Our P6/7 sportshall athletics team had great fun at Robert Burns Academy today. They performed brilliantly and are looking forward to hearing if they have progressed to the next stage of the competition.
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Dinnae Forget Your Caddy!
Dinnae forget your Caddy!
Help us fight Climate Change and be in with the chance of winning a £50 East Ayrshire gift card.
A whopping 69% of food waste in East Ayrshire is not being recycled.
To encourage more people to recycle their food waste, the Sustainability & Climate Change Team has launched a new recycling at home campaign – Dinnae forget your Caddy!
The campaign was successfully rolled out last year in schools and Early Childhood Centres across East Ayrshire but now the team need your help to raise Community Caddy Counts.
Support the campaign by naming your caddy (Caddy McCaddyface is absolutely acceptable) and register the name online
Write the name in permanent marker on your caddy, then all you have to do is present your caddy each week to be entered into the ‘Favourite Caddy of the Month’ draw.
The monthly draw will run from November through to May, and the recycling crews will select one ‘named’ caddy at random to win a £50 East Ayrshire gift card.
You could also encourage your neighbours, family and friends to take part in the campaign and make it a bit competitive. Let us know if you encourage anyone to start recycling.
ECO Update
Please click on the attached SWAY.
Easter Holiday Activities – Dean Park
See the above poster for Dean Park, Easter Trail. By taking part you will also add to our Mission to the Moon, S-Miles.
Have fun.
Community Litter Pick -21st April – Volunteers Wanted
Community Litter Pick – 21st April – Volunteers Wanted
Ochiltree Primary, Ochiltree Hub and CAP are joining forces to carry out a litter pick on Friday 21st April and we need volunteers to support our children.
If you can spare a couple of hours starting at 11 a.m. on Friday 21st please phone the school office and leave your details.
To celebrate our achievements complimentary tea, coffee and juice will be served to all volunteers and Ochiltree Hub from 1:15 p.m. onwards.
60th Earth Hour
Help us change the world this weekend!
Can an Hour change the world?
Just 60 minutes? Yes, just one hour. It may not seem like much, but the magic happens when you, and those like you in Asia and Africa, North and South America, Oceania and Europe – supporters in over 190 countries and territories – all give an hour, creating the Biggest Hour for Earth.
By doing so, this Hour can shine an unmissable global spotlight on nature loss and climate change, and the need to work together to secure a brighter future for people and the planet.
Give an Hour for Earth by spending 60 minutes doing something – anything – positive for our planet.
To find out more/sign up visit: https://www.earthhour.org
Golden Eagle Conservation in our Biosphere
P1/2 and P6/7 enjoyed visits from Philip Munro, Golden Eagle Project Scotland. They worked together to find about Golden Eagle features and habitats. They then produced detailed Golden Eagle and other birds of prey art work.
Click on the links below to see our photos.
Learning for Sustainability Day
Please have a look at some of our photos from our Learning for Sustainability Day.
A huge thanks to Education Officers Faith, Malcolm and Ryan from Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere for organising and running our Learning for Sustainability Day.
Our 7th Green Flag Award
Our Eco-committee is delighted to have been awarded a 7th Green Flag! Well done to everyone in school for all their hard work. Also a huge thanks to everyone in the community who has supported us in our journey.
A Bubble inside a Bubble inside a Bubble
P6/7 were 
having fun with science creating a Bubble within a Bubble within a Bubble ……
Our record was 3!
P6/7 tips for blowing bubbles -blow gently, don’t make bubbles too big, when you are on your second bubble, push the pipette in from the top, not the side.
Many thanks to Lynn Morrison for the experiment instructions and resources.
World of Work – Medical Imaging
Many thanks to Fiona Scott who spoke recently to the P 5/6 and P6/7 pupils about medical imaging. The children enjoyed learning about the different types of medical imaging there is. Highlights included guessing the body part from the images and trying on protective clothing.
Our World of Work programme will continue in the new year.
