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 13^th 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

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.

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

Hexagon sessions at Barony Campus. Please click on the link below for further information.

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Primary 4/5 will be “gardening” tomorrow. Please ensure your child has appropriate clothing to take part.

Thank you.

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Please complete the attached form by Friday 6th October 2023

Thank you.

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.

Appointments will be issued on Tuesday 3rd October 2023.

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.

Please note, on Friday 29th September 2023 Planet Power Panini will be offered instead of Planet Power Pizza.

Please complete the form on the link below to book your Parents’ Evening appointment by Wednesday 27th September 2023

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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.

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

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 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.

If you have not already done so can you please complete both forms as soon as possible. If you wish assistance with these forms, please notify the school.

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