Every class in school has been given a country to follow during the Euros. We started our celebrations early with our own class tournaments. We had Rose Reilly to visit during our assembly. Blair Gray from Football Fun Factory gave us his time and lots of pupils visited his activities. We had staff v pupils football game. Everyone came to school in football clothes or sporty clothes to take part in our activities. Well done to all – we had fun despite the weather.👏⚽️🏆
#OurOnthank Families,
What a great fortnight we have shared with our young people settling into their new stage.
To advance outdoor learning experiences, we would like to give a community shout out for the following resources:
We are looking to create an outdoor music zone, and would welcome any other resources you feel would contribute well to this.
We thank you in advance for this act of kindness. Any resources can be handed in to the main office.
Thank you,
#OurOnthank
Primary 6 recently visited the Dean Park to be Danger Detectives. They learned how to stay safe at home and in different environments.
P7s are off to Lockerbie.😀
Families,
We are excited to share #OurOnthank After School Activities timetable with you!
These activities will run from October – December.
Our learning community will then participate in a short evaluation on the activities, shaping our January – June programme that will be announced in the New Year.
As our parent/carer community family, if you have any special skills or talents and would like to lead or help lead an activity, please join us and get involved.
Mr Swan will provide confirmation to each family that their child has a place via letter before the October holiday.
Welcome back to #OurOnthank Activities – follow the link below and SIGN UP NOW! Please note we request you complete an individual form per child.
LINK – https://forms.office.com/r/zXrLjZh7Ac
Families,
We are delighted to proudly introduce to you, the newest members of #OurOnthank Community – our 5 wonderful hens!
As part of our Food for Thought/Outdoor Learning initiative, our whole school community will have the opportunity to meet our hens and participate in related active learning experiences. We have already had some healthy eggs that we plan to offer to friends within the community.
However, our hens have yet to be named, so we need your help!
Complete the short form below and tell us the perfect name for one of our hens by Wed 31 August!
Our Pupil Council, Mrs Andrew & Mr Stewart will vote and our winning names will be announced on Fri 2 Sept.
Good Luck!
P7s are having a great time away for the weekend. Enjoy. We can’t wait to hear all your exciting stories when you get back.
We had a special delivery this morning to our school garden. Keep watching to see what’s happening… 🐹🐥Zak’s papa was the delivery driver from Jewsons⭐️.
#OurOnthank Families,
It is with great excitement we announce the return of #OurOnthank Activities!
Some important information to remember when signing up you child:
We are working closely with friends at Active Schools to offer as diverse a programme as possible and will be adding more activities after Easter, including P1/2 Arts & Crafts.
If you have aby questions please contact the school on 01563 525477 or email Mr Swan at steven.swan@eastayrshire.org.uk Happy to help anytime!
Please complete the FORM below to register your child.
Sign Up CLOSES SUNDAY 27 FEB – sign up NOW!
We can’t wait to welcome you back to #OurOnthank After School Activities!
Please vote for Onthank’s entry which has been designed by Erin in P4K. MULTICOLOURED OPTION 2. 
Four designs from different schools will go to a Twitter poll to select the winning design . The winner will be invited along to help paint the milepost.
Voting is now live until Friday 13th March at : https://twitter.com/SustransScot/status/123695663465
THANKS FOR VOTING!
After a very active day our P7s enjoyed their dinner at Inverclyde Sports Centre.
Over the summer the P6 Dig for Victory effort has produced an abundance of fruit and vegetables. Pupils will return to school next week and can enjoy some of the produce we gave to the kitchen to prepare. Well done everyone in last sessions P2, P3, and P6.
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Just reminding families that P2 are walking to and from the Dean tomorrow morning. It’s to be wet so make sure appropriate clothing is worn and send them with a change of shoes, trousers and socks just in case they get very wet.
No money needed. Just carry a snack and drink.
Thanks
Next week it is Positive Choices Week in school. All pupils will be involved in a variety of activities: eg judo, boxing, fruit tasting, Fitness activities, football, tennis, hand washing ,gardening, hygiene talks, cyber bullying talks,Tai kwon do, curling ? and a spring Clean. Pupils will be timetabled during the week to be involved in some of the activities.
On a Wednesday afternoon P3 will be participating in ‘Outdoor Learning’.
Today we got our wellies on and we went on a hunt for some Autumn leaves. We had so much fun!
Back in class we enjoyed an Art lesson using our favourite leaf. We had to study the markings and colours on the leaf.
Pupils should remember to bring wellies or outdoor shoes every Wednesday to allow them to participate.
P6K had a fabulous time at Pierburg, Dumfries House.
We spent the day learning about plants and vegetables with Michelle and Trudy. We were lucky enough to harvest our own vegetables from the garden, make some delicious soup and plant some Chard.
Today P6A headed to Dumfries House to visit Valentin Farm. The children had a great day and learned lots along away. Highlights from today were ‘milking’ a cow, feeding the animals and holding chicks.
Thanks to our parent helpers for their fantastic assistance today!
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
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.
P6K endured the heat of the last day of school to harvest their potatoes. Mucky hands and smiley faces all round.
Well done to everyone who took part in cycling training and passed their test. They received certificates and badges and are now very able to go on the road. Thank you to Karen Paterson for the time and effort she put into training the boys and girls to reach their level .?
P1A and P1C were very busy reading, writing and spelling this morning with a mixture of activities outside and inside.
Some children used water or chalk to write letters and words, while others played in groups with board games, flash cards or play dough. Mrs Cree and I were very impressed by the children’s concentration!!
Primary 3 have had a busy few weeks!
Last week children enjoyed our Water Fun Day and yesterday we all went down to the Dean Park to hide our decorated rocks. If you are at the Dean Park over the Summer holidays you may be able to find some of our rocks! #onthankrocks
Our residential week away is almost over! Check out our P7 residential blog page to see what we have been up to at Dalguise.
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Congratulations to our P6 pupils and teachers who received their John Muir Award today. It was a super busy afternoon with parents and guests invited to see all the hard work which has been done over the last year. Well done everyone!
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.
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 been learning for each of the four basic operations.
Working together to improve our local environment. Look out for Onthank Primary in the Kilmarnock Standard. The picture above is one of our new P1 children who will be starting in August.
