Rochsolloch Primary School and Nursery ClassIt certainly was a busy day at Rochsolloch Primary School yesterday!
We were visited by Mark McGuinness, from Ecosse Boxing Club. Martin is a former Commonwealth boxing coach, and he joined us to share some of his expertise with our children.
After speaking to the whole school at assembly, Mark took some classes for individual sessions, where he taught the children about the sport and gave them a chance to try it out.
Check out the gallery below!
Today, Leanne and Connor from the Community Police popped in to the school for a visit. In the gallery, you can see P5 learning all about anti-social behaviour. Leanne and Connor did a great job of explaining to our children what anti-social behaviour is and how they deal with it as part of their day to day jobs.
The pupils also got a chance to look at the protective equipment that is used by the police force and some unlucky pupils even found themselves in handcuffs!
We were visited today by a very special guest!
This month, our SHANARRI focus is ‘Achieving’ and to support our understanding of this concept, we were privileged to welcome Eilish McColgan to Rochsolloch Primary today. Eilish is a Scottish record holder and British Champion distance runner. She has also represented Scotland at 6 Commonwealth games, as well as Great Britain at 6 European Championships and 2 Olympic Games!
Eilish taught us a lot about hard work and dedication. She explained that although she loved running as a child, she didn’t win her first race until she was 18! Obviously her hard work paid off! Eilish encouraged our boys and girls to dream big and to never give up, which is a wonderfully positive message! Eilish also explained how taking part in sport was a great way to meet new people, and she showed us photos she had taken with two of the world’s most famous athletes: Usain Bolt and Mo Farah! Cool or what!?
We were delighted to welcome you into our school today Eilish, and we will be cheering for you at the next big competition!!!
On the 31st of October, we welcomed Marie-Clare from Chefs at Schools who took some of our classes for a cookery session, making ‘Spooky Healthy Treats.’
The pupils learned all about how to prepare food safely and hygienically as they made spooky-themed fruity treats. Yum yum!
Our children are often given the opportunity to prepare food as it is so important that we help them to develop this essential life skill!
We would like to thank Marie-Clare sincerely for providing our pupils with this terrific experience and we look forward to welcoming her back into school in the near future.
On Tuesday 25th of October, Primary 5 and Mrs Munoz visited Morrisons as part of our ‘Healthy’ focus month. The children had an absolute blast as they were given a magnificent tour by members of staff.
The pupils visited numerous departments of the store, including the fishmonger, cheese counter and bakery. The children were even given the chance to scan some items through the tills!
Following the visit, P5 wrote letters of thanks to the Morissons staff with Mr Innes. From reading the letters, it was very clear that the pupils very much enjoyed their visit, learning a great deal in the process!
Meet Sid and Shanarri!
Sid and Shanarri are puppets who regularly visit our Nursery Class. Each group’s keyworker reads a story to their group, aided by Sid and Shanarri, which helps support our monthly SHANARRI focus.
Have a look at the pictures to see our boys and girls having fun learning alongside their new friends!
Today at our School Assembly, the pupils were introduced to our new SHANARRI focus of ‘Healthy,’ which we will be looking at in detail over the coming month.
Our pupils were treated to a ‘Handball Taster Session’ NL Leisure representatives Kevin and Russell. The children were taught about the sport of handball before some lucky pupils were given the chance to have a go!
There was an excited buzz in the gymhall as the teams competed to see who could complete the most passes. Even watching was exhausting!
At today’s Assembly, Millie and Kyle, our School Captain and Vice-Captain, held a press conference with our very own campus superhero, Mr Leckie!
Continuing with our theme of ‘Safe’, Mr Leckie was able to tell us all about how he helps to keep our school safe for us. Each class had prepared a question for Mr Leckie. Some of the questions included:
Mr Leckie explained to us how much he enjoys his job. Even though he has to work very hard, for long hours, he told us that the smiling faces of the pupils he gets to see every day makes it all worthwhile!
We think you’re a Safety Superstar Mr Leckie, thank you for coming to visit our Assembly!
In keeping with the theme of SAFE, Primary 1 pupils were visited by Ross, everyone’s favourite Crossing Guard! Ross explained his job to the pupils and then happily answered all of their questions!
Ross carries our such an important job in our school community and prides himself on keeping us safe as we journey to and from school.
Thanks Ross…we all think you’re awesome!
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!
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