Week Beginning 25th November Remember to bring your homework bags back on Friday. Task 1– Have a look at your new book, can you spot familiar letters? Talk about the pictures. Can you retell the story? Task 2 – Phoneme challenge – These are the phonemes we have learnt so far: s a t p …
Big Breakfast?
Thank you to everyone who came along and enjoyed having breakfast with us ☕?.Well done to the parents and pupils who joined in Skip Fit Friday?
Eyes Down at Onthank?
Brilliant night with wonderful prizes. Thank you to all that attended.
Northwest Boxing Community Club
All registration will be completed at Northwest Boxing Club by Kieran McMaster. Read more
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
Cinderella – Palace Theatre
As you will be aware from our Diary Dates the whole school is going to ‘Cinderella’ at the Palace Theatre. P1, P3, P5 and P7 are going on Wednesday 4 December and P2, P4 and P6 are going on Thursday 5 December. The buses will leave the school around 12.30 pm and return around 4.00 pm.
The cost of this outing is £12.50 per child. This already includes a subsidy from the school of almost £2000. We will look to fundraise to help cover these costs. This has to be paid through ParentPay – if you wish to pay via Paypoint please call the school for a Barcode Letter please call the school.
This Week’s Star Pupils
Primary 1
Heather – Super doubling facts
Emilie – Excellent homework
Josh – Trying very hard to blend words
Amelia – Confident counting
Primary 2
Alfie – Great number formation
Zak – Great answering out in class especially at maths time
Jessica – Big efforts and focus in literacy & numeracy tasks
Liam – Amazing maths and writing
Primary 3
Lucas – Fantastic phonics
P3H – Super behaviour during cinema trip
Eabha – Active literacy
P3S – Excellent behaviour during cinema trip
Primary 4
Layla – Learning to use a word processor for literacy work
Alistair – Always participating in class discussions
Noa – Super story writing
P4W – Being flexible and impressing all of the P4 teachers
Primary 5
Lucie – Marvellous maths
Ollie – Writing an excellent alien character description
Emily – Her enthusiasm and great ideas throughout topic
Primary 6
Gabriella – Writing an excellent setting paragraph
Kyle – Producing great work
Lucie – A pleasant attitude and always working hard
Aiden – Excellent effort during writing time
Primary 7
Katie – Trying hard when linking fractions, decimals and percentages
Erin – Showing a consistently positive attitude to everything she does
Shelby – Fantastic Prefecting Duties
Special Award
Elise – Being a super citizen
YMCA + Kilmarnock Hobby Club Schedule
The YMCA in Kilmarnock are running a number of evening opportunities – click on link below for further info:
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Active Schools – P4/5 Basketball Festival Heats
The following children have been selected to represent the school:
Jack B
Jaxon H
Shaw S
Lyla M
Mollie B
Ethan S
Blake C
Erin P
The heat will take place on Thursday 21st November at James Hamilton Academy (3.30-4.30pm). HNC student Ethan Donaghy will be coaching the pupils on the day. We require parents to provide transport to and from the venue. The pupils should arrive back at school at 4.45pm to walk home or be collected.
Please complete the consent form below and indicate if you are able to provide transport.
P1 Homework WB 18th November
Week Beginning 18th November Remember to bring your homework bags back on Friday. Task 1– Have a look at your new book, can you spot familiar letters? Talk about the pictures. Can you retell the story? Task 2 – Use your alphabet rainbow to say, make/break, blend, read and write these words can red top …
Pudsey visited Onthank Primary
Everyone looked fabulous in their Pudsey /Spotty clothes at school today. Thank you to all who brought in a donation today. We were delighted Pudsey came to visit us and join us in our whole school Joe Wicks Big Morning Move Get Together.?
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December 2019 Dates
Onthank’s Breakfast Buffet
All parents, carers and friends are invited to attend Onthank’s Breakfast Buffet on Friday 22 November from 8.15 am.
The menu is:
Cereal / Toast / Roll in Bacon / Roll in Sausage
Served with Tea or Coffee
Price is £1.50 for adults (to be paid at the door), 90p for the first child and 70p for all other children in the family (pupils in receipt of free school meals are free – this does not include all P1-P3 who receive free school lunches from the Council)
Look forward to seeing you all there!
Games Consoles Wanted
Do you have any games consoles and games gathering dust? Then you can donate them to our school!
We are looking for video games, consoles and accessories to use as part of our whole school community activities. As long as they are clean, safe and in working condition we would greatly appreciate any old consoles you may have stored away or are currently unused at home.
Any donations should be handed into the school office!
Thank you for your support.
Match Funding – we need you!
Did you know that your employer could contribute to our school fundraising?
If you or your employee are able to help, please complete the form below – thank you!
Match funding is an informal corporate arrangement between a company and their employee. Not all companies offer matched funding but those that do could pledge a sum of money in relation to an amount raised by the school.
We understand that the high street banks, building societies, supermarkets and large corporations are likely to do match funding, but these schemes are not exclusive to the major corporate giants. If you work for an independent company, they may be interested in charitable giving through match funding too.
We would be grateful if you could see if your employer has a match funding scheme, or if they are willing to match fund any of our events. If you can’t help out this time, but you know the company you work for has a match funding policy, please let us know. This could be a really large source of income to help us raise money for our school funds.
Tempest Photographs
If possible, can you please pay for your photograph(s) order online as the school will get 30% commission instead of 10% commission if you return to the school.
If you do not have access to the internet please return your order to school as normal within 10 days.
Thank you!
This Week’s Star Pupils
Primary 1
Oscar – confindently participating in class discussions
Jack – being a responsible RRS Ambassador
Mason – being involved in lots of different classroom activities
Daisy – helping a friend with a challenge
Primary 2
Mya – super hedgehogs in arts & crafts
Reem – being a great learning buddy
Karis – writing in sentences and having good ideas
Elise – fantastic active literacy dictation
Primary 3
Lola – excellent story writing
Abbi – super sentences
Harris – excellent work all week
Sonny- super reading comprehension work
Primary 4
Katie – writing a very interesting King tut story
Emily – demonstrating super behaviour in her first week
Lucy – being a confident learner
Logan – super ICT skills
Primary 5
Ellie – fantastic fireworks poem
Kal – fantastic work with decimals
Primary 6
Gemma – being helpful and supportive to others
Shaunnie – taking on new challenges
Faye – a brilliant attitude and thorough approach to all work
Kai – excellent effort in all curricular areas
Primary 7
Kyle – outstanding contributions to literacy lessons
Alexis – using VCOP in her writing
Tyler – displaying his leadership skills with Faye from Active Schools
Special Award
Onthank Athletics Team – for winning E.A Athletics Final
Athletics Champions ???
Fantastic achievement from our current athletics team – making us champions 3 years running! Huge amount of talent and team spirit was shown from all involved.
Thank you to Murrie for helping us train and to the supporters who endured the freezing cold arena! Brilliant to have some of our ex-athletes supporting us too! ?
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P7S – Remembrance Day
Super Swimmers??♀️?
Well done to our swimming team who took part in Ayrshire Schools’ Gala: Molly, Rowan,Rhonda-Mae,Evie,EmilyT and Emily S. They all did well and had a great time. “ We had lots of fun and we all did very well.” They took part in relay races and practised diving and swam lots of lengths doing backstroke, front crawl, back crawl and breast stroke.
P1 Homework – Week beginning 11/11/19
P1 Homework – Week beginning 11/11/19 We are taking part in Children in Need on Friday. The children can come to school in spotty/Pudsey clothes and bring a small donation. Task 1– Have a look at your new book, can you spot familiar sounds? Talk about the pictures. Can you retell the story? Task 2 …
Tempest Photographer
Our school photographer will be visiting the school on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 November to take individual and/or family photographs. If you have a child not at Onthank Primary and want them to be photographed with elder brother or sister please come to the main office from 9.30 am on Tuesday 12 November. The photographer has emphasised to the school that there is no obligation to buy the photographs. Please contact the school on 525477 if you do not want your child to be photographed.
P3 Cinema Trip
Hi folks.
Just to let you know there was a great offer of parental/guardian help for our trip to the cinema this Friday coming. If you have been chosen to join us, your child will have a note in their bag on Monday. If you weren’t chosen this time, sorry, but we hope you may volunteer another time.
Thanks again
P3 staff
Congratulations Onthank Athletics Team?
Well done to all the Athletics Team and their coaches ( Miss Anderson & Mrs Klein)- they won the East Ayrshire Sportshall Athletics Trophy. ?
DFS Week?
We enjoyed the DFS Assembly which P4K presented to us . We also had lots of fun trying the activities P4K set out for us at the workshops. Thank you Mrs Klein and P4K👏
This Week’s Star Pupils
Primary 1
Cody – Super writing with Miss Anderson
Andi – Trying hard to work in class P1B
Starla – Settling well and working hard in P1 P1C
George – Reading all the cvc words in his book P1M
Primary 2
Dylan – Great effort participating in class activities
Ava – Amazing months Macarena
Liv – Writing in sentences and always working hard
Lacy – Amazing writing and brilliant numeracy
Primary 3
Christina – Excellent phonics work 3C
Mylie – Magic Maths P3H
Derryn – Amzing helping skills
Darcy – Beautiful jotter work P3S
Primary 4
Sophia – Always working hard and trying her best P4E
Willow – Being able to explain tricky vocabulary linked to 2D shapes P4EL
The whole of P4K – a super DFS class assembly
Liam – Super diacritical marking P4W
Primary 5
Kye – Marvellous maths P5I
Danny – A great start to learning all about decimals P5K
Mahmoud – His positive attitude and effort in all curricular areas P5T
Primary 6
Lewis – Super effort in all areas of school this week P6A
Reuben – Speeding up in maths P6F
Lucie – Giving her best effort at all times P6M
Lewis – Excellent use of similies during literacy P6M/N
Primary 7
Gregor – Representing OPS at a recent climate change event P7MC
Olivia – Displaying a mature attitude in class and the playground P7S
Special Award
Emily – Mrs Findlay’s Award for being a confident individual
Mr Swan’s Award
Kai – Star Award for Leading P1-3 Gymnastics brilliantly – Scottish Champion.
P1 Term 2 Overview
Children In Need – Friday 15 November 2019
We are asking pupils to be SPOTACULAR – DO YOUR OWN THING! Dress to impress in your spotty outfits or wear Pudsey clothes. On this day could you please bring in a donation for Children In Need and children at Onthank Primary School.
We hope to have Pudsey visit Onthank Primary School on Friday 15 November 
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We are having a Pudsey Bear Picnic in the dining hall on this day – menu:
Vegetable soup, cheeseburger with wedges and salad, hot dog with wedges and salad or mozzarella sticks with wedges and salad then wibbly wobbly jelly or strawberry ice cream. All served with chocolate or strawberry milk shake or milk or water.
Onthank Christmas Fayre
Please note change of date – our Christmas Fayre is now on Tuesday 3 December from 9.15 am – 12.00 pm. 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, books, 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 – timetable to follow.
RRS Article 31: You have the right to a clean and safe environment
P1 Homework Wk beginning 4th Nov
Week Beginning 4th November Over the course of the week, have a go at these activities in your own time. Please return the homework folder to school on Friday. Task 1 – Have a look at your new book. Task 2 – Have another go with your book. Play the track game with a partner. …
