
Congratulations to our winners of the volleyball raffle!
These volleyballs, signed by the Scotland team, were very generously donated by Mrs Wilson, who helped the school during our Sport Education project.
We sent our Class of 2017 off in style this morning with a marvellous musical assembly!
Congratulations to all of the children and staff involved – it was one of our best shows ever! Our children really are starting to look at home on that stage!
Take a look at the gallery of some of our performances:
Check out these photographs from P7’s incredible trip to Kilbowie last week!
Have a look at our mini-gallery of the photos taken on Mr Innes’ camera this week! There will be a much larger gallery coming soon with all of the pictures given to us by the staff at Kilbowie!
We’re midway through our last day here at Kilbowie, and we’ve got more than a few tired bodies in the building!
Having now completed all of their outdoor activities, our children are just polishing off a delicious chilli dinner. After dinner, the children will be clearing their rooms and sorting their equipment with their instructors before getting ready for the disco this evening!
It has been an absolutely terrific week, and the children will be desperate to share stories of their adventures and achievements with their families this weekend!
Tomorrow morning we’re hoping to be on the road by half past ten, and we’ll call the school with an ETA from our stop in Tyndrum.
Well, we haven’t had quite as much sunshine in Oban today, but the wet weather hasn’t dampened the spirits of any of our children!
Several of our groups have been rock climbing this morning, with many of the children conquering their nerves and fear of heights to really push themselves! Everyone is working so hard to be as involved as possible in their activities, and we are extremely proud of how our pupils are representing our school here at Kilbowie!
There is a real happy buzz in the air as our children continue to mix well with their new friends and share stories of their favourite activities – gorge walking has been a big hit so far this week, with even the normally pristine Miss Duncan diving into the cold water for a swim!
Shortly our children will be returning from their afternoon activities to enjoy some steak pie or chicken burgers before getting back outside for an evening activity later on, come rain or shine!
It’s another beautiful day in Oban and our children are just returning from their morning activities in time for lunch. Some of our children have been skiing in the sun, while others have been out canoeing or gorge walking. Everyone is having a great time so far, and everyone enjoyed a good sleep last night!
Tomorrow’s weather forecast isn’t so good so the teachers and children will be making the most of the sunshine today! We’ve planned to walk into Oban with the children after dinner for an ice cream. Yum!
Unfortunately we’re not able to upload our photographs to the Kilbowie computer – so you won’t get to watch us in action until the weekend!
Our P7 children arrived safe and sound at Kilbowie today, and have been having a great time in the sunshine so far! The children have met with their group instructors and have been jumping into the sea! They’ve just finished some delicious chicken fajitas and are now enjoying an hour of free time before the evening activities begin!
We took some super photographs today, but unfortunately we’re having some trouble getting them online! Hopefully the problem will be resolved for tomorrow!
This week, our eight-week Sports Education project culminated in two wonderful sports days!
Take a look at the gallery below to see our budding athletes in action!
On Tuesday this week, our P7 pupils went Laser Tagging in Glasgow, with the money they made from their Fruit Sundae/Sports Raffle enterprise topic! They had even made enough money to have pizza delivered while they were there!
Last night, at New Wellwynd Church, the children got their gladrags on and met for their leavers’ disco, which included some delicious chip shop food. Thank goodness we had sports day this week to help us burn off some of those calories!
We’d like to say a huge thanks to the parents and staff who helped make these events possible – the children had a blast!
You may have read about funding allocated to schools this year by the Scottish Government. The Pupil Equity Fund is awarded to schools to help address the attainment gap.
Please click the link below to find out more about the Pupil Equity Fund.
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P6 and P7 girls had the unique experience of attending a SmartSTEM event at Strathclyde University. SmartSTEM provide equity of opportunity to young people into STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) with particular focus on the gender gap. The girls experienced Plastic Cup Challenge, workshop based around product design, manufacture and teamwork, LED workshop and Social Media Content Creation workshop. SmartSTEM interviewed those attending and this can be viewed in August on SmartSTEM TV. Hopefully this event will inspired our pupils to go forward to select one of the STEM professions for their future careers.
On Thursday last week, we held our annual nursery class sports day!
Take a look at the gallery to see our little athletes running, jumping and throwing – and generally having a great time!
We’d like to say a huge thank you to Mr Griffin and our P6 pupils for helping our wonderful nursery staff organise such a great day for the children. We’d also like to give a special mention to our superhero family members for being such good sports in the adult race!
The Nursery Newsletter for June can now be downloaded from the Newsletter Page.
New photos have been added to the gallery of the P3/4 and P4/5 trip to the Five Sisters Zoo. Check them out!
Did you know that our nursery class regularly take short trips on the train?
Our children walk to the train station in small groups, talking about road safety as they go. The children also learn about the different roles people in society play. When the children are out and about they also look for where text and signs can be found in the environment.
Sounds like fun boys and girls – take us with you please!
'Aim high! Give it your best try!'
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