Thank you to everyone from Primary 2 who invited someone to come and have lunch with us. Thank you also to Willie Coffey who thoroughly enjoyed his St Andrew’s Day lunch?
Month: November 2018
P7 Parents’ Information Evening
The Kilmarnock Academy P7 information evening for parents/carers takes place on Tuesday 11 December @ 7.00 pm at Kilmarnock Academy. This is a great opportunity to get some information about starting S1 and about the school. It’s also a chance to see the new school and meet teachers and other key staff. They hope to see you there!
P2 Come Dine With Us
We would like to invite you to Come Dine With Us on Friday 30 November in the dining hall at the following times:
P2H @ 11.45am, P2K @ 11.55am, P2S @ 12.05pm, P2ST @ 12.15pm
Starter
Scotch Broth
Main Course
Haggis, Neeps &Tatties
Steak Pie, New Potatoes & Carrots
Scottish Salmon, Pasta & Salad
Dessert
Strawberry Shortcake
Scotch Trifle
The cost of the meal is £2.40 per adult and free for pupils. Please bring the money on the day. If you would like to join us please complete form below.
Dyslexia Friendly Schools
Recently during Dyslexia Awareness Week all classes enjoyed a range of inclusive learning activities including an assembly and workshop led by P6K.
Thank you to all parents/carers who came along to support the children. It was a huge success and the feedback has been extremely positive.
If you would like to be involved in any future DFS events, discussions or form part of a parent group please complete the form below.
Thank you again for your support as we continue to work towards achieving our DFS Silver Award.
P7 Parents’ Information Evening
The P7 information evening for parents/carers takes place on Tuesday 11th December 7pm at Kilmarnock Academy. This is a great opportunity to get some information about starting S1 and about the school. It’s also a chance to see the new school and meet teachers and other key staff.
Active Learning in P3
We are all enjoying being active in our learning!
Sometimes we learn best when we are cooperating with others, using interactive Maths materials, learning our phonemes through games and simply…having fun while learning!
P3C have been beginning to divide. They have been learning about the concept of sharing.
P3W have been consolidating various phonemes through rotational tasks.
Owl Magic
P3 are doing a novel study on ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’. We have been learning about owls, habitats, food webs and nocturnal animals.
We had a visit from ‘Owl Magic’. Davie brought 6 owls into the school. We were able to ask questions and we had the opportunity to hold an owl.
Christine who is a Ranger at Dean Park came to visit yesterday and she gave us even more information. We are all owl experts now.
P4M Number Talks & Active Maths
P4M have been working hard to learn different strategies to help solve addition calculations. Here we are at work today. See if you can spot the strategies we are using.
P5B Painting and Decorating
Tomorrow (Wednesday 28th November) P5B will begin to make their Christmas craft. As we will be painting and using PVA glue/glitter, children are more than welcome to bring in an old t-shirt to put over their school uniform so not to get it dirty or sticky.
We will be hard working little elves getting ready for Christmas 
Logan’s Sporting Achievements
Logan in P5E brought in his football medals and trophies to show his class-well done , we are very proud of you!
Calum’s Sporting Achievements
Calum in P5E brought in his collection of football medals to show his class – well done, we are very proud of you!
Christmas Appeal
The ladies of the Masonic Club, London Road, Kilmarnock hold a toy appeal every year. Donations go to families who are struggling in Ayrshire. If you know of anyone needing help this festive period send them along to the Masonic Club on Thursday 13 December between 11.00 am and 4.00 pm. Childcare professionals are welcome to attend to represent families they care for. Their only goal is to ensure no child in Ayrshire will be without a toy this Christmas.
If any further information is required please contact:
Christine Oliver – 07799353197
Tracey Stewart – 07879450545
Parent & Child Family Learning Opportunity
Parent/child family learning opportunity for those who don’t have access to computers/laptops/internet at home starting on Monday 19 November every day from 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm. Also an opportunity to talk with a member of staff about homework. Mrs Lobban (Classroom Assistant) will be there to support.
P5E 2D shape active maths -tiling and tangrams
Today P5E were continuing to explore 2D shapes. We took part in 3 stations. These 2 stations focused on tiling or tesselation using 2 D shapes:
This station focused on the Ancient Chinese tangram puzzles where the same 7 2D shapes are used to create different pictures:
The class really enjoyed these activities and said they would like to do them again.
This Week’s Star Pupils
Primary 1
Logan Morgan – knowing that stamp begins with ‘s’
Austin Tucker – being able to read lots and lots of words
Sophie Graham – thinking like an engineer – well done for ‘sniffing out a pattern’
Cherelle Campbell – writing the ‘m’ sound in the salt tray
Primary 2
Stan Robertson – fab phonics
Finlay Mayes – a really good effort to complete his classwork well
Christopher Johnson – joining in all tasks
Luca Vandal – super effort
Primary 3
Sophia McIlvanney – using her reading strategies to decode tricky words
Haleigh Hume – working hard in all class tasks
Tajveer Kaur – excellent effort at all times
Erin O’Connor – super writing
Primary 4
Cameron McMurray – being very helpful
Rae Warnes – always working extremely hard
Robyn Orr – being a fantastic Music Maestro
Primary 5
Lucie Deery – lovely presentation of Maths work
Aran Cowan – supporting his classmate during claywork in Art
Cerys Elder – more confident in Maths
Tom Reid – working hard across the curriculum
Primary 6
Miller Davidson – super effort to planning his imaginative Rainforest story
Lucy Wilson – being conscientious and hard working
Kaedin O’Neil – a fantastic attitude in class and kindness
Primary 7
Robbie Qua – being an Effective Contributor when designing musical instruments
Clayton Marshall – improvement in effort and work ethic
Lewis McIntosh – using his initiative to support P1 pupils
Special Award
Oliver Smith – P4E – being kind and thoughtful
P5E 2D shapes – right angles and tiling
P5 E have been exploring the properties of 2D shapes.
Pupils are being encouraged to look for right angles and tiling in the real world – please encourage your child to spot these at home and when you are out and about.
Pupils can share with the class what they have seen by talking about it (you could make a list), taking pictures to show us (you can bring in a pen drive, upload on to your own e-portfolio, print it out) or maybe even illustrate/draw it.
Thank you!
Miss Ellis
Primary 4’s Christmas Album
It’s here! The biggest Christmas album of 2018 will be available to buy exclusively at the Onthank Christmas Fayre on Tuesday the 4th of December. Just to get you excited we are offering some clips of the recordings to the Onthank Bloggers. Enjoy!
Sometimes it’s ok to play with your food!
P7 became professional musicians, coders and programmers to invent their own musical instruments!
They used a touch sensitive keyboard and sensor inputs and connected them to various conductive objects.
They ‘played’ fruits, aluminium foil and play dough!
Please see Parent Council Post
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/onthankparentcouncil/2018/11/20/change-of-date-we-need-you/
P5 trip to Dick Institute
Reminder that all of P5 will be visiting the Dick Institute for the Imprint book festival on Wednesday 21st November.
Update on information- the workshop involves meeting an author, David MacPhail, who will discuss his work and how he develops his ideas.
P5I and P5E – coach leaves at 10.30 am and arrives back around 12.30 ish (pupils will have an early playtime in school)
P5M and P5B – coach leaves 1pm and arrives back before 3pm (pupils will have an early lunch at 12noon in school). This workshop is run by the Dick Institute but will take place in the Palace Theatre due to a clash in bookings.
There is no cost for the trip. No new consent forms were given out for this trip as it was covered in the annual consent form (a blue colour) given out and returned at the beginning of term 1.
Thank you
Team P5
This Week’s Star Pupils
Primary 1
Leah Marshall – using playdough to correctly sound out s-a-t and p-a-t
Penny McCormack – achieving a personal target
Myaa Cunningham – helping others with a challenge
Ella Crawford – super effort at numeracy
Primary 2
Darcy Green – fab story with descriptions
Nicole Hamrol – good effort and working hard in class
Hannah McAvoy – great effort
Primary 3
Kyle McIntyre – entering school quicker every morning
Alfie James – a super attitude to learning
Chloe Ronald – making a beautiful ‘owl’
Jack Blaney – showing great effort in all areas
Primary 4
Lily Taylor – great maths work
Rowan Bamford – beautifully presented work
Primary 5
Derry Brown – creating a super pointillism portrait
Breckin Wilson – being very helpful in class and supporting Miss Ellis and fellow pupils
Sophie Kerr – improving confidence
Niamh Lochrie – making others feel included
Primary 6
Lucy Murray – working hard at improving her mental maths strategies
Erin Tonner – being reliable and hardworking in class
Hollie Bryden – a positive and hardworking attitude
P6 Football Team – for winning their Tournament
Primary 7
Jamie Marshall – excellent effort when working with younger pupils
Aiden-Vee Taylor – being a responsible citizen in school
Star Award
P2K – superb walking in the corridor
Anti – Bullying Pupil Questionaire
‘No School Bells’ Trial
From Monday 19th November 2019 we are going to try having no school bells to signal the start and end of the school day. At 9am, pupils will not line up in the playground but instead will make their own way to their classroom similar to a ‘Wet Day’ routine. Teachers and our P7 perfects will guide our pupils to their class at 9am.
Pupils will also follow the same procedure at the end of break and at lunch.
The’ No School Bells’ trial is part of our DFS Award and also enables our school to become a more autism friendly environment.
Thank you,
Senior Leadership Team.
Fab at Football⚽️
Aiden P5E brought us his football trophies and medals to show us. He has done well??⚽.
Well done Rowan?
Well done to Rowan P4M for achieving a medal and certificate for Highland Dancing. We are very proud of you ??
P5 trip to the Dick Institute
All primary 5 classes will be visiting the Dick Institute on Wednesday 21st November. It is part of the Imprint book festival and pupils will be attending a workshop in the library:
Workshop 1 – P5I and P5E
Workshop 2 – P5M and P5B
Pupils will be travelling by coach. There is no cost for this trip. Pupils will be in school as normal for their break and lunch.
If you are able help on the trip please let you child’s class teacher know or contact the office.
Thank you.
Team P5
Children In Need 2018 Friday 16 November
We are asking pupils to be SPOTACULAR– DO YOUR OWN THING! Dress to impress in your spotty outfits or wear Pudsey clothes. We would appreciate a small donation towards this charity. We have Children In Need wristbands for sale £1. Please buy from the office.
We have invited Pudsey to visit Onthank Primary School?
RRS Article: Your right to become the best you can be.
P5B Pointilism
Primary 5B have been creating pointillism portraits in class. After studying famous Africans, we decided to create a portrait of Nelson Mandela using the Pointilism technique. We used a variety of crayons, pencils and felt tip pens to create the effect.
P7 Performance at Hillhead PS *UPDATED POST*
Please complete the form below to give permission for your child to participate in our dance performance at Hillhead PS next Monday 19th November as part of the North West Kilmarnock Action Plan Launch. This is a great opportunity for P7 pupils to showcase their talents to the North West Kilmarnock community.
We would like to invite as many North West Kilmarnock Community friends and family along to this event as possible.
Update
We politely ask that your child is picked up at Hillhead PS at 4.30pm
Anti-Bullying Week 2018
#chooserespect
