Primary 1/2 celebrating Children In Need
Primary 2/3 Update
This week we celebrated Book Week Scotland in Primary 2/3. We all brought in our favourite books and talked about them in front of the class. It was so interesting to learn all about our favourite books and everyone did a fantastic job!
In our literacy lessons we found out all about fiction and non-fiction books and did a non-fiction book hunt. We also created a big reading display for our new comfy reading corner. One of our favourite activities was Drop everything and Read and we had a great treat when P6/7 pupils read to us and P1/2 in the hall.
We finished off the week with some great Pudsey activities on Friday.
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.
Primary 5/6 remembers ……
Ochiltree P.S. remembers ….
An Acrostic Alliteration
Flowers in faraway fields.
Look at them laying low
After all fall.
No new noise.
Dark down, dark danger.
External end.
Rough rank rage.
Sad sorries said.
Failing forward frontal attack.
Ill ignored.
Enraged entanglement everywhere.
Lowering light.
Dirty death.
Save our society.
By Ewan, Liam, Logan G
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
Vibrant Communities Basketball and Netball Sessions
Please see the posters attached for the above sports and how to register.
