Month: May 2022

This Week’s Star Pupils W/C 9th May 2022

 

Primary 1

1C – Calvin – for trying hard to listen to instructions

1K – Skyla – for having a great start to P1

1M – Ben – for carefully and responsibly controlling the Dash Bots

 

Primary 2

2E – Scott – for being extra kind to his friends

2K – Porsha – for sharing her feelings during check ins

2S – Mikey – kind & caring pupil who is great in PE

 

Primary 3

3B – Oliver – for working hard

3N – Kevin – a great first week settling into school

3S – Ava – amazing numeracy

Oliver – excellent effort and amazing homework

3T – Fallon – her hard work in all tasks

Emma – always being so kind, caring and hardworking

 

Primary 4

4E – Sophie – for showing great improvement in her reading

4M – Whole class – for writing letters to Christopher Blanchett BBC Weather

4W – Callum – Fantastic effort in his Maths assessment

 

Primary 5

5AK – Keira – for trying her best with her design task

 

Primary 6 

6F – David James – engaging well in every lesson

Devlin – trying really hard in maths

6IS – Rebecca – being a kind pupil

Taylor – always diving his best during numeracy

6N – James –  for showing excellent understanding of fractions, decimals and percentages

Layla – showing great understanding of percentages

 

Primary 7 

7C – Rudy – excellent work in numeracy

Mason – Super Book review on Divided City

7M – Callum – for his dedication to being part of The Rotary Quiz Team

7Mc – Molly – Excellent work on calculating mean, median, mode and range

Calum – for excellent team work during basketball lessons

 

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award

 

Mrs McCall and Primary 4M for writing letters to Christopher Blanchett BBC Weather

 

 

Jack and Jack for representing Onthank in the District Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breakfast Club Returns @ #OurOnthank

Onthank Families,

Following recent updates, Onthank Primary are excited to announce the return of our Breakfast Club. Please see important information below:

  1. When will Breakfast Club start/finish?

Our Breakfast Club will run on a trial basis for the month of June, starting Monday 6 June and finishing Wed 29 June 2022.

The timing for Breakfast Club is 8.30am – 9.00am.

 

  1. How much will Breakfast Club cost?

Every child attending BC will be required to pay £1 every day they attend.

You are required to pay this via ParentPay.

 

  1. How do I sign my child up for Breakfast Club?

Please follow the link below to register your interest in our Breakfast Club. You can also nominate a community friend/family for a place.

https://forms.office.com/r/DaRwK8spsW

 

We kindly ask you to complete the form by Sunday 29 May 2022.

Staff will review community interest and following East Ayrshire Council guidance, you will be informed if we can offer your child a place.

 

Breakfast Club will be supervised by staff who will then take your child to their class.

If you have any immediate questions please contact Mr Swan on 01563 525477.

Thank you!

Positive Choices – Friday😀

We had a super day to end our Positive Choices Week. Fiona , our Catering Manager told P1s what she uses to make their lunches. They loved seeing the huge block of cheese.

Alan & Freddie from Ayrshire College organised lots of activities for our P5s and P6s. Everyone took part and had a great time.

Jai from Ayrshire College was involved in Multisports Activities with1, P2 and P3 classes. He showed us lots of games to play.

Eleanor & Fiona from Ayrshire College gave us ideas on fun games and activities while using a parachute. Primary 4s were the lucky classes to experience this activity.

Elaine Paton ( P5 parent) showed P5 classes a presentation about her and her job. Elaine is an ex Onthank pupil and was delighted to be back in school.

Many thanks to everyone who has supported our Positive Choices week. Thank you to Cheryl Fulton, our Active Schools Coordinator who worked closely with the school to arrange the week’s College students.⭐️

Our Walk to School theme for Friday was “wear something bright – to be seen”.🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

 

 

Leisure at the Heart – ‘Activity on the Go’ – P5/P6 Sign Up NOW!

Hello P5 & P6 Families,

In partnership with East Ayrshire Leisure Trust, we have been offered ‘Activity on the Go’ sessions for our P5 and P6 pupils. Sessions will include sports, fun fitness and outdoor games.

Please see session information below and sign up by Wednesday 25 May if you would like your child to participate.

When? Friday 27 May, Friday 10 June & Friday 17 June

Time? 3pm – 4pm

Where? Main Hall or Back Playground

Sessions will be delivered by East Ayrshire Leisure Trust staff.

We are looking forward to these sessions and continuing to build our partnership with EAL in the next academic session.

#OurOnthank #EAL #Partnership

 

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Positive Choices Thursday😎

We had a great day with lots of outside activities.☀️Kilmarnock Football Club brought their HEXAGOAL for P5, P6 and P7s. They loved their time on it. ⚽️
Louise Hannah and Lisa were doing Multisports with P1, P2 and P3s. They had a great time outside taking part in lots of activities.🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️
Tracy Smith from Tesco was in Primary 4s telling about her job in Tesco and about what happens in store. She very kindly gave everyone freshly made pancakes.🥞
PC Jen Scade brought her riot gear to show us and some of the pupils got to try it on. Two other PCs arrived with their Police Van which we were able to go inside. PC Jen also gave us a gift to take away.⭐️
Our own Senior Clerical Assistant – Mrs Andrew showed off her First Aid skills to all P2s. She told us what she has to do if we are hurt or unwell. 👏

Marie Macklin visited us today to talk about HALO, creating a new World for our children and Climate Change. Everyone was  keen to listen and were excited about planning a visit to HALO.- Kilmarnock’s new business and living quarter. Marie very kindly gave us two fabulous gifts – globes and IPad. Thank you. We can’t wait to use these new gifts. We look forward to asking Marie back to visit her former Primary School.

Today we walked to school wearing sunglasses 😎🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽🕶

Positive Choices Wednesday🏈

Thank you to our visitors today. We had Tracy Smith, Tesco Community Champion in to tell Primary 3s about shopping in store. She read them a story  and we asked her lots of questions about her job. She gave us delicious muffins for a treat. 🧁

Ashley gave P5,6 and 7 classes a taster session in Rugby. She gave us a good idea of how to play the game.🏈

Fiona our Catering Manager informed P4 about where our food comes from to make our school lunches. She told us where she orders various foods from – all food item  are sourced locally.

Our School First Aider Mrs Muir spoke to P3s and P1s about what First Aid she does in school. She also told us about some of the accidents she has to deal with. Everyone wants a plaster😀!

Colin our School Crossing Patroller told P1 about Road Safety and how he helps us cross the road safely.

It was also Walk to School Week’s Wacky Wednesday when we showed off our crazy hair.

P6 to Amazonia

P6 is visiting ‘Amazonia’ at M&D’s in Glasgow on Friday 17 June. The bus will leave school at 9.15 am and return by 3.00 pm. Pupils should wear school sweatshirt, casual bottoms and bring a snack and a packed lunch (if your child receives free meals the school will provide a packed lunch). The cost of this outing is £15 per pupil including a game of 10 Pin Bowling. Please pay through ParentPay or call in to the office for a Barcode letter.

If you are able to go on this outing as a parent helper please complete form below.  We will only contact you if you are required to help.

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Positive Choices Tuesday😀

We welcomed more visitors to our school today. David Haggerty came to talk to P1 P2 and P3s about his job in the Fire Service. He showed us fire equipment and allowed some teachers to try it on. ⭐️
Mr Swan held drama sessions with P4 classes.They had great fun making up their scenarios.

P6 classes visited the Boxing Club in Onthank. Kieran was a great coach and everyone enjoyed trying the boxing.🥊🥊

Mark  and his friends showed his cricket skills to P5s. He gave lots of information and P5s were very good at batting the ball.⚾️They enjoyed their time at cricket.

Kilmarnock Football Club brought us HEXAGOAL. All P3 and P4 classes had a great time at this activity.⚽️⚽️
John Gall from Brownings the Bakers went to P4 to tell them about hid factory and what he makes. A surprise visitor,  Pieman joined us in P4.

Ayrshire College students Louise, Hannah and Lisa took lots of classes for Fitness Sessions.  Everyone enjoyed all the activities.

Tracy from Tesco visited Primary 2 and told them lots of information about shopping in Tesco. She very kindly brought them pancakes.🥞

Positive Choices – Monday⭐️👏

We had a busy first day to kick off Positive Choices Week. Our Primary Two classes visited Spar Onthank and were shown round the shop.” I really liked working at the till,” Ava. Mr Hoynes gave us all a packet of sweets as we left. Customers in the shop said we were very well mannered.⭐️
Colin the Lollipop Man visited P1 and  P3 to remind us about Road Safety. He told us about his job.👏

Mr Swan entertained us by teaching us some drama skills. It was fun and everyone enjoyed their lessons. 🏆

Tracy Smith TESCO Community Champion visited Primary 1 classrooms and told us a great story and we learned about Tesco. She brought us all yummy pancakes. 🥞

Ben Callaghan showed off his Tae Kwan Do skills to P4, P5 and P7s. We had a great time trying out the moves. 🤼

Ashley worked with P2s and P3s to introduce some fun games. We enjoyed “rock, paper , scissors”.👍🏻

PC Irving brought in her riot gear and shield and showed us how it is used. We were allowed to hold the equipment .She told us lots about her job as a Police Person.⭐️
Mrs Duncan from our school office spoke to P6s about how she has learned First Aid and she showed us how she looks after us in school. ⛑

We also took part in Walk to School Week and wore odd socks.

Walk to School Week

Walk to School Week Monday 16 May to Friday 20 May

We are taking part in Walk to School Week. We are asking pupils and staff to walk to school each day with a different accessory. House points will be awarded for taking part.

Mellow Monday: Walk with a friend and wear odd socks.

Trainer Tuesday: Wear your favourite trainers or happy shoes.

Wild Hair Wednesday: Come to school with wild, crazy hair. Let’s see the fab hairstyles.

Thrilling Thursday: Chat about Road Safety on the way to school.

Funky Friday: Wear something bright to be seen.

Paddington and Pals🐻

Our Rights Respecting Schools ambassadors worked hard to create our ‘pawsome’ new playground charter. Primary 3T then designed the graphic which was then transferred onto our lovely new signs, huge thank you to John Imrie Signs.

To launch our new charter and house points, each class in the school participated in a Paddington Hunt where they searched for marmalade jars and clues leading them to the big reveal! Primary 1s and 2s even got to stamp Paddington’s passport.

Check it out in the video below and keep your eyes peeled for Onthank’s very own mini-Paddington bear!

P3 to Calderglen Country Park

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P3 are visiting Calderglen Country Park on the following dates:

P3B & P3S – Thursday 19 May 2022

P3N & P3T – Thursday 26 May 2022

The cost of this outing is £7.00 per pupil to be paid through ParentPay.  Pupils should bring a non fizzy drink, a snack and a packed lunch.  If your child requires a packed lunch from the school please contact the school office on 01563525477.  Pupils should wear casual bottoms and school sweathshirts / jackets.

This Week’s Star Pupils W/C 18th April 22

Primary 1

1A  Lochlan – for tidying up the lunch table

 

Primary 2

2E – Bella – wonderful handwriting

2K – Alissia – for great and kind sharing of spelling resources

2S – Olivia – writing stories independently

 

Primary 3 

3B – Emma – for always doing hr best

3S – Kacie – for fantastic general knowledge

3T – Lucy – for fantastic multiplication and division work and use of mental strategies

 

Primary 5

5AK – Shanai – for trying really hard with maths work

5B – Ella – for working well in our grammar lessons, when we have been learning about speech marks

5M – Josh – for always displaying a positive attitude and trying his best

 

Primary 7

P7M – Holly – for always displaying school values

7MC- Lucy – for her consistent enthusiasm and displaying our school values

 

Class 1 – Spencer – for being able to follow instructions and share how he is feeling

Class 3 – Corey – for working hard and listening well

 

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award

Millie & Ellie – for competing in the Tigers Acro competition and gaining Silver Medals! Well done Girls

This Week’s Star Pupil W/C 28th March

 

Primary 1

1A – Anna – fabulous maths

1C – Niamh – excellent work when subitising numbers

1K – All of 1K – for working hard at their story writing

1M – Sharan – for fabulous phonics skills

 

Primary 2

2E – Noah – for working hard to follow instructions

2K – Kaydi – excellent active listening

2S – Amber – completing all tasks independently

 

Primary 3

3B – Olivier – super division

3N – Jack – for being incredibly brave

3S – Rose – amazing imagination when writing

 

Primary 4

4E –  All of 4E – fabulous effort with their Titanic cabins

4M – Dylan – coming to class with a cheerful positive attitude

 

Primary 5

5M – Harris – for consistently working hard and trying his best

 

Primary 6

6A – John – very polite and helpful worked well in all activities

6F – Macie – getting involved in everything at college

6IS – Violet – for brightening up everyone’s day

6N – Whole class – being very responsible and great participants at the college

 

7M – Blake – for showing positive attitudes towards all his classmates

7Mc – Megan – consistent hard work & effort

 

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award 

Miss Telford and 3T for organising our new Playground Charter! Thank you!