
Who: P4-7 pupils
What: Skipping tricks and skills
Where: Main Hall
When: Every Friday 8.40 – 9.00am
Why: Kickstart your day the active way

Who: P4-7 pupils
What: Skipping tricks and skills
Where: Main Hall
When: Every Friday 8.40 – 9.00am
Why: Kickstart your day the active way
On Thursday 17th January, our P6 classes will be working with the PACE Theatre group to perform a short (approx 25mins) anti-bullying show called ‘Being Me’.
P6 Parents/Carers are welcome to join us to watch the performance at 11.40am with tea and coffee being served in the dinner hall from 11.25am.
Please complete the form below if you would like to attend our short performance by Monday 14th January.
See our P6 blog for more information.
Happy New Year from everyone at Onthank Primary . We look forward to seeing you all back at school on Monday 7 January 2019. Please recycle your Christmas Cards – bring into school next week. Mrs Merrick and the Eco Committee will collect them and recycle . Thank you ⭐
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.




Reminder – school closes on Friday 21 December @ 2.30 pm & reopens on Monday 7 January 2019 @ 9.00 am
Hope you all have a lovely Christmas & New Year!
Well done to Lucy, Jodie and Emily for showing us their fabulous medals? for swimming , gymnastics and dancing?. We are very proud of you.
We hope you thoroughly enjoyed our P2 Nativity Performance- ‘A Christmas Star’.
We thought the children were fantastic but we want to hear from you.
Please post your feedback below on our performance.

A reminder that Parents and Carers are invited to join us tomorrow morning for the P2 Nativity- “The Christmas Star”. Please be seated for a 10am start.
We look forward to seeing you there.

Primary 1
James Lyall – persevering and building a tall tower that stood without support
Reem Altamr – knowing lots of sounds and trying to read words
Luke Sloan – amazing addition skills!
Corey Mitchell – super football skills at Fit 15
Primary 2
Maddison Neill – super school representative at Morrisons
Sophie Brown – great effort making her spelling words
Jay McFadzean – sensible and mature attitude
Keira Morton – working hard at Reading
Primary 3
Imogen Mooney – always trys her best at school
Tyler Livingstone – being confident in the P3 Concert
Macy McFarlane – beautiful singing of ‘Four Calling Birds’
Lily Roy – excellent singing during the P3 Carol Concert
Primary 4
Milo Horner – always choosing a challenge in Maths
Lennon McPartland – Great Reading Comprehension
Luke Callaghan – an amazing effort with Spelling. You are a Super Star!
Primary 5
Ethan Craigen – super Christmas art work
P5E Choir – super performance in the P7 Show
Steven Black – being a mannerly messenger
Sophie Malone – having confidence to showcase her art work
Primary 6
P6A – outstanding singing during Onthank’s Greatest Show
Callum McAvoy – super effort at all times!
Glen Duncan – working well and making good progress
Primary 7
All of P7 for fantastic performances of ‘Onthank’s Greatest Show’
Special Award
Rebecca Devlin – for being a Responsible Prefect
We supported Save the Children and wore our Christmas jumpers to school. Thank you to everyone who brought in a donation for this charity?
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!


Primary 1
Emily Gardiner – using phonics to read words and draw pictures
Andrew Campbell – taking his time to carefully make paper chains
Rebecca Stirrat – having a growth mindset in the gym hall – great perseverance!
Primary 2
Mia Dorrans – fab reporting on the Fayre
Harris Johnston – being a very kind and thoughtful friend!
Sadie Farmer – super shape work in Maths
Josh Wilson – increased effort in Reading and OPS P2ST
Primary 3
Isla Duncan – excellent reading skills
Macie Campbell – beautiful singing
Nathan Jamieson – super singing during Carol Concert rehearsals
Violet Milloy – showing a great improvement in Phonics
Primary 4
Lewis Jackson – writing a super descriptive story setting
Emily Skinner – an excellent Imaginative Story
Bailey Dobson – knowing the story of the birth of Jesus and answering questions confidently in Church!
Primary 5
Leah Henderson – an excellent Africa presentation
Katie Brown – displaying super behaviour
Ellie Gan – problem solving
Millie Gower – always following school rules and working hard
Primary 6
Kyle Hamilton – his super singing during GSM rehearsals
Carrie Lithgow – being kind and caring
Ben McLean – working hard in all areas every day
Primary 7
Aaron Osei – a fantastic use of VCOP when writing
Adam Paterson – a respectful Onthank Citizen
Taylor Cree – working hard in Maths
Lee Milne – being a responsible citizen in class and around the school
Star Award
Onthank Brass Band – playing at the Christmas Fayre
Thank you to SSVP Mount Carmel for a generous donation of Christmas Hampers which were gifted to some families.
After a number of parental requests, we have decided to film tomorrow evening’s performance. If you would not like your child to be filmed in ‘Onthank’s Greatest Show’ tomorrow evening please complete the form below.
Thank you for your continued support.
Please only complete this form if you do not give permission for your child to be filmed.
A massive congratulations to Onthank P7 on their successful bid for a grant to help fund their Inverclyde Residential Trip.
A cheque of £1000 was handed over from members of the North West Community Action Group.
Thank you to all who voted to make this possible and well done to the P7s who performed a snippet of their show- ‘Onthank’s Greatest Show’ to members of our North West community.
We look forward to building more relationships within our community in the New Year.
As part of the P5/6/7 show ‘Onthank’s Greatest Show’, Primary 5 and Primary 6 will form the choir.
In order for the choir to be dressed in a similar style, we ask that your child wears their white Onthank polo shirt/ blouse. In addition to wearing white, children are welcome to wear any Christmas attire, for example, Christmas earrings, tinsel, hats, headbands etc. If you have any of these items at home, it would be appreciated if you would allow your child to bring these into school for the show. Please do not purchase any of these items.
Your child should arrive to the performances wearing these items.
Could all Primary 5 and Primary 6 choir children please arrive at school on Monday 10th December and Thursday 13th December at 6.30pm ready for a 7pm start.
Children should be collected from school at the end of the show for 8.45pm.
Primary 7 children are asked to arrive at school for 6pm on both nights of the evening performance. It is also asked that Primary 7 children are collected at the end of the show.
Please complete below permission slip to allow your child to attend the evening performances.
Thank you for your continued support.

Christmas Lunch is on Friday 7 December – all P1-P3 pupils receive free school meals so no cost. P4-P7 cost £2.10 (pay through ParentPay) except for children in receipt of free school meals.
Main Meal
Roast Turkey with Trimmings / Steak Pie / Vegetable Stroganoff
Meals served with Roast/Mash Potatoes & Peas/Carrots/Brussels
Sweet
Scottish Trifle / Strawberry Cheesecake / Christmas Ice-Cream
Juice, Milk or Milkshake provided with all meals
Please complete form below if your child will be having a Christmas Lunch and also stating what they would like for their Main Meal.

Lia Townsley, P6M, Erin Williams, P6A and Campbell Neal, P6K are this year’s JRSO’s.
We’re holding a competition to encourage people to be safely seen in the dark during the winter months. You have to draw yourself in the coolest, brightest clothes you can think of! Please include your own ‘Be Bright Be Seen’ message too! The closing date is the 7th of December which is this Friday!
Thank you from the JRSO team.
Primary 7 pupils have been asked to perform as part of the North West Kilmarnock Community event on Thursday 6th December.
This event will be held in Onthank Primary School where there will be a display of different North West Community groups applying for funding for various different causes. Primary 7 pupils have put together a funding application in order to raise funds for our upcoming residential trip to Inverclyde Sports Centre.
We strongly encourage anyone to attend this event to vote for Onthank Primary’s bid.
For this event, children are allowed to vote so we would like to get as many children and parents to this event as possible.
Children will stay at school from 3pm and prepare for the performance which will be delivered at approx. 3.30pm. It is then asked that children are picked up by an appropriate adult at 4.30pm. This allows the children time to perform and then vote for our funding proposal. It would greatly appreciated if you could come in and vote for our funding proposal when you collect your child at 4.30pm. This would only take a few minutes and helps reduce the cost of our residential trip.
Could you please complete the below permission form to allow your child to attend this event.
Onthank Christmas Fayre well underway today. Come along and join us.
