School Blog

The children have enjoyed a term of settling into their new classes and routines. In Primary, there has been a focus on choosing from a range of songs and instruments to play and explore, plus a movement and relaxation end to the lesson. When the weather was kind, we were also able to take our ... Continue reading Music with Gordon Term 1 →

We've had such a busy start to our new school year, here's a sneak peak of just some of what we have been up to! We hope everyone has a healthy October break and we look forward to seeing you all soon. Team Ochiltree

Last week we celebrated harvest time by hosting a cafe for all our friends and families. There were lots of visitors. The pupils made some delicious autumn treats to share with everyone. There was also a collection for the foodbank and a raffle. In total we made £134 and also had lots of donations of ... Continue reading Harvest Cafe and Foodbank →

Global Goals Week is an annual week of action, awareness, and accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals. What are the Sustainable Development Goals? The Sustainable Development Goals are a set of global priorities for ensuring that economic, environmental, social and cultural wellbeing is achieved for everyone around the world. They are ambitious goals for governments ... Continue reading Globl Goals Week 2024 →

Our topic is Elmer the Elephant this term. We have been doing lots of fun activities linked to the book. We read an interactive version of the story and all the children enjoyed feeling the animals and using the switch. We have done some messy play activities with colourful rice, ice cubes and pom poms! ... Continue reading Elmer →

Beatlie have had a fantastic Fairtrade Fortnight. I know we did not have our traditional cafe but hope you all managed to enjoy some of our fab baking at your meet the team events or at home. All classes participated in several different activities over the week including making a 30th Birthday card ... Continue reading Beatlie Fairtrade Fortnight 2024 →

It's been lovely to welcome everyone back after the holidays, all our Ochiltree pupils have settled in brilliantly and have been enjoying getting to know their new peers and staff. We'll be sharing lots of our learning with you soon but for now we wanted to say welcome back and introduce you to the team!

Welcome back to Glendevon 24-25 It was fantastic to see all the boys back in their new class - Glendevon this week getting to know one another and all the new staff that they will be working with. Below you can get to know the staff too and I look forward to speaking to you ... Continue reading Glendevon staff 24-25 →

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 ... Continue reading Summer term in Lomond →

We have had a very busy term in Lammermuir - we have been growing strawberries and rhubarb in our garden along with some parsley we planted as part of Earth Day activities. Our highlights have included Clown Doctors, learning to go on the trike and graduating from Nursery to P1. Lammermuir staff would like to ... Continue reading Lammermuir →