On a Wednesday afternoon P3 will be participating in ‘Outdoor Learning’.
Today we got our wellies on and we went on a hunt for some Autumn leaves. We had so much fun!
Back in class we enjoyed an Art lesson using our favourite leaf. We had to study the markings and colours on the leaf.
Pupils should remember to bring wellies or outdoor shoes every Wednesday to allow them to participate.
Dyslexia Awareness Week is Monday 5th November to Friday 9th November. The theme this year is ‘MY WIDER WORLD’. Take a look at Dyslexia Scotland for more information. https://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/
P6K are delivering a DFS assembly to parents on Tuesday 6th November at 9:15 am. Then on Wednesday 7th November P6K will be organising a whole school workshop which parents are also invited to attend with their child’s class.
9.40 -10.00: All P3’s and P4M
10.00 – 10.20: P2K, P2ST, P2S
10.20 – 10.40: All P5’s
11.05 – 11.25: P2H and P4E, P4F
11.25 – 11.45: All P7’s and All P1’s
11.45 – 12.05: All P6’s
The children are also asked to ‘Wear Something Blue’ on Friday 9th November. Thank you for your support. Mrs Klein.
Congratulations to Isla Tonner on 3rd place today at Ayrshire Athletics Arena. Jack Edgar and Lucas Bryden placed 4th and 5th respectively in their category. Well done to the whole team for giving their all and also thanks to the parents for coming along to cheer us on.
Our school photographer will be visiting on Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 November to take individual and/or family photographs. If you have a child not at Onthank Primary and want them to be photographed with elder brother or sister please come to the main office from 9.30 am on Tuesday 6 November. The photographer has emphasised to the school that there is no obligation to buy the photographs. Please contact the school on 525477 if you do not want your child to be photographed.
Congratulations to Tulisa P3S. She was the overall winner in the North West Community Partnership logo competition. She was kept in suspense until tonight at the meeting to find out whose logo was the winning choice. Well done- we are very proud of you?
Thank you to Daisy, Alex and Emily who represented the school in “Quiz the Kids”⭐️
Alistair received a medal for his Tae kwondo?? Well done?
PC Scott came to Assembly this morning to introduce himself to us. He will be in school to help us.
We presented our Junior Road Safety Officers with their certificates. Well done to Fraser, Katie and Dylan for their hard work?
Our special Award this week was presented to Caitlin for being very brave?
Primary 1
Kayla Richmond, Callum Caldwell, Olivia Harrison, Callum Gardiner
Primary 2
Nazli Mete, Lewis Mackie, Ruari Boyd, Tj White
Primary 3
Evan Popplewell, Leyla McEwan, Liam Paterson, Jack McArthur
Primary 4
Oliver Smith, Emily Brodie, Jodie Fleming
Primary 5
Lily Nimbley, Calum Hamilton, Max Black, Kalib McLean
Primary 6
Erin Williams, Jay Richmond, Katie McIntyre
Primary 7
Kenzie McGonigal, Ellie Rogers
Star Award
Caitling Clugston – P4E
Date: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Venue: Ayrshire Athletics Arena
Registration time: 9.45am – 10.15am
Event time: 10.30 – 11.30am
Pupils will be transported to the event by bus.
We were so lucky to have a visit from the ‘Dino Team’ today! Kevin entertained us with fun and games and some of us got to hold a real snake!
We also had a visit from Barney the T-Rex. We had to feed him and take him a walk. We also explored how tall a T-Rex would have been and how long it would have grown to be.
An exciting afternoon to celebrate all the work we did during our ‘Dinosaur’ topic!
We had 3 busy discos with Onthank pupils unrecognisable, dressed in super costumes?. Thank you to PTA and all volunteers who helped to make the night a success! Happy Hallowe’en?
Reminder for P1,2 and 3 pupils: You are asked to come to school dresssed up on Friday to take part in a Hallowe’en Parade. Please make sure your outfit is comfortable to wear all day. ??
PTA Hallowe’en disco is on Wednesday 24 October
P1-2 disco 6.00-6.45. P3-4 disco 7.00-7.45. P5-7 8.00-8.45.
Wristbands are on sale from the school office £2 including snack?.
On Friday 26 October P1, P2 and P3 pupils are asked to come to school dressed in their Hallowe’en costumes. Please try to make sure costumes are suitable for children to wear all day or can be removed easily. Children will be involved in a Hallowe’en Parade and activities in the morning. We are also having a Hallowe’en menu in our dining hall. The menu is blood red soup (tomato), cauldron curry with rice (chicken), wiggly worms with salad (veg noodles), witch’s fingers in the graveyard with mash and veg (sausage in gravy) and wizard cupcakes.
The choir is open to all P6 and P7 pupils and will be organised by Miss Hamilton and Mrs Klein.
It will run 3pm to 4pm in Mrs Klein’s room starting on Wednesday 7th November and ending on Wednesday 12th December.
Please complete the form below.
Councillor McKay and Sharon came to assembly to announce Tulisa’s design was the Onthank Finalist in the NWKLEUS Logo Competition. We were shown how Tulisa’s drawing was made by graphics into the logo above. Good luck Tulisa, we will find out the winner next Monday. There is a finalist from Hillhead and Mount Carmel .
Fraser received the Special Award at Assembly this week. He was very kind and thoughtful?⭐
Well done to our P7 girls who won medals at the Ayrshire Harriers event?⭐
It was nice welcoming all the children back this morning and I hope everyone had a lovely break.
Spelling homework for this week ( due on Friday) is the sound ‘ae’ and the many different combinations that make this sound, as in: ‘ai’ ‘ay’ ‘ey’ ‘ei’ ‘a-e’ …
Maths homework ( due on Thursday) is the 6 times table and a recap of fractions taught in P4 – which should be completed neatly in homework jotters.
Could I also ask parents to support their children as they continue to learn their times tables and improve their weekly ‘Learn Its’ score. As discussed on Parent’s Night, children are expected to recall number facts on sight and therefore need much more practice as they are accumulated each week.
Last week’s Learn Its were: 8+9; 3+8; 4+5; 6+7; 5+11
This week’s Learn Its are: 9+3; 12-8; 4+8; 5+7; 12-7
Mrs Irving
A reminder for all P6 pupils to come to school tomorrow wearing full outdoor clothing to work again with the Dean Park Rangers. The weather looks to be wet tomorrow so could the children please have a full change of school uniform and shoes in their bags.
Adults are encouraged to join the classes. Please complete the form below if you are able to accompany any of the classes.
P6K 9.15 – 10.45
P6A 11.15 – 12.30
P6M 1.30 – 2.45
Hi P7! I hope you’ve had a lovely October holiday and are all now well rested and reenergised for Term 2!
Good Luck and I look forward to seeing you all again this week.
Mrs Mills
We are tickled pink to be on holiday – especially our staff team who wore pink today to raise money for Breast cancer.
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We are very proud of all the work children, staff and parents are doing to develop their ICT skills. Our blog helps us on our journey as an ECO school, working towards our first school’s digital award and following East Ayrshire policy to be paperless. Working together we do want parents to be informed however we know that a few people are not finding information easily. We want to help so please help us to help you. Can you please complete this form to help us improve.
We dressed up as our favourite famous Americans for USA Day. Here are some of our costumes. Can you guess who we are ?
P6A have had a great first term! The children have worked hard and have made good progress!
One the highlights has been the game, Hoop Hop. Here’s the class in action!
Have a super holiday! See you for an action packed Term 2!
We used recycled materials and all created unique buildings to represent an authentic New York skyline. We are sure you will agree that every building is amazing ! A big thanks to the grown ups for helping us at home.
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Mr McIlwraith and Steven Swan led a drama activity with our class today. Pupils were acting out a scene from the film Snow White. They had to think about using their voices, facial expressions, body movement and props effectively. The pupils had a great time. There were some Oscar winning performances!
More excellent and creative work from some of our pupils:
Today we were given a paired STEM challenge to construct a Zip Line experience for a LEGO Minifigure.
Here is the challenge:
Here we are busy building our safe basket to carry our figure down.
Here are our basket designs
We had a great time and really enjoyed our challenge. All our LEGO figures made it safely down the Zip Line, PHEW!!
Today the children in P4E were rounding numbers to the nearest thousand!! We played Hullabaloo rounding cards with our friends and playing card BANG!! Where we round our 4 playing cards to the nearest thousand. Well done P4E.
Our P6 classes will be working with the Dean Park Rangers again and will be heading outdoors for another session.
Children should come to school dressed in outdoor clothing, have wellies/boots, waterproof jacket and their school uniform in their school bag to change in to, as a back up.
Thanks to the adults who came out and joined the children in the first session. We’d love for more of you to come and join us in our next session on Tuesday 23rd October. Complete the form if you are able to join us.
P6K – 9.15 – 10.45
P6A – 11 – 12.30
P6M – 1.30 – 3pm
P5B have been making a variety of fantastic Knights and Castles creations at home. We have had some excellent castles, maces, shields and swords. We also had a super PowerPoint from Oliver and an interesting fact file from Logan.
Well done to all the children and parents/grandparents who helped with the creations – Miss Black was very impressed!
