Month: October 2019

Happy Hallowe’en from Onthank ?

 

On Friday 25 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 easily removed. 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:

Blood Red Soup (tomato)        Cauldron Curry with rice (Chicken)  Wiggly Worms with salad (Veg. Noodles)      Witches’ Fingers in the Graveyard with mash and veg.(sausages in gravy)                            Wizard Cupcakes

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Harvest Thank You?

Thank you to everyone who brought in items for our Harvest Collection. We had a fantastic response to having a non uniform day and bringing in an item for Harvest to be delivered to our Community. Pupils delivered some bags today and were greatly received. We will deliver lots more after the holiday. If you would like to nominate someone to receive a Harvest bag please contact the school after our holiday. 

Mrs Easter, Mrs Saxelby and Mr Swan delivered boxes to the local Foodbank. Miss Cook and Mrs Mills and pupils delivered bags of cupcakes to Crossgates Care Home and these were very well received by the residents.  ??

 

Harvest Assembly : World Porridge Day

We celebrated World Porridge Day at our assemblies. We asked for “loose change” – a huge thank you to everyone who donated- we have a fantastic amount of £185.  We offered pupils a taste of Heather’s porridge and showed the film from Mary’s Meals: What a Difference a Meal Makes. We can feed a child in Malawi at school for £9.80 a year. We will be able to feed many children. Thank you.

Parental Engagement – please take some time on Thursday

Please take time on Thursday afternoon /evening to visit our stalls and find out more information.  Parents/Carers will be asked to complete questionnaires and get information about a variety of curricular areas.

These will include –

Children’s Glow Blogs – please take time to look at your child’s blog and if you haven’t logged on before there will be teams of children to show you how.
Onthank On Time – we will share information on how we are doing with attendance rates and the number of children who arrive to school on time.   As a school we can offer support if children have high absence rates or are not arriving on time.  Steven Swan is our full time Home Link Worker who works alongside Laura Gallagher, and together we can look to support families.
Literacy and Numeracy at Onthank – children are working with staff to provide examples of new resources and explain how children progress.  This session teachers are being trained in Active Literacy and Active Numeracy.  ‘Number Talks’ happen in our classes everyday.  Do you know about this?
Health and Wellbeing at Onthank – we would like to explain how a restorative conversation and meeting works and take a look at resources which promote internet safety and how we tackle bullying.  Parents at Onthank are on our Respectful Relationships group and are working on how we address bullying.
Onthank, On Task,  On Track – our reports have East Ayrshire Curriculum for Excellence Assessment Judgement Ratings.  Staff and children will be able to explain what these tracking numbers mean. 
Homework club is not just for completing homework!  If parents/carers are unsure about an aspect of homework or would like to find out ways to help your child then homework club is open to you everyday of the week!
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Information on how to get the best out of Bug Club  and take a look at teacher assessments with Bug Club.  As a parent, how can you make sure your child is making progress?

 

 

 

We are in the finals!

Congratulations to our P7 Athletics Team who qualified for the East Ayrshire Sportshall Athletics Final! 🙂                      Image result for well done clipart

The final will take place at the arena Friday 8th November, time to be confirmed.

Training will take place at the arena Wednesday 30th October and Wednesday 6th November, 4 – 5pm.

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This Week’s Star Pupils

Primary 1

Rule – trying very hard to sound out and read a sentence!

Patrick – being very kind and generous

Ffion – wonderful writing

Morgan – working out on her own the sum 2+1=3

Lacey – being a kind and helpful pupil

Primary 2

Charlie – always trying her best

Lucy – trying hard to answer in class

Mason – beautiful manners!

Abigail – fantastic writing

Primary 3

Lucas – super sentences

Rory – super problem solving

Andrew – a massive improvement in writing

Stan – super HTU work

Primary 4

Isla – being the first to fill her bucket in P4E

Jessica – trying her best in al lessons

Leigham – a super positive attitude in class

Layla – “stretching” her sentences.  Well done!

Primary 5

Adam – consistently working hard

Caitlin – demonstrating a ‘Growth Mindset’

Cody – great improvement in his work effort

Primary 6

Jessica – writing detailed instructions

Reece – Bravery!

Lily – working well, great presentation

Amie-Leigh – excellent effort during Maths lesson

Primary 7

Brooke – wonderful alliterative writing

Carrie – continual hard work and perseverance

Joe – chairing his 1st Sport Committee meeting

Special Award

Millie (P5K) – being an Eco Warrior

 

Meet the Sport Committee

We will be working hard throughout the year to promote sport in our school through P.E. lessons, stage competitions, festivals, community sport, breakfast, lunch and after school clubs. Our first task this year is to design an Onthank Sport Committee logo.

 

Pupil Survey

At assembly this week we showed the children our survey and asked them to complete it at home with a parent/carer.  This information   helps us with self-evaluation.  We ask that this is completed by

Wednesday 9 October

There will be a prize for the stage that completes the most surveys!

 

Massage in Schools Programme

Over the course of the year, pupils at Onthank Primary School will have the opportunity to be trained in the Massage in Schools Programme (MISP).

MISP is a Health and Wellbeing programme which is 6 weeks training  from a qualified instructor followed by a parents/carers session where our young people have the opportunity to share the skills they have learned.

Following the initial 6 weeks training, staff and pupils are fully trained and able to access the programme as part of their daily or weekly routine to support their Health and Wellbeing.

MISP is currently in use in more than 13 primary schools across East Ayrshire and is an internationally recognised association.

The roll out will begin with P1 and P3 with upper school training taking place over the remainder of the school session.

Please use the link below for more information

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Active Girls Day 2019

The girls had a fantastic day participating in sport. We skip started the day with Skip Fit Friday. P1-4 showcased their dance moves at Zumba with Mr Swan. P7S girls delivered Extreme Dodgeball to P5 and football to  P6. P7 girls completed the day displaying their boxing skills and competing against each other at skipping champion. A big thank you to all the parents and carers for their support on the day.

Athletics Heat Winners

Congratulations to our athletics team who won their heat this afternoon. Amazing talent and teamwork was shown by our pupils. 

Go Team Onthank! ??

 

Parents’ Night Volunteers

Volunteers needed!

We are looking for P4-P7 helpers for Parents’ Afternoon / Evening on Thursday 10 October at the following times:

3.00 pm – 4.00 pm, 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm, 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm and 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm

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P7 After School Strategy Club

There will be an after school Strategy Club for P7s on Mondays from 3.15 pm – 4.15 pm starting on Monday 28 October.

There will be role playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons.  Come along and join the fun.

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Active Girls Day 2019

On Friday 4th October 2019, we’ll be celebrating the amazing work going into girls’ sport and the progress around girls’ participation. To celebrate we have organised a timetable of physical activity in the school.

P7S girls will lead the activities alongside Mr Simpson and Mr Swan. All girls are encouraged to wear active wear on Friday. Parents/carers are more than welcome to come along and participate on the day.

 

P3/4:  Zumba  (Mr Swan) 11.00 – 11.30am

P1/2: Zumba (Mr Swan) 11.30 -12.00 midday

P5: Extreme Dodgeball (Mr Simpson) 1.20 – 1.50pm

P6: Football (Mr Simpson) 1.50 – 2.20pm

P7:  Boxing (Mr Simpson) 2.20 – 2.50pm

 

 

This Week’s Star Pupils

Primary 1

Shane – A super number talk about 5!

Macie – taking her time to perfect her sounds

Rose – much improved listening and sounding out and blending words

Jack – being very helpful with the class Eco poster

Primary 2

Aiden – super spelling

Josh – super effort in his work

Hudson – excellent answering in class!

Euan – amazing maths!

Primary 3

Gurkirit – fantastic work in numeracy

Sophie – fabulous story

Max – always working his socks off!

Kaden – pushing himself in Maths

Primary 4

Airen – fantastic rounding in Maths

Haleigh – taking a lead role in a true/false activity in group reading

Violet – super ‘number talks’

Tulisa – a super ‘Eco’ poster

Primary 5

Jodie – marvellous maths

Annie – being kind and caring to others

Callum – working hard in all areas of the curriculum

Primary 6

Sophie – working hard to improve her hand writing

Matthew – great work ethic

Sophie – working well and taking a keen interest in activities

Emma –  excellent effort during writing lessons

Primary 7

Kerr – showing kindness to others at all times

Eilidh, Rhiannon, Thomas – being excellent examples of prefects

P6/7 Cross Country Team – fantastic performance at the East Ayrshire Cross Country Championships

Special Award

Sarah P3C – being kind and helpful

P7 Inverclyde Residential – Information Evening

There will be an information evening in school on Tuesday 8 October at 6.00 pm. Parents and pupils are both welcome to attend.  Gareth Turner from Inverclyde will deliver a presentation on the visit and will answer any questions you may have.

 

Maths Week Scotland

https://blogs.gov.scot/making-maths-count/2019/08/21/maths-week-scotland-is-back/

As it’s Maths Week Scotland we would love to link this in with skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work. If you utilise maths skills in employment or as a pastime and would be willing to tell a class or two about it please contact the office or post a comment in the box below.

Thank you.