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Lomond 2024 – 2025
I cannot believe that the end of the school year is upon us again – it has passed in a flash but such good memories and achievements along the way!
I am so proud of the achievements the children have made and the support the team have provided to ensure they have had the best time exploring, trying new things, communicating, relaxing and generally having so much fun!
We have enjoyed getting out and about in the community – especially this term visiting all the different country parks but also our community walks, litter picks and bear hunts! The class have also enjoyed the use of bicycles, wheelchair bike and drive deck out in the playground and confidence has grown to try out different resources such as the swings, roundabout, bridges and climbing apparatus. We have also made good use of all the indoor resources too with the favourite being the hydro and rebound.
Thank you and well done to class of 24/25. We look forward to next year and welcoming our new friends as well as wishing those moving class the best of luck.
Pentland Summer Term
We have had another fantastic time in Pentland over the past few months. We have been so lucky with the weather and have been out enjoying our wonderful playground as often as we can. We have each had a great time riding our bikes/trikes and are getting more and more confident with them.
We have been busy out and about for walking month in May taking part in lots of activities about the rainforest and some of us have been out swimming or at the theatre which we have loved. We have also had lots of lovely visitors to our class including the Clown Doctors who we just love and have so much fun with!
We have had a brilliant year this year and have all worked so hard. We hope everyone has an amazing summer and we are looking forward to all of our exciting activities in the new term.
Happy Holidays!
Spring term in Hopetoun
What a busy term we have had, Christmas seems like a long time ago now! We have been very busy with lots of different activities since then. Our topic has been Looking After My Body- Hygiene and everyone has been involved in this through learning about our bodies and how to look after them. We have also taken part in lots of different activities for things like Red Nose Day, Numeracy Day and World Book Day as well as having visits from Happy Hoofbeats therapy ponies and live music now. Some of the pupils have also been to visit the Yard in Edinburgh and have been swimming at Bathgate pool. Hydrotherapy has also continued this term. We are looking forward to another busy term after the holidays. Have a lovely Easter and fingers crossed the sun continues to shine.
Ochiltree Term 2
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
Drama in Hopetoun
We have had a great time in drama this term, especially with our horse riding sessions. Thanks to all our parents for getting involved and helping to think of names for the children’s horses.
Clopper, Sir Trot a lot, Shug, Stumpie and Bam Bam!
We all had fun trying to control these naughty horses. They would try and run away and we would have to try and tie them up. Freya had to tie Shug the Thug to her leg one week!!
Jackson had a hard time with Bam Bam throwing the hay everywhere. He made such a mess. Indianna’s horse was very greedy and tried to eat all the carrots and apples. Then Thea’s horse would not let her brush his mane. She found this very funny. Lewis loved switching the angry farmer who shouted at the horses for the mess they made of his field. Everyone enjoy racing each other too. Lots of hilarity, wonderful focus and fabulous interaction from our amazing children in Hopetoun with their horses and staff.
Will keep you all posted about our next drama sessions!
Summer term in Lomond
What a fantastic end to the first year in our new school. We have had so much fun exploring everywhere. The weather has been a little bit nicer so we have made the most of being able to get out and about. We have had some very exciting walks and we even met a tractor with a very friendly driver who stopped to let us come close and see his tractor.
We have had lots of fun inside school as well, with our teddy bears picnic and clown doctors party both happening on nice sunny days. Even when it has not been as nice, we have still managed to make the most of our lovely new gardens, who knew that a poly tunnel was a great place to have a dance!
We finished our term with a lovely trip to Lochore Meadows country park where we had great fun in the play park then we had our picnic lunch, we even managed to have an ice cream before getting on the bus and coming home.
We hope everyone has a lovely summer and comes back to school looking forward to all the adventures we have in store for next year.
Ochiltree 2024
Ochiltree have had a fabulous year! I for one have loved every minute of it and will miss them very much!
It has been a year of fun and laughter, skills and attainment and the children have done themselves and you proud!
Alex and Fletcher have achieved their Asdan Transition Challenge and move onto their senior phase after the summer.
Mollie also moves into the senior phase class with one more year of her Asdan to go.
Brendan, Liam and Stanley will continue on their Asdan journey in Ochiltree with new friends joining them after the summer.
I hope you have all kept up to date on their journey this year through their Learners Journal and have enjoyed all the photos and videos of how fantastic they have been participating in all the wonderful activities we have had this year.
A special thanks to all who have supported all the youngsters in Ochiltree this year goes to: Madge, Alison, Tracy, Kerri, Ashley and Susan.
Have a fantastic holiday and look forward to seeing you at some of our school getharings next year. x
Term 3 in Duntarvie 23-24
Well Spring is here (hopefully when the rain stops!) And what a quick term it has been in the senior class. We have all been busy working on our individual SQA awards including completing a charity upcycle project as well as S6 finishing bronze Duke of Edinburgh volunteering to organise and run a coffee morning.
We have particularly enjoyed opportunities to experience and participate in lots of different groups this term. Just check out our photos:
- Assembly
- Clown Doctors with Hearts & Minds
- Exercise Group at Polbeth Hub with Heidi McDonald Fitness
- Musically Active Dudes with MUSAC at Crofthead Centre
- Archery with Paul of No-Limits Sports Club
- Multi-sensory
- Music appreciation with Chloe and Callum from Live Music Now
We hope you have a wonderful Easter break and are well rested for a busy last term.
Spring term in Lomond
What a busy term we have had! some of our highlights have been swimming for some of our children as well as continuing to explore our new school and gardens. The new willow sculptures are very exciting.
We have continued to enjoy activities like visiting the multi-sensory room and some of us are getting very good at activating the interactive floor. We have enjoyed activities like our Burns day ceilidh and having two cafes this term has meant plenty of opportunities for cooking and baking as well as seeing lots of people coming into the school.
We continue to enjoy a weekly visit from the clown doctors and our cross class PE groups have been a big success. It’s always nice to be able to see friends from other classes.
We are looking forward to the summer term when hopefully the weather will be a bit nicer and we will be able to get out a bit more.
Have a lovely Easter holiday and we look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks.
