{"id":4308,"date":"2025-08-21T13:21:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/?p=4308"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:21:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:21:05","slug":"bell-free-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2025\/08\/21\/bell-free-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Bell Free School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 2 []\">Dear Parents and Carers,<\/p>\n<p>You might have noticed things are a wee bit different here at Ochiltree Primary this session.<\/p>\n<p>We have decided to remove the\u00a0bells as part of our inclusive environment\u00a0refresh.\u00a0 By removing 30 bells a day !!! we are hoping to\u00a0create a more calming relaxed environment for all our learners.<\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0allowing children to filter into school we can greet them with a smile rather than the tension of lining up. We can also remove the anxiety some pupils have about being late &#8211; it happens.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The timings across the school remain the same as well as the entrance and exits, but our approach is now a bit different and more learner friendly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>We hope this will ease both you and your child into school with a smile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents and Carers, You might have noticed things are a wee bit different here at Ochiltree Primary this session. We have decided to remove the\u00a0bells as part of our inclusive environment\u00a0refresh.\u00a0 By removing 30 bells a day !!! we are hoping to\u00a0create a more calming relaxed environment for all our learners. By\u00a0allowing children to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2025\/08\/21\/bell-free-school\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bell Free School<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26346,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4309,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308\/revisions\/4309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}