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Ochiltree Summer Update 🌞

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As we come to the end of term, we are excited to share some of the activities we have taken part in. It has been a busy time with lots of opportunities to build confidence, try new things, and enjoy learning in different ways.

Sports ⚽🏃‍♀️

We have had opportunities to take part in a range of sports events with other schools such as athletics and football. These events are super for helping develop teamwork, communication, and confidence, everyone did a fantastic job taking part, trying their best, and encouraging each other. We’ve also been enjoying our swimming blocks at Xcite.

Sensory Theatre Trip 🎭

Some of us experienced a sensory theatre performance designed to be engaging and accessible for all learners where we were able to explore sounds, lights, textures, and movement as part of the storytelling. This was a lovely experience and we really enjoyed the interactive elements.

Sailing Trip ⛵

Our sailing trip gave pupils the chance to try a new activity in a safe and supported setting. We thoroughly enjoyed having a turn of steering the boat and the smiles on our faces said it all!

Bowling 🎳

We also enjoyed a bowling trip with our friends in Duntarvie. It was lots of fun and we especially enjoyed the chips and ice cream after!

Malawi

As part of our UNICEF work, we have developed a lovely partnership with a new school in Malawi which has just been built. We have enjoyed learning about life and education there and together we created a special flag to represent our connection which is now hanging in their new school.

ASDAN Challenges ✅

Throughout the term, we have been working hard on our ASDAN challenges. These activities help develop independence and life skills at an appropriate pace. We have embraced all of these new challenges and are making fantastic progress towards achieving our certificates.

Have a lovely summer! 🌼

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Ochiltree Term 3

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We’ve had another super busy term in Ochiltree and have been working hard to complete lots of our ASDAN challenges. One of our favourite challenges was learning about jobs that people do in school and we think we did a fantastic job of helping out with them all. We also enjoyed our latest challenges which were all about being out in the community and we had lots of fun visiting the shopping centre, the Lanthorn library and the café at Excite. We got very creative when designing our own tartan sashes for the ceilidh and when making and painting our fruit bowls with the help of Potter Around. We’re loving the arrival of the better weather and are looking forward to more fun and adventures!

Happy Easter from Team Ochiltree!

 

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Classrooms for Malawi – UNICEF Outright Campaign 2025-26

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Part of our UNICEF Outright Campaign this year is about raising awareness of international aid particularly in relation to climate change and education and today we were thrilled to have a visit from Tina and Maureen from the charity ‘Classrooms for Malawi’. We really enjoyed learning about some of their projects and we loved exploring the items they brought along which included materials, tools, artwork and toys. We learned about the gift bags that the charity give to children in Malawi which typically contain a small tennis ball, a woolly hat, and some toiletries and we watched some video clips of some of the songs and games the children enjoy.

We’re really excited to start planning a special gift that we are going to make for them to take to Malawi in June when they go to start building their next classroom.

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Merry Christmas from Ochiltree

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We have had another busy term in Ochiltree and we can’t believe we’re already at the Christmas holidays!

This term we have been busy working towards some of our ASDAN challenges. The first was through our weekly health group where we really enjoyed our sessions with Childsmile. We explored healthy food through games and we practiced using the big mirror and toothbrush to brush Monty the puppet’s teeth. We completed our second challenge by learning about the festival of Diwali through music, dance, art and sensory activities.

We’ve also had a busy couple of weeks getting into the festive spirit, we had a lovely Christmas lunch, a fun packed singalong and enjoyed games and dancing at our Christmas party, we topped this all off with a trip to the shopping centre to see all the lights.

Team Ochiltree wish you all a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year!

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World Childrens Day 2025

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World Children’s Day 2025

‘my day…. my rights’

‘From the moment the sun rises, children wake up to a world shaped by choices they didn’t make. But every child, everywhere, also wakes with rights. Including the right to be protected, to learn, and to have their voice heard’ (UNICEF)

To celebrate World Childrens Day we explored some of our rights through stories, games, food and sensory play. We hope you enjoy our video of some of the fun we had!

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Ochiltree Term 1

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What a busy first term we have had in Ochiltree, we’ve really enjoyed making the most of the last of the sunny weather!

We particularly enjoyed our beach themed sensory sessions out in the garden which has now been swapped for a lovely cosy Autumn sensory session which we’re enjoying just as much. We’ve been busy focusing on our health and wellbeing through our weekly health group looking after our bodies and we have been keeping fit and healthy through our cross class PE groups where we have been exploring music and movement, team games and ball skills.

We’re looking forward to next term where will begin working on our ASDAN challenges so we’ve got lots more exciting things to come!

Team Ochiltree wish you all a healthy October break.

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Ochiltree

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We have had another super busy term in Ochiltree, it’s absolutely flown in and we can’t believe it’s already the end of another school year. We’ve had lots of fun this term, some of our favourite activities were completing our mini marathon and getting stuck into our gardening project. We went for a visit to Dobbies to choose some plants and we loved looking at the fish in the aquarium. We’ve also been really enjoying exploring all the different recreation opportunities out in the community such as golf, yoga, bowling, shopping and art and we had a super end of term trip to the farm where we enjoyed seeing all the animals and having fun in the outdoor play areas.

Team Ochiltree wish you all a safe and healthy summer!

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Term 3 in Ochiltree

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Well what a busy term this has been in Ochiltree! We’ve had some really important responsibilities this term including planning, preparing and running our pre-loved clothing event and Comic Relief cafe and we’ve been making the most of having our school buses to get out and about in the community. We’ve been shopping, testing out some cafe’s and a definite favourite has been our trips to the duck pond and the library at the Lanthorn. We also had lots of fun during Science week exploring animals and how they adapt and we’ve had an absolute blast with our Space topic! We were also lucky enough to make some new furry four legged friends during our Theraponies sessions. Happy Easter to you all!!

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Comic Relief 2025

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What a busy week we had last week on the run up to Comic Relief, we all worked really hard in art and cooking to prepare for our cafe. It was lovely to see everyone who came along and there was lots of games, music, prizes and delicious cakes and bakes. To top it off we managed to raise £501.75 so a huge thank you to everyone who contributed.

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Ochiltree Term 2

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We’ve had another super busy term in Ochiltree and we’re all definitely ready for our Christmas break! This term we’ve been working really hard developing our communication skills and have been enjoying lots of opportunities to use these across the school using our individual communication aids to deliver lots of messages. One of our favourite days this term was Universal Childrens Day where Ochiltree took over from the 2 Debbie’s for the day, we were so busy and we were all very happy to swap back!! We’ve been busy exploring a variety of different kitchen measures in cooking to make lots of yummy snacks and we have been participating in some cross class groups with our friends from other classes for PE, health groups and more recently for our Christmas activity groups. We’ve been practising lots for our Christmas performance which we’re all looking forward to showing you this week.

Merry Christmas to you all!

Team Ochiltree