P5 and P5/6 had an awesome time at the Glasgow Science Centre today!
P5 have been learning about How the World Works, while P5/6 have been learning about Space.
The children visited all three floors of the Science Mall for some hands-on fun, pictured below! The children also went to the Planetarium for an excellent Space presentation – there was so much learning happening!
Let’s not forget that the day was topped off by a trip to the Gift Shop – the most important aspect of any school trip!
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!
Our P5/6 class and Mr Flanigan have been working on something incredible over the past two months…creating their very own video games!
The children researched the history of video games, learning about different game styles as they did so. The class then split into games companies to code their very own games!
Click on the links below to try some of the games for yourself!
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/184735412/
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/184734113/
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/184989476/
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/184732942/
Enjoy!
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 Tuesday, the boys and girls from our nursery class joined our P1s and P6s for a shared playtime as part of our transition programme!
The children enjoyed getting the chance to play in the school playground, and many of them had the opportunity to meet their buddies for next year! They also got a chance to get to know a few of our Rochsolloch teachers, so there will be plenty of friendly faces to greet them in August!
The following post was written by the pupils of P5:
P5 and P5/6 went to the Gurdwara on Wednesday morning last week with Mrs Munoz and Miss Rangeley. The children went to the Gurdwara to learn about Sikhism. Mr Singh and Mrs Kaur came to Rochsolloch Primary to teach the school about their religion. We decided to go so that we could find out more! We also thought that since Mr Singh and Mrs Kaur travelled to see us, we should travel to see them!
When we arrived we had to take off our shoes, put on turbans and wash our hands. People do this in the Gurdwara as a sign of respect to god. We were taken upstairs and we were fortunate enough to hear some readings from the holy scriptures. We also learned a bit more about the ‘Five Ks’ of Sikhism and we had another shot of the musical instruments we got to play when Mr Singh and Mrs Kaur visited our class.
Our hosts were willing to share with us some traditional food including: spicy naan bread and mango juice, and our teachers were even given some vegetable pakora and chickpea curry!
We really enjoyed ourselves because we were made to feel very welcome and as you can see from the pictures we had a lot of fun! Thanks to Mrs Grimson and Mrs Lawrie for accompanying us on our trip!
This morning, pupils, staff and visitors were treated to an exceptional assembly, courtesy of P5/6 and Miss Rangeley. The children presented a wonderful showcase of what they have been learning recently in class through drama, song and dance!
It was very obvious just how much P5/6 have enjoyed learning about Africa, and today we found out that the topic has really grabbed the imagination of the class – the pupils used Africa as a theme for learning about Science, Drama, Music, Art, Literacy and English and Social Studies.
The confidence of the class shone through tremendously, and the audience were absolutely blown away by the quality of the performance.
Recently, pupils from P6 and P7 took part in a Fun Football Festival at New Broomfield Stadium. The children thoroughly enjoyed their day, playing great football and scoring plenty of goals along the way.
The sun even stayed out all day for them…what are the chances!?
Take a look at the pictures of Team Rochsolloch holding their participation medals.
Last week, P5/6 and Miss Rangeley visited The Kelpies, as part of their Myths and Legends Interdisciplinary Learning Topic. A grey day couldn’t dampen the children’s spirits, and you can see from the snaps it was a terrific day out!
This topic has been an engaging and memorable one for P5/6, and this visit was a superb way to round it all off! Have a close look at some of the great artwork the class have produced during this study as well as the smiling faces of the pupils, clearly loving their day trip!
This is what we like to see P5/6!
We always enjoy celebrating World Book Day at Rochsolloch Primary School. This year, our pupils were given the chance to rotate round three activities, with three different teachers over the course of the day. The pupils were involved in a host of different book themed activities where they were challenged to read, write, talk, listen, make and do. The gallery shows some of our P4-7 pupils working with Mr Flanigan. The children used Roald Dahl’s ‘The Witches’ as their inspiration as they tried to become witch experts. the experts were then interviewed for the evening news!
Click on the link to download a short clip of one of our terrific P5/6 performers playing Elvis’ Jailhouse Rock on his guitar!
On Wednesday morning, we were treated to an absolutely incredible assembly, by our P5/6 pupils. The theme of the assembly was America, and it was jam-packed full of entertaining items, including:
* A sketch and a rap about the Civil Rights Movement
* Protests to raise awareness of Autism, and to get rid of homework!
* A terrific song and dance routine of Elvis’ Jailhouse Rock
* Some smashing guitar skills and confident speaking
* A video quiz on the difference between fact and opinion
* Terrific American accents!
We are all so proud of P5/6. The assembly really was first class!
Some of our feedback from parents was:
“Outstanding assembly. Very informative and full of fun. It was great to see that the children had all worked so hard and had lots of fun.”
“Really enjoyed the assembly. It was a great message to put across to everyone.”
“Very well performed assembly with a very relevant and hard-hitting message. Very entertaining.”
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