Last week was National Recycling Week and we have decided to celebrate by reintroducing the recycling of crisp bags in the school. If you would like to recycle your crisp bags from home, please send them in with your child and they can put them in the recycling bin.
This session we have decided also to collect metal bottle tops and ring pulls from cans, e.g., any bottle top that requires to be open with a bottle opener. Please also send these into school for recycling. These will then be sent onto Isla Dog Rescue.
Please ensure you have your child’s Christmas Lunch ordered by 3.00 p.m. today. to help the kitchen staff prepare. If you have any issues or difficulty in ordering a lunch, please contact the school office.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
