Oyne School News

OyneSchool on Twitter “Our Goblin Kit Car build is almost there... Today the adults got to play while checking it over for us and making sure it's safe. Thank you Oyne parents and community for all your support so far. Three weeks to go! ”

OyneSchool on Twitter “8/8 How does your primary school round off the week? We'd love some more ideas so we can try them out. (Mrs Moir)”

OyneSchool on Twitter “7/8 But wait.... there was just one extra bonus yesterday afternoon... a parent kindly organised for the ice cream van to pay a surprise visit us at the end of the day to celebrate one of our pupils' birthday! Sunshine, ice cream and smiles - what better way to end the week?”

OyneSchool on Twitter “6/8 Finally, we end with good old-fashioned assembly. Celebrating success with our Four Capacities 'bricks', promoting school values with pupil nominated Golden Moments and recognising wider achievement beyond school. A lovely way to end the week on a high! ”

OyneSchool on Twitter “5/8 After Learning Circles we have what we still call although nowadays it's not linked to any rewards, it's just free time for pupils to mix and play together, celebrating another week of hard work. ”

OyneSchool on Twitter “4/8 Over the last 5 years we've seen our pupils develop their ability to talk, express their opinions and discuss issues in a respectful way. Learning to take turns, listen to and communicate. ”

OyneSchool on Twitter “3/8 We've found, in our small school context, this form of works better than the traditional Pupil Council, giving everyone a chance to develop literacy and their leadership skills. The pupils run these themselves. ”

OyneSchool on Twitter “2/8 Every school has their own way of covering these important parts of the curriculum, here's how we do it: The first 20-30mins of the afternoon is spent on , pupils discuss topics important to them and their school and the House Capts note their ideas. ”

OyneSchool on Twitter “1/8 Like many schools in Scotland, and following a long Scottish school tradition, the focus of the last hour and a half of our learning week is on reflection, community building, pupil voice and celebrating success. And playing, of course! ”

OyneSchool on Twitter “We are so lucky to learn in the such a beautiful setting. 🥰”

OyneSchool on Twitter “The life of a teacher's spouse/partner can be varied and definitely 'interesting'! Still happily tightening bolts long after all the kids melted off outside to play in the sunshine. Thanks Mr Moir for your help in figuring out that we had the front axle on back to front 🤣”

OyneSchool on Twitter “Lots of Golden Moments being shared at today’s assembly. ⭐️”