Despite the sun hiding we all had a fun time during lunch time at our Beach Party. We sat on our picnic blankets with our friends to eat our lunch. We loved the ice lollies and listening to the music.🍭

Well done to our pupils who received Perfect Attendance certificates today.👏👏💯

We were so excited to welcome Jordan and Captain Cocker to our school. They brought us The Scottish Championship Cup which were were delighted to see. Jaxon and Shaw from P6 presented their Kilmarnock PowerPoint at assembly and we learned lots about Killie. Well done boys.👏Captain Conker entertained us with his dancing and high fives. The Cup and Captain Conker paraded round the playground where the whole school were all waiting for a look at the Cup. Thank you KFC for this exciting visit.⚽️🏆

Well done to Hazel for winning the SKGB Grand Prix Champion Award for karate. We are so proud of you👏👏

Well done to Dean Thistle boys who won medals at a tournament in Ayr.  We can’t wait till you play in our school team.⚽️👏🥇

We had a super day to end our Positive Choices Week. Fiona , our Catering Manager told P1s what she uses to make their lunches. They loved seeing the huge block of cheese.

Alan & Freddie from Ayrshire College organised lots of activities for our P5s and P6s. Everyone took part and had a great time.

Jai from Ayrshire College was involved in Multisports Activities with1, P2 and P3 classes. He showed us lots of games to play.

Eleanor & Fiona from Ayrshire College gave us ideas on fun games and activities while using a parachute. Primary 4s were the lucky classes to experience this activity.

Elaine Paton ( P5 parent) showed P5 classes a presentation about her and her job. Elaine is an ex Onthank pupil and was delighted to be back in school.

Many thanks to everyone who has supported our Positive Choices week. Thank you to Cheryl Fulton, our Active Schools Coordinator who worked closely with the school to arrange the week’s College students.⭐️

Our Walk to School theme for Friday was “wear something bright – to be seen”.🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

We had a great day with lots of outside activities.☀️Kilmarnock Football Club brought their HEXAGOAL for P5, P6 and P7s. They loved their time on it. ⚽️
Louise Hannah and Lisa were doing Multisports with P1, P2 and P3s. They had a great time outside taking part in lots of activities.🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️
Tracy Smith from Tesco was in Primary 4s telling about her job in Tesco and about what happens in store. She very kindly gave everyone freshly made pancakes.🥞
PC Jen Scade brought her riot gear to show us and some of the pupils got to try it on. Two other PCs arrived with their Police Van which we were able to go inside. PC Jen also gave us a gift to take away.⭐️
Our own Senior Clerical Assistant – Mrs Andrew showed off her First Aid skills to all P2s. She told us what she has to do if we are hurt or unwell. 👏

Marie Macklin visited us today to talk about HALO, creating a new World for our children and Climate Change. Everyone was  keen to listen and were excited about planning a visit to HALO.- Kilmarnock’s new business and living quarter. Marie very kindly gave us two fabulous gifts – globes and IPad. Thank you. We can’t wait to use these new gifts. We look forward to asking Marie back to visit her former Primary School.

Today we walked to school wearing sunglasses 😎🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽🕶

Thank you to our visitors today. We had Tracy Smith, Tesco Community Champion in to tell Primary 3s about shopping in store. She read them a story  and we asked her lots of questions about her job. She gave us delicious muffins for a treat. 🧁

Ashley gave P5,6 and 7 classes a taster session in Rugby. She gave us a good idea of how to play the game.🏈

Fiona our Catering Manager informed P4 about where our food comes from to make our school lunches. She told us where she orders various foods from – all food item  are sourced locally.

Our School First Aider Mrs Muir spoke to P3s and P1s about what First Aid she does in school. She also told us about some of the accidents she has to deal with. Everyone wants a plaster😀!

Colin our School Crossing Patroller told P1 about Road Safety and how he helps us cross the road safely.

It was also Walk to School Week’s Wacky Wednesday when we showed off our crazy hair.

We welcomed more visitors to our school today. David Haggerty came to talk to P1 P2 and P3s about his job in the Fire Service. He showed us fire equipment and allowed some teachers to try it on. ⭐️
Mr Swan held drama sessions with P4 classes.They had great fun making up their scenarios.

P6 classes visited the Boxing Club in Onthank. Kieran was a great coach and everyone enjoyed trying the boxing.🥊🥊

Mark  and his friends showed his cricket skills to P5s. He gave lots of information and P5s were very good at batting the ball.⚾️They enjoyed their time at cricket.

Kilmarnock Football Club brought us HEXAGOAL. All P3 and P4 classes had a great time at this activity.⚽️⚽️
John Gall from Brownings the Bakers went to P4 to tell them about hid factory and what he makes. A surprise visitor,  Pieman joined us in P4.

Ayrshire College students Louise, Hannah and Lisa took lots of classes for Fitness Sessions.  Everyone enjoyed all the activities.

Tracy from Tesco visited Primary 2 and told them lots of information about shopping in Tesco. She very kindly brought them pancakes.🥞

We had a busy first day to kick off Positive Choices Week. Our Primary Two classes visited Spar Onthank and were shown round the shop.” I really liked working at the till,” Ava. Mr Hoynes gave us all a packet of sweets as we left. Customers in the shop said we were very well mannered.⭐️
Colin the Lollipop Man visited P1 and  P3 to remind us about Road Safety. He told us about his job.👏

Mr Swan entertained us by teaching us some drama skills. It was fun and everyone enjoyed their lessons. 🏆

Tracy Smith TESCO Community Champion visited Primary 1 classrooms and told us a great story and we learned about Tesco. She brought us all yummy pancakes. 🥞

Ben Callaghan showed off his Tae Kwan Do skills to P4, P5 and P7s. We had a great time trying out the moves. 🤼

Ashley worked with P2s and P3s to introduce some fun games. We enjoyed “rock, paper , scissors”.👍🏻

PC Irving brought in her riot gear and shield and showed us how it is used. We were allowed to hold the equipment .She told us lots about her job as a Police Person.⭐️
Mrs Duncan from our school office spoke to P6s about how she has learned First Aid and she showed us how she looks after us in school. ⛑

We also took part in Walk to School Week and wore odd socks.

We celebrated Kindness Day and designed cups for our school and Community. We delivered Kindness Posters  to our Community: they were gratefully received by everyone. Look out for our posters on display 💙.

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We are delighted to present our Pupil Voice groups with lanyards to show their responsibility group in school. Here are some photographs from our groups:
Pupil Council, Rights Respecting School, Eco Committee, Health & Safety Officers, Lost Property Detectives, Digital Leaders and Waste Wardens.

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Well done to all our class finalists who performed their poem to the whole school through Teams. They were all fantastic. Classes voted for the top 3 overall winners. Congratulations to Ellie P1M , Abigail P4W and Molly P6N 👏👏. Every finalist received a Burns medal and a certificate.⭐️ We are very proud if you.🏆

We celebrated Burns’ Day by wearing tartan, enjoying poetry and doing lots of Burns related activities.  We had a special Scottish menu at lunch time.

We wished Mrs Wright all the best on her 50th birthday . Everyone dressed in blue / white or Killie clothes to help celebrate. Captain Conker was our surprise visitor . We also sang our own Onthank version of Paper Roses🎶.

Happy birthday from all at Onthank Primary.👏⭐️🎂❤️