With the Summer Holidays fast approaching, please note that the school will close at 1pm tomorrow.
Early lunches of soup and sandwiches will be offered to pupils before the early finish.
Pupils who access school transport will be collected at the earlier time of 12:25pm.
Any medication held at school will need to be signed out by a parent / guardian before the holidays.
There are also a few pottery creations to be collected from school too. For safe transport home, you can either send a box in with your child tomorrow or collect directly from the school.
School reopens for the 2026/2027 year on Wednesday 19th August 2026 at 8:50am.
During lunch on Wednesday 24th June, our Primary 7 pupils will have a Dominos Pizza lunch as pat of their leavers treat. This will include cheese and pepperoni pizza as voted for by the pupils.
After lunch time, all pupils from P5 – P7 will watch Zootropolis 2, which has been given a PG rating. If you have any concerns or would prefer your child does not watch the film, please let the school know before viewing.
As part of our learning with Archaeology Scotland, the children have made clay pots.
To allow these to be taken home safely, can you please send your child into school with a shoe box, or similar sized box, to protect the pot on the way home.
Alternatively, you can collect the pot from school at home times.
As part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations, the Parent Council are hosting a Summer of ’76 Outdoor Fun Day on Friday 19th June, on the pitch (weather permitting) from 1:30pm.
There is a fab selection of activities planned, including Beat the Goalie, Netball Shoot, Obstacle Course, Inflatable Fun, Circus Skills, Double Dutch and much more.
The Parent Council will also be offering face painting to our pupils; two designs, Flower Power or the Saltire. They will be using Snazaroo brand paints.
If you would like your child to have their face painted, please complete this form with your preference. Your child will not be able to have their face painted without parental / carer consent –
Please see the attached letter for details of our Class Structure for the 2026 / 2027 session.
Parents / carers of current Primary 5 pupils will receive a separate letter noting their child’s allocation; look out for these in school bags this afternoon.
P5/6 are hosting a podcast about the history of Ochiltree Primary.
We are pleased to already have guest speakers coming into the school to share their experiences, but if you have great knowledge of Ochiltree and would like to contribute, don’t hesitate to get in contact with the school – 01290 700351!
You could also email any information you have about the school over the years to eaOchiltree.PS@eastayrshire.org.uk.
All parents / carers, family, former students and members of the school and wider community are welcome to join us for our 50th Years Celebration week of events.
Please see the attached poster for details of the week’s festivities; we’d love to see you all at our events.
Also, budding artists and photographers are invited to take part in our art / photography competition (see below for details). Closing date for entries is Tuesday 16th June.
Please see the attached details of our 50th Celebration week, including details of the Art and Photography competition which is open to the whole community.
Whilst the achievements of all our young people will be celebrated at Prizegiving, some pupils have been selected for a specific award. Parents of these pupils will receive a letter this week regarding this.
Well done to all our pupil who received an award or shared an achievement at today’s achievement assembly. Please see the video below for all our achievements. This is also available on our Ochiltree TV channel on the blog.
As we come up to our 50th Anniversary of Ochiltree Primary School in this building, we are delighted to let you know that the whole school 50th Anniversary group photograph is now ready to view and purchase at the following link – https://htmp.st/SCHOOL-B5F8D7178E. It’s time to find a spot on the mantelpiece or a space on the wall!!
Tempest offer a free “deliver to school” option that is open for 14 days (from today), alternatively, home delivery is available at a cost of £5 postage and packing.
If you need assistance or have any questions regarding placing an order, please call Tempest on 01736 751555 (option 3) or click on the “contact” button on the Tempest website home page (htempest.co.uk) where the friendly team will be happy to help.
Happy memories of the 50th Anniversary of Ochiltree Primary School.
We are looking forward to our sports day this Friday, being held on the pitch at the back of the school, starting at 1:30pm.
Pupils can come to school wearing something in their house colours for the day (no football colours are permitted).
After all the pupils (and hopefully some parents?) have taken part in their races, children will return to class.
Parents can collect their child early, as we will set up designated class collection points at the front entrance to the school. Staff will takes names of children in each class being collected early and sign them out before they leave for the weekend.
Here’s hoping this spell of good weather holds out for the big day.
With the lovely warm sunny weather finally making an appearance, we would like to remind parents that to keep our pupils sun safe the following is recommended:
Sunscreen (applied before coming to school and a personal supply in school bags),
