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The Sleepy Shepherd

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This morning, our P1 children put on a fantastic Nativity performance of The Sleepy Shepherd, supported by their friends in P2 and P3!

Our gym hall was packed full and our little stars did not disappoint, as they acted, sang and danced beautifully, following a month of hard work and rehearsals!

Following an excellent re-telling of the traditional Christmas story from the point of view of one of the shepherds, our P2 and P3 children took to the stage to perform a selection of Christmas crackers, before all of our P1-P3 children joined together for the finale!

We’d like to congratulate our wonderful pupils for being the stars of the show, and thank our magnificent staff team and parent helpers for putting on such a wonderful performance for everyone.

We can’t wait to see it again tonight!

Humph the Camel!

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Over the past couple of months, our P1-P3 children and teachers have been working round the clock to prepare a wonderful Christmas show – Humph the Camel! Having performed a dress-rehearsal for school pupils yesterday, our little stars took to the stage to put on a fantastic showcase of acting, singing and dancing for parents and friends this morning.

The show was a huge success and our children and staff are looking forward to taking to the stage again at 6.30pm tonight for their evening performance! The morning performance was wonderful, and we are so proud of our Rochsolloch family today.

Our show has been filmed this year, and DVDs can be purchased from the school, at a cost of £5.  DVDs will be ready in early January.

Our resident photographer, Mrs Cochrane, has taken these terrific snaps!

P3 Day and Night Assembly

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This morning, P3 and Miss Black presented a wonderful assembly, all about Day and Night.

Earlier in the year, the pupils had read ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’, which is a classic tale about a young animal struggling with fear.

The pupils from P3 taught us about why there was no reason to be afraid of new things, and that many of our fears are unjustified. We also learned about why we have day and night, as well as some interesting facts about the sun and the moon. In addition to this, we saw some short drama exerts from the story and heard some wonderful singing – including some pop songs with a twist!

You presented so confidently and so clearly P3. It was a wonderful assembly and we really enjoyed it! Congratulations!

Special Visitors

Each month, we focus on one of the ‘SHANARRI Indicators.’  This month, we have focused on ‘SAFE’ and our pupils have been learning a lot in class and at Assembly about keeping safe.

During some Pupil Consultation, our children asked for a visit from our local fire service.  Mrs McCulloch organised this for our pupils and last week three terrific firefighters, Tony, Liz and Willie, came to speak to the whole school at Assembly, where they explained the finer details of their jobs, and also answered questions our classes had prepared for them.

The fire engine was parked in our school playground so that all of our pupils could have a closer look, with a few lucky classes getting a full tour!

We were delighted to welcome these special visitors to our school and Mrs McCulloch was over the moon to receive an e-mail from our visitors who praised our children’s behaviour and manners, while also saying that they were made to feel like celebrities while visiting RPS!

Thank you so much for paying us a visit…we’ll see you again soon!

“Best Class Trip Ever!”

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P3 visited Amazonia this morning to round of their Outdoor Learning ‘Into the Wild’ topic.

The class explored the rainforest and were taught about the important role minibeasts play in keeping other animals alive!  The children were then given the chance to hold a variety of creepy crawlies, and they proved to be much braver than any of the adults, who seemed much happier taking pictures! Finally, the children were taught an interactive lesson about the layers of the rainforest before taking a trip to the gift shop before heading home.

On leaving the bus, many of the children were overheard saying that it had been “the best class trip ever!”  That’s what we like to hear, P3!

Wonderful Wild Work

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As part of their ‘Into the Wild’ topic, P3 were set a homework challenge.  The pupils were tasked with coming up with a personal project, based on an animal or sport.  The children were given the choice over creating a piece of artwork or model, a PowerPoint presentation, a poster or a written booklet.

Mr Innes really couldn’t believe the exceptional standard of homework that the children managed to produce.  Great job children, and thanks to all the parents for being so supportive!

Alliance Francaise!

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Over the past three weeks, our P2 and P3 children have been taking part in ‘French Immersion’ lessons, courtesy of Alliance Francaise.  The pupils have been working with native French speakers, and have been learning how to use simple greetings, how to follow classroom instructions, how to count and sing and how to recognise colours, all in French!  It’s incredible how quickly the children are able to pick up the language, and these lessons have been a big hit with the pupils!  In the gallery you can see some of our children practising their speaking with their French sock puppets.  C’est excellente!

Young Scientists

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This term, Primary 3 have been combining their Outdoor P.E. with Science.  The children have been walking to the local park, where they have been looking out for signs of the changing season, clues for wildlife that might be living in the area, and for minibeasts or insects.

The children suggested that we looked for minibeasts in shaded areas, perhaps under rocks.  They found a host of interesting minibeasts, and the class were able to identify whether they were insects or not, by examining the tiny creatures closely and counting the number of legs and body segments.  When they got back to the classroom, Mr Innes used a Spotter’s Guide to help the class identify the large beetle in the bug viewer as a violet ground beetle (after the children had given their hands a good wash of course!).

A Fine Day for a Stroll

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On Monday afternoon, P3 hiked to Brownsburn Local Nature Reserve as part of their ‘Into The Wild’ topic.  Although the children found that the park is not yet showing any signs of Spring, it was an absolutely glorious day to get some extra exercise, with the pupils pleased to take their weekly walking total well above the 2 mile mark.

The class are already looking forward to returning next week, when they will be looking closely to see if anything has changed as our weather slowly begins to warm up and the plant life gets a few extra precious hours of sunlight.