So sad to learn of the passing of our famous former pupil Stevie Chalmers, who scored the winning goal when Celtic won the European Cup in Lisbon in 1967. RIP. @CelticFC @FoundationCFC @StRochsJuniors
St Roch's Secondary
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St Roch's Secondary
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Working together with young people and families since 1928 - official Twitter feed with news, updates and information for our school community.
- Today we bid farewell to Mr Donnelly. His kindness & compassion is second to none. Thank for everything you have done for our community over the years and we wish you all the very best on your next adventures!
- Our Girls’ Captain working with the First Minister at the Global Citizeship conference @IntDevAlliance @NicolaSturgeon @IDEAScotland
- 🚨 🚨 EXCITING NEWS!! 🚨 🚨 David Attenborough will be visiting the school at the end of the month! He has heard about our beautiful greenhouse and would like to see and hear more about the impact it has on our school and wider community 🍃 🪴 🏫 Details can be found below!!
- Truly a team effort involving every single colleague who works in St Roch's as well as tremendous commitment & effort from families and pupils themselves. Thanks to everyone involved in this colossal effort.Pupils at this school come from some of the most deprived postcodes in the ciy - and they're getting the best marks in exams glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18293137.…
- Spent several periods today walking around the school - covered every subject, most teachers and many pupils. Struck by how overwhelmingly strong relationships are in the school and how this contributes to effective learning and teaching. Very lucky to have such a lovely school.
- Congratulations to Dr Gerry Hughes, former Deaf teacher at St Roch’s, on the launch of his book “Bridging Our Differences”. Remarkable story of how Gerry overcame communication / literacy barriers to become the first Deaf person to sail solo around the world. Now, he’s an author.
- Sign of the Day today is ‘Thank you’. From your chin (not the lips - that’s blowing a kiss!) Hope you all have a nice day.
00:00 - Today’s afternoon session of the Scottish Parliament was opened by our headteacher Mr Stone who was invited to lead the parliament through the Time for Reflection. The focus was on Holocaust Awareness Day and the work of @VisionSchools #AliosAdiuva
- Some of our young people from the Dept of Deaf Ed representing St Roch’s today at the Scottish Parliament where they discussed the importance of BSL as a language. #scotlandloveslanguages @BDA_Scot @maureen0207 @Glasgowlangs
- This week we welcome our staff back into school with packs prepared by our Mental Health Group - welcome back! @SAMHtweets @GlasgowCC #ItsOkayNotToBeOkay
- 90th Anniversary whole school Mass in the Cathedral with Archbishop Tartaglia and countless former colleagues and friends of the big Roch!
- Well done Ben - long hair shaved off for The Little Princess Trust, who support children & young people undergoing cancer treatment. Over £1200 raised altogether! @LPTrustUK #AliosAdiuva
