Rochsolloch Primary School and Nursery ClassLast night, our P6 and P7 pupils and staff hosted our first ever family Burns Supper!
The children wowed our guests with their excellent poetry recital, hilarious speeches, and terrific singing! Those in attendance were also treated to some stirring piping and a delicious haggis dinner,
It was a truly special event and everyone in attendance had a rare time!
Yesterday afternoon we had a triple celebration!
We celebrated the hard work our pupils have done all term, the retirement of Mrs McLean, and our P7 pupils moving on to Airdrie Academy, Braidhurst, and Hamilton! We’d like to wish everyone all the best for what’s to come! Enjoy the next chapter!
These photographs capture just a fraction of the energy and the emotion from an amazing assembly!
We’d also like to congratulate Mrs Polatajko, who will be leaving us next year to take up a new role as Principal Teacher at New Monkland Primary – they are very lucky to have her!
Our P7 ‘Class of 2018’ have been celebrating the end of term in a few special ways! Take a look at the photos below from our joint P7 Party with our friends at All Saints, as well as from our boys and girls’ recent End of Term Trip – which they funded themselves (with a little help from our Parent Council) through a wonderful Enterprise project, where they held a Fun Day for the whole school!
We will miss you P7! We hope you have just as much fun at High School!
P7 really enjoyed working outdoors last week, using our beautiful new outdoor furniture set. What has happened to the weather this week!?
Over the past six months, three budding young writers from Primary 7 have been working tirelessly to plan, write, edit and produce their very own books! The tenacious trio thought long and hard about what makes an exceptional book, and tried to re-create the feeling they get when they read for their very own audience.
This morning, to celebrate their hard work, the children hosted their very own book launch in our Rainbow Room. They invited along their friends and family and put on a truly inspirational display. Each of our young authors spoke about the motivation and inspiration behind their book, as well as what they learned from writing their texts, before treating their captive audience to a reading from their favourite chapter.
Finally, the children signed first edition copies of their books for some of our lucky guests to take home. Some extra special audience members were also given souvenir bookmarks and posters to mark the occasion!
Mr Innes would like to congratulate our pupils on their incredible achievement. Special thanks also to our supportive and encouraging audience of parents and friends, and to Mrs McGowan in our school office for making such an excellent job of preparing our books.
Last week our P7 class invited their parents and grandparents in to see a wonderful ‘Display of Knowledge’ all about their topic on the 1980s! Check out this mega-gallery to see the children in action!
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!
This week, our P7 pupils have been having an amazing time at Kilbowie Outdoor Centre in Oban.
Undeterred by the winter weather, the children have been taking part in canoeing, gorge walking, coasteering, forest orienteering, rock climbing, safari, and skiing!
Visiting Kilbowie is always an incredible experience, with many of our pupils taking a huge step forward in their ability to take responsibility for their personal organisation and safety over the course of the week.
Take a look at the mega-gallery below for a snapshot of the fun and learning!
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:
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!
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.
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!
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!
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.
Yesterday, P7 Inverlochy headed out for the day – on an extended school trip! The class have been studying several aspects of modern Scottish life, as well as Scottish history. To celebrate the end of their studies, Miss Duncan organised a day out to visit the National Museum of Scotland, following by an afternoon receiving a guided tour of the Scottish Parliament.
The class split into small groups to explore the museum before enjoying a bite to eat and a tour of the gift shop. The afternoon was spent learning more about how the Scottish Parliament is run, while getting to enjoy some ‘behind the scenes’ access, denied to the general public – including a tour of the debating chamber! Check out the gallery to see how our day went! Museum photographs were taken by our talented children.
It really was an excellent day out, and our children were an absolute credit to our school in terms of their behaviour and the way they impressed their tour guides with their incredible knowledge of the Scottish Parliament!
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