If a parent notices they have lost an item at the school gates this afternoon, please call the school office for more information.

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Dear Parents / Carers,

Please note that the school phone lines have now been restored.

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We have discovered that the phone line for the school is down.

We have reported this to IT as a matter of urgency.

If you need to get in touch with the school, please pop in or contact the school on eaOchiltree.PS@eastayrshire.org.uk.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

Dear Parent/Carers,

We have noted that some of our pupils are taking whole grapes into the school as a play-time snack or for lunch.

Following on from our advice regarding Halloween sweets and the choking hazard that small spherical food items can pose, we would encourage parents to half or quarter grapes sent into school.

Given that pupils could be running around over break time whole grapes can be incredibly dangerous.

Thank you for your assistance

Welcome to 2026!

Lovely to see our pupils return after the festive break and we welcome Maxine Gorman to the school today as Depute Head Teacher.

With new diaries and new calendars being started for 2026, we thought a reminder of the planned activities, as we know them thus far, would be useful.

Please find the letter we initially sent to you early November 2025 attached for your reference.

Activities, as they become known, will be added to the online calendars (app and blog) throughout the coming months, but please feel free to contact the school office should you have any queries.

Thank you

Ochiltree Primary School Presents

Please click on the link below to see the video of this year’s nativity:

Ochiltree Primary – Bethlehem The Musical 2025

The school will close tomorrow, Friday 19th December, for the Christmas break at 2:30pm.

Bus / School Transport pupils will be collected at 2pm.

Pupils will return on Monday 5th January 2026 at 8:50am.

Please feel free to contact the school should you have any queries.

Thank you

Wishing you all a …..

Just a wee reminder of our school diary for the remainder of this final festive week of term:

Tuesday 16th December

• P1-4 Christmas Party – after lunch.  Children can come to school dressed in their party wear or can change into their party clothes after lunch (pupils can be assisted by staff if required).  Lunches will be at the usual times.
• P5-7 – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – movie showing.  PG film, if parents do not wish their child to see this film, please contact the school office.

Wednesday 17th December

• Whole school outing to the Galleon Centre to see ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Panto– leaving school at 9:00am prompt.  Buses should be back to school by no later than 1pm, but in case of delay, Soup and Sandwich lunch available to all pupils (Please amend order on ParentPay to reflect the change should a school lunch be required). A small individual snack (no nut products and no share bags please) and drink (no fizzy or canned juice) is permitted.

Thursday 18th December

• P5-7 Christmas Party – after lunch. Children can come to school dressed in their party wear or can change into their party clothes after lunch.  Lunches will be at the usual times.

Friday 19th December

• School closes at 2:30pm – bus pupils will be collected at 2pm.  Pupils will return on Monday 5th January 2026 at 8:50am.

Please feel free to contact the school should you have any queries.

Thank you

Please see the attached Sway to see pictures of our certificate winners at our Achievement Assemblies held on the 14th and 28th of November.

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Achievement Assemblies

In the past few weeks, at our Achievement Assemblies, we have celebrated the successes of some of our pupils, and we have awarded the following categories of certificates:

Go to this Sway

Following today’s fabulous Nativity, we found the following items in the church.

They are being held safe and sound in the school office ready to return to their owners.

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This year each class was challenged to create a Christmas craft using recycled materials.

These will be available to take home after tomorrow’s nativity for a small donation if you wish.

They will be on display in the main hall while you enjoy your teas and coffees.

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

The countdown is on to our 2025 Nativity; only 4 days to go!!

We are looking forward to seeing our pupils perform on Friday 12th December, 9:30am, Ochiltree Parish Church. Doors will open at 9:15am.

PLEASE NOTE: no photographs or filming is allowed during the performance at the church. There will be an opportunity for parents / carers to get a photo of their performer(s) in their costumes back at the school after the nativity.

Refreshments will be served at the school following the performance.

We look forward to seeing you all on Friday.

Thank you

Dear Parents / Carers,

Our pupils have been very busy rehearsing and are well on the way to being ready for their Nativity performance of Bethlehem: The Musical.

We are in the process of finalising the costumes for the nativity and your child(ren) will be provided a costume for the performance. However, our Wardrobe Department would be grateful if you could help out with clothing underneath their costumes; but only if you have them already at home.

Please do not feel that you have to go out and buy new items for the Nativity performance, especially at this late stage.  We apologise for the tight deadline.

Ideally these clothing items should be sent into school in a separate, clearly labelled bag with your child(ren)s name on it by Wednesday 10th December.

ANGELS:

• white / light coloured or sparkly leggings or tights. But, plain grey or black leggings would be fine.
• Ballet pumps would be lovely, but only if the girls already own these.

ALL OTHER ROLES:

• black long-legged leggings or trousers (preferably no jogging bottoms).
• Plain crew-necked t-shirt (no collars), preferably white or neutral coloured, with no patterns and no football tops. T-shirts can be worn inside out if printed designs need to be hidden.

FOOTWEAR:

• plain black school shoes, if pupils have these, or black boots or black plimsoles or any other plain black footwear.

Please feel free to contact the school on Monday if you gave any queries.

We look forward to seeing you all at Ochiltree Parish Church on Friday 12th December at 9:30am. Doors will open at 9:15am. You are invited to stay for tea and coffee served in the school after the Nativity.

Thank you

The countdown is on to our 2025 Nativity; only one week to go!!

We are looking forward to seeing our pupils perform on Friday 12th December, 9:30am, Ochiltree Parish Church. Refreshments will be served at the school following the performance.

Hope you’re all able to make it along.

Can all children with speaking parts in this year’s nativity please practice their script as often as possible at home. Scripts are in bags and they should be brought to school every day.

Thank you

Parents are reminded that the school will close early at 2.30pm on Friday 19 December 2025 for the Christmas break.

School transport buses will collect pupils from the school at 2pm.

Pupils will return to school at 8:50am on Monday 5th January 2026.

Thank you

To keep up to date with what your child is doing in class, what homework they are requested to complete, or any other class information being sent out by class teachers, parents / carers are signposted to the class blogs.

These can be found on our school blog under the heading Classes (above), or can be found at this link – Class Blogs

Alternatively, you can access the blogs via the school app. At the home page where you see the blue square Latest News, swipe left and select the purple square Website, you will be directed to the school blog. Select the hamburger icon on the right-hand side, scroll down and select the heading Classes, or the class blog that you wish to view.

We hope this helps, but if you have any difficulties accessing this information, please feel free to contact the school office.

Thank you