P2 used their data handling skills to help the catering staff decide what fruit to put in the Snack to Go bags! They carried out a survey and displayed the results in a bar graph.
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A Bridge Too Far!?
Friday 25th January saw a bridge bonanza day here at Rochsolloch. Working with ICE (Institute of Civil Engineers) from BAM Nutall Scotland, pupils took part in ‘Bridges to Schools’ hands-on activity giving them the chance to build a 13m long cable stayed bridge. Having assembled the bridge they then walked across it, learning about bridges, teamwork and civil engineering as they went. Pupils also engaged in using CAD software to design a bridge, worked collaboratively to build K-Nex bridges and investigated traditional methods when designing their own bridge.
It may have been icy outside but P6 and P7 pupils at Rochsolloch were making sure it was safety first!
Developing the Young Workforce
In preparation for life and our Careers Event on 23rd November, P7 & P6/7 have been taking a deeper look at potential careers and career paths. They are developing their understanding of how skills that they learn across the curriculum are then transferred into the workplace. A key resource to support their skills/qualities and careers has been www.myworldofwork/ican .
We are very much looking forward to our Careers Day on the 23rd!
In the mood for tasty food?!
Our children have really enjoyed working with Mr Griffin to make vegetable soup and stew over the past couple of months.
Why not have a go at making one of Mr Griffin’s delicious dishes at home? Visit our File Store page to download the recipes!
Congratulations Captains!
Congratulations to our new Captains, who have been chosen following a tough process of application and interview!
We are so proud of all of the children who applied to be Captains this year, and we have no doubt that our chosen Captains will represent our school in the best way possible.
Over the course of their P7 year, our Captains will be responsible for:
- Meeting and greeting visitors and guests
- Managing the House Points and presenting the totals at Celebrating Success events
- Sitting on the ‘House Council’ with Mr Innes
- Organising and running House Events
- Planning and supervising House Treats
- Setting an excellent example at all times for pupils across the campus
- Carrying out special duties on behalf of Mrs McLean
We know you’ll do us proud!
Aim high! Give it your best try!
Rochsolloch Primary School and Nursery Class has a new motto!
We asked parents, pupils and staff to put forward ideas for an inspirational motto for our school. The best suggestions were shortlisted, and our pupils decided on our motto at assembly this week:
‘Aim high! Give it your best try!’
We think our pupils made a great choice – we are always encouraging our children to reach for the stars and give everything they have to achieve their goals!
Sports Day 2017
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!
P5 World of Work Assembly
This morning, P5 presented our last class assembly of the year to pupils, parents and friends. The assembly was all about the World of Work, which has been a big focus for our P5 pupils this session. Preparing pupils for life in the real world is such an important part of the job we do at Rochsolloch Primary School!
Our P5 pupils spoke confidently about their studies in class, sharing a great deal of what they have learned about life as a working person, including the skills and qualities they might need to be successful in their chosen career.
P5, we especially enjoyed:
* Learning which jobs you’d like to do when you’re older
* Hearing your singing – which was terrific
* Watching your excellent dancing
* The Incy Wincy Spider drama song
As always, the children were a credit to their class teacher, their families, and our school. We would like to thank P5 and Mrs Munoz for putting on such an excellent performance, as well as our parents and families who helped to turn the class out in such fantastic costumes!
Coaching the Managers!
One of our parents, Gail Wilson, The Manager of Scotland’s Womens Volleyball team, came in to speak to our Sports Education Managers and Assistant Managers. She talked about her job, all the things and people that she was responsible for, what she liked about her job, as well as the bits that she didn’t like about her job! She showed the children how her team would go through the steps of shaking hands and exchanging gifts with the other countries they played against. Some of the children got small badges that would be part of this exchange. All of the children also got Scottish Volleyball wristbands. She will also be sending in 2 volleyballs signed by all of the Scottish Volleyball team that we can either raffle or use as prizes in our Sports Education!
Thank you Mrs Wilson – you were a fantastic help!
Visit from Down’s Syndrome Scotland
Yesterday at assembly we were visited by Julie from Down’s Syndrome Scotland, who arrived to receive our large cheque of £298.10!
Julie also taught us more about the wonderful work of Down’s Syndrome Scotland, and thanked our school pupils for their amazing contribution!
Before leaving, our pupils treated Julie to a display of some of our Makaton sign language we have been learning – we think she was really impressed!
P7 Outdoor Learning
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.
World of Work
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!
Digital Literacy Investment
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.
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