Category: Rights Respecting School

Podthank – September edition

This month P7 pupil leadership groups explain the Pupil Improvement Plan (pupil version of SIP) and have some very positive thoughts about it.

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 Level Rights Respecting School.

We are always very keen to teach our children about the importance of looking after the planet, while looking for new ways that we can contribute towards ECO and Sustainability Global Goals.

 We also appreciate that the buying of school uniform adds extra costs to families and want to try to help with this as much as possible, as well as finding sustainable ways to recycle the vast volume of un-named uniform items that lie unclaimed in our lost property area.

We are therefore inviting you to help support us, the planet and each other, by handing in any items of school uniform which are clean and in good condition, but are no longer required by your child. These items will then be sorted and recycled and a regular uniform stall will be set up to give you the opportunity to view and take away any items of uniform that can be put to good use by your child. All items are free and there will be no charge for any item at this stall.

 

                   

VE Day Celebration🇬🇧

Many classes celebrated 80th Anniversary of VE Day. P2/1 hoisted a VE Day flag to mark the occasion.Thank you to Isaac’s family for donating the flag to us.

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 throughout the school. Here are some wonderful photographs of  us celebrating World Book day.

 

 

 

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 part in voting. Thank you to our Chairs: Lucy, Olivia, Abigail and Shannon for playing their part in the competition.

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 Abbey
Abbey Foundation Nursery and Primary School is our school that provides education and care for orphans in Sourthern Uganda. 
The school caters to both orphans and some local paying students and is located just a few kilometers outside of the town of Lwengo.  The student population is mostly from Southern Uganda where many children have been affected by HIV/AIDS. Many of the students’ parents were killed by AIDS.
 Our vision is to have a sustainable school providing much needed education with continuity from pre-school to vocational courses. With a stimulating environment, innovative resources and a dedicated team of staff and volunteers.
 Our school enriches the lives of children and families in the greater Lwengo region and help form future leaders for Uganda.
The news of partnering with your school through British council website were received with joy!!
We look forward to hearing from you again and working together for a strong partnership between our schools.
I am grateful

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 Santa’s Elves for helping to wrap them all. The whole school was outside to sing/dance with Santa. Merry Christmas to all.

 

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 baking, toys, books and games. Our pupils did a great job making their crafts and working their own stalls. They have worked hard over the last few weeks to get the Fayre ready. A huge thank you to our Community for supporting us. It definitely made us all feel Christmassy.

 

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 our ideas. We are keen to encourage our School and Community to take action!

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: Caring for Our Environment’. We were able to share with the congregation what we do as an Eco School.  All pupils were a credit to the school.  We sent in posters which were displayed in the church. Well  done to our poster winners: Thea, Thomas & Clara.  

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 from our photos we all had a fabulous day.

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. Thank you also to Marisa from Mary’s Meals who came to  give a talk in P5s and to our P6 and P7 Ambassadors. Thank you to Fiona (Catering Manager) for making porridge to taste. Thank you.


 

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 Mossgeil Farm for donating our milk for this morning.🥛Many thanks to our Parent Helpers who gave us their time this morning to support our Primary 6s in organising the event. Well done to everyone☕️☕️☕️👏👏⭐️.

 

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 rights through various lessons.  The class charter is a way of ensuring that we work together to ensure everyone is able to enjoy their rights. Here are some examples of Class Charters.

Celebrating Success –Wider Achievement

In Onthank Primary we celebrate achievement in a variety of ways. All classrooms have systems for celebrating accomplishments and pupils are encouraged to share successes from out with school at our weekly, Monday Assembly. Parents/Carers are encouraged to email photos and updates of achievements from home: eg taking part in charity events, winning medals; we love to hear about our pupils’ successes and wider achievements. Photos and information will be displayed on our Wider Achievement Wall. It is important to acknowledge that learning takes place outside the classroom, at home and in the wider community:

  • helping in the home and in the community
  • hobbies and interests, such as participating in a sport/hobby
  • achieving an award: medal, certificate, cup
  • Charity events 🙂 

    Please use the form below to record details of your child’s achievement.                                                                      https://forms.office.com/e/X3TJcLiTwq  

    If you would like to email us a photograph related to the achievement, please send to glynis.findlay@eastayrshire.org.uk and include your child’s name and class.

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 school. This is a great way for pupils to donate their school uniforms. There is a great selection of cardigans , jumpers, dresses on display so please come along and help yourself. Thank you.

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 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.👏⚽️🏆