P7s are off to Lockerbie.π
Category: Rights Respecting School
World Book Day ππ·π·π·
Articles 17, 29 and 31.
#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 to kick start your Spring Clear Out and donate any items of clothing/shoes/accessories that you no longer wear/need/want to our shop. Our shop hopes to sell items for the whole family, from adults to children – all clothing styles/ages warmly received.
When can you donate? – Our shop supervisor (Mrs Cohen!) will be accepting donations on Mon 27 Feb, Tues 28 Feb and Wed 1 March. Although young people are not in school next Tues/Wed you are invited to drop donations into our Main Office. All items will be washed before ‘re-sale’.
Why has our shop opened? – P2C wish to support the community and tackle clothing recycling, also in line with our Clean Green Ayrshire mission. P2 created this idea to support Fairtrade Fortnight, during which our shop will operate.
Shop Opening Times:
Friday 3 March 9.15am – 9.45amΒ
Monday 6 March 9.15am – 9.45amΒ
Wednesday 8 March 9.15am – 9.45am
Friday 10 March 9.15am – 9.45am
Our shop can be extended at the need and request of our community.
How do I pay for items?
This is the best part! Anyone visiting our shop will be provided with Monopoly money upon arrival to purchase items. Our P2 Shop Assistants will develop their numeracy skills linked to money while operating our till.
Who can come to our shop?
EVERYONE IS WELCOME AT ‘THE CLOTHING STARS’ SHOP. Come and find the best bargain in town and find your Spring/Summer wardrobe with us.
We can’t wait to welcome #OurOnthank Community.
Thank you from Mrs Cohen & P2C
#FairtradeFortnight #CleanGreenRecycling #ClothingStars #ShopWithUs
World Thinking Day
Well done to everyone who took part in World Thinking Day.βοΈ
Article 15: All children have the right to meet with others and to join or set up associations , unless in doing so they violate the rights of others.
Article 24: Every child has the right to good quality health care.
Wider AchievementβοΈ
Well done π. We are so proud if youπ
Scottish Poetry Competitionπ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
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.πWell done to all of our Finalists.
#OurOnthank After School Activities 2023 – SIGN UP NOW!
#OURONTHANK AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 2023 ARE BACK!Β
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 parent/carer volunteers grow, we may be able to offer more activities in the coming weeks. If you would like to get involved and #joinus please contact Mr Swan steven.swan@eastayrshire.org.uk/01563 525477 anytime.
Please follow the link and complete the form below. Sign up closes on Tuesday 14 February.
https://forms.office.com/e/G3Vktw5YCz
Activity confirmation will be issued via email no later than Friday 17 February.
Have a great day!
Burns Supper P3Mπ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Mrs Merrickβs class organised their own Burns Supper.They were superπ
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CongratulationsβοΈ
Congratulations to Leo P6 for achieving success at East Ayrshire Youth Awards. He was in the top 3 out of 100. His award was in the Sporting & Physical Activities category. Well done Leo – we are so proud of youππ.
Celebrating our RRS Gold Awardππ
Christmas Donationsπ
Thank you to the many organisations who have given us lots of donations for our families at Christmas time.
We are grateful for the many personal donations given to support families. Thank you all for making this possible.βοΈ
We went to the Panto π
Santa came to Onthank π πΌ
We were delighted when Santa and his sleigh came to our school. He brought every class a sackful of presents. Thank you Santa for taking time to visit us. π
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Christmas Cuppa Round our TreeπβοΈ
We were feeling very festive as we had many parents and friends join us for a Christmas Cuppa. They were entertained by some of our pupils singing Christmas songs. This took place outside round our Christmas tree.π. Thank you to all who wrapped up Β warm and enjoyed the wonderful singing.π§πΌβππ
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Santa Dashπ πΌπ§πΌβππ π½π πΎπ§πΌβππ§π»βππ§πΌβππ§πΎβπ
Article 15 Β We have the right to meet friends.
We had great fun today taking part in our Santa Dash. It was very cold but we soon managed to heat up β walking β our Santa route. π§πΎβππ§π»βππ
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Christmas Carol Concert π€π§πΌβππ πΌ
Our fabulous Primary 3s made us all feel very Christmassy as they entertained Parents/Carers and friends. They sang a selection of Christmas songs and even had audience participation while singing The 12 Days of Christmas. It was wonderful to welcome so many friends back Β into school. Thank you to everyone who helped make this event – a fabulous experience. βItβs beginning to look a lot like Christmasβ.ππ
Some of our P3 Choir will be singing in Morrisons, Kilmarnock on Wednesday at 1.00pm. They are singing for Hansel. Please come along and support them.
Community Visit πΌ
Primary 2G and Miss Gall made Christmas Cards for all the residents in Crossgates Β Care Home. They were personally delivered and P2 sang to the residents who listened from their windows. Lots of clapping and cheering could be heard outside. Thank you everyone ππ πΌπ§πΌβπ.
St Andrewβs Day Tea Dances π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
We were delighted to welcome so many families to our St Andrewβs Day Tea Dance. It was a day of fun and celebration and was fantastic to see everyone enjoying themselves dancing. Todayβs music was provided by 2 pupils and a teacher from Kilmarnock Academy- they played all day and did a fantastic job. Well done to our P7 pupils and Mrs Carten for leading the dances. A huge thank you to Mr Swan for his exuberance in keeping it all going and entertaining us all.πThank you to everyone for your generous donations .βοΈ
Anti-Bullying Week #ListenUpRespectOurRights
What a week so far at #OurOnthank as we #ListenUp and spread awareness for respectme Scotland Anti-Bullying week campaign ‘Respect our Rights’.
We’ve seen odd socks, many a crazy hairstyle, and united in red to support Show Racism the Red Card.
Our young people have designed ‘One Kind Word’ compliment hands for each other, created Community Kindness messages for local friends, and will be led by our Pupil Council and RRS Ambassador tomorrow in their own assembly.
Join us and ‘share a smile’ with family, friends, colleagues, or someone you think needs reminding how special they are. #kindnessiskey
Our Partner School
We are delighted to share our first photographs from our Partner School : Kamzea Primary in Malawi.We look forward to exchanging information with this school and receiving more photographs.
Wider Achievementπ₯
Congratulations to all pupils who are achieving medals and awards out with school. π
Rowan P5 won 2 gold medals and a bronze at KilmarnockSchoolsβ Swimming Gala.Well done – we are so proud of you.βοΈ Rosalie from P1 did very well and achieved a swimming badge and certificate Β at Starfish LevelβοΈ.
Well done to Hazel P5 who won a gold medal and 2 bronze medals at Senjokai Karate. βοΈWe are delighted to share your good news.
Jessica won a bronze medal at Senjokai Karate Championship Competition. Your moves are fab. Good luck with your next competitionβοΈ
We are proud to share your awards at our weekly assemblies – please bring them to school to show.
Harvest deliveriesπ₯«π₯«
Our RRS Ambassadors delivered many bags to The Food Bank at NWKLEUS .
We also Β had representatives from Knockinlaw Branching Out Community Initiative come to collect more bags and boxes of harvest items. These were very gratefully received by both places. A huge thank you to all who donated items towards our Harvest for our community. βοΈ
Halloweβen π»π
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Show Racism the Red CardβοΈ
Jordan from Kilmarnock Football Club visited P3 classes to discussShow Racism the Red Card.
RRS Article 4 Governments must do all they can to make sure every child can enjoy their rights.
World Porridge Day
Thank you to everyone who donated to World Porridge Day Charity- Maryβs Meals. We collected Β£121.68 . Thanks to our Parent Council helpers – Lindsay & Jackie and our RRS Ambassadors for their help with our bucket collection. Everyone was invited to taste porridge today: Β some said βno thank youβ and others loved it!
We got Gold RRS AccreditationβοΈπ₯
We are super excited and delighted to tell you that we have been awarded Gold Rights Respecting School status. Thank to everyone for helping us achieve this fantastic award.πβοΈ
Macmillan Coffee DayβοΈπ«βοΈπ©πͺπ₯§
A huge thank you to all our guests this morning for their generous donations towards our Macmillan Coffee Day. It was great to have everyone back in school and join us for coffee/ tea and cake.
Thank you to our pupil and adult helpers who did an amazing job. βοΈSpecial thanks to Fiona & Nicola our Catering Managers for the scrumptious baking. What a fab choice!
We also would like to thank GMC Corsehill Ltd for supplying and donating our table covers and green napkins. Β A& A Spittal for the delicious strawberry πdonation and Mossgeil Dairy for supplying and donating the milk today.
Well done everyone for your super efforts we have raised over Β£1200. THANK YOUπ
Article 15 You have the right to meet friends .
Community Litter Pick
Article 29 Your education should help you to use and develop your talents and abilities. It should also help you to learn to live peacefully. GLOBAL GOAL 6. Thank you to all the Parents/Carers who came along to help us.
Meet The Teacherπ
We were delighted to welcome our Community back into school to Meet The Teacher and go into class and work with pupils. Everyone was excited to showcase their super work and have someone to help with their challenges set by their teacher. Thank you for all the positive feedback.βοΈ
Visit to Rugby Parkβ½οΈ
We were invited to Rugby Park to take part in a focus group to discuss existing programmes and ideas for improvement. We were delighted to have a museum tour and we had a photo opportunity on the pitch.
