Onthank Primary School

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August 9, 2025
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Reduce, Re-use, Recycle

Uniform Recycling    We are delighted to continue Onthank’s School Uniform Recycling System. We are committed to continuing to meet the important ECO School Status criteria and are also proud of our achievement of being recognised as a UNICEF Gold … Continue reading

March 6, 2025
by Mrs Findlay
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World Book Day📚⚽️

We were delighted to welcome Captain Conker and Darryl to our school to read to our P1 and P2 pupils. They left us copies of  Captain Conker and The Dastardly Plan to read ourselves. Lots of other activities took place … Continue reading

February 8, 2025
by Mrs Findlay
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Scottish Poetry

Well done to all pupils who learned their Scottish Poems and recited them in class. We held our Class Winners’ Competition and everyone was excellent. Thank you to all Pupil Council Reps and all Rights Respecting School Ambassadors for their … Continue reading

January 26, 2025
by Mrs Findlay
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New Partner School in Uganda

We are delighted to inform you that we have a new Partner School in Uganda. We look forward to sharing our school news and finding out about Abbey Foundation Nursery and Primary School.  Please see email from HT : Kayto … Continue reading

December 26, 2024
by Mrs Findlay
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Santa visited Onthank🎅🏼🧑🏼‍🎄

We were delighted to welcome Santa to our school. He delivered presents for all of our P1-P3 pupils. Thank you to our generous Parent Council for helping Santa to choose  books for all our P1-P3 pupils. Thank you also to … Continue reading

November 29, 2024
by Mrs Findlay
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Onthank Christmas Fayre

Thank you to everyone who came along to our school Christmas Fayre. We were delighted to welcome so many visitors to our school. Thank you to all who gave their time to help out and to those who donated home … Continue reading

November 25, 2024
by Mrs Findlay
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World Children’s Day

We celebrated World Children’s Day by taking part in an online UNICEF Assembly with over 25o schools across Scotland. We learned about the importance of Climate Change and how this links to Children’s Rights. We worked in groups to brainstorm … Continue reading

November 25, 2024
by Mrs Findlay
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Seeds of Change NLK

A huge well done and thank you to  Elise, Olivia, Thea, Lewis and Hayden who who represented  our school at the Fellowship of Kilmarnock Churches event  at the New Laigh Kirk. The theme of the event was ‘Seeds of Change: … Continue reading

November 15, 2024
by Mrs Findlay
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Pudsey visited Onthank Primary

Thank you to everyone for your kind donations. We have counted £417 so far. We were delighted to welcome Pudsey to our school this morning. We also had a fun time dancing outside with Mr Swan. As you can see … Continue reading

October 10, 2024
by Mrs Findlay
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World Porridge Day

Thank you to everyone for your kind donations towards Mary’s Meals Charity. We had the opportunity to taste porridge in school this morning. Thank you to Mr Swan’s Dance Group who gave us a contribution towards our total of £145.08. … Continue reading

September 27, 2024
by Mrs Findlay
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Macmillan Coffee Morning☕️

Thank you to everyone for your kind and generous donations of baking. Thank you also for the money donations towards Macmillan Cancer Care: we are overwhelmed to announce that we have raised £1002 for this worthwhile charity. Thank you to … Continue reading

September 1, 2024
by Mrs Findlay
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Rights Respecting School

Class Charters At the start of each new school year, each class works with their teacher to create a class charter.  They choose focused Articles from the UNCRC to explore and include in their charter, however they do investigate all … Continue reading

June 16, 2024
by Mrs Findlay
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Uniform Swap shop -recycle and reuse your uniforms.

  Does your child have a uniform that they have outgrown? Please drop it off into our School  Swap shop. The shop is in our school reception area or hand it to  a member of staff or send it into … Continue reading

June 15, 2024
by Mrs Findlay
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Onthank Euros⚽️

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 … Continue reading

April 17, 2024
by Mrs Findlay
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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 1, 2024
by Mrs Findlay
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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
by Mrs Findlay
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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

December 14, 2023
by Mrs Findlay
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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 6, 2023
by Mrs Findlay
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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

November 12, 2023
by Mrs Findlay
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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

September 29, 2023
by Mrs Findlay
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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
by Mrs Findlay
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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 16, 2023
by Mrs Findlay
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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 14, 2023
by Mrs Findlay
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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

August 23, 2023
by Mrs Findlay
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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

June 20, 2023
by Mrs Findlay
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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 8, 2023
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P3 Visit to Mount Carmel Church

P3 enjoyed an entertaining and enlightening visit to the church today where Father Martin spoke about the artefacts, read a story and taught the children a song.

May 31, 2023
by Mr Swan
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Onthank’s Got TALENT! Sign Up NOW!

Onthank’s Got Talent – Thursday 22 June @ 6.30pm Families, ‘Onthank’s Got Talent’ is back and we are excited to share information with you. We are always amazed at the talent within #OurOnthank community and what better way to showcase … Continue reading

May 19, 2023
by Mrs Findlay
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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 11, 2023
by Mrs Findlay
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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
by Mrs Findlay
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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

February 24, 2023
by Mr Swan
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#OurOnthank Shop With Us Clothing Stars

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

February 8, 2023
by Mrs Findlay
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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.

February 6, 2023
by Mr Swan
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#OurOnthank After School Activities 2023 – SIGN UP NOW!

#OURONTHANK AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 2023 ARE BACK!  Families, We are excited to share our after school activities from Feb 2023 – June 2023. Activities come in partnership with Active Schools and the kindness of staff volunteer time. As partnerships and … Continue reading

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