Rochsolloch Primary School and Nursery ClassP5 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!
Recently, P4/5 and P3/4 got together for a terrific educational excursion to the Five Sisters Zoo. The children were amazed to learn that many of the animals at the zoo have been rescued from performing in circuses.
Have a peek at our gallery to see the children enjoying seeing the animals, learning about minibeast identification, and enjoying a post-lunch play at the swing park!
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!
Our pupils and guests had a real treat at school this morning, as P4/5 and Mrs Rodman presented an incredible assembly, all about Vikings!
During the assembly the pupils shared a huge amount of knowledge and displayed wonderful skills, including:
All while really looking the part in some amazing costumes!
We would like to say a huge congratulations to P4/5 and Mr Rodman – we think it was one of the best assemblies we have ever had at Rochsolloch!
Thank you so much to our audience, parents and guests who came along – for your lovely comments and for supporting the children with their terrific costumes and super homework projects.
This morning, the pupils from P2/3 and Mrs Hill presented an excellent assembly all about Sound Energy.
The children shared a wealth of knowledge about sound, including: how sound is created through vibrations, Morse Code, and how our ears help us with balance as well as hearing.
We also got to see how the children have developed their musical skills during their topic through excellent demonstrations of glockenspiel playing and drumming.
We really enjoyed the performance P2/3, and the feedback from your audience was first class!
Great job children; great job Mrs Hill!
As part of their ‘Travel and Transport’ class IDL topic, P2/3 headed into Glasgow yesterday to visit the Riverside Museum.
During the day, the children had the opportunity to become scientists, engineers, designers, and even inventors, as they looked and travel through the ages!
Mrs Hill received several compliments from members of the public about the outstanding behaviour of the boys and girls in the class – just what we like to hear P2/3!
Thank you to our parent helpers who helped ensure our children had a wonderful day out, enriching their learning in the process!
Yesterday, P3/4 presented a terrific assembly, all about The Titanic.
The rain was so heavy that some of our guests may have needed a boat to get to the performance…but the hall was as busy as ever and the children did themselves proud as they wowed us with all of the knowledge they have built during their topic studies.
During the performance, we saw and heard about:
We would like to say a huge well done to P3/4 and Miss Allan for presenting such an interesting and unique assembly! Thanks also to parents and carers for turning the children out so magnificently in their uniforms and costumes, and for helping the pupils with the wonderful homework projects they produced!
At Rochsolloch Primary, we pride ourselves on bringing learning to life for our children. Our staff work hard to set learning in real life contexts, and to provide meaningful and engaging experiences for our pupils.
Take a look at some of the wonderful work that has been going on in P2/3 over the past couple of weeks! In the gallery you can see the children baking Christmas cakes as part of an enterprise project, which has filled our infant wing with a sweet festive smell this week! You can also see the children working on their Sound Energy Interdisciplinary Learning topic: investigating sound caused by vibrations of air particles and experimenting with un-pitched percussion instruments. Meanwhile, using pitched percussion, the children have also been learning to play Twinkle Twinkle and Jingle Bells on the Glockenspiel! Wow!
On Wednesday, P7 presented a terrific assembly, all about Electricity. The children have been studying the history of electricity in class with Miss Duncan, as well as taking part in several electricity based scientific experiments.
The assembly kicked off with a chilling rendition of a West End Musical hit before the pupils taught us all about what they have learned. The performance was eventually taken over by an eco-activist, who demanded that we think more carefully about the rate at which we use electricity.
“Enough is enough! Save our planet! Enough is enough! Save our Planet!”
As ever, our pupils made us very proud of them through the way they presented the immense amount of learning that has been taking place in their class. We all really enjoyed it boys and girls. Congratulations to the class and to Miss Duncan on a job well done!
Over the past couple of weeks, our Nursery parents and children have been taking part in the ‘Big Chef, Little Chef’ project with Mrs Morrison.
The project involves parent and child cookery classes, where our family members work together as a team to create healthy recipes together.
The photos below show very clearly how much fun our chefs are having!
At Rochsolloch Primary School, we pride ourselves on using Outdoor Learning Experiences to encourage our pupils to develop a sense of connectedness with nature and to our local environment.
Our Nursery and P1 pupils were visited by ‘Zoo Lab’ as part of our Minibeasts transition topic, where they were able to learn about and handle a variety of creepy crawlies, including giant snails and snakes!
Our P1 classes also visited Brownsburn Local Nature Reserve, where they were taken on a guided nature walk by Jackie, our local Countryside Ranger.
Take a look at our zoo lab gallery!
Zoo Lab:
Following their recent topic about ‘Scientists and Inventors,’ P4/5 and Miss Allan decided to host an Assembly with a twist! Parents and guests were invited along to take part in a terrific interactive Science and Technology exhibition, where the scientists and inventors of the future showcased their recent learning.
The pupils interacted confidently with their guests, and were able to explain and demonstrate a whole selection of wonders, much to the delight of their visitors!
This was a marvellous Assembly P4/5 and a great way to show off how hard you’ve been working!
P2 put on a terrific show for our pupils, staff and parents this morning, sharing their learning from their recent Weather topic.
The class shared a huge amount of information about what they had learned during their topic and surprised their audience with how many long and complicated words they knew and understood! During the Assembly, the boys and girls also confidently performed some wonderful songs and an excellent poem.
Following the Assembly the parents and guests were given a chance to view some of the terrific work that the pupils had produced during their topic. Great job Primary 2!
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!).
This afternoon, two of our quails, Jeff and Blue, moved out of their incubator and into their brand new home! Mrs McLean, assisted by two responsible Primary 7 pupils, transferred the two tiny birds into their brooder box, where they made a bee-line for the shelter of the heat pad.
We now have a total of four quails between the incubator and the brooder box, with more sure to follow soon!
Today was an extra special day at Rochsolloch Primary School and Nursery Class, as our very first little quail managed to tap his way out of his egg and into the world. Our first quail is called Jeff.
It’s hard to pick him out in the pictures, but he arrived at 10.50am this morning, and is doing very well indeed! All of the boys and girls were so excited to meet Jeff, with many of our children already having had the opportunity to come round and give their best wishes to the newborn chick! We hope his noisy chirping doesn’t put Mrs McLean off her work!
We are hoping for many more precious little arrivals over the next couple of days.
On Tuesday 16th of February, we were visited by Jimmy from ‘Educational Egg.’ Jimmy presented to our Captains Club pupils and shared his expertise about all things feathered!
The pupils were also introduced to Bebe, a young cockatiel who was a big hit!
Finally, we were given an incubator with 24 quail eggs, which we will be looking after over the coming weeks. Our chicks are due to hatch at the end of the month, and all of our pupils are keen to see what, or who, will peck their way out! The children will then be given the chance to watch the young birds grow during the early stages of their lives.
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