Big Roch Digital Project

Hear the Pupils of Saint Roch's and the Speaker

2007-06-28T11:22:00.000Z

The Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin spoke to the pupils of Saint Roch's about several different topics.

Click on the topics below to hear his views and opinions.

What are the Duties Of the Speaker

Advice on being a Young MYSP

How can pupils reduce their carbon footprint

Glasgow's bid for 2014 Commonwealth Games

An independent Scotland

A new school building for Saint Roch's

Use of Mobile Phones in School
Dungavel

We would all like to thank Mr Martin for a great time!

More Pics of the Pupils and the Speaker

2007-06-28T10:59:00.000Z

Michael Martin in action, or as we say in this neck of the woods, "gie'ing it laldy"

Hard questions being asked. Better than Paxman we think.

Garngad's finest grilling Garngad's finest. (Well, near enough!)

"Mr Speaker..."

EXCLUSIVE!!!! SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS! Rt Hon Michael Martin MP Visits the School

2007-06-28T10:52:00.000Z

Last Friday, the Rt Hon Michael Martin, MP for Glasgow North East and the Speaker of the House of Commons, came to visit Mr McGowan and his Podcasting/Blogging team.

Mr Martin spent a great deal of time with our S5 and 6 pupils discussing a range of topics - topics that affect the young people of our school, our city and our country.

We will be publishing our exclusive recordings ASAP.

Mr Martin does not give interviews, so it was a small coup for our school and our dedicated team who have contributed greatly to the success of the Big Roch Digital Project.

Young Scottish Muslim Talent of Tomorrow

2007-06-28T10:50:00.000Z

Our new MYSP Ikram Salad has won the 'Young Scottish Muslim Talent of Tomorrow' award. She was nominated by the EAL Unit.

The award was presented to Ikram on Monday 18th June 2007 during the Young Scottish Muslims’ Conference.

Congratulations once again to a very hard working pupil who deserves the credit and praise that comes her way.

Ikram is a great role model and example to all the young people of our school.

Saint Roch's Pupil Becomes MSYP for Springburn!

2007-05-31T11:27:00.000Z

The pupils and staff of Saint Roch's Secondary are proud to celebrate the success of one of our star S6 pupils, Ikram Salad in becoming Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament for Springburn.

Ikram is delighted and now will attend a meeting in Dundee in early June.

Ikram's manifesto included: new youth clubs for the area, giving the youth of Springburn a voice in Scottish politics, committed to reducing the carbon footprints of the city of Glasgow and is determined to celebrate the racial diversity of our country.

So once again congratulations to Ikram, who deserved her victory and will be an asset to the new Parliament.

Roch FM have booked an interview with our new MSYP and we will publish it soon.

Good luck in your new position!

Mobile Phones in Schools

2007-05-24T11:24:00.000Z

Should mobile phones (that's cellphones for our American cousins) be allowed in school or should they be banned?

Some of our pupils discuss their opinions and views on a very hot topic. To listen click here

Champions League Predictor

2007-05-24T11:21:00.000Z

Follwoing last night's dramatic Final, we look back at what our Roch Sport pundits predicted at the semi-final stage.

Where they right? Find out here

Saint Roch's Secondary Handbook

2007-05-04T11:49:00.000Z

Please feel free to open or download our new school handbook.

Dowload or Open Handbook Here

Well Done Saint Roch's!

2007-04-20T11:48:00.000Z

We are pleased to announce that in the recent Golden Mic competition run by Clyde Broadcast, Saint Roch's entry of Roch FM were Highly Commended for Best Slogan!

Our Roch FM team are delighted with this success. as many are already becoming more interested in a future career in the media.

In fact it will be something to brag about when the Roch FM team visit a very influential media group in the very near future. But that is top secret just now!

To hear our Award Winning Slogan Click Here!

Are you the next Leonardo Di Caprio or Clare Danes?

2007-02-28T23:05:00.000Z

Big Roch Digital are proud to present an audio production of Romeo and Juliet.

Auditions are taking place NOW!

Visit Drama and speak to Ms McAlpine.

Also, any budding composers then speak to Mr Reilly (Music) or Mr McGowan (Business) and they will hear your compositions. Maybe you can even write a theme song? Or sing it yourself?

Boxing Back in Schools?

2007-02-03T15:11:00.000Z

In a recent BBC News Article Boxing could be making a comeback into schools.

Our RochSport pundits cast their eye on whether it is a knockout idea Click Here.

Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2014?

2007-02-03T15:10:00.000Z

Our RochSport team turned their attention to the Big Debate in Glasgow schools over the past few weeks: is Glasgow ready for the Commonwealth Games? Would it be a positive or negative aspect for our city?

Listen to our pundits thoughts Here

Pupil Debate

2007-02-03T15:08:00.000Z

What do pupils like in our school? What would they like to see better or different? Above is an artist's impression of a school of the future!

Listen or download a group of Upper School pupils who have their own views Here

RochSport: Alex McLeish appointed Scotland manager

2007-02-03T15:06:00.000Z

In the first of our RochSport series, our 'pundits' talk about the recent appointment of Alex McLeish as Scotland manager.

Is he the best choice? Or is he a cheap option as he was unemployed?

Is he too young and inexperienced, after his flat finish to his club career?

Here's what our pundits think. Listen or download Here

How to use Blogger

2007-01-22T16:52:00.000Z

Mr McGowan has written a guide on how to use blogger for teachers and pupils.

You can download from the link below:

How to use Blogger pdf

Roch FM Jingle

2006-12-08T13:07:00.000Z

Hi there!

After having a fab time entering the Clyde Golden Mic Awards, the pupils of Saint Roch's have decided to rebrand the podcast portion of the Digital Project as Roch FM.

You can download the jingle the pupils recorded if you Click Here!

Congratulations!

2006-12-07T15:39:00.000Z

A group of Saint Roch's pupils represented the school at the City Chambers in the Great Expectations challenge.

The Business Management pupils had to participate in a Stock Market challenge and compare their stocks portfolio with other schools.

After a bad start, the pupils staged a dramatic comeback to clinch a respectable 4th place.

The pupils involved received certificates to recognise their achievement. Plus they had a great day ot team building, enterprise, learning and fun!

Clyde Golden Mic Competition

2006-12-02T00:25:00.000Z

Saint Roch's pupils entered the Clyde Golden Mic Competition where they had to design their own radio show.

Some of the pupils' ideas were brilliant, but perhaps the best thing to emerge from the activity is the birth of ROCH FM and its catchy if tongue in cheek jingle, which we will post on here a little later.

Question Time Parental Survey

2006-11-11T16:12:00.000Z

At the recent Question Time on Thursday November 9th, we conducted a survey on a few key issues:

What we found out that from our sample group 60% of Parental Households has access to the internet.

Those same Parents told us:
57% surf more than once a week.
7% surf once a week.
13% surf once a month.

We then asked about our school website

13% have visited the site.

Finally our last question asked about podcasting. How many people knew what is was?
20% of our sample group said they did know what podcasting was.

We aim to conduct another survey soon!

What is Podcasting anyway?

2006-11-08T22:16:00.001Z

Podcasting is the creation of audio files (like a radio broadcast) that can be downloaded or listened to via the internet.

Hope that clears up any ambiguity!

Podcast Demo

2006-11-08T22:15:00.000Z

Here is our first Saint Roch's Podcast.

It is just a demo and is voiced by a teacher. The pupils will do a far better job!

What will happen is there will be a title (in this case Podcast Demo) and all you have to do is to click on the link and follow the very simple instructions to download or play it from there.

We are also aiming at having streaming podcasts so you can listen while you go about your business!

We hope it will be of value to you.

To download the PODCAST DEMO Click Here!

Welcome to the Big Roch Digital Project

2006-11-08T22:13:00.000Z

Welcome to Saint Roch's Secondary School's Digital Project!

By giving our students ownership of this project we intend to give them confidence in ICT, working with each other, and give them a valuable learning resource available at home.

Our key areas are:

Podcasting
Blogging
Video/Animation

PODCASTING
Our aim is to give our young people the chance to write, produce and record podcasts available for download at home or in school.

The podcasts will be on a myriad of topics:

audio revision notes
user guides (called podguides)
language tracks
poems
short stories
glossaries
school news items
special news features

BLOGGING
We aim to give our pupils the chance to air their views on different topics, as well as create blogs that can be used by students all across Scotland for revision purposes.

VIDEO/ANIMATION
Our most ambitious area is to let pupils write, create and produce their own video film and animations. This will take place at a later date, as we are concentrating on Podcasting and Blogging for this session.

We think it will be a new way for our students to learn!