P2 will be visiting Eglinton Country Park, Irvine on Tuesday 18 June. The bus will leave at 9.15 am and return to school by 3.00 pm.  Children should wear suitable outdoor clothing (no uniform required) and bring a snack, a non fizzy drink and a packed lunch. If you would like the school to provide a packed lunch for your child please complete form below stating which sandwich your child would prefer – gammon, cheese or tuna.

The cost of this outing is £3.50 per pupil to be paid through ParentPay. If you wish to pay at a Paypoint please call in to the office for a Barcode letter.

 Primary 1

Josh McTaggart – adding big numbers mentally

Logan Jeffers – marvellous maths – good understanding of subtraction calculation

Lacey Bremner – excellent work

Leon Fulton – doing work which made Mrs Findlay “proud”

 Primay 2

Millie Hogg – being very kind to others

Abbi McLachlan – having a good attitude to learning

Ollie Tonner – being a great team worker

Logan Williams – amazing Maths and Phonics

 Primary 3

Lily Brown – super subtraction

Haleigh Hume – super effort writing a story about a Viking

Liam Paterson – excellent effort during subtraction work

Rachel Paterson – super work in all areas

 Primary 4

P4E – being superstars when we moved classrooms last week

Mahmoud Zen – fantastic story writing

Tyler McCourt – massive improvements in story writing!  Well done!

 Primary 5

Chloe Kirkwood – excellent effort

P5E – a fantastic performance of Scottish Opera

Max Black – long multiplication and division

Ellie Moir – a fantastic performance of Scottish Opera

 Primary 6

Orlaith Heaney – always having a hard working attitude

Callum McAvoy – a caring attitude towards others

Luke McCall – working well in class – contributing very well in discussions

 Primary 7

Brian Cree – maintaining a positive attitude to all subjects

Jack Murphy – a fantastic improvement in Maths

 Special Award

All P5s for a brilliant performance of Scottish Opera

What an amazing performance from our primary 5 pupils this afternoon, outstanding! We are so proud of them all!

We are having a Ready, Steady, Cook between the Catering Managers on Wednesday 22 May

Onthank’s Wednesday’s Takeaway – Cooked by Christine

Onthank Fried Chicken

Christine’s Special Chicken Strips

Corn & Fries

McOnthank – Cooked by Nicola

Cheeseburgers & Fries

Onthank Primary Hut – Cooked by Tina

Cheese Pizza Salad Bar & Fries

All of the above served with Onthank Muffins or Ice Cream and Milkshake or Juice

Our school will be taking part in the East Ayrshire Walk to School Week, which runs from Monday 20 May – Friday 24 May 2019. A daily walking theme has been created to encourage children to walk.

Monday – Walk to School wearing sunglasses

Tuesday – Walk to School with happy shoes

Wednesday – Walk to School with a funny hat

Thursday – Walk to School with crazy hair

Friday – Walk to School wearing odd socks

We all know that walking is good for us. Walking to school is not only easy, but it is a great way to exercise and keep fit. Walking to school also helps reduce pollution, and can boost pupils’ social and road skills.

We are seeking your support for this campaign, and hopefully you will join in by walking with your child/children to school for all or part of the week. If you normally travel by car, you can still take part – leave home 5 minutes earlier in the morning, park way from the school and enjoy a 5 minute walk to the school. That’s all it takes to join in.

Schools all over East Ayrshire are taking part in this event. Let’s all enjoy walking to school.

Thank you!!!

You are invited to Come Dine With Me in our dining hall on Thursday 16 May at the following times:

P3C 11.45 am, P3K 11.55 am, P3S 12.05 pm, P3W 12.15 pm

Starter

Chicken & Rice Soup

Mains

Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding with Baby Potatoes

Baked Potato with Coleslaw

Pick & Mix with Tuna Sandwich

Desserts

Seasonal Fruit Tart

Yogurt

Fresh Fruit

Choice of 2 course from above menu.  All P3 pupils are free of charge.  £2.40 for each adult – to be paid through ParentPay.  If you wish to join us please complete form below:

P6K and P6M had a very informative morning at Danger Detectives.  Lots of different safety activities to get us all thinking about keeping safe.

The P6/7 football team play Hillhead P.S. on Wednesday (3.30pm) at Hillhead. Please complete the consent form if your child has been selected for the team and confirm if you are able to help with transport.

This week, we are celebrating National Digital Week at Onthank Primary. Children were given a challenge at assembly to all log in to Glow by the end of this week. There will be lots of digitally focused lessons this week. Please see the link below for more information and ideas for National Digital Week.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/ndlw2018/2019/03/13/national-digital-learning-week-2019/

You are invited to Come Dine With Me in our dining hall on Tuesday 14 May at the following times:

P2H 11.45 am, P2K 11.55 am, P2S 12.05 pm, P2ST 12.15 pm

Starter

Vegetable Soup

Main Meal

Spaghetti Meatballs with Tomato Pasta

Veggie Pizza & Salad

Pick & Mix with Cheese Sandwich

Dessert

Fruit Crumble with Custard

Fresh Fruit

Yogurt

Choice of 2 courses from above menu.  All P2 pupils are free of charge.  £2.40 for each adult – pay through ParentPay.  If you wish to join us please complete form below.

Active Schools P4/5 Football Festival will take place on Tuesday 14th May at Whatriggs Primary School (3.30-4.30pm).  Please indicate on the consent form below if you are able to help with transport. The following pupils have been selected for the team:

P5M Jessica Anderson

P5M Niamh Lochrie

P5M Emily Thomson

P5I Sophie Kerr

P5I Jade Graham

P4F Lyla Mathieson

P4M Emily McNamara

P4E Ellie Nicol

P4E Brooke Morgan

P4M Jodie Fleming

 Primary 1

Mason McCristall – describing an interesting object

Ailish Walker – being a Super Scientist!

Luke Sloan – being a ‘pattern-sniffer’ when doing Maths calculations

Kerr McMillan – trying hard with his writing

Rowan Milligan – excellent class work

 Primary 2

Alfie Orr – a big improvement of handwriting

Josh Boax – being kind and helpful in class

Lucas McAvoy – improved, neater handwriting

Derryn Cree – his very detailed drawings and great writing and spelling

 Primary 3

Noah Richmond – trying really hard to join his handwriting

Maddison Paton – lovely presentation of jotter work

Logan McCristall – making good choices this week

Shae Smith – having beautiful writing in his homework

 Primary 4

Baillie McFarlane – being kind and generous in class and to our new Classroom Assistant Mrs Seaton

Keira Bennett – a fantastic 1970s Performance

Jamie Sim – joining in with P4M and performing YMCA like a professional!

 Primary 5

Lucie Callaghan – always giving 100% in lessons

P5E Whole Class – showing enthusiasm and hard work when learning about mixed numbers and proper fractions

Reece Glover – delightful division

P5M & P5E Spaniards – incredible singing performance

 Primary 6

James McIlvanney – having a super attitude to school despite a very sore hip

Cameron McCreadie – a responsible attitude

Blair Ferguson – showing kindness to others and working very well in class

 Primary 7

Angeline Bain – consistent positive attitude in class

Saul Duffy – showing great maturity

Ellie Lewis – teaching the class a fantastic art lesson

Have you heard of Lucy’s Blue Day?

This is a beautifully illustrated book aimed at addressing the mental health of children.

We have two copies of the book in school. One of which was donated by an ex Loanhead Primary pupil who is raising money to buy a book for every primary school in East Ayrshire.

About Lucy

Lucy is a very special little girl with magical hair. It changes colour with her emotions. If she is feeling happy it is purple. If she is jealous, it will turn green.
This charming story is a tale of when Lucy wakes up and her hair is blue and she doesn’t know why. She soon learns that it is #OkNotToBeOk.

“What a charming book that we are sure will help enormously”. Stephen Fry

“Such a clever, common sense and totally relatable way to talk about mental health”. Lorraine Kelly

We are very lucky to have the author Chris Duke visiting Onthank Primary on Tuesday 25th June to read the book and answer questions.

Chris is travelling from Forfar to visit us and he will visit Galston Primary and Hillhead Primary on the same day to share the same message.

He has offered parents and carers a discount code if you wish to buy a copy of the book. Our code is ONTHANK. This removes the cost of P+P. Any books ordered after 24th June will be full price.

You can order from www.lucysblueday.com

A version for older children and teenagers is available to pre-order. Details can be found on the website.

Both versions of the book help children to understand that they are not alone and that there are people who can help if you are feeling blue.

P3W explored the various emotions and related it to their own lives.

We have started rehearsals for our Scottish Opera 1719 show.  We have a workshop next week with Scottish Opera staff to help us prepare for the performance on Friday 17th May at 2:15pm (tea and coffee from 1:45pm).  We hope you can come and watch us at our afternoon performance.

To help us learn the songs, pupils can listen and sing along to the tracks at home using the following link.

https://www.scottishopera.org.uk/join-in/opera-for-schools/1719-teaching-resources/#teaching-tracks-7602

This week our school celebrated its 60th anniversary with a range of concerts across the school and we want to know your views! A huge thank you to everyone who was able to make it along.

Would you give it a 5 star rating?

Comment below and let us know what you thought about our performances! We will be sure to share your comments with staff and pupils.

Well done to everyone (staff, pupils, parents, carers and friends) for 3 fantastic shows today. Everyone had a part to play in making today a brilliant success.  The enjoyment in every pupils’ face today was delightful and it made us  proud of you all?. Well done also to Primary Ones who made their birthday film earlier  last month. The film was shown during all 3 shows today. Your dances were super. ?

Thank you for the generous donations towards our chosen charity: Memories are Better than Dreams. ( We will update you with an exact amount but it is over £1000?).