Please see the attached Sway to see all the work done and the winners of all the categories for this year’s Ochiltree Cattle Show.
Well Done to everyone who took part.
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Category Archives: School News
Summer of ’76 Outdoor Fun & Face Painting Form
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 –
Summer of ’76 Outdoor Fun Day – Face Painting – Fill out form
Thank you
Data / Information Check
With us coming to the end of the 2025 / 2026 session, we are making sure our records are up to date and ready for the new year.
We are asking parents / carers to notify the school of any changes to the following personal details prior to the end of June:
- address,
- mobile / home and work telephone numbers,
- email addresses,
- emergency contact details, and
- medical updates.
Please contact the school office to notify of amendments, either by note or email to eaOchiltree.PS@eastayrshire.org.uk.
Thank you
FAMILY FUN DAY AND SCHOOL DISCO
Saturday 20th June 2026
See posters for details:
Walking History Scavenger Hunt 2026
Ochiltree Primary School Parent Council Presents
Walking History Scavenger Hunt 2026
Tuesday 16th June, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, at Ochiltree Primary School.
Please see poster for details and click on the link below to book your FREE tickets.
CLASS STRUCTURE 2026 / 2027
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.
Thank you
Class Structure 2026 – 2027 – 05062026
Ochiltree Primary School History Podcast
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.
We’d love to hear from you!
50 Years Celebration Week
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.
Thank you
50 Years Celebration Week
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.
Achievement Assembly
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.
School Report Cards
All pupils will be issued with thier report cards to take home at the end of the day.
Please look out for these coming home this afternoon in school bags.
Thank you.
50th Anniversary School Photo
Dear Parent/Carer,
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.
Thank you
Sports Day – Friday 29th May 2026
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.
We hope to see you all on Friday.
Be Sun Safe
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),
- Sun Hat, and
- Sunglasses.
Thank you
Tiered Cake Stands
We’re Looking for Your Help
We are in the process of planning for our 50th Anniversary Celebrations, and for our Picnic in the Park on Wednesday 17th June, we were hoping to set out our cream teas daitily on tiered cake stands.
If you have one and you don’t mind the school using it for the day, we would love to borrow it from you please.
Thank you
Early Closure Summer 2026
The last day of the 2025 / 2026 academic year is fast approaching.
The school will be closing at 1pm on Friday 26th June for the summer.
Pupils accessing school transport will be collected from school at 12:25pm following an earlier lunch.
The school will reopen to pupils on Wednesday 19th August 2026. There are In-service days on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th August.
Thank you
School Trophies Return
It is that time of year again when we are planning for this year’s Summer Celebration being held on Friday 19th June, 9:30am.
To allow us to get the awards ready and engraved for presentation on the day, we would appreciate if those who were awarded a trophy in June 2025 could return it / them to the school by Monday 25th May.
Thank you for your assistance.
Drinks at School
As we hopefully approach the warm weather, and keeping our children hydrated, it has come to our attention that some of our pupils are bringing high-percentage sugar-filled / caffeinated drinks to school.
Keeping in line with the Health Promoting Schools policy and Childsmile advice, we would encourage parents not to provide children with these types of unhealthy drinks to take to school and suggest that tap water and plain milk are provided as healthy alternatives.
Water and milk are freely available to all pupils at lunch times.
Thank you
Dates for Your Diary
Please see attched a note of the dates of our up and coming events for the remaining term of 2025/2026 including information on our up and coming 50th Anniversary events.
Any aditional information or changes will be notified by the school app and blog.
The attached letter was issued by hardcopy Monday 20th May.
Please feel free to contact the school on 01290700351 should you have any queries.
Thank you
Ochiltree Cattle Show 2026
The whole school will be visiting Ochiltree Cattle Show on Wednesday 22nd April and for the first time giving out special class certificates for the pupils chosen best in show. This is thanks to Mr Sloan and the committee who worked with the school to develop our pupils knowledge of stock and build their understanding of the rural economy. This is a highlight of our school year and we are very much looking forward to being part of the show again.
Pupils should come to school dressed for the weather and have on appropriate footwear to walk down to the show ground.
We look forward to another very successful show.
The school is aware that there will be a Woody’s ice cream van at the show. Given that this falls outside of school catering it would be up to parents to decide if they want their child to purchase an ice cream, and pupils would be responsible for their own monies. We are aware that there are limited hand washing facilities at the show and have no clarity on allergens. All medications required will go along with pupils as usual.
If you intend to send your child with money for an ice-cream on Wednesday please could you complete and return the permission slip being sent home in school bags today. If no permission slip is received, pupils will not be permitted to purchase any items from the ice cream van.
Thank you
