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April 17, 2024
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PATHs Celebration Day🌟
We celebrated our PATHs Model School Award by having an outdoor disco, football, scavenger hunt and lots of PATHs related activities. We held our Celebration Assembly with invited guests and the whole school involved. We had a visit from Twiggle. … Continue reading
March 15, 2024
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Red Nose Day🎈
Thank you to everyone who donated towards Comic Relief for wearing PJs , wearing red or Red Nose Clothes.We raised the fantastic amount of £250 and still counting. 👏
March 7, 2024
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World Book Day 📚📒
March 6, 2024
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ECC Transition to Primary
Our new Primary 1 pupils visited school this morning for their third transition meeting. We welcomed many boys and girls from lots of ECCs who had a great time meeting new friends. 😀
March 1, 2024
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Wider Achievement🥇🏅🥈🥉
Congratulations to all our Star Pupils who have received medals, cups and awards from their clubs. If you have achieved anything and would like to be celebrated at our assembly please use the link on our app or email glynis.findlay@eastayrsire.org.uk
March 1, 2024
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Gold SportsScotland Award🏆
We are delighted to announce we have been awarded Sportscotland Gold Award. This achievement marks a significant milestone for our school- being the first in East Ayrshire to receive this prestigious award. We celebrated at assembly – thank you to … Continue reading
March 1, 2024
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Charlie and The Onthank Chocolate Factory🍭🍫
Well done to all our Primary 5 staff and pupils for 4 fantastic performances of Charlie and the Onthank Chocolate Factory.All performances were very well supported. 👏Everyone who was lucky to get a ticket gave us very positive feedback. Thank … Continue reading
February 23, 2024
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World Thinking Day🌏
We were very proud of all our pupils who wore their organisation uniforms to school to celebrate World Thinking Day👏🌏. Amy from New Laigh Kirk also came to our Assembly .
February 8, 2024
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Scottish Poetry Competition👏
December 21, 2023
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Santa came to Onthank Primary🎅🏼
December 20, 2023
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Halo Rocks🎅🏼🧑🏼🎄
Thank you to Dr Marie Macklin for our Christmas gifts. P4 were delighted to receive their selection boxes. ⭐️
December 18, 2023
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P2 Nativity : Baarmy Bethlehem
December 17, 2023
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Primary 1 Carol Singers🎅🏼🧑🏼🎄
December 14, 2023
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The Grinch came to Onthank Primary
Our P7 Panto this year was The Grinch. Here’s a selection of photos from both Teams with our wonderful P6 choir. Well done to everyone who came and supported the teams. Thank you – all 4 performances were outstanding👏👏👏👏
December 14, 2023
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Christmas Lunch 🎅🏼🧑🏼🎄
December 9, 2023
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Carol Singing at Crosssgate
Our Primary 3 choir visited Crossgate to spread Christmas Cheer to many of the residents. Well done to everyone – all had a great time.🎅🏼🧑🏼🎄
December 8, 2023
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Santa Dash🎅🏼🧑🏼🎄
Thank you to everyone who came to support our Santa Dash. The children had a great time and enjoyed the run despite the rain. We had a lot of Soggy Santas.🎅🏼🧑🏼🎄
December 6, 2023
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Onthank Parent Council Quiz Night🎅
December 6, 2023
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Onthank sing at Tesco🎅🏼
Thank you to everyone who came along to support us at Tesco. We collected £74 for P3 Pupil Fund. Our choir had a fantastic time and looked very festive. Thank you to Tesco for our lovely gifts: a drink and … Continue reading
December 6, 2023
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Onthank P3s Sing for Hansel🎤
Thank you to everyone who came along to join us at Morrisons for P3 Christmas Cheer.🎅🏼We sang beautifully and had lots of positive comments from shoppers. We were raising money for Hansel. Well done – we are very proud of … Continue reading
December 1, 2023
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas🎼
November 30, 2023
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Wider Achievement
Congratulations and well done to all our pupils who celebrated their achievements at assembly.
November 25, 2023
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OPC Christmas Fayre🎅🏼
Thank you to everyone who visited our Christmas Fayre. We had lots of stalls and many people left with prizes and “early Christmas presents”. Thank you to our Parent Council for organising the Fayre 👏.
November 23, 2023
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Wider Achievement
We are so proud of all our Achievements this week. Well done everyone.
November 18, 2023
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Children In Need 🐻
Thank you to everyone who donated to Children In Need. We were delighted to welcome Pudsey to our school . He met lots of pupils in the playground and visited some classes.
November 16, 2023
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Wider Achievement⭐️👏
November 13, 2023
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Odd Socks Day🧦🧦
November 12, 2023
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Wider Achievement👏⭐️
Wider Achievement We are so proud of all our pupils who were recognised at assembly this week. Sarah from P4K would like to share the news that she’s achieved a new level in her swimming lessons. Well done. Olivia … Continue reading
November 12, 2023
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EA District Football Team
Congratulations to Bradley, Jay and Josh who have been selected to represent Onthank Primary in the East Ayrshire District Football team. We are so proud of you. Good luck!
November 2, 2023
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Show Racism the Red Card
Jordan from Kilmarnock Football Club came to school to do a workshop on Show Racism the Red Card and Killie Captain Kyle Vassel visited our school and participated in Q& A session. P7M were delighted to be part of this … Continue reading
November 2, 2023
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Wider Achievement⭐️🏆
We are so proud of all our pupils who have achieved recognition out of school. Sophie from P3S & Kyle from P1K attended a drop off session at the Killie Community hub to learn life saving CPR from local NHS … Continue reading
October 13, 2023
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Wider Achievement
We are very proud of our pupils and Miss McLelland this week. We shared their achievements at assembly. Well done everyone.
October 13, 2023
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Wear It Pink Day💕
Our Staff Team at Onthank Primary all took part in Wear It Pink Day to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. We all look pretty in pink.💕
October 12, 2023
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Harvest 🥫🧅🌽
Thank you for donating items for our Harvest Collection. We have handed this over to Knockinlaw Community Larder.
October 10, 2023
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World Porridge Day
Thank you to everyone who donated to Mary’s Meals for our World Porridge Day this year. Many pupils tasted porridge in school this morning. We have counted £80.94-this is a fantastic amount .👏
October 9, 2023
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Wider Achievement⭐️
We are delighted with our Star Achievers this week. Everyone in school has shared your awards at assembly.👏
October 4, 2023
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Onthank Community Night⭐️
Thank you to everyone who came along to our fabulous Community Night.We had a wonderful time. Looking forward to the next one.😊
September 29, 2023
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Macmillan Coffee Morning☕️
Thank you to everyone who visited our Macmillan Coffee Morning. We are delighted to say that we have raised lots of money for Macmillan Cancer Care. Our P6 pupils did a wonderful job helping and thanks to staff who helped … Continue reading
September 28, 2023
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Wider Achievement
This week we are very proud of our pupils who have achieved awards out of school. Blair from P3C joined Dean Thistle football club in April and loves it. Since then he has received 3 Gold Awards for different things … Continue reading
September 18, 2023
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Halo Winner⭐️
Alfie from P5M won the Halo Sustainability Competition with his fabulous painting of the Halo. He went to visit The Halo and was given a warm welcome by Marie and her team. He won a fabulous prize and was presented … Continue reading
September 16, 2023
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Wider Achievement⭐️
This week we are so proud to celebrate the achievements of our pupils: Cara from P4M was invited to join the Senior Leadership Programme at Taekwondo. She recently passed her grading and got her new leadership belt and her first … Continue reading
September 15, 2023
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Litter Pick
We all took part in a whole School and Community Litter Pick. Thank you to everyone and also to the many parents who helped us. Our school grounds are looking very clean- let’s pledge to keep it that way💯.
September 14, 2023
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Rights Respecting School Ambassadors
Our 2023/24 P5-7 Rights Respecting School Ambassadors met and introduced themselves. They were given their RRS lanyards to show everyone that they are RRS Ambassadors. Some of the group put themself forward for a position of leadership: Chair Vice Chair … Continue reading
September 1, 2023
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Uniform Donations
Thank you to Theresa and Asda , Kilmarnock for their kind donations of new uniforms to our School Uniform Bank. If you would like any items of school clothing, please call into our school office and we can show you … Continue reading
August 23, 2023
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Halo Visit to meet Dr Rubins-astronaut from NASA🧑🏻🚀
We were privileged to be invited to The Halo to be part of an audience to hear from and meet their special guests : Dr Kathleen Rubins – an astronaut from NASA and Jack Hillmeyer, Consul General at US … Continue reading
July 4, 2023
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Onthank Leavers⭐️
June 29, 2023
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School Uniform Recycle Reuse
Does your child have a school uniform that they have outgrown? Then why not drop into our school swap shop and swap it for another! Based at the school reception, our Swap Shop is a great way for parents to … Continue reading
June 29, 2023
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Perfect Attendance 💯
June 28, 2023
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P7 Onthank Leavers⭐️
June 20, 2023
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P4 Heritage Heroes
As part of our Heritage Heroes award, Primary 4 pupils invited ex members of staff to come back into school for a tour. Our visitors answered questions about differences in the school as it is today. They were so enthusiastic … Continue reading
June 16, 2023
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Beach Party ☀️
June 14, 2023
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P7 Fun Day ☀️
June 9, 2023
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P3 Sports🏆
June 8, 2023
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P4 and P5 Sports☀️
June 7, 2023
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P6 and P7 Sports☀️
June 6, 2023
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Primary 2 & Primary 1 Sports🏆
May 19, 2023
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Onthank Bingo 👀
We held a Family Bingo night with lots of fun prizes to be won. There was a dance party with Glo sticks . Fabulous community spirit.👏
May 19, 2023
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Lionheart Walk
As part of our partnership with Ayrshire College , Cherryl Fulton (our Active Schools Coordinator)invited us to join the WALK 4 LIONHEART awareness event. We were all given a Lionheart T-shirt which we were proud to wear. Our P5s led … Continue reading
May 19, 2023
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Crazy hair day🏃🏻♂️🚶🏽♀️
May 13, 2023
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Onthank at Rugby Park⚽️
We were at Rugby Park to watch Kilmarnock v Livingstone. They won 2-0👏. We were collecting money for our school football team.Thank you to everyone who came along and thank you to all who put a donation into our buckets.
May 11, 2023
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Marathon for Mrs McPhail⭐️
Our whole school took part in a marathon in honour of our dear friend Mrs McPhail who sadly passed away in August 2022.We all wore bright clothes to match Mrs McPhail’s bright and bubbly personality. Many parents, carers and friends … Continue reading
May 5, 2023
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Coronation Celebrations at Onthank🇬🇧
We took part in many Royal Activities to celebrate the King’s Coronation. We “dressed to impress” and wore our crowns. We danced with Mr Swan and took part in The Coronation Ceremony. We have 3 Charlie’s in school and they … Continue reading
May 3, 2023
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Coronation Community Night👑🇬🇧
Thank you to everyone who joined us tonight for our family Coronation Community Night. We had dancing, sports activities, board games, movies, art/ craft and hot meals for all. Thank you for your support👏.
April 28, 2023
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P3Ceilidh🏴
P3 Grand Ceilidh. This term P3 have been studying Scottish Islands and reading Katie Morag books. We had a wonderful time today putting on a Ceilidh and showcasing four dances we have learned. Each class also took a ‘turn’ … Continue reading
April 17, 2023
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Congratulations Lauren
Congratulations to Lauren P7M on her achievement. She was awarded Player of the Match for Kilmarnock Women’s under 14 Team during a football tournament for the Caledonia Cup in Edinburgh. We are very proud of her.
March 17, 2023
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Red Nose Day 😀👺
March 3, 2023
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They’re off!
P7s are off to Lockerbie.😀
March 2, 2023
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World Book Day 📚🐷🐷🐷
Articles 17, 29 and 31.
February 22, 2023
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World Thinking Day
Well done to everyone who took part in World Thinking Day.⭐️ Article 15: All children have the right to meet with others and to join or set up associations , unless in doing so they violate the rights of others. … Continue reading
February 21, 2023
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Wider Achievement⭐️
Well done 👏. We are so proud if you🏆
February 8, 2023
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Scottish Poetry Competition🏴
The whole school was invited to our Scottish Poetry Competition. We listened to a Finalist from each class. Everyone recited their poems brilliantly. They performed with excellent expression and confidence.👏Well done to all of our Finalists.
January 27, 2023
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Burns Supper P3M🏴
Mrs Merrick’s class organised their own Burns Supper.They were super👏 IMG_4935
January 27, 2023
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Congratulations⭐️
Congratulations to Leo P6 for achieving success at East Ayrshire Youth Awards. He was in the top 3 out of 100. His award was in the Sporting & Physical Activities category. Well done Leo – we are so proud of … Continue reading
January 18, 2023
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Celebrating our RRS Gold Award🏆👏
December 23, 2022
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Christmas Donations🎄
Thank you to the many organisations who have given us lots of donations for our families at Christmas time. We are grateful for the many personal donations given to support families. Thank you all for making this possible.⭐️
December 21, 2022
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The Inn Crowd
Primary 2 pupils performed their Nativity – The Inn Crowd to a packed audience. They were superstars and did a fantastic job singing, dancing and acting. They made everyone feel very Christmassy. Well done to everyone for their superb effort. … Continue reading
December 20, 2022
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We went to the Panto 🎄
December 20, 2022
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Santa came to Onthank 🎅🏼
We were delighted when Santa and his sleigh came to our school. He brought every class a sackful of presents. Thank you Santa for taking time to visit us. 🎅🏼
December 16, 2022
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Christmas Cuppa Round our Tree🎄☕️
We were feeling very festive as we had many parents and friends join us for a Christmas Cuppa. They were entertained by some of our pupils singing Christmas songs. This took place outside round our Christmas tree.🎄. Thank you to … Continue reading
December 16, 2022
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Home Alone – oh no we weren’t!
Our P6 and P7 pupils performed an amazing production of Home Alone. Everyone worked so hard and performed the show to the whole school and also three times to our families and our community. All performances were excellent – fantastic … Continue reading
December 14, 2022
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Singing for Hansel🎼🎤
Primary 3 pupils went to Sing for Hansel at Morrisons Supermarket. They sang beautifully and entertained the shoppers and made them feel very Christmassy.🎅🏽🧑🏻🎄Thank you to the many parents and friends who came along to hear the singing.👏👏.
December 14, 2022
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Santa Dash🎅🏼🧑🏼🎄🎅🏽🎅🏾🧑🏼🎄🧑🏻🎄🧑🏼🎄🧑🏾🎄
Article 15 We have the right to meet friends. We had great fun today taking part in our Santa Dash. It was very cold but we soon managed to heat up “ walking “ our Santa route. 🧑🏾🎄🧑🏻🎄🎅🏼🎅🏽
December 9, 2022
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Christmas Carol Concert 🎤🧑🏼🎄🎅🏼
Our fabulous Primary 3s made us all feel very Christmassy as they entertained Parents/Carers and friends. They sang a selection of Christmas songs and even had audience participation while singing The 12 Days of Christmas. It was wonderful to welcome … Continue reading
December 4, 2022
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Community Visit 🎼
Primary 2G and Miss Gall made Christmas Cards for all the residents in Crossgates Care Home. They were personally delivered and P2 sang to the residents who listened from their windows. Lots of clapping and cheering could be heard outside. … Continue reading
November 30, 2022
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St Andrew’s Day Tea Dances 🏴
We were delighted to welcome so many families to our St Andrew’s Day Tea Dance. It was a day of fun and celebration and was fantastic to see everyone enjoying themselves dancing. Today’s music was provided by 2 pupils and … Continue reading
November 25, 2022
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Fabulous Four from P5 Onthank
Abigail, Rowan, Lacey and Elise have been really busy over the last month, fundraising for Hillhouse Charity in Kilmarnock. They made a video to highlight their Christmas appeal for new pyjamas and toiletries for local families in need. They attend … Continue reading
November 18, 2022
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Children in Need
We were delighted to welcome Pudsey to Onthank Primary to help us celebrate Children In Need. We had a fun time with all our Pudsey activities. IMG_2248
November 14, 2022
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Our Partner School
We are delighted to share our first photographs from our Partner School : Kamzea Primary in Malawi.We look forward to exchanging information with this school and receiving more photographs.
November 8, 2022
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Wider Achievement🥇
Congratulations to all pupils who are achieving medals and awards out with school. 👏 Rowan P5 won 2 gold medals and a bronze at KilmarnockSchools’ Swimming Gala.Well done – we are so proud of you.⭐️ Rosalie from P1 did very … Continue reading
October 29, 2022
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Harvest deliveries🥫🥫
Our RRS Ambassadors delivered many bags to The Food Bank at NWKLEUS . We also had representatives from Knockinlaw Branching Out Community Initiative come to collect more bags and boxes of harvest items. These were very gratefully received by both … Continue reading
October 28, 2022
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Hallowe’en 👻💀
October 26, 2022
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Show Racism the Red Card✔️
Jordan from Kilmarnock Football Club visited P3 classes to discussShow Racism the Red Card. RRS Article 4 Governments must do all they can to make sure every child can enjoy their rights.
October 10, 2022
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World Porridge Day
Thank you to everyone who donated to World Porridge Day Charity- Mary’s Meals. We collected £121.68 . Thanks to our Parent Council helpers – Lindsay & Jackie and our RRS Ambassadors for their help with our bucket collection. Everyone was … Continue reading
October 6, 2022
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Book donation🌟📚
We are so grateful to have received a lovely donation of brand new library books for our children to enjoy. Thank you to Andrew p6F and his family.
October 5, 2022
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We got Gold RRS Accreditation⭐️🥇
We are super excited and delighted to tell you that we have been awarded Gold Rights Respecting School status. Thank to everyone for helping us achieve this fantastic award.👏⭐️
September 30, 2022
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Macmillan Coffee Day☕️🫖☕️🍩🍪🥧
A huge thank you to all our guests this morning for their generous donations towards our Macmillan Coffee Day. It was great to have everyone back in school and join us for coffee/ tea and cake. Thank you to our … Continue reading
September 28, 2022
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Community Litter Pick
Article 29 Your education should help you to use and develop your talents and abilities. It should also help you to learn to live peacefully. GLOBAL GOAL 6. Thank you to all the Parents/Carers who came along to help us. … Continue reading
September 7, 2022
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Meet The Teacher😀
We were delighted to welcome our Community back into school to Meet The Teacher and go into class and work with pupils. Everyone was excited to showcase their super work and have someone to help with their challenges set by … Continue reading
August 29, 2022
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Visit to Rugby Park⚽️
We were invited to Rugby Park to take part in a focus group to discuss existing programmes and ideas for improvement. We were delighted to have a museum tour and we had a photo opportunity on the pitch.