February 24, 2023
by Mr Swan
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Families, As part of a class project, P2C will be opening our very own ‘Clothing Stars’ Shop here in the school. #ShopWithUs Let’s tell you more about it! What we need? – P2C are warmly inviting our whole school community … Continue reading
May 15, 2019
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Today is National Numeracy Day. We are celebrating it as part of our Digital Week. Here are some websites you could try.
March 5, 2019
by eajulie.klein@glow
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Hello, We are the DFS pupil group for Onthank Primary School. We organise events like the DFS workshop and whole school assembly. We invited all pupils and parents/carers to come to the DFS workshop. There were lots of fun activities for everyone to do. We have … Continue reading
February 21, 2019
by Mr McNichol
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All of Primary 7 have been researching the life and work of famous mathematicians. Working collaboratively they have spent time today creating pages that will go towards creating a large book on the subject. Today has been spent researching and … Continue reading
January 10, 2019
by eajulie.klein@glow
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P6 Parents / Carers As a continuation of a whole school initiative of raising attainment, it has been decided that maths setting in P6 will cease as of Friday 11th January 2019. Following this date maths will be taught by … Continue reading
November 27, 2018
by ealesley.williams@glow
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We are all enjoying being active in our learning! Sometimes we learn best when we are cooperating with others, using interactive Maths materials, learning our phonemes through games and simply…having fun while learning! P3C have been beginning to divide. They … Continue reading
October 3, 2018
by eajulie.klein@glow
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Today as part of our Dyslexia Friendly Schools journey, the whole school was involved in NO PENS DAY WEDNESDAY. This is a national speaking and listening event which encourages exciting classroom discussion. Check out the blog for class photos.
October 3, 2018
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How did we cope without pens today? Well going by the enthusiastic response of the pupils, very well actually. With the help of snap cards, jigsaws, dominoes, division cards, general knowledge quiz, literacy criterion, problem solving, critical thinking, and teamwork, learning … Continue reading
September 12, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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This week is Maths Week Scotland and to coincide with this we’re launching the use of our brand new maths resource, Heinemann Active Maths! Active Maths proivdes our pupils with a range of activities and challenges to help develop their … Continue reading
June 5, 2018
by Miss Anderson
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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 … Continue reading
May 31, 2018
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P7B and P7S decide to make the most of the good weather and take their Numeracy lesson outside. Children split the playground into four sections and worked in groups using playground chalk to showcase their Number Talks strategies they have … Continue reading
March 20, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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Mr McIlwraith’s maths group have been using concrete materials to show their understanding of a tenth also being represented as a decimal. We can now convert tenths into decimal fractions and understand that these are part of a whole … Continue reading
