Pollokshields Primary SchoolGlasgow, Scotland

Where are we ?Glasgow is in Scotland, in the north of the UK.It’s Scotland's largest city with a population of about 650000.

Pollokshields

Pollokshields is located on the south side of Glasgow’s main river, the River Clyde. It’s an historic neighbourhood first founded in 1849. It’s a conservation area with many of the buildings, including our school, afforded listed status. Today it is an area of ethnic diversity, home to Glasgow’s largest Asian community.

Glasgow images

Glasgow city centre.Yes, it does rain a lot!

The beautiful Kelvingrove Art Gallery, the most visited museum in the UK outside of London

Glasgow Images

Hampden Park. Scotland’s National Stadium. Glasgow is proudly hosting next year’s Commonwealth Games. It’s a fantastic opportunity to showcase our city to the world

Our school

Our childrenPollokshields has a roll of about 250 children. The vast majority of our pupils are bilingual. Other languages spoken in the school include Urdu, Punjabi, Slovakian and Mirpuri.

Enjoying World Book Day Our successful Dance Club

Lynn Kriege, one of our EAL teachers. They provide support for all bilingual learners as well as new arrivals to the UK.

Our dedicated EAL room.

Ms Chaudry, another EAL teacher.

Our recently opened library. It also functions as an ICT area.

Getting dirty at our school allotment !

Celebrating after winning several awards at Glasgow’s Determined to Animate competition.

Having fun on our annual residential trip.

Getting a visit from the Canadian Rugby team.

Meeting Oscar winner Emma Thompson

Having fun and raising money !

Learning from our elders. Children enjoyed this inter generational storytelling project.

Our school is a listed building, there are lots of unusual features.

This year we have been involved in a partnership with a school in Ghana. This is through the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms project.

Twabidi Educational Complex, Tepa, Ghana

Mrs Wood visited Twabidi in September 2013.

Looking forward to seeing you in 2014!