OCHILTREE PRIMARY CHRISTMAS CHOIR AT THE AYRSHIRE HOSPICE– EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
The school has been invited to send a choir to sing some Christmas songs at the Ayrshire Hospice, based in Cumnock Hospital.
The choir would be formed of volunteers from Primaries 4-7 and choir rehearsals with Miss Mills would be held in school from 3 – 4.15 p.m. on the following dates:
Tuesday 29th November
Tuesday 6th December
Tuesday 13th December
A performance would be held on the evening of Wednesday 14th December from 7 p.m – 7.30 p.m at the Hospice. Parents/ carers would need to drop off and collect their child from the Hospice at Cumnock Hospital.
If your child is interested in taking part and you are happy for them to do so, please contact the school by Friday 25th November.
Further information and consent forms will be issued to those who wish to take part.
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“New to You” Christmas Jumpers
Message from the Parent Council
The Parent Council would like to thank everyone that came along to support our Indoor Car Boot Sale yesterday. It was a great fundraiser, especially the Chocolate Tombola. Thanks again to everyone that donated towards it.
We would like to give a huge thank you to J. McCaig of Shire Energy Services for donating the Tuck Shop products.
All fundraisers are to help enhance the children’s learning experience at school and provide them with new opportunities.
Thank you to all the parent helpers that helped make this event possible.
Ochiltree Primary Parent Council
Ochiltree Parent Council – Name the Elf Competition
On behalf of the Parent Council:
The Parent Council’s “Name the Elf ” competition will be in school this week to give more children the opportunity to win an Elf. Should you wish your child to take part, the cost is £1.00 per guess. Guesses will be allocated on a first come/ first served basis. The competition will close when all the possible names have been selected and no later than Friday 25th November.
Thank you for your support.
Christmas Lunch
Christmas Lunch will be served on Friday 16th December.
Please see attached menu:
This is NOW available to order on ParentPay.
If you have any issues or difficulties ordering your child’s lunch, please contact the school office.
Thank you.
Name the Elf winner
The name of the “elf” was picked from the box by Mrs Black and is being held securely by Mrs Caldwell until Sunday.
We look forward to seeing you at the hub for the Parent Council’s table- top sale.
Whole school presentation from Mr Sharp about the railway
Mr Sharp visited the school to tell everyone about his job. The children were very interested to learn about trains and the rail line.
Assembly Update
Micro:bits
Primary 5,6 and 7 have been learning how to code micro:bits. P 5/6 have been playing rock, paper, scissors with micro:bits. P6/7 were learning how to record wind and light.
Wider Achievement
A HUGE congratulations to our winners!!!
Liam – Karate
Hannah – pony jumping course
Emily – pony jumping course
Rebecca – gymnastics
After School Club – Thursday 24 November
Please note that due to Industrial Action the after school club on Thursday 24 November is cancelled. An additional date has been added on 26 January 2023.
Autistic Spectrum Disorder – Coping With Christmas Workshops for children and families
NHS are offering two free workshops to children on the Autistic Spectrum and their families on how to cope with Christmas. One is online and one is held in person in Ayr. If you are interested, please enrol online through the link on the attached posters.
Christmas Lunch
Christmas Lunch will be served on Friday 16th December.
Please see attached menu:
This will be available to order on ParentPay next week.
If you have any issues or difficulties ordering your child’s lunch, please contact the school office.
Thank you.
P7 Pedal-Up Programme – YipWorld
Please complete the form below to show expression of interest. The form must be completed by Friday 19 November.
Thank you.
Primary 4 – Update
This week primary 4 have been investigating weather and learning about how rain is formed. We made cloud jars and studied how the water droplets made the clouds too heavy which produced raindrops.
We have also been learning about Remembrance day; we made Playdoh poppies at our funky fingers station and in art created Pointillism poppies.
In Numeracy we have been learning about doubles and near doubles.
FREE APPLES
We have had a bumper crop of apples in our school garden this year.
Apples from the school garden will be available from the Main Entrance of the school should you wish to take some home to cook with.
Thank you.
OCHILTREE PRIMARY PARENT COUNCIL – CHOCOLATE TOMBOLA
Ochiltree Parent Council are holding a Chocolate Tombola at the Indoor Car Boot Sale on Sunday 20th November.
We are looking for donations of chocolate to make this possible. This can be any sort of chocolate from a bar of chocolate to a box of chocolates.
Please hand in any donations to school by Wednesday 16th November. A drop off box is available at the Main Entrance.
Please ensure that there are NO NUT products donated.
Thank you.
Ochiltree P.S. remembers ….
BOOK WEEK SCOTLAND
Next week is Book Week Scotland which is a national celebration of books with the Scottish Book Trust. During this week, we are encouraging all children to read at home – it does not matter whether it is a comic, newspaper or reading along with an audio book. Children may bring in a book they have particularly enjoyed to talk about at Assembly on Wednesday morning if they wish to do so.
Children in Primaries 2 and 3 will be able to enjoy the books and maths activities in their Read, Write Count bags.
There are free online books which link in with the ORT Reading Stages and can be accessed at home by parents and carers to share with their child. Parents and carers will need to register online.
The Free eBook library | Oxford Owl from Oxford University Press can be found at
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page
- BOOKZILLA
Bookzilla is a free online reading library for children. It is currently more suited for children in upper Primary and early Secondary stages. Children will be able to select books based on genre, recommendations and ratings, reading challenges and dares to help them discover new books, authors and genres.
Parents can download Bookzilla on the App store or Google Play. A QR code can also be scanned from the Bookzilla bookmark which is attached.
You can also follow the link to https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/bookzilla for more information.
CALL Scotland has a number of online resources for parents and carers to help their child if they are finding literacy difficult or have dyslexia. Some of the apps are free but others may have a cost.
Please see the attached chart for support on android devices. Go to
android-apps-for-learners-with-dyslexia.pdf (callscotland.org.uk)
Ipad apps are also available. Please go to ipad-apps-for-learners-with-dyslexia.pdf (callscotland.org.uk)
Parents and Carers National Discussion Event Tonight Online
Young People National Discussion
Between the 16th & 25th November learners from across Scotland will have the opportunity to take part in live, interactive sessions as part of Our National Discussion. This is an exciting opportunity for learners to have their say and share their hopes & ideas for the future of Scottish Education. We would love to see parents and carers from across Scotland get involved in the process.
Parents and Carers National Discussion
A reminder about this event jointly hosted by Connect and NPFS will take place online today, Wed 09 Nov from 19.30-21.00.
This event for parents/carers is part of the National Discussion on the vision for education, launched by the Scottish Government and CoSLA.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-discussion-online-event-for-parentscarers-with-prof-alma-harris-tickets-457090358567
