Author: Miss Anderson

Dean Castle Rangers to P6

Primary 6 will be working with two Dean Castle Rangers on Tuesday 2nd October and Tuesday 23rd October. In these sessions, the children will participate in tree identification and den building activities at the Foxes area near the school. These activities link into our John Muir Award and the Wilderness Wars novel that we are currently reading in class.

Parents, carers and grandparents are welcome to join us on these sessions. If you can come along then please complete the form below.

Children should wear outdoor clothing to school on these days but have their school uniform in their school bags to change into afterwards. Wellies/boots should be worn also.  Spare socks are always a great idea!

P6K – 9.15 – 10.45
P6A – 11 – 12.30
P6M – 1.30 – 3pm

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P6 Trip to Dumfries House

The Primary 6’s are heading to Dumfries House as part of their Outdoor Learning experiences.

Complete the form below if you are able to help on the day. Please note, each class is going on a different day.

P6M – Wednesday 3rd October
P6A – Thursday 4th October
P6K – Friday 5th October

The office will contact you if your help is required for this trip.

 

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Athletics Final

For P7 Athletics Team Members Only

The Athletics Final takes place at the Athletics Arena, Friday 28th September. The children have to arrive at the arena at 6pm sharp and the competition should run from 6.30-8.30pm.

The children should wear black or dark coloured shorts/leggings and their athletics t-shirt. The children should also bring water and healthy snack.  Warm clothing is also encouraged as the arena can be cold at this time of year.

Parents are welcome to attend this event to cheer the team on! Seating is roughly calculated at one adult per child but if two adults attend or brothers and sisters need to come for childcare purposes I’m sure it’ll be ok.

Please complete this form in advance of the competition.

We look forward to seeing you on Friday night! Let’s go Onthank!

Miss Anderson and Mrs Klein

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P7 Athletics Team are off to a flying start!

Our P7 Athletics team participated in their heat of the Sportshall Athletics and competed against James Hamilton Primary, Whatriggs Primary and Crosshouse Primary. The team performed incredibly well and comfortably won the heat. They will find out next week if they have qualified for the final at the end of September.

Well done to all involved! Go Team Onthank!

P6 John Muir Award Celebration

P6 had a great turnout for Onthank’s first ever John Muir Award Celebration this afternoon. Our P6s have been learning that John Muir was a Scottish born conservationalist, who lived in the late 1800s and later moved to America to found of some of their National Parks.

The award encourages children to explore natural areas near the school and over time develop and conserve them. You may have noticed that trees have been planted at the front of the school and a wide selection of vegetables have been planted near the nursery.

Congratulations to our P6 pupils, you have worked extremely hard! Thanks to all who came along to help us celebrate. We hope you had a good time and learned something new!

Please contact the office if you would be able to help us water and care for the plants over the summer holidays.

 

Our P6 Euro Quiz team headed to the Scottish Parliament today. They competed against 31 other schools from around Scotland, in the final of this year’s quiz. While not coming top 3, our team answered many challenging questions. Huge congratulations to the boys for their hard work in studying for the quiz. Everyone is very proud of you!

P6A created Nature Palettes

P6A headed out to garden to look at the colours, scents and textures in nature. The children selected natural items and stuck them to their ‘Nature Palette’.

Rhys said, ‘I was surprised by how soft the leaves were.’

Owen shared, ‘When I was looking at the flowers, I saw lavender and it smelt so good!’

Once back in the classroom, Liam interviewed Ellie and they discussed the lesson and heard more about Ellie’s choices for her Nature Palette.  Watch the video below.

Thank you PTA for our Fit 15 boxes!

With help from our PTA, Mrs Carten and Mrs Saxelby were able to purchase Fit 15 resources for every stage.  All children have thoroughly enjoyed playing with the equipment. Thank you!