Category: Primary 7

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👏👏👏👏

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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.

P6/7 DANCE FEST is BACK! Sign Up NOW!

P6/7 Families,

Onthank are delighted to be invited to participate in East Ayrshire’s Dance Fest 2023 at The Palace Theatre Kilmarnock, celebrating dance and the impact of the arts on our communities.

What’s next?

Who can perform in Dance Fest? Any P6/7 pupil

When will the team rehearse? Every Friday after school 2.50pm – 4.15pm with Mr Swan

When do after school rehearsals start/finish? Friday 20 Jan – Friday 17 March

When is the performance? Date to be confirmed. Optional dates are 20/21/22 March. Mr Swan will confirm with families closer to the time.

Tickets? Onthank will be informed when tickets go on sale and this will be issued to families.

If your child would like to join our Dance Ambassadors please complete the form below. Ambassadors are invited to bring a change of clothes and extra juice/water/snack for rehearsals.

If you love performing, dance and expressive arts this is an exciting opportunity to perform on our local community stage for an audience of family and friends. Not to be missed! Please share with your child and sign up below!

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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 effort from all pupils and staff. 👏👏⭐️

Dragons at Ayrshire College⭐️

Four  Onthank pupils were invited to Ayrshire College to listen to pitches by college students. They were presenting to us about an events day which all of our P6s and P7s will attend in March.It was a very difficult choice for us, but in the end we put our “Dragon hats on and choose 4 winners. Well done Molly,Jaxon, Erin and Luke👏

Coronavirus and Onthank Primary’s plans

Thank you for your continued support as we,  like the rest of the country, respond to the situation in relation to Coronavirus.  I am very grateful for the measured, appropriate and cooperative response of parents/carers in helping us to manage this situation.

I am sure that you will appreciate that it is difficult to predict what the impact on schools might be in the future in what is clearly a rapidly changing picture. Please be assured that we continue to collaborate with, and act upon the advice of, the relevant organisations and are taking steps to plan for the future.  Like all East Ayrshire schools, we will use our school app to get information to you.
At the moment,  our priority is to maintain a calm learning environment for our young people. Whilst not wanting to be dismissive of the potential effects on the wider population, we want our pupils to understand that in the majority of cases the effects of the virus can be relatively mild.  Additionally, we will continue to reiterate through class lessons and assemblies, important messages about hygiene. Thank you for your support in reinforcing these messages too.
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Following a Headteacher meeting on Friday which focused on the impact of the Conorovirus,  schools were asked to look at Digital solutions to keep in touch which staff and children who are self-isolating,

As a  digital school, pupils at Onthank already use digital technology in a variety of ways such as Bug Club, Active Maths and children’s individual blogs.  We plan to continue and extend our use of Digital technology.  At this time we have created a Microsoft Team for each class from Primary 5 to 7.  We will be giving tutorials to classes over the next few days.  Children in these classes have been assigned a survey to complete.

Parents can support this by making sure that your child, where possible, can access their schoolwork via a home tablet, laptop, PC or smartphone.  If it is not possible to have access to the internet we will look for alternative solutions.

 

P5/6/7 Youth Club Reminder

Dear P5/6/7 Families,

We are having an excellent term so far at Youth Club with our young people creating the format of the sessions, providing activity choices and planning events! Unfortunately we don’t think a school sleepover can be accommodated!!

We would like to remind families Youth Club starts at 5.30pm and invite young people to arrive from 5.20pm at the earliest as adult supervision will not be provided until this time.

Thank you for your continued support!

#ouronthank #YouthClub

Onthank at Inverclyde

Mrs Wright had a fabulous visit to Inverclyde and was very proud of all the Onthank pupils. Staff from the centre commented on how well everyone was getting on and how pupils and staff supported each other. Pupils were full of stories about water sports, cycling around Millport, trampolining and much more.  Due to internet challenges we will share pictures and videos when the children return.

Here is a small taster …

Onthank @ Dance Fest – Support #ouronthank

P6/7 Families & Onthank Wider School Community,

I am delighted to announce our P6/7 Dance Ambassadors have been selected to perform at Dance Fest 2020 – congratulations for qualifying!

PERFORMANCE DATE: Wednesday 25th March 2020

VENUE: The Palace Theatre, Green Street, Kilmarnock KA1 3BN

TIME: 7pm – 9pm

TICKET PRICE: £8/£6

Tickets are available NOW from The Palace Theatre on 01563 554900.

All members of our school community are invited to support our P6/7 Dance Ambassadors and cheer on #ouronthank

Our 2020 Team will be taken by bus to The Palace Theatre on Wednesday 26th March at 2:30pm for a Dress Rehearsal on stage. The young people will then stay at the venue for the remainder of the evening with school staff. If you are a parent/carer and would also like to volunteer to supervise our team prior to the performance please let Mr Swan know.

Your child will need to bring a packed dinner to school on the day – as healthy as possible please prior to dancing!

Dancers will be given a costume requirements list from Mr Swan next week which he can speak through with at parent/carers on collection.

A DVD of the performance will be available to order on the evening through The Palace.

Parents/Carers – if you require any additional information at this stage you know where I am!

Mr S. #goteam #ouronthank #DanceFest2020 #THEBEST

Onthank’s Elf – 5* Reviews?!

This week our P6 and P7 classes are bringing the classic Christmas film, Elf to life on stage to celebrate the season Onthank Style!

A huge thank you to everyone who has purchased tickets and are attending one of our performances. We hope you enjoy Buddy’s journey from the North Pole to New York and we want to know your views!

Would you give it a 5 star rating?

Once you’ve shared the experience with us, comment below and let us know what you thought about our performances and our young people!

We will be sure to share your comments with staff and pupils.

 

ONTHANK’S ELF IS COMING TO TOWN – SHOW INFORMATION

Dear Families,

IT’S SHOW WEEK @ ONTHANK PRIMARY… AND EVERYONE IS INVITED!

Our P6/7 pupils have been working incredibly hard to bring this festive tale to life and celebrate the true meaning of Christmas @ #ouronthank  and this week we will see their efforts come to fruition!

So please remember the invitation is warmly extended to our full community, not just P6/7 families.

Book your tickets now on Parent Pay! 

Can all P7 pupils please arrive at school on Monday and Wednesday at 6pm prompt for costume, notes and final preparation bringing everything they need for the performance. They will be met by Mr Swan and guided to the Gym Hall by staff.

Can all P6 pupils please arrive at school on Monday and Wednesday at 6.30pm prompt IN COSTUME where they will be met by their teacher and guided to the Gym Hall by staff.

The show will start at 7pm prompt and  finish at 8:30pm (approx.) where all pupils will then be safely signed out to families from the Main Hall.

Pupils will also need their costume for the performance on Tuesday @ 10am. P6 pupils can wear their costume to school if easier for the family.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Swan or comment below and he will help at anytime.

Let’s give our P6/7 young people the full house, applause and support they so thoroughly deserve! See you there!

#ouronthank #elf

 

Athletics Champions ???

Fantastic achievement from our current athletics team – making us champions 3 years running! Huge amount of talent and team spirit was shown from all involved.

Thank you to Murrie for helping us train and to the supporters who endured the freezing cold arena! Brilliant to have some of our ex-athletes supporting us too! ?

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Sportshall Athletics Final

The Athletics Final will take place at the Athletics Arena, Friday 8th November. The competition starts at 6.30pm and will finish approx 8.15pm.

The team should arrive at 6pm in black/dark leggings/shorts, athletics t-shirt and should bring a non-fizzy drink and snack. Please bring a warm jacket/jumper to wear when not competing as the hall is cold.  Seating is roughly calculated at 2 seats per child.

Let’s go Onthank!

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Strategy Club

The first meeting of the strategy club was a great success this afternoon with over twenty people attending!  The best bit was when people got the chance to teach how to play their games to Mrs McKie and Miss McKelvey.  Looking forward to next week’s session already. ? A

We are in the finals!

Congratulations to our P7 Athletics Team who qualified for the East Ayrshire Sportshall Athletics Final! 🙂                      Image result for well done clipart

The final will take place at the arena Friday 8th November, time to be confirmed.

Training will take place at the arena Wednesday 30th October and Wednesday 6th November, 4 – 5pm.

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Athletics Heat Winners

Congratulations to our athletics team who won their heat this afternoon. Amazing talent and teamwork was shown by our pupils. 

Go Team Onthank! ??

 

Sportshall Athletics Heat

Our P7 Athletics Team will be participating in their heat Wednesday 2 October at the Athletics Arena. The team will leave school at 11.45am and return at approx 2.45pm.

Children should wear sports clothes and athletics T-shirt to school that day. If possible, please bring a packed lunch. A packed lunch will be provided for anyone entitled to one. A non fizzy drink and healthy snack can be  taken to the competition.

At this stage of the competition, parents/careers are not required to attend.

Please note, there is no athletics  training next week. 

 

Ayrshire Music Festival

Congratulations and well done to P6 pupils Emily Tosh,  Stuart Anderson, Thomas Urqhart and P7 pupils Alix Hartley and Abbie Stevenson who recently took part in the Ayrshire Music Festival, Double Bass Solo Class.

A special well done goes to Stuart and Alix who both won their class.

Thank you Emily for providing the photo!

Famous Mathematicians

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 planning their pages  which they will they will then present to their classmates.  judging by today’s efforts we are going to have some great presentations.