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This Week’s Star Pupils

Primary 1

P1A – Kenzie – Marvellous Maths

P1C – Lennox – for using 2 dice for helping him to double numbers

P1F – Olivia – always working hard and giving super rhyming words

P1M – Oscar – excellent effort with rhyming skills

Primary 2

P2B – Adrian – for lots of hard work this week and following all instructions

P2K – Aylah – making a great effort to volunteer answers in class

P2S – Patrick – effort in writing and phonics

P2T – Willow – for beautiful presentation of her work

Primary 3

P3H – Euan – amazing descriptive work in Literacy

P3N – Sophie – a kind friend for celebrating success of others

P3S – Kyle – Wonderful Numeracy

Primary 4

P4E – Robbie – for fabulous handwriting

P4K – Whole Class – increased concentration and effort

P4M – Lucas – excellent knowledge during Topic Work – Ancient Egypt

Primary 5

P5CA – Alfie – excellent Maths making 4 digit numbers

P5C – Riley – trying really hard in Maths

P5K – Shae – Motivation in Maths

P5M – Lily – settling in really well at Onthank and becoming a Fairtrade Rep

Primary 6

P6A – Lewys – great effort and enthusiasm in lessons

P6F – Olly – working hard in class

P6M – Molly – for continuously challenging herself in class

Primary 7

P7H – Mia – excelling in Just Dance in PE

P7M – Kerr – excellent teamwork

P7MC – Jessica – for excellent work on number sequences and patterns – including those with negative numbers

Special Award

Brooke & Erin (P5) – writing and illustrating a book

Sad News

We wanted to share Onthank Early Childhood Centre’s recent post.  Onthank Primary’s staff, children and families pass on our deepest condolences to Lorna’s family, friends and colleagues at this very sad time.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/onthankeccmain2017/2020/09/01/sad-news-2/

 

Our Playground Transformation Begins…

Our return to school during this time has provided us with an opportunity to transform some of outdoor spaces as we further develop our outdoor learning at Onthank.

Staff kindly volunteered over the weekend to help begin to transform our playground spaces as we look to provide our young people with a more stimulating environment.

In the back playground you will find elkonin boxes, tens frames, shuttle run, a shape hunt, a maze and much more!
In the front playground you will find Twister boards, a jump board, shuttle run and a Just Dance zone.
We’ve also added some colour to our walls
with colourful outlines of the children which brighten the place up a bit.
Moving forward, there is still work to be done in these areas. Any donations of outdoor paints, outdoor resources and items for loose part play would be warmly welcomed! These should be handed in via the front office.
If your family have any other ideas for the playgrounds please do let us know!
A huge thank you to those of you who have helped so far and to those of you have offered to help in the future.
We can’t wait to see what we do next…

A Special Message for Onthank Pupils!

Across the school we have been focussing on the Health and Wellbeing of our pupils and ensuring that everyone feels happy and settled in their new classes.

Some classes will be aware of the story ‘Under the Mask’ written by Emma Cahill. This story involves three loveable superheroes who teach children how to recognise and manage their emotions. Blaze, Crash and Rustle teach children how to activate their superpowers (coping mechanisms) to help deal with their strong feelings in a safe way.

 

Emma Cahill has recorded a very special message for everyone at Onthank Primary School. She was so happy to hear that her story was being enjoyed by so many children.

 

 

 

Emma has written a new book called ‘Under the Mask: Inside Feelings’ which looks just as lovely as the first book and offers lots of opportunity for discussion.

 

Here is a link to Emma reading the story below.

 

Have a great week everyone!;-)

This Week’s Star Pupils

 

Primary 1

1A – Connor – settling into P1 well and trying hard

1C – Bella – thinking of super rhyming words

1F – Linden – super start to P1

1M – Jason – for trying hard with Marvellous Maths challenges

 

Primary 2

2A – Starla – for great listening, following instructions and putting in great effort

Also for 2B from Mr McNichol – being superstars and working extra hard whilst Ms Kidd was away

2B – Emily – great answers to questions in class

2C – Oscar – listening and following instructions

2D – Aliyah – for fantastic pattern work

 

Primary 3 

3A – Sonny – for trying his best and not giving up, even when something is tricky

3B – Callum – super sentences

3C – Reem – her amazing questions & answers in class

 

Primary 4

4A – Max – absolutely amazing spelling work. Great start to P4!

4B – Max – for being very helpful in class

4C – Connie – a confident start to P4

Primary 5 

5A – Kaycee – excellent effort in writing. Keep up the good work!

5B – Jack – helpful, caring behaviour and hard working attitude.

5C – Alfie – for amazing chocolate bar topic

5D – Leigham – super effort in writing

 

Primary 6 

6A – Blake – super effort in all aspects of his work this week

6B – Isla – amazing reading comprehension

6C – Luke – for amazing teamwork, effort and contributions in maths this week.

 

Primary 7

7B – Logan – for excellent hard work and communication

7C – Sarah – for excellent detail in her artwork

7D – Amie-leigh – trying extra hard during our Place Value lessons this week

 

Mrs Findlay’s Special Award

Aimee & Sophie – being super helpers in P1