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!
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!
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!
As part of their topic on Scotland, P7 will be getting out into the great Scottish outdoors over the coming weeks, enjoying the Scottish weather and taking in the scenery.
This afternoon, the class worked in groups to create sun shelters using a limited selection of materials. Mr Innes was extremely impressed with the way the pupils collaborated and assigned roles to one another. Later in the term, the class will be building on this knowledge when they create ‘wild shelters’ in Brownsburn Local Nature Reserve – our favourite destination for outdoor learning!
Over the next four Tuesdays, our children will also be hiking, recording signs of animal life, and identifying and classifying insects and mini-beasts.
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!
Today, all of our pupils from P1-P7 got the chance to take part in an amazing Google Expedition. Using virtual reality, our teachers guided our pupils through a variety of incredible locations linked to class studies, such as:
* The Great Barrier Reef
* The surface of the moon
* New York City
* The Great Wall of China
* Aurora Borealis
* Mount Everest
Our pupils absolutely loved this experience. Here are some one sentence reviews from our P5 pupils:
“I thought it was a great experience and I thought it was absolutely amazing!” – Billy
“It felt so real!” – Archie and Robbie
“I loved it!” – Logan
“It was amazing having the chance to do that!” – Lucy
“It was good to have a different experience in school.” – Katie
“It felt like I was floating above The Great Wall of China!” – Max
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