Category: Wider life

ONTHANK TEA DANCE ‘Tea for two, and two for tea…’

Good Morning Families,

Last week, your young person was given an invitation for your family to attend Onthank Primary’s Tea Dance! Please see more information below and complete the attached form! Thank you!

When? Friday 29th November

P1/2: 9.15am – 10.45am

P3/4: 11am – 12.15pm

P5/6/7: 1.30pm – 2.45pm

Where? Onthank Primary Assembly Hall

Who? Grandparents and family are welcome to attend

Pupils will be brought along throughout the session to share the experience with their family member/s.

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Come along and join our Primary 6 pupils  who will be leading the dances with our special guest live band from Kilmarnock Academy! Rumour has it Heather’s famous shortbread will be served…

Bring along your singing voices and Fred and Ginger moves – we can’t wait to see you soon!

FAMILY BINGO – JOIN THE FUN @ OUR ONTHANK

Happy Monday Families, and what a way to start with information on our Family Bingo Night!

When? Thursday 21st November @ 6.30pm – 8pm

Where? Onthank Assembly Hall

Who? Everyone Welcome – sign up NOW!

Cost? Donation on entry

PLEASE NOTE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT/CARER

Please complete the form so we can let Heather know how much shortbread to make! We look forward to welcoming you on Thursday for a chance to win some prizes and join the community spirit! #ouronthank

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‘respectme’ Respectful Relationships/Anti-Bullying Awareness

Dear Families,

We hope you have all had a wonderful October break and are looking forward to warm welcomes tomorrow!

East Ayrshire is currently embarking on a pilot project to help address bullying among children and young people. By working with ‘respectme’, Scotland’s anti-bullying service, the aim of the project is to provide a range of supports to parents, carers, staff and young people to improve their knowledge and confidence in promoting respectful relationships and address bullying behaviour and its impact.

Onthank Primary are working in collaboration with ‘respectme’, seeing staff and members of the Parent Council attending training and forming our Respectful Relationships Team. Over the course of this academic year we will be creating anti-bullying parent workshops, working directly with a pupil focus group to create pupil workshops and sharing the ethos of ‘respectme’ with our school community.

If you would like to be involved in any aspect of our ‘respectme’ journey please speak with Mr Swan by Friday 25th October.

We invite you to complete the project pre-questionnaire which will support the initial stages of our journey. Thank you.

Our school community will be updated throughout the year as the project develops. #respectme #ouronthank

 

HALLOWE’EN COMMUNITY NIGHT – SIGN UP NOW!

And we’re back, this time for a spookylicious Hallowe’en Community Night Extravaganza for all the family!

There will be a Disco, Trick or Treat Food Fun, Arts & Crafts, Cinema Room and Sport Activities for all the family to share together! We also invite you to visit our RespectMe – Anti Bullying stall for more information on staff/parent training and pupil/parent workshops.

DON’T FORGET TO DRESS UP!

Please note, and follow the times for each stage to participate in the activites. If you have more than one child at Onthank, you can adapt the timetable to suit you. Complete the below form and let us know you’re coming!

We can’t wait to welcome you back – bring all the family and don’t forget an apple! Donations warmly and gratefully received.

Any questions, please see Mr Swan.

#trickortreat #happyhallowe’en #ouronthank

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Strategy Club

The first meeting of the strategy club was a great success this afternoon with over twenty people attending!  The best bit was when people got the chance to teach how to play their games to Mrs McKie and Miss McKelvey.  Looking forward to next week’s session already. ? A

P6/7 Youth Club – REMINDER/SIGN UP

Dear P6/7 Families,

Exciting reminder, our P6/7 pupil Youth Club will start next Monday 28th October 5.30pm – 7pm.

Throughout our first evening, our young people will design the structure of the Youth Club moving forward.

There is still time to sign up for the Youth Club by completing the attached Form.

Mr Swan is also looking for a group of additional parent volunteers to join Team Youth Club and would be very appreciative of your support.. If you are available, please complete the Form.

We can’t wait for our Youth Club to be launched at Onthank Primary!

#youthclub #ouronthank

 

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Love to Live. Live to Party! ZUMBA FITNESS IS BACK!

Onthank Families,

After welcoming over 70 members of community regularly to his classes, Mr Swan is back with Adult Zumba Fitness!

Day: Thursday

Time: 6pm – 6.45pm

Should I?: YES!

No registration or sign up required, just come along every week and be Beyoncé for 45 minutes!

Spread the word, bring friends and lets raise our spirits to the sky!

Ditch the workout and join the party at Onthank Primary School!

#OurOnthank #ZumbaFitness #Whynot?!

After School Gymnastics Reminder Information

Dear Families,

We jump excitedly into a new school term tomorrow and welcome Gymnastics to ‘Our Onthank’ after school activities thanks to our partners at Active Schools!

As per the letter issued last term, please be reminded of the pupils and dates for Gymnastics Group 1:

GYMNASTICS CLUB START DATE: 22 OCTOBER 2019 (tomorrow!)

GYMNASTICS FINISH DATE: 19 NOVEMBER 2019

TIME: 3pm – 4pm

LOCATION: Onthank Primary Assembly Hall

Group 1 Register

P1B Sofia S
P1B Olivia B
P1B Zeryn C
P1B Millie Mc
P1B Patrick Mc
P1M Jack D
P1M Alfie B
P1M Poppy H
P2C Rebecca S
P2K Elise H
P2S Jessica M
P2S Emily G
P2S Olivia H
P2S Carter L
P2S Sophie M
P2S Sophie H
P2ST Hazel P
P2ST Mia C
P2ST Liam R

Pupils will have the opportunity to change into their PE kit at the end of the day.

Pupils will be collected from their class at 2.55pm by Gymnastics Instructor Shannon and taken to the assembly hall. Families will be invited into the hall at 4pm for collection and sign out from the main entrance.

If due to any circumstances your child can’t attend tomorrow, they are more than welcome next week.

Gymnastics Group 2 pupils will be reminded the week prior to the timetable change.

After Christmas, sign up will open up again for children who have not participated in Gymnastics this term in order to give everyone an opportunity.

PLEASE NOTE P4-P7 GYMNASTICS WILL COMMENCE NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY 29TH OCTOBER 4PM – 5PM.

Sign up is closed for this class and will reopen after Christmas.

Any questions, Mr Swan is happy to help, anytime.

#ouronthank #gymnasticsfun

 

Harvest Thank You?

Thank you to everyone who brought in items for our Harvest Collection. We had a fantastic response to having a non uniform day and bringing in an item for Harvest to be delivered to our Community. Pupils delivered some bags today and were greatly received. We will deliver lots more after the holiday. If you would like to nominate someone to receive a Harvest bag please contact the school after our holiday. 

Mrs Easter, Mrs Saxelby and Mr Swan delivered boxes to the local Foodbank. Miss Cook and Mrs Mills and pupils delivered bags of cupcakes to Crossgates Care Home and these were very well received by the residents.  ??

 

New House Captains 2019/20

This week we announced and gave out badges to our new house captains.  After canvassing for support our successful candidates are as follows:

Fleming (red)      Captains: Erin and Jack  , Vice Captains: Alicia and Thomas

Burns (blue)  Captains: Lucy and Tom, Vice Captains: Neve and Kyle

Livingstone (yellow) Captains: Erin and Joe, Vice Captains Gregor and Rhiannon

Scott (green) Captains: Lucy and Miller, Vice Captains: Alex and Lotte

Fleming (Red) Captains and Vice Captains
Burns (Blue) Captains and Vice Captains
Livingstone (Yellow) Captains and House Captains
Scott (Green) Captains and Vice Captains

IT’S BACK! SEPTEMBER COMMUNITY NIGHT – JOIN THE FUN!

Onthank School Community,

After the success of our first Community Night in June, where we welcomed over 600 members of our school and North West community, we are excited to announce – back by popular demand – our next Community Night event!

DATE: THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 6PM – 7:30PM

We warmly invite you and your family to join us for another evening of fun, laughter and friendship – just complete the form so we know you are coming!

We are incredibly lucky at Onthank Primary for the amount of parental volunteers who make events such as this possible. If you would like to get involved with our Community Night, or any other school event, please speak to Steven Swan. Thank you in advance for your support! #whatateam #legends

Bring on the fun!

“I gotta feeling…that tonight’s gonna be a good night…tonight’s gonna be a good, good night”

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EXCITING NEWS – PHOENIX TAEKWONDO @ ONTHANK

We are delighted to announce ‘Phoenix Taekwondo’ have selected Onthank Primary School to participate in 4 highly skilled workshops!

Workshop Dates: Tuesday 17 September, Tuesday 1 & 8 October.  The fourth week will be confirmed due to school holidays.

Workshop Times: 3pm – 4pm

Workshop Location: Onthank Primary Assembly Hall  

The workshops are ONLY available to  Primary 5/6/7 PUPILS and there is a limit of 20 SPACES available.

How do I sign my child up for Taekwondo?

Please call Mrs Andrew at the office on 01563 525477 to book your child’s space. Mrs Andrew will also be able to advise on availability.

All young people who sign up will be collected from their class and taken to the Hall by a member of staff and will be brought to the Main Office for collection at 4pm.

We advise pupils bring their PE kit for the workshops.

Mrs Andrew looks forward to receiving your call!

#OurOnthank #bringiton

“Our Activities” Gymnastics Information

Dear Onthank Families,

We are delighted at the response and sign up to after school Gymnastics at Onthank Primary – our young people will be leading a parent class before we know it!

Sign up for the October – December sessions for Gymnastics has now closed, but fear not, all pupils who wish to participate in Gymnastics but missed out, will get the chance to sign up between January 2020 – June 2020!

We are already planning more than one Gymnastics after school day from January onwards which will ensure all our young people have the opportunity to participate, this academic year.

All P1-3 pupils who have been signed up were given a letter from Mr Swan today and popped into their school bags with updated information on how Gymnastics will run from now to December. If you have any questions regarding this information please feel free to speak to Mr Swan this week. He is available and happy to speak at a time of your convenience.

All P4-7 pupils who have been signed up were sent an email from the school and a notification on the school app with updated information on how Gymnastics will run from now to December for them. Again, if you have any questions, Mr Swan is your man!

Mrs Andrew and the office staff have copies of all correspondence and are also available to assist in any way.

Over half the school have signed up for after school activities – AMAZING – and we appreciate your continued support at this time and we make the necessary amendments to “Our Activities” in order to provide the best experience possible for each young person.

Thank you, families – we look forward to welcoming you all on Thursday for Community Night – sign up NOW!

#OurOnthank #Community

P4/5 After School Football Information – SIGN UP NOW!

P4/5 Families,

We are delighted to announce P4/5 After School Football starting on Monday 9 September 3pm – 4pm!

Training will run every Monday from now until Christmas, except school holidays.

Click on the After School Activities Blog Post below to sign up NOW!

Pupils are encouraged to bring a change of clothes for Football and be ready to ‘train in the rain’ with coach and staff member Kris.

Kris will collect signed up pupils from their class at 3pm and bring pupils to the office for collection at 4pm.

We look forward to welcoming our P4/5 Team on Monday!

#OurOnthank #Score #AchieveYourGoals

P6/7 Youth Club Information & Reminder

P6/7 Families,

The end of another great week here at Onthank Primary – thank you everyone!

Please be advised our P6/7 Youth Club will start on Monday 21 October.

Sign up now via the After School Activities post below!

Pupil Participation continues to grow at Onthank, and we want to ensure our young people have their voice heard, actioned and celebrated. Working alongside Mr Swan, our pupils will design our Youth Club, its format and what they hope to achieve by running this activity.

This information will be gathered in the coming weeks, prior to our Youth Club launch on Monday 21 October!

If you have any further questions, (or ideas!) Mr Swan is happy to help anytime.

#OurOnthank #YouthClub #Community

Dates For Your Diary 2019-2020

Onthank School Community,

We are delighted to share our exciting events calendar with you for the year ahead! We hope there is something for everyone and warmly invite you to share your year with us at Onthank – it’s going to be a cracker!

Please find our Diary Dates for 2019/2020 at the link below and be advised these may be subject to change. If changes are made pupils and families will be informed well in advance via the Blog, App and email.

Print out and stick on your fridge now!

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/onthankpsmain2018/information/diary-dates/

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Onthank is Blooming!

Our school is in bloom.
Kale, broccoli parsnips, herbs, sage, radishes, potatoes, peas, runner beans and carrots

 

 

Over the summer the P6 Dig for Victory effort has produced an abundance of fruit and vegetables. Pupils will return to school next week and can enjoy some of the produce we gave to the kitchen to prepare. Well done everyone in last sessions P2, P3, and P6.

Chris Duke visited East Ayrshire today!

P1-4 pupils were excited today to meet Chris Duke, the author of the story ‘Lucy’s Blue Day’.

Chris travelled for 3 hours today to visit Galston Primary, Onthank and Hillhead Primary to share a very powerful message.

The day started with the Kilmarnock Standard photographer speaking to Brooke Hannah in P3W who shared her writing with Chris and he has used it on his Facebook and Instagram pages.

Other pupils showed art work related to the various emotions shared in the story of Lucy with the magical colour changing hair.

P1 and P2 then met Chris and also Mary MacInnes who has been selling handmade products to raise money to donate a copy of the book to all schools in East Ayrshire. Mary is a local girl who attended Loanhead Primary School. She wants to spread the message to the community that ‘It is ok not to be ok’ and that blue days will pass.

Some p1 pupils showed their super work!

Chris and Mary complimented the P1-P2 audience!

P3 and P4 also listened well and asked some super questions at the end of the session.

Look out for the article and photos in the Kilmarnock Standard.

Copies of the book can be bought online at www.lucysblueday.com. A version suitable for older children is available to pre order. (P+P not included – discount code is invalid now)

Lucy’s Blue Day – Author Visit

More classes have become familiar with the book ‘Lucy’s Blue Day’ which explores emotions and explains that it is ‘Ok to be not ok’ and that there are people we can talk to when we are feeling a little blue.

Lucy’s hair changes colour depending on her emotions.

This delightful book has led to great class discussions, super stories and fab artwork in various classes.

Brooke Hannah in P3 shared a story with the author and he used it on a film reel at the ‘This Morning Live’ roadshow. Brooke was excited to hear that Dr Ranj, Rylan, Rochelle and Holly and Phil had seen her story!!?

Chris Duke, the author of the book is visiting Onthank on Tuesday 25th June and he will visit Galston Primary and Hillhead Primary too.

Chris has offered us a discount code to use online for buying a copy of the book shown. Our code is ONTHANK and the book can be bought at www.lucysblueday.com?.
The discount removes postage and packing. Chris will have the orders with him when he visits and he will sign books too if you wish.

The upper school version of the book can be pre ordered and will be released in August. A fab book with a powerful message.

Beautiful Inside and Out. Tonight- Thursday 23 May 7pm ❤️

Pauline Moriarty , founder of Beautiful Inside and Out (Scio) will be in school to inform us of the background , aims and expanding services of the charity with an emphasis on some of the things we can all do to promote the wellbeing of our young people. There will be an opportunity for questions and discussion , how to access support of Beautiful Inside and Out(Scio) for anyone of any age.

Pupils can attend this event with adult support. Parents, carers and friends please come along.

Memories are Better Than Dreams? Thank you, Onthank ❤️

Thank you very much to everyone who donated to Memories  are Better Than Dreams Charity in memory of Lara during our 60th Concert. Lara was a delightful wee girl who loved being with her friends in Onthank Primary School. Mrs Findlay, senior pupils and younger pupils from Lara’s class presented a cheque to Aileen Crichton – chairperson of the charity. Lara’ mum and dad were at the presentation. The fantastic amount of £1250 was raised.  Mr & Mrs Dougan would like to thank everyone for their generous donations.

Positive Choices Week ??Week beginning Mon 20 May??‍♂️

Next week it is Positive Choices Week in school. All pupils will be involved in a variety of activities: eg judo, boxing, fruit tasting, Fitness activities, football, tennis, hand washing ,gardening, hygiene talks, cyber bullying talks,Tai kwon do,  curling ? and a spring Clean.  Pupils will be timetabled during the week to be involved in some of the activities.

Dyslexia Friendly Pupil Group

Hello,

We are the DFS pupil group for Onthank Primary School. We organise events like the DFS workshop and whole school assembly. We invited  all pupils and parents/carers to come to the DFS workshop. There were lots of fun activities for everyone to do.

We have already achieved  our Bronze Award and are currently working towards our Silver accreditation.

Our DFS school mascot is Dom the DFS Diamond. Keep an eye out for him around the school!

Four of our good friends have made a movie called DFS A Wider World using  IMovie trailer. You will be able to check it out at a later date by scanning a QR code.

Written by Lucy, Emily, Thomas and Stuart P6K