Staffing Update

An opportunity has arisen to support another school in our local authority and Mrs Findlay has agreed to the request made by the Head of Education to support Sorn Primary for a short period of time.  She will maintain close links with Onthank and this will allow the Onthank management team to expand their remits during this time and experience additional responsibility.  This temporary transfer will begin as of Monday, January 13th.   On Monday Miss Cook will be available to support Infant registration.  Throughout the week other Principal teachers will be asked to carry out aspects of Mrs Findlay’s remit.

Primary 7 parents are aware that Mr Simpson is leaving and we now know he will continue at Onthank until the February holiday this will gives us plenty of time to plan a smooth transition.

If parents have any questions please contact the school on 01563 525477.

 

2020 COMMUNITY NIGHT CELEBRATION – HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Welcome back #ouronthank community!

What better way to join together and celebrate the start of 2020 than a family night for everyone! Come along, join the fun, dance your way into family fitness and launch the year in style!

As always, details on the poster above.

PLEASE REMEMBER ALL YOUNG PEOPLE MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT. 

Complete the form and let us know you’re coming and share on social media to help us spread the word!

2020 – WE ARE READY FOR YOU! 

#ouronthank #ourcommunity #letsdothis

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This Week’s Star Pupils

Primary 1

Corey – making sensible choices and trying hard

Emma – writing super sentences

Riley – trying really hard to make positive choices

Hannah – achieving a personal goal

Primary 2

Sofia – super Numeracy work – well done!

Kyle – using various movement skills well during PE

Tehya – learning lots of letters in our alphabet

Kerr – always being helpful in class

Primary 3

Jay – super subtracting

Amelia – fab Christmas news writing

Logan – super subtraction skills

Mylie – always being well behaved and mannerly

Primary 4

Ross – working hard on his maths even though he found it very hard!

Maddison – supporting her classmate during an ICT task

All of P4K – working super hard on addition with carrying

Alfie – displaying lovely manners

Primary 5

Luke – well considered answers

James – always displaying a responsible attitude

All of P5T – their hard work and enthusiasm in numeracy

Primary 6

Nathan – super participation in discussion & having a great attitude to his learning.

Jennifer – always working hard

Tom – great improvement in literacy assessments

Jay – Excellent effort in all curricular areas

Primary 7

Jamie – enthusiasm for all learning

Brandon – returning to school with a positive mental attitude

James – his tremendous performance during mastermind

Lucy Pear Visits P4

Last year P1-4 enjoyed a visit from the author Chris Duke who wrote the book ‘Lucy’s Blue Day’. This is a delightful little book which is a stimulus for discussing emotions.

Lucy Pear has magical hair which changes colour depending on her emotions. Lucy is excited when her hair is purple, angry when it is red and blue when she feels sad.

She soon learns that it is #OkNotToBeOk and that these feelings will soon pass.

Violet in P4K was so excited to waken up on Christmas morning to discover that Santa had brought her a Lucy doll. Lucy visited the ‘Rocks’ rotation group during Health and Wellbeing and she listened to the class checking in with their hair colour of the day.

Children's Mental Health Week 2020 will take place from 3rd February – 9th February 2020 and as always we will be supporting our pupils by offering opportunities to share experiences, emotions and we will have a focus on the theme ' Find Your Brave'. More information to follow.

Primary 7 – Swimming

Primary 7 start their 6 week swimming block this Friday (10th January) at the Galleon Centre. Pupils are required to bring the following:

  • Swimming bag
  • Swim suit
  • Towel
  • £1 coin for locker (returnable)

Please contact the school if you have any further questions.

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES INFORMATION

Dear Families,

Onthank Primary staff, along with Active Schools, have already drafted a Jan-March 2020 ‘Our Onthank Activities’ which will be shared on the Blog at the end of the week when all details/staff have been confirmed.

You will then be able to sign your young person up for as many after school activities as they wish!

The range of activities comes after your community voice feedback on the Blog questionnaire over the holiday. Please be assured we are working hard to accommodate and schedule all requests. There is still time to complete this and we warmly invite you and your young person to do so.

ACTIVITIES WILL START WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY 20TH JANUARY. 

We thank you in advance for your continued support in the scheduling of ‘Our Onthank Activities’ and look forward to an exciting term ahead.

If you have any questions please comment below or speak with Mr Swan.

Thank you!

#ouronthank #ouractivities

RRS – Global Goals

In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for a better world by 2030. These goals have the power to end poverty, fight inequality and address the urgency of climate change.

As we are now in 2020 there are only 10 years to achieve these goals for sustainable development.

Everyone can contribute to making sure the Global Goals are met.

As a Rights Respecting School we will be familiarising ourselves again with these goals and be considering how we can help to make a real difference.

IT’S TIME TO ACT, FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET!

P4 have been learning about the Global Goals during Health and Wellbeing time. Everyone is very motivated to play their part.

A reminder of changes to entry and exits due to Early Childhood Centre expansion

As we welcome our children back to school tomorrow, work is starting in the Primary 1 and 2 playground to expand Onthank Early Childhood Centre. Construction work means the gate nearest the NUKLEUS community centre will close.

The middle gate will be re- opened along with all other gates. To avoid congestion we would like to change entry and exits for Primary 2, 3 and 4 children. Primary 2 children will enter and exit the building from the doors that were previously used by Primary 3 and 4. Primary 3 and 4 will enter and exit school from the P5, 6 and 7 playground. Staff explained this to pupils before we stopped and we will also be available on the first day back to help direct all pupils to the correct entry point. We were able to discuss this at our Parent Council meetings and thank parents for their input.

Please see the map below for entries and exits:

Christmas Jumper & Party Outfit Donations Welcome

Has your child outgrown their Christmas jumper or party outfit?

As part of our commitment to our Eco-School status, we are collecting the following items after the festive season:

  • Christmas Jumpers
  • Party Outfits
  • School Uniforms

These will be available for anyone to use the following festive season! The school will store any Christmas jumpers and party outfits until November 2020 and open them up for families at this time. Perfect for the next Christmas Jumper Day!

Any donations can be dropped into the school office. Uniforms which have been donated are also available all year round at the school office – please feel free to take any items which may be of use for your family.

 

 

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone. We are looking forward to seeing you back at school on Monday 6 January 2020. When you are taking down  your Christmas cards and decorations, please remember to bring the cards to school to be recycled as part of our Eco Programme. P6M will come to your class and collect the cards. Thank you.

Christmas spirit in the wider community

During our Buddying time, P1B and P7S designed Christmas cards to give to our friends at Onthank ECC and Crossgates Care Home. We delivered these cards today where they were received with great thanks by children and adults alike.

 

We even joined in singing Christmas carols with our friends at Crossgates:

 

Carol Service

Primary 2 and 3 girls joined Miss Hamilton and girls from James Hamilton Primary school at the Girls Brigade Carol Service in St Kentigern’s Church. They did well singing and reciting poetry. Well done.

ECO GREEN FLAG success gets acknowledgement from Scottish Parliament

On Monday 16th December Willie Coffey MSP came to congratulate Onthank Primary and the  Eco Committee for success in attaining our 5th Green Flag. This is an internationally recognised achievement and the Eco Schools assessor: Keep Scotland Beautiful commented that our work had been outstanding!

Willie Coffey raised this as a motion in Parliament on the 18th December see below:

 

Motion S5M-20262: Willie Coffey, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18/12/2019Hide Full Motion <<

That the Parliament congratulates Onthank Primary School in Kilmarnock, on successfully achieving Eco-Schools Green Flag Award status; recognises that this Green Flag award is an internationally recognised achievement for schools and nurseries committed to learning for sustainability; understands that Eco-Schools is the largest sustainable schools programme in the world with 19.5 million children, young people and educators engaged in 67 different countries; understands that Onthank Primary School impressed the Eco-Schools assessor with the amazing work carried out over the past two years with their chosen topics of litter, transport and waste minimisation, which the school, community, parents and the surrounding community were involved with through various activities; commends everyone involved in this fantastic achievement, and wishes them further success continuing Eco-Schools work.

Supported by: Sandra White, Stuart McMillan, Bill Kidd, Finlay Carson, Richard Lyle, Stewart Stevenson

http://www.parliament.scot/msps/currentmsps/willie-coffey-msp.aspx

 

We are VERY PROUD of our Eco Committee, pupils, staff and community members who made this happen.  We are delighted to see Onthank on the map at a national level!

 

Well Done to everyone.  We will celebrate with a Green Day in February.  Details to follow.

#GoTeamOnthank

Heather’s Wonderful Shortbread

A grandparent has suggested Heather sells her Shortbread to raise funds for the Breakfast Club.

The Elves have been busy baking Shortbread and is now available to buy from the Kitchen from today until it’s all gone.

Price – £2 for 6 Biscuits – please feel free to pop in to school if you would like to buy some – we are accepting cash payments!

SANTA DASH INFORMATION

SANTA DASH – FRIDAY 20TH DECEMBER

On our final day of term, Friday 20th December, and to celebrate Christmas Onthank style, our school will be raising funds in our very first ‘Santa Dash’!

Pupils are invited to dress up with a Santa accessory (Hat/beard/suit/full costume!) and each stage will walk/jog/run around the school building singing Christmas songs!

Pupils will stay with their class, teacher and be supervised by additional staff throughout our Santa Dash!

Family members are invited to join their young person on the Santa Dash – dressed up together! If you intend on participating, please arrive at the main office 15 minutes prior to the starting time.

STAGE TIME STARTING/FINISHING POINT ROUND THE SCHOOL
P1 9.15am – 10.15am Main Entrance Once
P2 9.15am – 10.15am P1/2 Playground Once
P3 11.15am – 12.15pm Main Entrance Twice
P4 11.15am – 12.15pm P3/4 Playground Twice
P5 1.30pm – 2.15pm Main Entrance Three Times
P6 1.30pm – 2.15pm P1/2 Playground Three Times
P7 1.30pm – 2.15pm P3/4 Playground Four Times

 “I’m doing a Santa Dash to raise funds for my school, would you like to sponsor me?”

We invite our pupils, (and parents!) to complete the sponsorship form which pupils will be given tomorrow by asking family, friends and neighbours to sponsor their Santa Dash.

Please hand in your sponsorship form and all raised funds to Mrs Andrew in the office on Thursday 19th December.

This information will also be given in letter form to all young people tomorrow.

Thank you for a wonderful year of Community events and fundraising for our school and we look forward to sharing more memories together in 2020!

Merry Christmas!

See you at the Santa Dash starting line!

#ouronthank #SantaDash #HoHoHo

 

Our Activities 2020 – Tell Us What You Would Like To See

Dear Families,

What a brilliant 2019 season of after school activities we have all shared together at Onthank Primary! Thank you to our young people and families for supporting our events and clubs!

Our final 2019 after school activities are:

Monday (today): P1/2 Arts & Crafts & P3/4 Arts & Crafts

Tuesday: P1-3 Gymnastics & P4-7 Gymnastics

We want to ensure our young people and families have the opportunity to create our 2020 Activities, so invite you to complete the form below together over the festive season. This will support us confirming teachers/facilitators for the New Year.

We want to hear from everyone and thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts with us.

Merry Christmas!

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Onthank Christmas Parties???

Our Christmas Parties are  next week :   P4 Monday 1.15pm  P5 Tuesday 1.15pm. P6 Wednesday 1.15pm . P123 Thursday 9.30 am   P7 Thursday 1.15pm. Children can come to school  wearing their party clothes or bring a bag to get changed at school or go home at lunchtime. Please send a note to the teacher if your child is being collected to go home on party day. 

P1,2 3 Party??

P1 2 and 3 party will take place on Thursday morning  from 9.30 am till 11.00 am and then children will go for their party food and all P1,2 and 3s will come back into the hall to see Santa and receive a class sack of presents. Parents and friends are welcome to come and join us for 11.15am to welcome Santa?? to Onthank.

Merry Christmas???? from Everyone in Onthank Primary⭐️