Yesterday, our Keep It Clean Crew joined the Greener Communities to participate in a litter pick around Ochiltree.
Chess Winners
Over the last few weeks, Miss Murray has been hosting a lunchtime Chess Club for Primary 4-7 and to finish the block, they held a chess tournament.
Well done to our winners, Dan and Erik!
Boswell Children’s Festival at Dumfries House
Tempest – Update
Dear Parents,
Have you ordered your school photos yet? A polite reminder that the closing date for free delivery back to school is Tuesday 21st April 2026. Order through the Tempest website using your unique link that was emailed to you, or if you have received paper order forms visit www.tempest-orders.co.uk
If you need any assistance in ordering your photos, feel free to contact Tempest on 01736 751555 (option 5).
Many thanks,
Tempest Photography
Active Schools Easter Commonwealth Program
Our exciting Commonwealth Games Easter Programme is now live on the East Ayrshire Leisure Website.
Please see link below which takes you to the calendar, select your venue and book on.
Barony Sports Village will be the closest for this cluster.
Please note you must contact beforehand if your child has any additional support need or requirement which needs extra care. If this is not done parents may be required to wait at the sessions to support when they turn up.
Easter Fun | East Ayrshire Leisure Trust
App link – Download the App | East Ayrshire Leisure Trust
Portal Link – Account Login – if not a member, sign up to pay as you go.
Barry Holmes, Active Schools Coordinator
barry.holmes@eastayrshireleisure.com / barry.holmes@ayrshire360.com
Achievement Assembly 27.3.26
Well done to all our pupil who received an award or shared an achievement at today’s achievement assembly. Please see the app for the Sway for all our achievements. Next achievement assembly will be on Friday 8th May 2026.
P6/7 Castle Building – Request for Materials
As part of our research topic, we will be building model castles in class next week.
Over the weekend, can you please gather up any recycling materials, spare cardboard boxes, string / wool, tissue paper; any materials suitable for model building.
Pupils will be working in pairs for this construction project so can share any recycling materials donated.
Thank you for your assistance.
Mrs Agnew
Active Schools
Please click on the link to view all activities:
Tempest Photography
Tempest were in school today to take individual and family photographs. These will be sent home with your child today for your to order.
Please note Tempest will be back in school on Tuesday 26th May to take Primary 1 + Primary 7 class photographs.
A special “whole school” 50th anniversary photograph was taken today and will be available to purchase during our 50th anniversary celerations.
If you wish any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school.
Thank you.
Active Schools Easter Programme
Active Schools Easter Commonwealth program
Our exciting Commonwealth Games Easter Programme is now live on the East Ayrshire Leisure Website. Please see link below which takes you to the calendar, select your venue and book on. Barony Sports Village will be the closest for this cluster. Please note you must contact beforehand if your child has any additional support need or requirement which needs extra care. If this is not done parents may be required to wait at the sessions to support when they turn up.
Easter Fun | East Ayrshire Leisure Trust
App link – Download the App | East Ayrshire Leisure Trust
Portal Link – Account Login – if not a member, sign up to pay as you go.
Barry Holmes, Active Schools Coordinator
barry.holmes@eastayrshireleisure.com / barry.holmes@ayrshire360.com
East Ayrshire Sumdog Competition
East Ayrshire’s Maths Contest is now live on Sumdog. The contest will run from Monday 23rd March until Friday 27th March at 12:00pm.
The contest will automatically appear on your child’s dashboard when they log in. They will see their progress as they answer questions – when they get to 70, 175, 350 and 525 correct answers they get rewards. Click ‘start‘ and select a game from the games page. The questions answered in the games will count towards the contest.
Answering questions in a contest
Students can answer questions at any time during the period of the contest, including outside of schools hours. As they answer the questions they’ll be able to see the number of questions they’ve gotten correct out of the number of questions they’ve answered in total.
Every child can answer up to 700 questions. When this number is reached, their answers will stop counting towards the leaderboard but they can continue answering math questions!
Students participating in a Contest can earn a range of prizes.
There are several types of prizes that students and classes can earn.
Coins and special items for the house will appear automatically in the recipient’s inventory.
Certificates can be awarded to the First Place Class, Daily Winning Class and Top 10 Students.
We are encouraging all pupils to take part in this contest. Good Luck!
Achievement Assembly 27.3.26
We look forward to hosting our next achievement assembly on Friday 27th March.
If your child has celebrated any achievements out-with school e.g. earned a swimming badge, learned to ride their bike, gained badges at a hobby etc., then they are able to bring in such items to share at this special assembly. Alternatively, if you would like us to share any photographs or videos of your child’s achievements, please email these to eaochiltree.ps@eastayrshire.org.uk by 3pm on Thursday 26th March.
We look forward to celebrating the success of our pupils!
Sticky Fingers Easter Club
The Sticky Fingers Easter Club at the Boswell Centre, Well Road, Auchinleck will run on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of both weeks of the school Easter holidays.
Registration starts at 9.45am each morning and children should be picked up by a responsible adult at 12.30pm each day.
On arrival, please park in either the front car park at the Boswell Centre or the car park at the Indoor Bowling Club across the road. Please accompany your child into the foyer of the Boswell Centre, where registration will take place and attendees will receive their name labels.
Thanks to funding from Cash for Kids, the 9CC Group and The Big Lottery Community Fund, attendees will enjoy a range of arts and crafts, lots of sports and games, outdoor learning, Clubbercise with Laura, STEM activities with Margaret from MaidSafe, biscuit decorating and inputs from Toni from Galloway and South Ayrshire Biosphere – as well as exciting visits from Gina with her Bunny Luv petting zoo and Angela with her lovely Hannahston Alpacas. We have also planned a delicious Hotdog Feast!
Please follow the link below to register your child:
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/R7JJLX/
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
If you need any additional information please contact me on the number below.
Francine
07787564780
Easter Hamper Raffle
Ochiltree Parent Council
Easter Hamper Raffle
Tickets on sale until Wednesday 25th March – £3 each
Football – Easter Camps
Please click on the QR codes for more information and to book your place.
Tempest Photography – Inculding 50th Anniversary Photo – Resubmission of Form
Tempest photography are coming into the school Tuesday 24th March 2026 to take individual and family photographs.
As part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations, a whole school group photograph will be taken. This will be released for purchase in June (the month of our anniversary) for parents to purchase if they wish.
We have already asked that all parents complete the Microsoft Form giving consent for photographs to be taken, but with the addition of the whole school group photograph, can you please resubmit this form as below by Monday 23rd March to ensure all information can be passed to the photographers first thing on Tuesday morning?
Tempest Photography – Fill out form
Thank you for your assistance.
Cumnock Arts Makes People Smile
Please click on the PDF below for full details:
Spring Fling Disco – 19/03/26
Ochiltree Primary School Parent Council
is hosting a
Spring Fling Disco
Details as below.
Donations for the Easter Hamper Fundraiser can be brought along on the evening.
Thank you
ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND – PHOTOGRAPHIC CONSENT REQUIRED
All pupils will be taking part in Workshops being run by Archaeology Scotland on the following dates:
- Wednesday 18th,
- Thursday 19th,
- Friday 20th and,
- Monday 23rd March 2026.
The ‘Local Visits’ consent form completed by all parents / carers at the beginning of this academic year will be used for these activities, so no additional consent form is required.
Please ensure that your child has suitable waterproof clothing and footwear for these activities.
It is intended that pupils dig test pits on Thursday 19th March; old clothing is advised as pupils are likely to get muddy / dirty.
Please complete the attached photographic, film and audio consent form from Archaeology Scotland and return it to the school office as soon as possible, as workshops begin on Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who has returned these already.
Thank you
Blogger Kids
Hey. We are the Blogger Kids and it is our job to report on the work of our Leadership Groups.
We have been busy creating our logo – designed by Jacob Jones in P6/7.
We have also created an information board for our Leadership Groups.
