Roch report - Saint Roch`s Secondary School
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Roch report - Saint Roch`s Secondary School
Roch Report Issue 2 St Roch’s Feast day The Archbishop of Glasgow Most Rev Philip Tartaglia Came to our school to bless our Oratory and celebrate mass with us on our Patron Saints feast day. This was a great honour for everyone within the Saint Roch’s community. Anne Frank Congratulations to all pupils who were involved in the Anne Frank project with-in our school. This was a huge success, our students escorted visitors and pupils through the extraordinary hard life of Anne Frank . Well Done Abseiling from the Falkirk Wheel “Why would someone who has a fear of heights agree to do a sponsored abseil from the Falkirk Wheel?” On a sunny Saturday afternoon at 2pm Mrs Zammit from our school office agreed to do a sponsored abseil from the Falkirk Wheel in aid of Scottish Huntington’s Association. (Brave Brave Lady) Well done Pink Friday Congratulations to Ms Meehan’s personal support class who raised over £444 on Friday 4th October in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness. Pupils organised a half non-uniform day, a coffee morning and a pink nail painting session. A big thanks to everyone who contributed to this great cause. Great Scottish Run • Pupils, staff, relatives and parents from St Roch’s Secondary School turned out in numbers to compete in the Great Scottish Run weekend of races. • Saturday morning saw the roads around George Square closed to host the Junior races with 3000 runners taking part over 3 races from toddlers to teenagers! Great Scottish Run • In the junior 2.5km race the Gilbride brothers battled it out and the sibling rivalry resulted in two top 30 finishes. • Jonathon just sneaking over the finish line one second ahead of Nicholas. Jonathon finished in 28th place overall in 9 min 13 sec and Nicholas in 29th place in 9 min 14 sec! • In another family weekend first year pupil Joe Campbell had a great result in his first Great Junior run finishing in 91st place in 10 min 45 sec. • It was a family affair as Joe’s dad was competing in the half marathon on Sunday - finishing in a great time of 2 hours and 9 minutes. Great Scottish Run • Regular runners Joshua Donnelly, Daniel Haggerty and Edith Kitumba continued to improve on the excellent times they have set before. • Daniel finish in 74th place in 10min 30 sec. • Joshua smashed his time from last year by 3 min and finished in 11 min 18 sec. • Edith a great run finishing in 12 min 47 sec. Great Scottish Run • Moving on to Sunday,Edith’s brother Guilit was the star of St Roch’s finishing the 10km in a time of 34 min 57 sec his first 10km! At 17 this is remarkable giving him 18th place out of a field of 6000 runners! • Nevertheless, the St Roch’s staff were not to be outdone by the pupils! • First past the post was Mr Cameron at 48 min Mr Camerons wife also took part. • Next was Miss Loughrey in a good time of 53min, despite having a stitch and needing a ‘pit stop’ halfway round! Miss Loughrey was closely followed by Mrs Farr in a great time of 55min. • Miss Miller completed her first 10km in 1hr 7 min and has definitely caught the running bug! • Mrs Graham came in 1 h 11 min and her daughter Nicola stole a few metres in the finishing straight to beat her mum by 40 seconds! • Miss McBride had a great run in 1 hr 13 min and Mrs Gallagher had a fantastic run in 1 hr 15 min. Marathon Runners • Finally the challenges of the 10 km were not enough for some staff members with Mrs Forrester from the Hearing Impaired Unit taking on the half marathon. She finished in a fantastic time of 1 hr 58 min – smashing the 2 hour barrier. • In an even more impressive challenge Deputy Head Mr Donnelly ran in the Chester marathon and finished the course in a very impressive 3 hr 22 min! All the hard months of training have paid off. • Congratulations to everyone who took part in running events this weekend. Confortti S1 • All our first year pupils + some staff enjoyed a fun filled fabulously relaxing day at the Confortti Institute Ceilidh St Roch’s annual family ceilidh took place on Thursday evening 10th October in the school hall. This was a welcome ceilidh for all our new S1 pupils and their families. As always this was a great success with many local residents coming along to join in the fun. Life Group The Life Group attended the Torchlight Procession on 24th October to mark the 43rd anniversary of the legalisation of Abortion in the UK. Pupils took part in a rosary at George Square, processing to the Cathedral for Mass. Halloween Disco