This week Beatlie have been using their imagination and hope for the future and both experienced and participated in the campaign #SharetheLove for Climate Change.
Please have a look at our children at work and share the message to help Save our Planet for our future children.
Ochiltree News Update – December 2022
What a year we are having so far! Very busy, busy, busy learning and having fun, fun, fun!
So what have we been up to……..
SQA: Luca and Duncan have been enjoying lots of different experiences working toward achieving new SQA qualifications including bowling, archery, cycling, looking after your home and adult relationships. Of course the boys love all the activities and could not say what is their favourite as they have been fantastic at trying out everything.
ASDAN: Everyone has been learning new skills and attributes through activities leading to their ASDAN qualifications – it is easy to say that Gordon and his music is everyone’s favourite – they have been loving listening and joining in with different genres throughout the session – maybe we will have a rock band by the end of the year! Alex and Fletcher have had challenges that they have worked hard on and are showing progression in communication skills, physical skills, interaction and independence in school and while out and about in the local community. Mollie has been an explorer of different textures. She has had fun with her friends exploring sensory baskets of rough and smooth material, hard and soft materials and also messy play with lots of different dry materials. Mollie is also being challenged to move her body in different ways – this is being supported through her Rebound, Horse riding and movement tasks in the class – she is very motivated by her keyboard!
Stanley keeps us on our toes – he knows what is happening and on what day and will soon tell us if we are not right! Stanley has been a real star in his walker and is so motivated to use it on a daily basis – he likes to go and have a chat with different people around the school as well as doing his recycling! Stanley has also been enjoying horse riding and getting out to the shops and library.
We love mixing with Duntarvie for lots of different activities especially for outdoor play where there are more of us to join in playing games, lots of us are trying out new things this year and having lots of fun! Thursday is our big mix up day for music, IT and PE/Floor Exercise and what can I say there is a bunch of superstars in the secondary department – We are blown away at the resilience and motivation to try and to build on skills to help them with future physical barriers. Another group we have been having is our boys and girls groups – what a bunch of independent superstars we have and the tolerance of all during this lovely happy relaxing activity – foot care, hand care and haircuts – what next?
Our big project this term has been Upcycling and what a job we have done! We held an open day for other schools to come along to upcycle old toys etc in exchange for a new toy to donate to the toy appeal – Alex and Fletcher went round each class once a week with their trolley to collect for the toy appeal and the food bank and were kept busy! Alex, Duncan, Fletcher and Aria also upcycled jigsaws to make different home accessories which are beautiful!
I could go on and on at how amazing these children are so let me just finish by saying Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all and look forward to a new term and new challenges that lie ahead.
Ochiltree has had a fantastic start to the year and we have had a great time learning, having fun and getting to know each other.
We were busy the first couple of weeks making displays for our Class Charter and our Target work. Our theme being balloons. So we had a fun photo shoot to help make the display.
The boys have been enjoying our Boys Group that we have started – they are going to have the girls heads turning by the end of the year they will be looking and smelling so good! They have been really motivated and trying hard to help themselves with their own personal care and we are looking forward to seeing how well they come on over the year.
The children are working hard to achieve their IEP targets as well as ASDAN and SQA quaalifications. They are working well individually to carry out class jobs/home chores as well as physical exercises and trying out new experiences such as rebound, archery, meeting new animal friends and peers.
We hope you all have a great holiday and we are looking forward to the next term and all things Christmasy! x
It is with great pride to announce that Beatlie School have achieved their 5th Green Flag for all their hard work on all things Eco within the school and the wider community.
Thank you to all the children, staff, parents and local community for all the support and participation over the last 2 years.
We look forward to our next journey which will start again after the October break and will continue on into the new school – how exciting!
It is with great delight to announce the achievement of the International School Award from the British Council.
The Foundation level of the International School Award is for schools embarking on their international journey. It is ideal for schools that:
Beatlie have achieved this accolade through a partnership we formed with 2 schools in West Lothian and 1 in Africa.
We worked very hard on this partnership on 3 different areas:
# Gardening: From Earth to Plate
# Health, Mind & Body
# Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
We have enjoyed the partnership and plan to continue with international and local relationships to continue with our Learning for Sustainability throughout the curriculum and throughout the school.
We will be looking to further our experiences and join with other schools to participate in the ‘Climate Change Challenge’.
This week Ochiltree and Duntarvie enjoyed a messy but fun assembly all about what it takes to make a goodfriend.
Please have a look at the lovely video made up of the photos taken.
Fairtrade Fortnight 2021
Climate quiz
How much do you know about the climate crisis and Fairtrade?
Quiz Answers
1. Which continent is most vulnerable to the climate crisis? Africa
2. How many animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction because of the climate crisis? One million
3. Name two Fairtrade products that are at risk because of the climate crisis. Chocolate, bananas or coffee
4. If no action is taken, many cocoa growing regions will become too hot to grow cocoa – that means no more chocolate. What year will this happen by, if no action is taken? 2050
5. How many people from Cote d’Ivoire have the same carbon footprint as one person in the UK? 21
6. Name one way that Fairtrade supports farmers to combat climate change.
7. How many farmers and workers in the world depend on coffee production? 25 million
8. How can you support farmers and workers overseas to cope with the challenges of the climate crisis? Choose Fairtrade!
What a fantastic fortnight we had in Beatlie exploring all that is Fairtrade!
We had fun participating in the baking activity making tray bakes for all our friends and family to enjoy at home as we were unable to hold our coffee morning!
We experienced story massage listening to stories and songs about Fairtrade while relaxing.
Messy Play was fun exploring rice, coffee and chocolate!
We also participated in ‘Climate’ activities such as Litter Picking, Recycling and Gardening.
We hope you enjoy looking at all our hard work and experiences on the Learners Journals but we would also like to give a
HUGE THANKS for all the donations made for Fairtrade Fortnight!
We raised £64 from our virtual coffee morning.
Here are a few photos of some of our frieds enjoying their traybake at home.
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