Onthank Primary School

East Ayrshire Council site

September 5, 2018
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 

  Primary 1

Mason McCristall, Ailish Walker, Leah Whyte, Mia Coote.

 Primary 2

Mya Shepherd, David Morgan, Alysha Anderson, Logan Williams.

 Primary 3

Mia Wason, Willow Townshend, Devlin Robertson, Leigham Williamson.

 Primary 4

Mason McLean, Kelsi-Leigh Cree, Molly Muirhead.

 Primary 5

Callum Walker, Max Young, Mia Duff, Liam Downs.

 Primary 6

Dylan Peebles, Cori Saxelby, Erin Mooney.

 Primary 7

Kenzy Murphy, Arran Bell, Daisy Milloy.

 Special  Award

Devlin Robertson

September 4, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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Sharing Information: Classroom Visits

Dear Parent / Carer,

 

Sharing Information: Classroom Visits

The children have now settled in their new classes and we would like to offer you the opportunity to visit your child’s classroom and meet their teacher(s) in the school hall.

Primary 1 Parents

You are invited to an information session on Monday 17 September from 1.15pm until 1.45pm to meet the teachers and receive information about your child’s learning in P1. If you have a child/ren in another area of the school you will be able to go to their class at 2.00 pm.

Primary 2 – Primary 7 Parents

I am sure you will find this a worthwhile experience which will provide you with information on the learning through displays. It will also give you an opportunity to meet your child’s teacher(s).

There will be the formal parents’ meetings on Tuesday 9 October 2018 when you will have an individual meeting with your child’s teacher to discuss their progress and areas for development.

The open afternoon for P2 to P7 classes will take place on Monday 17 September from 2.00 pm. Please come to the school reception and you will be escorted to the relevant area of the school.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs A Wright, Mrs G Findlay and Mr D McIlwraith

Senior Leadership Team

August 30, 2018
by Mrs Andrew
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Recyclable Items for Art

Ms Dasgupta is teaching art to P5 and P6 this term.  She would be grateful if anyone could send in any of the following items for use in class:

  • Old newspapers
  • Tubes from inside the kitchen roll
  • Empty yogurt pots (all sizes)
  • Empty cereal packets/cardboard boxes
  • Empty egg boxes (plastic only)
  • Old buttons/beads

Many thanks!

August 30, 2018
by eajennifer.ellis@glow
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P5E scavenger hunt

Primary 5 are exploring the features of non-fiction texts this term.

P5E were showing that they could identify these features during a fun scavenger hunt.  They were to choose a non-fiction book and stick a post it note next to the feature they found.  Some groups were very quick demonstrating excellent knowledge of non-fiction text features.

August 28, 2018
by Mrs WRIGHT
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Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club is on every morning from 8.15 am – 8.45 am. The cost is 90p for 1st child and 60p for 2 or more children. The Breakfast Club is free to children who are in receipt of free school meals.  This session children come to Breakfast Club through our main entrance.

August 27, 2018
by Miss Anderson
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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!

August 27, 2018
by ealesley.williams@glow
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P3 Pupils have a ‘Growth Mindset’

Our P3 pupils have had a visit from ‘Try’atops the Growth Mindset dinosaur.

Tryatops has been encouraging the pupils to develop a positive attitude towards learning and to understand that making mistakes is part of the learning process.

Pupils are learning the importance of the word ‘YET’. Instead of saying “I can’t do it” we should say “I can’t do it YET”.

We want all pupils to feel comfortable and happy in their learning environment.

Over the next few weeks during our Health and Wellbeing lessons we will be facing some challenges and showing how determined we are to succeed.

P3W pupils chose a motivational phrase to write on the classroom pencils.

August 27, 2018
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary1

All of P1A, P1C, P1M and P1W

 Primary 2

Cameron Lindsay, Georgie Skinner, Lucas Deeny, Eabha Napier

 Primary 3

Molly McMahon, Nathan Nicol, All of P3S and P3W

 Primary 4

Millie McIntosh, Mahmoud Zen, Callum Wallace

 Primary 5

Sophie Hopkins, Kayla McDonald, Gabriella Fulton

 Primary 6

Jack Edgar, Euan Ramsay, Jonathon Harper

 Primary 7

All of P7B, Josh Barrowman

 Mrs Findlay’s Star Award

Derryn Cree

 

August 23, 2018
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Onthank Assemblies

P3-7 classes had their first assembly of the new session today. Our school values were discussed and we all had great fun singing one of our favourite songs.

Our focus is on our Respect value this week and we look forward to seeing lots of good examples of respect being shown around the school.

 

August 16, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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Welcome Back!

 

We look forward to welcoming you back on Monday 20th August 2018.

For Primary 1, starting times on the first day are:-

P1A Miss Adam 9.30am – 9.50am

P1C Mrs Cree 9.50am – 10.10am

P1M Mrs McKie 9.30am – 9.50am

P1W Miss White 9.50am – 10.10am

Week beginning Monday 20th August will be a soft start for all P1 classes between 9am and 9.30am and finish at 2.30pm. Week beginning Monday 27th August school hours will be 9am – 3pm for P1.

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Class structure for 2018/2019:

P1A Miss Adam
P1C Mrs Cree
P1M Mrs McKie
P1W Miss White
P2H Miss Hamilton with P1C Mrs Cree’s class
P2K Mrs Kidd with P1MCK Mrs McKie’s class
P2S Mrs Saxelby with P1M Mrs Mylrea’s class
P2ST Mrs Strain with P1A Miss Adam’s class
P3C Mrs Carten with P2G Mrs Saxelby’s class
P3K Mrs Kilpatrick with P2K Miss Kerr’s class
P3S Mrs Smith with P2H Miss Hamilton’s class
P3W Mrs Williams with P2B Miss Black’s class
P4E Mrs Easter with P3C Mrs Carten’s class
P4F Mr Franchi with P3S Mrs Smith’s class
P4M Mrs McCall with P3E Mrs Easter’s class
P5B Miss Black with P4F Mr Franchi’s class
P5C Mr Macleod/Miss Cook with P4W Miss White’s class
P5E Miss Ellis with P4K Mrs Kilpatrick’s class
P5I Mrs Irving (M, T, W, Th) and Ms Dasgupta (F) with P4M Mrs McCall’s class
P6A Miss Anderson with P5M Mr McIlwraith’s class
P6K Mrs Klein with P5E Miss Ellis’s class
P6M Mrs Merrick with P5D/I Mrs Irving/Dasgupta’s class
P7B Mr Boyd with P6K Mrs Klein’s class
P7M Miss McGregor (M,T) and Mrs Mills (W, Th, F) with P6M Mrs Merrick’s class
P7S Mr Simpson with P6A Miss Anderson’s class

June 28, 2018
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P1A and P1C Beach STEM

P1A and P1C have been busy in the sun doing STEM. We designed some new beach towels, made up new games to play at the beach, worked together to build ‘sand’castles and designed new beach buggies. We all worked really well together!!

June 27, 2018
by Mrs WRIGHT
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Onthank is ‘Officially Amazing’

CONGRATULATIONS

As we approach the end of term we would like to say well done to all our pupils. We reflect on all their achievements and look forward to when we can view everybody’s  strengths and achievements through their Glow e-portfolio.

We all believe that Onthank pupils are …

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***We received a phone call this afternoon from an East Ayrshire employee to give us some very positive news. His parents were in Millport on Monday while our P7s were there and he told us the shopkeepers were praising Onthank pupils and staff. He said “The toy shop owners were saying Onthank pupils were the best school who had visited them this year”. Polite, mannerly and pleasant children.”?He said this was the same story in other places. “Kids and teachers from Onthank were a credit to the school”.

Well done P7s. I hope you all enjoyed your pizza today”.?

June 27, 2018
by Mrs Andrew
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Pupils with 100% Attendance from August 2017 till June 2018

Luca Vandal P1A, Christina McNaughton P1M, Lewis Anderson P2B, Jack Blaney P2B, Brooke Hannah P2B,Lily Gilbert P2G, Macie Campbell P2K, Milo Horner P3C/S, Lucas Baird P3E, Mitchell Birtle P3E, Fraser Ritchie P4F, Aran Cowan P4K, Emma Gillies P4K, Daniel Harvey P4K, Lewis Kirk P4K, Sophie Ritchie P4K, Max Young P4K, Erin Mooney P5D/I, Emily tosh P5E, Marcus Hettrick P5N, Erin Williams P5N, Robbie Qua P6K, Katie Wood P6M, Katie O’Hare P7B, Aaron Clannachan P7C, Sarah Kirk P7S.

June 26, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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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!

 

June 26, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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Summer Themed Assembly

This week we held a summer themed assembly for P1-5. We were told how to keep safe in the sun during the holidays. Our model is wearing suncream, sunglasses, a sunhat and a beach dress to stay protected from the sun’s powerful rays.

June 24, 2018
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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 .?

June 23, 2018
by User deactivated
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Onthank Football Team Cup Double??

Congratulations to our football team- they won the Dunlop Trophy at Rugby Park. All season the team have played with a great attitude and entertaining football. This is the second year in a row we have won the Ayrshire Cup and the Dunlop Trophy. Thank you everyone for your continued support.??

June 22, 2018
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Active phonics in P1

P1A and P1C were very busy reading, writing and spelling this morning with a mixture of activities outside and inside.

Some children used water or chalk to write letters and words, while others played in groups with board games, flash cards or play dough. Mrs Cree and I were very impressed by the children’s concentration!!

June 21, 2018
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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 . ?

June 21, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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P3 Rocks

Primary 3 have had a busy few weeks!

Last week children enjoyed our Water Fun Day and yesterday we all went down to the Dean Park to hide our decorated rocks. If you are at the Dean Park over the Summer holidays you may be able to find some of our rocks! #onthankrocks

June 20, 2018
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P2H Get Silver Award

P2H were issued with their bronze and silver certificates in the RSPB Schools Challenge 2018 having completed 12 activities relating to nature and preservation of the countryside.  All the P2s took part in some way or another over the last few weeks.

June 20, 2018
by ealesley.williams@glow
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World of Work

We have all been enjoying learning about ‘Our World of Work’.

We have shared ideas of careers which we think we might enjoy in the future and we have been considering what steps we would need to take to be able to do certain jobs.

Importantly, we have been discussing the strengths and talents we have already and how we can continue to develop these.

We have had lots of fun playing games, participating in roleplay and some of us have even tried to fill in application forms for our dream jobs.

P6K worked with Miss Smith to create a ‘World of Work’ Assembly. Through drama, music and dance they demonstrated that if you are determined and work hard you can achieve your dreams.

The whole school enjoyed the assembly on Monday and today we welcomed parents and relatives to watch.

Well done P6K!

June 20, 2018
by eajennifer.ellis@glow
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P5E World Cup Countries Research

This term Primary 5E have been using their ICT skills to research information on countries participating in the World Cup.

They had to find out lots of facts, locate their country on a world map and accurately copy down the country’s flag.

Then pupils were asked to create a bigger design of their flag using paint.

Miss Ellis was so impressed with their fantastic art work that she asked pupils if the flags could be used on the Girl Guiding float that was entering the Stewarton Bonnet Guild gala day parade last weekend.  This meant hundreds of people got to see their excellent work.

All the Stewarton Brownie and Guide leaders would like to thank P5E for allowing us to use their flags.

June 19, 2018
by Mr Simpson
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Dunlop Cup Final

 

Onthank P.S. football team play in the Dunlop Cup Final against Annanhill P.S. on Friday night (22nd June) at Rugby Park (7.15pm kick off) . This is the last game of our successful season so please come along and support us as we attempt to win the double for the second year in a row.

June 19, 2018
by EAamy.black@glow
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P2B World Cup Activities

P2B have been taking part in World Cup activities in class. We have been making flags for the countries taking part as well as keeping scores of the games. We have also been working with P2H on art activities and created pointillism shirts based on the team shirts.

June 18, 2018
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary 1

Leo Massantini, Lyle Simpson, Hannah Johnson, Rachel McTaggart, Tyler Curran.

 Primary 2

Jack Blaney, Airen Townsley, Tulissa Webb, Stuart Mair.

 Primary 3

Aaron Harper, Bailey Dobson, Cody Wilson.

 Primary 4

Faye Armstrong, Amie-Leigh Tait, Reece Glover, Darren Ferguson.

 Primary 5

Calum McNaughton, Euan Ramsay, Olivia Cooper.

 Primary 6

Isla Tonner, Emily Ramsay, Lewis Hope.

 Mrs Findlay’s Star Award

Brooke Holland and Lottie I’Anson for being Responsible Citizens.

Demmi-Leigh Campbell for being a super helper.

P6A for being super helpers at P3 Water Day.

June 15, 2018
by Mrs Andrew
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Proposed Class Structure for 2018/2019

P1A Miss Adam
P1C Mrs Cree
P1M Mrs McKie
P1W Miss White
P2H Miss Hamilton with P1C Mrs Cree’s class
P2K Mrs Kidd with P1MCK Mrs McKie’s class
P2S Mrs Saxelby with P1M Mrs Mylrea’s class
P2ST Mrs Strain with P1A Miss Adam’s class
P3C Mrs Carten with P2G Mrs Saxelby’s class
P3K Mrs Kilpatrick with P2K Miss Kerr’s class
P3S Mrs Smith with P2H Miss Hamilton’s class
P3W Mrs Williams with P2B Miss Black’s class
P4E Mrs Easter with P3C Mrs Carten’s class
P4F Mr Franchi with P3S Mrs Smith’s class
P4M Mrs McCall with P3E Mrs Easter’s class
P5B Miss Black with P4F Mr Franchi’s class
P5C Miss Cook with P4W Miss White’s class
P5E Miss Ellis with P4K Mrs Kilpatrick’s class
P5I Mrs Irving with P4M Mrs McCall’s class
P6A Miss Anderson with P5M Mr McIlwraith’s class
P6K Mrs Klein with P5E Miss Ellis’s class
P6M Mrs Merrick with P5D/I Mrs Irving/Dasgupta’s class
P7B Mr Boyd with P6K Mrs Klein’s class
P7M Mrs Mills with P6M Mrs Merrick’s class
P7S Mr Simpson with P6A Miss Anderson’s class

 

The above structure will be the class teacher for moving up day on Tuesday 19 June.

June 15, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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P7 Residential Trip 2018

Our residential week away is almost over! Check out our P7 residential blog page to see what we have been up to at Dalguise.

Click here to visit our page.

June 12, 2018
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They’re off!

Our P7s are off on their residential visit to Dalguise this morning. Have a fab time everyone??.

Tuesday8.00am. A good night and all had breakfast – ready for the morning’s activities??

7.00pm update from Dalguise : all arrived safely this afternoon and tonight they have enjoyed their  first meal. (wi if is not good at the moment)..

June 11, 2018
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary 1

Keira Morton, Liam Brogan, Robbie Cassidy, Abbie Moir.

 Primary 2

Lucy Pratt, Ross Golightly, Ollie Shopp, Leyla McEwan.

 Primary 3

Tegan McMurray, Lucie Hill, Callum Nicol.

 Primary 4

Chloe Kirkwood, Katie Brown, Max Black, Scarlett Brown.

 Primary 5

Kieron Queay, Ethan Simpson, Leon Wilson.

 Primary 6

Liam Ross, Arran Bell, Mrs Klein’s whole class.

 Primary 7

All of P7.

 Mrs Findlay’s Star Award

All P6 pupils and staff for achieving John Muir Award.

June 10, 2018
by ealesley.williams@glow
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STV Appeal -Strictly Kids 2018 – Ruby James

 

Look who I bumped into at a Strictly Kids 2018 event in Glasgow!

Ruby enjoyed a day of dance, met Oti from Strictly, Miss Great Britain, the Scottish Rockettes and helped to raise money for the STV Children’s Appeal!

Well done Ruby! X

June 6, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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Mrs Findlay’s Rod Stewart Day!

Mrs Findlay had a surprise 60th celebration today! Walking in this morning, Mrs Findlay was treated to balloons, banners and music from her favourite artist, Rod Stewart. The day was complete with a parade around the playground and some Rod Stewart cupcakes for staff and pupils.

A huge thank you to all staff, parents and pupils who kept our surprise under wraps. It was a great day with lots of mini Rods around the school. A great effort by all.

June 6, 2018
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Final Art Class

Since it was our last night of the art club and the sun was still shining we all went outside where we worked with gouache and soft pastels to recreate Steven Brown pictures in our own creative styles.  Here we are at work and some finished pieces.

I’d like to thank all those who came along each week – you worked hard and have improved loads since the first week and I hope you continue to try your hand at some of the techniques I have taught you.

Over the weeks we have mastered watercolours, oils, pencils as well as the use of gesso as an undercoat.  Keep painting.

June 6, 2018
by ealesley.williams@glow
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RRS Ambassadors 2018

Our Rights Respecting School Ambassadors met today to share ideas on ways in which we could improve our playgrounds. They worked so well together and came up with some great ideas.

We also wrote a letter to Tesco to thank them for donating oranges for our Race for Life and we thanked Ann Smith the Tesco Community Champion for supporting us on the day.

Mrs Williams and the Ambassadors also discussed how we are getting on on our journey to our Gold Level award. We know what our next steps are and we will work hard to achieve Gold.?

June 5, 2018
by eajulie.klein@glow
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John Muir Award Ceremony

Congratulations to our P6 pupils and teachers who received their John Muir Award today. It was a super busy afternoon with parents and guests invited to see all the hard work which has been done over the last year. Well done everyone!

June 5, 2018
by Miss Anderson
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P6 John Muir Award Celebration

P6 had a great turnout for Onthank’s first ever John Muir Award Celebration this afternoon. Our P6s have been learning that John Muir was a Scottish born conservationalist, who lived in the late 1800s and later moved to America to found of some of their National Parks.

The award encourages children to explore natural areas near the school and over time develop and conserve them. You may have noticed that trees have been planted at the front of the school and a wide selection of vegetables have been planted near the nursery.

Congratulations to our P6 pupils, you have worked extremely hard! Thanks to all who came along to help us celebrate. We hope you had a good time and learned something new!

Please contact the office if you would be able to help us water and care for the plants over the summer holidays.

 

June 5, 2018
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P2 Trip to Eglinton

A fab day with the P2s at Eglinton.  We were doing a scavenger hunt, bug and flower hunt before spending fun time on the play park.  No complaints from anyone regarding the choice of venue.  Everyone seemed to enjoy it.  Thanks to the extra parent helpers and friends who came along to aid the shepherding.

June 5, 2018
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary 1

Millie Hogg, Sadie Farmer, Nathan Power.

 Primary 2

Lily Roy, Lily Brown, Layla Duffy, Ione Vlachos.

 Primary 3

Ethan Sloan, Luke Callaghan.

 Primary 4

Lucie Callaghan, Matthew McDonald, Aaron Johnstone.

 Primary 5

P5D/I Whole Class, Gregor McMillan, Dylan Peebles.

 Primary 6

Jason Nicol, Sophie Dickie, Emma McCulloch, Saul Duffy.

 Primary 7

School Football Team, Abby Coulter.

 Mrs Findlay’s Special Award

Erin O’Connor

 

June 4, 2018
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Onthank’s Got Talent?

Well done to everyone who took part in OGT 2018. Everyone performed brilliantly in front of the whole school and invited parents. They did themselves proud and all received certificates. In third place was Leighah?, in second place was Leon? and the winner was Ashton?. A very difficult job for our judges today.Thank you to everyone who wore green and brought in an item for the Rag Bag Collection. Global Goal 12??.

June 3, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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P3 rocks!

The rock painting craze is taking over at the moment. Mrs Carten’s class have painted some rocks for Whiteley’s Retreat Rock Garden just outside Ayr. Whiteley’s Retreat is a holiday home for children, young people and their families who have cancer or other life altering illnesses. The rocks will be delivered to Whiteley’s on the 16th June.

If anyone wishes to donate decorated rocks they can bring them to Mrs Carten’s classroom before 15th June. All rocks should be bright, cheery and uplifting. Thank you.

June 1, 2018
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Ayrshire Cup Winners?

Congratulations to Onthank Football Team: they won their final 4-1 and lifted the Ayrshire Schools’ Cup for the second year in a row?. Well done team and to all our supporters and also to our super coaches Mr Boyd and Mr Simpson⚽.

June 1, 2018
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Race For Life?

All pupils, staff and many parents took part in Onthank’s Race for Life. Well done to everyone and thank you for your donations. We have raised £470.31.?Everyone who ran the route received a medal and a certificate. Thank you to Ann Smith ,Tesco Community Champion from  Tesco, Glasgow Road for donating the oranges for the event. ? A super event organised by Mrs Williams and Miss Smith.⭐

May 31, 2018
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Number Talks

P7B and P7S decide to make the most of the good weather and take their Numeracy lesson outside. Children split the playground into four sections and worked in groups using playground chalk to showcase their Number Talks strategies they have been learning for each of the four basic operations.

May 31, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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P5 visit to the Science Centre

P5 visited the Glasgow Science Centre. They got to try out lots of different science experiments, went to the cinema to watch ‘Into the Arctic’ and of course visited the shop!

A big thank you to all of our parent helpers who also came along.

 

May 30, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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Race for Life Update

Race for Life will take place this Friday 1st June (weather permitting).

Our Race for Life is a pupil event this year, however, if you wish to accompany your child please come to the school reception where you will be shown to the starting line within the school playground.
The starting time for each race is detailed below. Each stage will run for approximately 10-20 minutes.

P6 – 9.30am
P1 – 10am
P2 – 10.20am
P3 – 11.10am
P4 – 11.30am
P5 – 11.50am
P7 – 12.10pm

May 29, 2018
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Community Planting

Pupils from the Eco Committee were invited to join the representatives from the community along with Provost Jim Todd and Councillor McKay to plant the boxes at the bus terminus. Thank you to everyone for allowing us to be involved. We look forward to seeing the flowers bloom.???

May 28, 2018
by Mrs WRIGHT
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Diary Dates

 Diary

 Dates
Tuesday 22 May  P7s to Elim Hall / Other Half of P6 to Danger Detectives
Wednesday 23 May P3 & P4 Sports 1.30 pm / P7 to Kilmarnock Academy Expressive Arts Day
Thursday 24 May P5, P6 & P7 Sports 10.00 am / P1 & P2 Sports 1.00 pm
Friday 25 May Holiday
Monday 28 May Inservice Day
Wednesday 30 May P3s to Heads of Ayr Farm Park / Alternative P6&P7 Sports 10 am/ Parent workshop Internet Safety 3.15- 4.15
Thursday 31 May Cycle Tests am / Alternative P3 & P4 Sports 10.00 am / Alternative P1 & P2 Sports 1.30 pm  / P5s to Glasgow Science Centre
Jun-18
Jun-18
Friday 1 June Race For Life – Whole School & Community
Monday 4 June P7 Ties Assembly / Onthank’s Got Talent 11.00 am
Tuesday 5 June P2s to Eglinton Park
Wednesday 6 June P7 to Kilmarnock Academy Induction / New P1 Induction Lunch
Thursday 7 June P7 to Kilmarnock Academy Induction / Grange Academy Induction
Friday 8 June P7 to Kilmarnock Academy Induction / Grange Academy Induction
Monday 11 June P7 to Dalguise Residential Visit / 60th Birthday Celebration
Tuesday 12 June P3 Water Fun Day (if bad weather the next dry day)
Friday 15 June P7 return from Dalguise
Tuesday 19 June Onthank ECC Concert am and pm / Moving Up Day
Thursday 21 June   P7 Fun Day
Friday 22 June BBQ Lunch Menu
Monday 25 June P6s to Culzean Country Park / P7s to Millport
Tuesday 26 June P7s Leavers’ Lunch
Wednesday 27 June Prizegiving & Leavers’ Assembly 9.45
Thursday 28 June   Beach Party
Friday 29 June School closes 1.00 pm

May 24, 2018
by Mrs WRIGHT
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Letter for Parents and Carers


 

 

Dear Parent/ Carer,

The Parent Council and school would like to write a joint letter to you about the incident reported in the Kilmarnock Standard this week which happened in April last term. 

Parent Council

The Parent Council has reviewed the incident with EAC and agree with the conclusions that the school acted promptly to locate and retrieve the children concerned. We know and are concerned that this can happen in any school.  However, we are confident that we will all learn from this unfortunate incident to ensure that we limit the possibility of a re occurrence happening again.
School

As a school we have worked with both families to reassure them of how seriously we viewed the matter and feel it is important to protect the anonymity of the children.  As the incident has been reported in the press it is important that you know the relevant information has been given to parents concerned.  At our last Parent Council meeting we reported this Health and Safety incident occurring during a lunchtime and described the actions that have been taken by the local authority and school working together.  We have consulted with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Health and Safety team. Already there have been improvements to gates and a new gate has been purchased.   As you are probably aware staff have been monitoring the gates until the new one is fitted.  As a school we have ensured our pupil Health and Safety team have been working with adults and the steps they have introduced include safety circles and safety lines.  Staff speak to the children regularly about the importance of staying within the school grounds for their own safety and about road safety near to the school.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Parent Council and the wider school community for their support and for the work you all do at home to reinforce this important message.  The school and Parent Council continue to work in partnership and have a meeting planned for next week.

If you have any concerns we can discuss them at our weekly Wednesday morning drop in.  I would also like to invite all of our parents and carers to attend a safety talk at the school on Wednesday 30th May.  We had already scheduled an Online Safety Workshop from 3.15pm to 4.15pm and I can answer any questions you may have about security within the school and our playgrounds at this event.

Yours sincerely,

Scott Thomson (Chair of Parent Council)

Alison Wright (Head teacher)

 

May 22, 2018
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary 1

Leo Massantini, Evie Baillie, Bradley Black, Jessica Anderson.

 Primary 2

Blair Bolton, Imogen Mooney, Blake Gorrie, Jessica Rodgers.

 Primary 3

Mason McLean, Ethan Lewis, Rae Warnes.

 Primary 4

Sophie Hopkins, Danyal Akhtar, Ellie Cummings, Kalib McLean.

 Primary 5

Eyve Ward, Tyler Qua.

 Primary 6

Lee Milne, Aimeeleigh Brown, Adam Paterson.

 Primary 7

Josh Thomson, Elena Kirkwood, Gordon McPheator.

 Mrs Findlay’s Star Pupil

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