Primary 4F have been hard at work investigating the school grounds for minibeasts and following up with some research. Hopefully they didn’t find anything too big!
Month: June 2018
Onthank had a special visitor today?
Primary One has a special visitor today. They read the Book about Jenny and the Bear and entered a competition to name the bear?. P1A were the winners they chose Harris Sparkles. A bear was presented to the class to keep.?
They’re off!
Our P7s are off on their residential visit to Dalguise this morning. Have a fab time everyone??.
Tuesday8.00am. A good night and all had breakfast – ready for the morning’s activities??
7.00pm update from Dalguise : all arrived safely this afternoon and tonight they have enjoyed their first meal. (wi if is not good at the moment)..
Dance Display
Wider Achievements – Well done to all the girls who danced in Margaret Bunten’s Dancing Display last week. Your hard work all year really paid off! Here is a picture of just a few of the girls.
This Week’s Star Pupils
Primary 1
Keira Morton, Liam Brogan, Robbie Cassidy, Abbie Moir.
Primary 2
Lucy Pratt, Ross Golightly, Ollie Shopp, Leyla McEwan.
Primary 3
Tegan McMurray, Lucie Hill, Callum Nicol.
Primary 4
Chloe Kirkwood, Katie Brown, Max Black, Scarlett Brown.
Primary 5
Kieron Queay, Ethan Simpson, Leon Wilson.
Primary 6
Liam Ross, Arran Bell, Mrs Klein’s whole class.
Primary 7
All of P7.
Mrs Findlay’s Star Award
All P6 pupils and staff for achieving John Muir Award.
STV Appeal -Strictly Kids 2018 – Ruby James
Look who I bumped into at a Strictly Kids 2018 event in Glasgow!
Ruby enjoyed a day of dance, met Oti from Strictly, Miss Great Britain, the Scottish Rockettes and helped to raise money for the STV Children’s Appeal!
Well done Ruby! X
Oystercatcher Baby
While passing through the P1/2 tunnel I took some photos of the last baby chick, now getting bigger.
Mrs Findlay’s Rod Stewart Day!
Mrs Findlay had a surprise 60th celebration today! Walking in this morning, Mrs Findlay was treated to balloons, banners and music from her favourite artist, Rod Stewart. The day was complete with a parade around the playground and some Rod Stewart cupcakes for staff and pupils.
A huge thank you to all staff, parents and pupils who kept our surprise under wraps. It was a great day with lots of mini Rods around the school. A great effort by all.
Swimming Success!
Well done to our Onthank pupils at the Royal Commonwealth pool in Edinburgh competing in the Scottish schools final today.
Final Art Class
Since it was our last night of the art club and the sun was still shining we all went outside where we worked with gouache and soft pastels to recreate Steven Brown pictures in our own creative styles. Here we are at work and some finished pieces.
I’d like to thank all those who came along each week – you worked hard and have improved loads since the first week and I hope you continue to try your hand at some of the techniques I have taught you.
Over the weeks we have mastered watercolours, oils, pencils as well as the use of gesso as an undercoat. Keep painting.
RRS Ambassadors 2018
Our Rights Respecting School Ambassadors met today to share ideas on ways in which we could improve our playgrounds. They worked so well together and came up with some great ideas.
We also wrote a letter to Tesco to thank them for donating oranges for our Race for Life and we thanked Ann Smith the Tesco Community Champion for supporting us on the day.
Mrs Williams and the Ambassadors also discussed how we are getting on on our journey to our Gold Level award. We know what our next steps are and we will work hard to achieve Gold.?
P2
P2H & P2B were being creative today with different forms and toys in a joint class activity afternoon.
P4 Minibeasts
P4 have been busy with their minibeast homework task. They were to research about a range of creepy crawlies. Look at the fantastic array of creatures that have been researched and created! Well done all.
SURPRISE… IT’S MRS FINDLAY’S 60th!
We’re holding a surprise Rod Stewart / Tartan Day today to celebrate Mrs Findlay’s 60th Birthday!
P2H 3D Garden Art
P2H pupils made 3D pictures of spring gardens from a variety of materials as part of their Living Things and Plant Topic. They worked in teams of 4 to create these lovely pieces.
John Muir Award Ceremony
Congratulations to our P6 pupils and teachers who received their John Muir Award today. It was a super busy afternoon with parents and guests invited to see all the hard work which has been done over the last year. Well done everyone!
P6 John Muir Award Celebration
P6 had a great turnout for Onthank’s first ever John Muir Award Celebration this afternoon. Our P6s have been learning that John Muir was a Scottish born conservationalist, who lived in the late 1800s and later moved to America to found of some of their National Parks.
The award encourages children to explore natural areas near the school and over time develop and conserve them. You may have noticed that trees have been planted at the front of the school and a wide selection of vegetables have been planted near the nursery.
Congratulations to our P6 pupils, you have worked extremely hard! Thanks to all who came along to help us celebrate. We hope you had a good time and learned something new!
Please contact the office if you would be able to help us water and care for the plants over the summer holidays.
Art Club
Fab Oil Paintings by the girls at Art Club
P2 Trip to Eglinton
A fab day with the P2s at Eglinton. We were doing a scavenger hunt, bug and flower hunt before spending fun time on the play park. No complaints from anyone regarding the choice of venue. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. Thanks to the extra parent helpers and friends who came along to aid the shepherding.
Special Award
Cameron won The Kacy Craig shield from Take A Bow. Well done Callum?. We are very proud of you?
This Week’s Star Pupils
Primary 1
Millie Hogg, Sadie Farmer, Nathan Power.
Primary 2
Lily Roy, Lily Brown, Layla Duffy, Ione Vlachos.
Primary 3
Ethan Sloan, Luke Callaghan.
Primary 4
Lucie Callaghan, Matthew McDonald, Aaron Johnstone.
Primary 5
P5D/I Whole Class, Gregor McMillan, Dylan Peebles.
Primary 6
Jason Nicol, Sophie Dickie, Emma McCulloch, Saul Duffy.
Primary 7
School Football Team, Abby Coulter.
Mrs Findlay’s Special Award
Erin O’Connor
Onthank’s Got Talent?
Well done to everyone who took part in OGT 2018. Everyone performed brilliantly in front of the whole school and invited parents. They did themselves proud and all received certificates. In third place was Leighah?, in second place was Leon? and the winner was Ashton?. A very difficult job for our judges today.Thank you to everyone who wore green and brought in an item for the Rag Bag Collection. Global Goal 12??.
P3 rocks!
The rock painting craze is taking over at the moment. Mrs Carten’s class have painted some rocks for Whiteley’s Retreat Rock Garden just outside Ayr. Whiteley’s Retreat is a holiday home for children, young people and their families who have cancer or other life altering illnesses. The rocks will be delivered to Whiteley’s on the 16th June.
If anyone wishes to donate decorated rocks they can bring them to Mrs Carten’s classroom before 15th June. All rocks should be bright, cheery and uplifting. Thank you.
Ayrshire Cup Winners?
Congratulations to Onthank Football Team: they won their final 4-1 and lifted the Ayrshire Schools’ Cup for the second year in a row?. Well done team and to all our supporters and also to our super coaches Mr Boyd and Mr Simpson⚽.
Race For Life?
All pupils, staff and many parents took part in Onthank’s Race for Life. Well done to everyone and thank you for your donations. We have raised £470.31.?Everyone who ran the route received a medal and a certificate. Thank you to Ann Smith ,Tesco Community Champion from Tesco, Glasgow Road for donating the oranges for the event. ? A super event organised by Mrs Williams and Miss Smith.⭐
Ayrshire Cup Final
Good luck to our P7 Football team who have played very well to reach the Ayrshire Cup final tonight. We are looking forward to our game against Annanhill.
