We are now booking for Clyde in the Classroom 2016. To find out what pupils got up to in 2015 please check out our latest newsletter. If you would like your school to participate or to find out more please contact Caroline on caroline.mcgillivray@glasgow.ac.uk.

Pupils taking responsibility for their brown trout hatchery

Brown trout fry about to be released into the River Clyde

We just caught up with this year’s Clyde in the Classroom competition winners at Newark Primary on their last day of term. Well done to P4/5 and of course to Emma who designed the winning eco bag. With over 600 entries it was a tough decision but we loved Emma’s ‘Care for your Clyde’ design!

We’re only a few weeks in to Clyde in the Classroom 2015 and already we’ve been amazed by the quality and diversity of questions we’ve been asked by pupils during our weekly visits. So much so that we’ve a new page called ‘Fishy Facts’ where we will post some of the best, along with our answers! The page will be updated as the project unfolds.

You’ve been learning lots about the life cycle of the brown trout and some of you will have spotted alevins in your hatchery by now. Why not take a look at the life cycle of another of the River Clyde’s great species, the Atlantic salmon, in this rather lovely video?

You can find when we will be visiting your school by looking at the weekly visits page, click on this link and it will take you straight there. You will find it in the teachers information page under project stages. These days will not be in use for the week beginning the 9th February due to the February holiday but will be in place for the following week.If you have any questions give us a call.

This weekend the pupils are on holiday for the February break and we have had a lot of calls concerning the welfare of the trout over the break. Please do not worry, the key point to remember is when you return to school on Wednesday please take the whole morning to bring the temperature down so as not to shock you fish. 

As a result of the holiday we will out in force on Wednesday so if you have any concerns or are presented with a problem on your return please do not hesitate to give us a call on 0141 330 5080.

Have a great February break.

The Clyde in the Classroom blogs have now been set up and the login information has been emailed to the school contact for the project. If you would like a blog but haven’t let us know yet, please contact Gemma on gemma.jennings@glasgow.ac.uk. Thanks!