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2nd Annual P1 Race for Life

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This afternoon, our Primary 1 pupils and their parents and grandparents joined some of our staff to take part in our second annual Race for Life, in aid of Cancer Research UK.  Our P6 Sports Committee lead our children and their family members in a ‘gentle’ warm-up before they ran over 1km, starting in our school grounds and then heading off through the park in Cairnhill before turning and coming back down to the school to charge across the finish line under the watchful eye of the glorious sunshine!

Our children and guests then re-fueled with some juice and biscuits before taking to the podium to collect their hard-earned medals.

With the help of our school community, our boys and girls have helped to raise around £1250 for Cancer Research so far! Thank you so much for your incredible support.

Mr Innes would like to thank the fantastic staff team and wonderful parent helpers for helping to make this event a success.  He’d also like to thank the dedicated parents and grandparents who came along to run with the children and to cheer them on!

Most of all, everyone at Rochsolloch would like to say well done to our amazing P1 pupils! Great job boys and girls!

School Sports 2018

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This morning we had our annual School Sports Day, bathed in glorious sunshine! Mr Griffin and Primary 7 have been working hard over the last few weeks to get everything ready for our young athletes. Our children were split into house teams and they rotated around eight different events:

* relay

* hocket dribble

* rugby run and throw

* netball shoot

* boccia bowls

* basketball

* tennis

* obstacle course

We finished off the event with a fun parents’ race…and our parents weren’t competitive at all!

Our children had a great morning, and were suitably exhausted when they returned to their classes!

Thank you so much to Mr Griffin and P7 for doing such a wonderful job, and to our guests who turned out in such great numbers to support the children. Thank you also for the wonderful feedback given to our staff and pupils after the event!

Christmas Lunch!

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We got together with the children from All Saints as a campus family today to enjoy a spot of Christmas lunch!

The pupils had the choice of traditional turkey or steak pie, with some delicious sprouts, carrots, potato croquettes and sausages! The children followed that up with some equally delicious ice cream, chocolate cake or trifle!

There was a real party atmosphere in the room with beautifully decorated tables and Christmas music playing through the dinner hall!

We would like to say a huge thank you to our fabulous catering staff, P7 helpers and staff from both schools who helped to make this a memorable festive experience for our children!

P7 Cross Country Running

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Our P7 Inverlochy class have really been enjoying getting out into the fresh air for some cross-country running.

The pupils are gradually building up their stamina, week by week, and seeing just how long they can keep going for!

They are really excited about taking their learning outside of the school grounds and over to Brownsburn Park in the weeks to come!

Check out this gallery of photos taken by our pupils during today’s lesson:

Hope: An Anti-bullying Production

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This morning, P4-P7 pupils joined our friends from All Saints Primary in the gym hall to watch a fabulous show: Hope: An Anti-Bullying Production.

Our children watched on as the performers presented a story with a clear and important message about bullying. At Rochsolloch Primary School, we always encourage our pupils to be mindful of the feelings of others, and to share any problems they experience with trusted adults in the school.

Following the production, the Take-away Theatre Company members ran workshops with our pupils to further explore and reinforce the anti-bullying message!

Take a look at the photos below to see the performers in action!

Nursery Sports 2017

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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!

Nursery Train Trips

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!

P1 Race for Life

Today we held our first ever P1 Race for Life to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Our P1 children were joined by their parents and other relatives to take part in a tricky off-road 1K sponsored run.

Following a quick warm up, the children set off – amazing Mr Innes with just how fit they were! Friends and relatives had turned out to cheer them on as they left the school building and ran through the park at Cairnhill, and were waiting to raise the roof for their little superstars as they crossed the line on our football pitch at the end of the race!

After all the hard work, our pupils and their running partners were given a well-earned cup of juice before climbing the podium to receive their medals in front of their adoring public!

We would like to say a huge congratulations to the pupils, family members and staff who helped make the event a success – and to everyone who has donated to the cause. So far, we have raised over £500!

Finally – we would like to wish our Rochsolloch Rochettes good luck for the Race for Life at Glasgow Green tomorrow, with 15 female members of staff taking part to raise money for this amazing cause. If you’re at the race tomorrow, be sure to give them an extra loud cheer!

We are so proud of our Rochsolloch family!

P1E Teddy Bears’ Picnic!

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On Wednesday morning, Mrs Polatajko and the children of Primary 1 Edinburgh hosted a wonderful family Teddy Bears’ Picnic!

The children sang beautifully, wrote about their bears and drew some excellent pictures. They also made some delicious jam sandwiches from instructions they had written themselves! Their guests then joined them in playing some parachute games, before they finished off their day listening to Mrs Polatajko reading ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt!’

We’re not scared!!!

Great job P1E; great job Mrs Polatajko! Check out the gallery below to see the fun!

P7’s Sporty Raffle

Every year, our Parent Council donate £200 to our P7 pupils as part of an annual enterprise project.

Our P7s are then charged with coming up with an idea for how to make that money grow. The profits they make fund an end-of-year treat, which the children choose themselves.

This year, the P7 pupils from Mr Flanigan and Miss Duncan’s classes decided to hold a sporty raffle. £1 buys five tickets, with the lucky winner winning the wonderful prize shown below:

In addition to the raffle, our P7 pupils are also making delicious fruit sundaes which are being sold as a healthy snack option for pupils throughout the school. Fruit sundaes cost 70p.

Pupils v Staff Netball!

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Every Thursday, Miss Clerkson and Miss Allan run an after-school netball club for P5-P7 pupils. The children have really developed their confidence and skills over the course of the year and have enjoyed some success at recent netball competitions.

Today, their practice session took an unexpected twist, when it was gatecrashed by a group of very competitive teachers!

The boys and girls in the team had been keen to pit their skills against the teachers, and everybody had a great time at this afternoon’s session!

The scoreboard might show that the teachers were very successful, but there may have been (more than) a little bit of cheating happening!

Coaching the Managers!

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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!

Watervole Wetland Development

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P7 have enjoyed visiting Brownsburn Local Nature Reserve as part of their Outdoor Learning this year. Yesterday, the class were joined by park ranger Kirsty Mooney, to make an important trip to the park.

Did you know that there are European Water Vole living just behind our school? Our responsible citizens have been playing their part in developing the environment to ensure the survival of this endangered species. The pupils achieved this through planting particular types of plant around the wetland area – these plants will help encourage the water voles to the area. They must be delicious!

As you can see from our gallery, it was tough work!

Foods from Around the World!

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Our children have been learning about foods from around the world recently.  One of our parents, Chef John, came in to teach the children about Italian food!

He made some delicious carbonara, garlic bread and pizza for our boys and girls to taste! The children were also involved in helping Chef John, and enjoyed discussing all of the different ingredients in the food.

On behalf of the girls and boys, we would like to thank Chef John for coming to visit.  Thanks John!!!