If you would like your child to attend the OSAG Children’s Christmas Parties, please follow Ochiltree & Skares Action Group Facebook page for links to the relevant tickets.
Church Lunches – Thursday 12th October
Church lunches begin tomorrow, Thursday 12th October.
Pupils from P4-7 who wish to attend should hand in written permission from a parent/carer.
Pupils from P1-3 who wish to attend should be collected by an adult. Written permission with details of the adult who will collect them should be sent into the school beforehand. Please collect and return your child via the main entrance.
School staff are not responsible for your child whilst attending church lunches.
World Mental Health Day
Yesterday was World Mental Health Day. You may have seen the Get Britain Talking adverts on television. The children will be learning more about the importance of good mental health and sharing their worries at Assembly on Wednesday.
As part of their homework this week, we would like to encourage your child to draw a picture and talk about it with you. All your child will need is a piece of paper, a pencil and some time with you. The document is a guide but if you would like a printed copy, please contact the school by Wednesday.
Your child can decide whether or not they wish to bring this homework back into school by Friday 13th October. If you would like to discuss anything about this homework further, please contact Mrs Lockie at the school.
itv-bgt-homework-easier-reading-task P1-4 pupils
itv-bgt-homework-task P5-7 pupils
East Ayrshire Cross Country Event
Congratulations to all those who took part in this morning’s Cross Country Competition in Kilmarnock.
Everyone ran extremely well and should be proud of their achievement. Special Congratulations go to Libby Brown who placed 2nd overall in the P7 girls competition and to Jess Brown who narrowly missed out on 3rd place.
Thanks also to all those who provided transport to and from the event.
Mini-kickers Club P3 + P4
Mr MacMillan, Class Teacher, will run an after school “mini-kickers” football training club for interested children in Primary 3 and Primary 4 in November.
The club will run from 3 – 4 p.m. in the school on the following Tuesdays:
- 7, 14, 21 and 28 November.
If you would like your child to attend, please contact the school to register your child’s interest. Places are limited so please register by Friday 13 October.
Please note that consent forms will need to be completed before your child can take part. These will be sent home after that October holiday.
Thank you.
Dean Country Park Rangers
As a reward for attaining EAC Clean Green Silver Award Rangers from Dean Country Park will be working with Primary 1/2 and last year’s Eco-Committee children this Friday afternoon. They will be building dens and camp fires. Children will be provided with hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows. Please advise of any food allergies your child has.
Children should wear suitable outdoor, waterproof clothing and shoes for their activities.
Fingers crossed for a dry day!
Mrs R. Gregor
P1-3 After School Sports Club
Vibrant Communities will run an After School Sports Club for children in Primaries 1-3 from 3.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. within the school on the following Thursdays:
- 26 October
- 2 November
- 9 November
- 16 November
- 23 November
- 30 November
Should you wish your child to attend, please contact the school for further information and consent forms will be issued.
Thank you.
Killie Community Club Sessions
Hexagon Sessions at RBA
Hexagon sessions at Barony Campus. Please click on the link below for further information.
https://x.com/KillieCommunity/status/1705930083838369887?s=20
P4/5 “Gardening”
Primary 4/5 will be “gardening” tomorrow. Please ensure your child has appropriate clothing to take part.
Thank you.
Pantomime Survey
https://forms.office.com/e/JRRwkn3VK0
Please complete the attached form by Friday 6th October 2023
Thank you.
P6 & 7 Pupils Residential Trip to London
We are working behind the scenes to finalise the residential trip to London. Once we have all risk assessments completed and approval from EAC for the trip to go ahead, we will then require a NON-REFUNDABLE deposit of £80.
Please lookout for further updates.
Parents’ Afternoon/Evening Appointments
Appointments will be issued on Tuesday 3rd October 2023.
P1/2 Story Telling Session
Some of our P1/2 Parents, Carers and Grandparents came in to read to the P1/2’s. The children thoroughly enjoyed their stories and liked hearing the stories being read to them by other adults.
Thank you to everyone who gave up their time to make the afternoon such a success. The children are looking forward to the next story telling session.
Change of Menu – Friday 29.9.23
Please note, on Friday 29th September 2023 Planet Power Panini will be offered instead of Planet Power Pizza.
Parents’ Evening
Please complete the form on the link below to book your Parents’ Evening appointment by Wednesday 27th September 2023
September Holiday Weekend
September Holiday Weekend
The school will close on Thursday 21st September 2023 at 2:55pm and reopen to pupils on Tuesday 26th September at 8:50am.
MacMillan Coffee Morning
Ochiltree Primary hosted a MacMillan Coffee Morning on Wednesday 20th September 2023.
The children were taken through their paces by Stuart, Head Butler from Dumfries House on Monday afternoon in preparation for Wednesday’s Coffee Morning. Stuart spoke about his work as King Charles’s personal butler when he visits Dumfries House. He demonstrated ‘Butler Service’ serving food and drink. The class loved hearing about the King and some ‘secrets’!
Thank you to all who came along to support our MacMillan Coffee Morning. There were lots of very positive comments about our Primary 7s and their hospitality skills from our guests. We look forward to supporting the Ochiltree Hub’s MacMillan Coffee Morning on the 29th September 2023.
Comments by the children-
We loved how friendly everyone was.
I was really pleased to hear someone say, ‘It is a 5 star review from me.’
Stuart showed us how to hold plates and not to look as if we were rushing so that we made people feel important.
We are really impressed how much we raised for a very important cause.
TOTAL RAISED FOR MACMILLAN CANCER CARE £256
Journey to Jupiter
Dear Parent/Carer,
EAC – Journey to Jupiter
We are delighted to be participating in East Ayrshire Council’s new Active Travel initiative Journey to Jupiter this session. The aim of this project is to get young people walking to school in a bid to further reduce our carbon emissions here in East Ayrshire, while also reducing congestion at our school gates and promoting Active Travel.
Each time our young people travel to/from school by walking, scooting/cycling, they will earn an S-mile for their class.
Park & Stride – pupils will earn an S-Mile even if they walk part of the journey to/from school. A walking circuit will be available in the playground for pupils who travel to school by taxi/bus and for any pupil who wishes to gather bonus S-miles for their class during break/lunch times.
Bonus S-Miles can be earned by parents/siblings/staff walking the journey to school too. Class walks, outings and Daily Mile time also earn S-Miles for classes.
Classes will receive certificates/rewards each time they set a new walking record for their class. We will collate our S-Miles each week in
school and send our totals to the Climate Change Team at East Ayrshire Council each month.
The Launch!
Once all participating schools have banked 444,000 S-Miles, we will have enough power bars to launch our EAC Clean Green rocket, sending it all the way to Jupiter.
We will begin collecting S-Miles on Tuesday 26th September and continue to gather as many as we can throughout the year.
Thank you in advance for supporting our Journey to Jupiter.
Ochiltree Eco Committee
Clean Green Education Awards
Clean Green Education Awards 2023
Emma Mair and Lyle Beagrie attended the East Ayrshire Youth Climate Conference 2023 last week and delivered a wonderful presentation on behalf of Ochiltree Primary School. They spoke confidently about how we manage waste in our school and community. We received special recognition in waste management as part of our Clean Green Award. Congratulations to all our pupils for their hard work.