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

February 8, 2025
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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

December 26, 2024
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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 25, 2024
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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
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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
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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

September 27, 2024
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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
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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 15, 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

September 16, 2023
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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
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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
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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

May 31, 2023
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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 11, 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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