Congratulations to Carly Inglis P6A our Be Safe Be Seen competition winner and to Emily Tosh P6K and Ashton Walker P7S our runners up. Well done for your super safe design ideas.
Category: Wider life
Diversity event @St Josephs
Bonnie and Miss Hamilton supporting the Girls Brigades and enjoying all the free activities at the Diversity weekend in St Josephs Academy.
Bonnie (P7), Rhiannon, Scarlett, Mya S and Cameron (P2) taking part in Diversity Weekend with Take A Bow. Well done folks.
Onthank was On Form in 2018!
As 2018 draws to a successful end, we wanted to celebrate all of our achievements so far in the current school session.
Some of our highlights include; launching our 60th Birthday celebrations, success at the Ayrshire Athletics Final and Swimming Gala, our DFS week, outdoor learning opportunities and class excursions.
Our P2 Nativity, P3 Carol Concert and P5-7 Greatest Show brought over 1,000 members of the Onthank community into our school and as we move into 2019 this is a testament to Onthank Primary being at the heart of the community.
Onthank – On Form – On Time in 2019.
Onthank’s Greatest Show – What did you think?
This week our P5s – P7s are performing ‘Onthank’s Greatest Show’ and we want to know your views! Would you give it a 5 star rating?
Comment below and let us know what you thought about our performance!
Team Onthank Santa Dashing
Onthank Christmas Fayre??
Thank you to everyone who came to the Fayre . We had fantastic helpers at all the stalls. Thank you also for the huge amount of donations of toys, books, games etc. Well done Onthank⭐?
Onthank Christmas Fayre????
Our Christmas Fayre is on Tuesday 4 December from 9.15am-12.00pm. All classes in school will be busy making crafts and items to be sold on the day. Each class will have their own stall and will be manned by class helpers. There will be many other stalls including toys, soft toys , books, games , raffles and tea/coffee will be available.
We are being eco friendly and recycling toys, book, games etc. If you are having a clear out please send in any unwanted toys etc for our Christmas Fayre. Thank you in advance. Please come along and join us. The class timetable is on the December calendar.
Children In Need 2018 Friday 16 November
We are asking pupils to be SPOTACULAR– DO YOUR OWN THING! Dress to impress in your spotty outfits or wear Pudsey clothes. We would appreciate a small donation towards this charity. We have Children In Need wristbands for sale £1. Please buy from the office.
We have invited Pudsey to visit Onthank Primary School?
RRS Article: Your right to become the best you can be.
NWKLEUS Logo Winner?
Congratulations to Tulisa P3S. She was the overall winner in the North West Community Partnership logo competition. She was kept in suspense until tonight at the meeting to find out whose logo was the winning choice. Well done- we are very proud of you?
Thank you to Daisy, Alex and Emily who represented the school in “Quiz the Kids”⭐️
Jam Street Outreach Dance Club – join now!
Hallowe’en Is Coming?!
PTA Hallowe’en disco is on Wednesday 24 October
P1-2 disco 6.00-6.45. P3-4 disco 7.00-7.45. P5-7 8.00-8.45.
Wristbands are on sale from the school office £2 including snack?.
NWKLEUS Finalist?
Councillor McKay and Sharon came to assembly to announce Tulisa’s design was the Onthank Finalist in the NWKLEUS Logo Competition. We were shown how Tulisa’s drawing was made by graphics into the logo above. Good luck Tulisa, we will find out the winner next Monday. There is a finalist from Hillhead and Mount Carmel .
West Sound School of the Week???
Thank you to Tiegan P4 who nominated Onthank for West Sound School of the Week next week. Please listen to the radio in the morning before school and every day around 3.30pm this week. Some pupils were interviewed and asked about their favourite things.
Parents’ Day Uniform Stall
Come along and see the range of uniforms we have available for you to take away on Parents’ Day.
No charge – come and have a look and see what is on offer!
World Porridge Day?
We celebrated World Porridge Day by offering everyone a taste of porridge. We watched a film from Mary’s Meals about children in Malawi who don’t have a choice of menu at meal times. Thank you to everyone who brought in “ loose change” to Mary’s Meals.?
P6K Head To Dumfries House
P6K had a fabulous time at Pierburg, Dumfries House.
We spent the day learning about plants and vegetables with Michelle and Trudy. We were lucky enough to harvest our own vegetables from the garden, make some delicious soup and plant some Chard.
No Pens Day Wednesday
Today as part of our Dyslexia Friendly Schools journey, the whole school was involved in NO PENS DAY WEDNESDAY. This is a national speaking and listening event which encourages exciting classroom discussion. Check out the blog for class photos.
We’re collecting Scottish Sun Book Tokens – start collecting yours from Sept 24th
After helping the Scottish Sun to launch their new Free Books for Schools campaign, we will be collecting book tokens from the paper.
Between September 24th and November 18th, the Scottish Sun and Scottish Sun on Sunday will be printing book tokens each day. Pupils can hand these tokens into the school office or to their class teacher. The more tokens we get, the more books we receive!
SSPCA Visits???
We received a visit from SSPCA Officer who showed us a film and gave us lots of information about what SSPCA do to help some animals. We were told what to do if we found an animal or a bird needing help.
Dean Castle Rangers to P6
Primary 6 will be working with two Dean Castle Rangers on Tuesday 2nd October and Tuesday 23rd October. In these sessions, the children will participate in tree identification and den building activities at the Foxes area near the school. These activities link into our John Muir Award and the Wilderness Wars novel that we are currently reading in class.
Parents, carers and grandparents are welcome to join us on these sessions. If you can come along then please complete the form below.
Children should wear outdoor clothing to school on these days but have their school uniform in their school bags to change into afterwards. Wellies/boots should be worn also. Spare socks are always a great idea!
P6K – 9.15 – 10.45
P6A – 11 – 12.30
P6M – 1.30 – 3pm
Reduce, reuse, recycle – we’re looking for wet play resources!
We’re looking for donations of your toys to use in the school during wet play days in class. In particular we are looking for:
- Board Games
- Construction Materials – Lego, K’Nex etc.
- Jigsaws
- Cars
- Plastic toys – food, animals etc.
- Play mats
Please make sure that all toys/games donated are in good working order and have all of the correct pieces. Any donations can be handed into the school office. Thank you, Mr McIlwraith.
VOTE FOR MRS JONES!
VOTE NOW
We are delighted that Onthank PS stalwart, Mrs Jones has been nominated for a Cream of Ayrshire Award, under the category ‘School Champion Award’. Voting closes at midnight on Sunday 23rd September so get voting NOW! Please share this post and encourage all of our pupils, parents and friends to vote for Mrs Jones!
Vote here: School Champion Award
Onthank Primary Prefects
Our P7 prefects were awarded their badges at assembly today⭐
All About Us
P6K have been finding out a little bit more about each other. The pupils presented a solo talk all about themselves and brought in an interesting item from home to show the class. 
P7 Athletics Team are off to a flying start!
Our P7 Athletics team participated in their heat of the Sportshall Athletics and competed against James Hamilton Primary, Whatriggs Primary and Crosshouse Primary. The team performed incredibly well and comfortably won the heat. They will find out next week if they have qualified for the final at the end of September.
Well done to all involved! Go Team Onthank!
Leavers’ Lunch
Our P7s had their leavers lunch today. Their choice of food was chicken strips, mozzarella sticks and haggis. Thank you to Mrs Roberton and all of the catering staff for today’s lunch!
Wider Achievement
Congratulations to both Lauren and Emma for their sporting achievements. Lauren Stewart was awarded ‘Member of the Year’ at Young Kilmarnock and Emma Gillies was awarded a silver at her gymnastics class for balancing, rotations and tumbling. Go girls!
Adam’s Achievements
Well done to Adam Thomson (P6K) for all his achievements in swimming. Adam brought a few of his medals and trophies in to school today to show his class!
Super Cyclists?
Well done to everyone who took part in cycling training and passed their test. They received certificates and badges and are now very able to go on the road. Thank you to Karen Paterson for the time and effort she put into training the boys and girls to reach their level .?
Onthank P7s’ Fun Day??♀️??♀️
Primary 7s planned, designed and created their own stall for Fun Day. They organised the stall and provided prizes and invited everyone to join in the fun. Thank you to all pupils, staff, parents and friends who visited us today. We made the fantastic total of £1160 . ?
