After a very successful meeting with Jenna Cairns from the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere and Malcolm Haddow SWSEIC support officer (South West Environmental Information Centre) we have a plan to take the garden further.
Increase the biodiversity in the garden by:
Introducing more native flowers, planting bulbs, flowers, and scattering seeds (Emily Hay from CEI will be providing some of these and working with the school.
Cap group have given a donation of £100 to raise the planting beds.
Using the resources, we have we will be encouraging a host of wildlife including hedgehogs by moving the branches we had from clearing previously from the garden into a more suitable area.
Looking at introducing water areas in the garden to encourage a whole host of insect, mammals, and bird life.
Malcom has said they would lend us a trail cam to record and watch to see what wildlife comes into the garden when the children are not there.
Compost area will be made, we will be asking the community if they have any unused compost bins they will donate, or we will make our own.
Wildflowers being planted along the fence between the garden and pitch and up along the fence with the field to encourage insects and birds.
Bird houses and bird feeders will be purchased for the garden also.
We will also be installing a weather station within the garden for the children to record the weather.
If you would like your child to attend the OSAG Children’s Christmas Parties, please follow Ochiltree & Skares Action Group Facebook page for links to the relevant tickets.
Mr MacMillan, Class Teacher, will run an after school “mini-kickers” football training club for interested children in Primary 3 and Primary 4 in November.
The club will run from 3 – 4 p.m. in the school on the following Tuesdays:
7, 14, 21 and 28 November.
If you would like your child to attend, please contact the school to register your child’s interest. Places are limited so please register by Friday 13 October.
Please note that consent forms will need to be completed before your child can take part. These will be sent home after that October holiday.
As a reward for attaining EAC Clean Green Silver Award Rangers from Dean Country Park will be working with Primary 1/2 and last year’s Eco-Committee children this Friday afternoon. They will be building dens and camp fires. Children will be provided with hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows. Please advise of any food allergies your child has.
Children should wear suitable outdoor, waterproof clothing and shoes for their activities.
Vibrant Communities will run an After School Sports Club for children in Primaries 1-3 from 3.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. within the school on the following Thursdays:
26 October
2 November
9 November
16 November
23 November
30 November
Should you wish your child to attend, please contact the school for further information and consent forms will be issued.
We are going to celebrate “Roald Dahl” day on Wednesday 13 September. The teachers will prepare some activities for class and we thought it would be fun, for those who want to, to mark the day by also doing one of the following:
dress up as a character from a Roald Dahl novel
wear something yellow (his favourite colour!)
wear some of your clothing backwards (seeing as Roald Dahl liked funny backwards words!)
There is NO need to buy anything new, this is just a little bit of fun to mark the author’s birthday.
The apples below were picked today by our wonderful Janitor Mr Renton! These will be available at the end of the day for anyone who would like some (please bring a bag).
Currently, parts of the UK and Europe are seeing an increase in the number of people getting measles. In response to this, Public Health Scotland (PHS) has prepared the attached letter to be distributed to parents and carers of P1 and S1 pupils. This raises awareness of the importance of the MMR vaccine in protecting against measles and provides information on what parents/carers can do to make sure their child is up-to-date with vaccinations. This letter is also available in Arabic, Mandarin, Punjabi, Polish, Ukrainian and Urdu (see QR code on letter directing to translated versions). Please see attached PDF.
New Primary 1s should come to the main entrance of the school for 9.30 a.m. on Monday 21st August 2023. Primary 1s can be collected from the main entrance at 2.30 p.m. From Tuesday 22nd August 2023 start and finish times for all children are 8.50 a.m. – 2.55 p.m.
We look forward to seeing our new Primary 1s next week.
