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.
Important Consents
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.
Acceptable Use of Computer/Internet
Thank you
School Forms for Completion
Please complete both forms as soon as possible. If you wish assistance with these form, please notify the school.
Acceptable Use of Computer/Internet
Thank you.
Roald Dahl Day
We are going to celebrate “Roald Dahl” day on Wednesday 13 September. The teachers will prepare some activities for class and we thought it would be fun, for those who want to, to mark the day by also doing one of the following:
- dress up as a character from a Roald Dahl novel
- wear something yellow (his favourite colour!)
- wear some of your clothing backwards (seeing as Roald Dahl liked funny backwards words!)
There is NO need to buy anything new, this is just a little bit of fun to mark the author’s birthday.
Mrs Cunningham
Primary 1/2 Cosy Storytelling
Please click on the PDF for full details:
Primary 7 Artwork
Rag Bag Update
Eco News Rag Bag Collection 18th September
Recycle your textiles and clothing while raising money for school funds and helping us with our Eco through taking part in our Rag Bag collection.
Please send any of the following into school on or before 18th September –
- Wearable Clothing
- Paired Shoes
- Handbags
- Belts
Thank you for your help.
The Eco Committee
Delicious apples!
The apples below were picked today by our wonderful Janitor Mr Renton! These will be available at the end of the day for anyone who would like some (please bring a bag).