Primary 1

1C – Calvin – for trying hard to listen to instructions

1K – Skyla – for having a great start to P1

1M – Ben – for carefully and responsibly controlling the Dash Bots

Primary 2

2E – Scott – for being extra kind to his friends

2K – Porsha – for sharing her feelings during check ins

2S – Mikey – kind & caring pupil who is great in PE

Primary 3

3B – Oliver – for working hard

3N – Kevin – a great first week settling into school

3S – Ava – amazing numeracy

Oliver – excellent effort and amazing homework

3T – Fallon – her hard work in all tasks

Emma – always being so kind, caring and hardworking

Primary 4

4E – Sophie – for showing great improvement in her reading

4M – Whole class – for writing letters to Christopher Blanchett BBC Weather

4W – Callum – Fantastic effort in his Maths assessment

Primary 5

5AK – Keira – for trying her best with her design task

Primary 6 

6F – David James – engaging well in every lesson

Devlin – trying really hard in maths

6IS – Rebecca – being a kind pupil

Taylor – always diving his best during numeracy

6N – James –  for showing excellent understanding of fractions, decimals and percentages

Layla – showing great understanding of percentages

Primary 7 

7C – Rudy – excellent work in numeracy

Mason – Super Book review on Divided City

7M – Callum – for his dedication to being part of The Rotary Quiz Team

7Mc – Molly – Excellent work on calculating mean, median, mode and range

Calum – for excellent team work during basketball lessons

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award

Mrs McCall and Primary 4M for writing letters to Christopher Blanchett BBC Weather

Jack and Jack for representing Onthank in the District Team

We are so glad our wider community could join us this morning for our P6 sports.  Our pupils showed great sportsmanship and competed in a variety of races.  A thoroughly enjoyable morning for all!

P6 is visiting ‘Amazonia’ at M&D’s in Glasgow on Friday 17 June. The bus will leave school at 9.15 am and return by 3.00 pm. Pupils should wear school sweatshirt, casual bottoms and bring a snack and a packed lunch (if your child receives free meals the school will provide a packed lunch). The cost of this outing is £15 per pupil including a game of 10 Pin Bowling. Please pay through ParentPay or call in to the office for a Barcode letter.

If you are able to go on this outing as a parent helper please complete form below.  We will only contact you if you are required to help.

Our Rights Respecting Schools ambassadors worked hard to create our ‘pawsome’ new playground charter. Primary 3T then designed the graphic which was then transferred onto our lovely new signs, huge thank you to John Imrie Signs.

To launch our new charter and house points, each class in the school participated in a Paddington Hunt where they searched for marmalade jars and clues leading them to the big reveal! Primary 1s and 2s even got to stamp Paddington’s passport.

Check it out in the video below and keep your eyes peeled for Onthank’s very own mini-Paddington bear!

Please click on link below for info on our Walk To School Week:

WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK 16-20 MAY 2022

P3 are visiting Calderglen Country Park on the following dates:

P3B & P3S – Thursday 19 May 2022

P3N & P3T – Thursday 26 May 2022

The cost of this outing is £7.00 per pupil to be paid through ParentPay.  Pupils should bring a non fizzy drink, a snack and a packed lunch.  If your child requires a packed lunch from the school please contact the school office on 01563525477.  Pupils should wear casual bottoms and school sweathshirts / jackets.

Primary 1

1A  Lochlan – for tidying up the lunch table

Primary 2

2E – Bella – wonderful handwriting

2K – Alissia – for great and kind sharing of spelling resources

2S – Olivia – writing stories independently

Primary 3 

3B – Emma – for always doing hr best

3S – Kacie – for fantastic general knowledge

3T – Lucy – for fantastic multiplication and division work and use of mental strategies

Primary 5

5AK – Shanai – for trying really hard with maths work

5B – Ella – for working well in our grammar lessons, when we have been learning about speech marks

5M – Josh – for always displaying a positive attitude and trying his best

Primary 7

P7M – Holly – for always displaying school values

7MC- Lucy – for her consistent enthusiasm and displaying our school values

Class 1 – Spencer – for being able to follow instructions and share how he is feeling

Class 3 – Corey – for working hard and listening well

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award

Millie & Ellie – for competing in the Tigers Acro competition and gaining Silver Medals! Well done Girls

Primary 1

1A – Anna – fabulous maths

1C – Niamh – excellent work when subitising numbers

1K – All of 1K – for working hard at their story writing

1M – Sharan – for fabulous phonics skills

Primary 2

2E – Noah – for working hard to follow instructions

2K – Kaydi – excellent active listening

2S – Amber – completing all tasks independently

Primary 3

3B – Olivier – super division

3N – Jack – for being incredibly brave

3S – Rose – amazing imagination when writing

Primary 4

4E –  All of 4E – fabulous effort with their Titanic cabins

4M – Dylan – coming to class with a cheerful positive attitude

Primary 5

5M – Harris – for consistently working hard and trying his best

Primary 6

6A – John – very polite and helpful worked well in all activities

6F – Macie – getting involved in everything at college

6IS – Violet – for brightening up everyone’s day

6N – Whole class – being very responsible and great participants at the college

7M – Blake – for showing positive attitudes towards all his classmates

7Mc – Megan – consistent hard work & effort

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award 

Miss Telford and 3T for organising our new Playground Charter! Thank you!

Primary 3

3B – Noah – for working well

3N – Tyler – super reading comprehension

3S – Kyle – for excellent writing

3T – Olivia – for fantastic division work

DHT Special Award

P6/7 Dancers for an excellent performance at Dancefest

Please click on links below to view RSHP Letters:

RSHP Early level letter

RSHP First Level Letter

RSHP Second level letter

Please click on link below for Diary Dates from April – June 2022:

DIARY DATES FOR PARENTS APRIL 2022

As we come to the end of an ‘egg-cellent’ Spring Term we are ‘egg-cited’ for  the launch of our first Virtual Tour and Egg Hunt. Normally Parents come into school throughout the session so here is a look around the school and your child’s class.

Here is the link for our first Virtual Tour and Easter Egg Hunt!

https://www.thinglink.com/card/1565463311930097665

Here is the link for the Quiz. Prizes for all correct entries! 

https://forms.office.com/r/PCEh6n1Cpp

You will find eggs like the one below throughout the tour! 

We kindly remind our families to check emails and the school app for details of our early closure stagger times tomorrow, on Fiday 1 April.

‘Hoppy Holidays’!
#OurOnthank #EasterFun #Eggcited

Primary 1

1A – Callie – super phonics

1C – Luca – for working really hard on numbers up to 100

1K – Murray – working hard on his literacy all week

1M – Oliver – for cool climbing skills in the gym hall

Primary 2

2K – Joan – for increased effort

2S – Ben – working hard in literacy & numeracy

Primary 4

4E –  Sophie – fabulous number work

4W – Logan – for excellent homework

Primary 5

5B – Jamie Leigh – for working well in her reading group

Primary 6

6A – Willow – for designing a super app!

6IS – Brooke – super writing each week

6N – Katie – always giving 100% during lessons

Class 1 – Charlie – for excellent independent writing

Primary 1

1C – Khloe – for reading really tricky words

1K – Rocco – for being confident with his adding numbers to 20

1M – Eman – for excellent detailed drawings

Primary 2

2E – Rosalie – for working very hard on her writing

2K – Sophie – for great numeracy-place value work

2S – Luci – fantastic work on phonemes

Primary 3

3N – George – Excellent answers during reading group time

3S – Mia & Lucas – for getting full marks for Numeracy

3T – Holly – always working hard and being super helpful

Primary 4

4E –  Hudson – for fabulous walking and being sensible in the class line

4M – Ava – working her socks off in maths! Well done

4W – Layton – for working hard to improve handwriting

Primary 5

5B – Alex – for having brilliant focus in our grammar lesson and trying his best

Primary 6

6A – Erin – for being an enthusiastic learner

6F – Lexi – not giving up

6IS – Noa – being an absolute delight to have in the class

6N – Amelia – persevering with challenging work

Primary 7

7C – Annie – excellent work on Roman Numerals

7M – Mahmoud – for fantastic effort and dedication in all areas of the curriculum

7MC – Callum – superb work on calculating percentages

Class 1 – Alyesha – for being kind & helpful

We would like to say a massive thank you to J&W carpets!

Last session, our talented P7M wrote very persuasive letters to ask for rugs to make our classroom floors more comfortable to sit on.  We were delighted when J&W responded to our plea and donated over 40 rugs to enhance our classroom environments.  P6N were on hand to help take delivery of our new rugs today.

Please click on link below for information on Red Nose Day on Friday 18 March 2022:

RED NOSE DAY – FRIDAY 18 MARCH 2022

Primary 1

1A – Isabella – super phonics

1C – Jacob – for working out tricky calculations

1K – Sam – for creating a days of the week and weather board at home

1M – Ellie – for working hard on phonics

Primary 2

2E – Eilidh – for helping me with my safety line

2K – Maisie – for careful active literacy work

2S – Ben – for using spelling and phonics knowledge to write well

Primary 3

3B – Corey – for working well

3N – Lacey – for lovely handwriting at handwriting time

3S – Whole Class – for amazing use of adjectives

3T – Poppy – for fantastic writing

Primary 4

4E –  Mason – Good team work

4W – Elise for bing a king caring girl

Primary 5

5M – Dylan – excellent work in Numeracy and number talks

Primary 6

6A – Charlie – for great contributions all week

6F – Kaycee – always working hard

6IS – Shaw – super French – très bien

Primary 7

7C – Emma – super work in numeracy

7M – Erin – for working very hard during Miss Baillie’s maths lessons

7MC – Ellie – Always trying new things and pushing herself out of her comfort zone

Class 1 – Ollie – for working hard and listening well

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award 

Aiobhe & Lachlan – for being kind and generous

Primary 1 and Primary 2 have been using Learning Journals.  Over the next few weeks we would like to promote these and encourage all our parents to upload a post.  We know many of you have done this already however it would be fantastic if all our children had a post from home.  We are planning a few ‘how to’ and help sessions over the next few weeks.  Below is a guide and video.

Parent-Guide-2021

Please click on link below for info on World Book Day:

WORLD BOOK DAY – THURSDAY 3 MARCH 2022

Primary 1

1C – Lucie & Adam for keeping their new  glasses on all day

1K – Emma – fantastic ‘have a go’ writing

1M – Mhairi – super writing

Primary 2

2E – Mia – brilliant number work in maths

2K – Lauchlan – for good answers at number time

2S – Hayden – growing in confidence

Eilidh – answering very articulately

Primary 3

3B – Heather – for working well

3N – Josh – working hard to write super sentences

3S – Starla – for being brave and for amazing phonics

3T – Ayat – for her enthusiasm for learning and progress she has made since joining

Primary 4

4E – Lana – for producing a super ‘kind’ quote

4M – Josh – amazing class work and being a kind, caring pupil

4W – Charlie – for always being so creative. Great ideas!

Primary 5

5AK – TJ – super effort in literacy

5B – Lewis – for being a brilliant role model for other pupils in your class, by working so hard in all of our lessons

Primary 6

6A – Jessica – a great number talks explanation

6F – Reece – Big improvement in maths

6IS – Jack – Super spelling

6N – Ross – persevering & working hard to complete tasks with success

Primary 7

7C – Ellie – excellent work in numeracy

7M – Cody – Great behaviours displayed in the playground

7MC – Christopher – for continual hard work and effort

Centre 1 – for working well and focusing on forming his letters correctly

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award

Molly, Jaxon, Erin, Luke – for representing the school at Ayrshire College

P4-7 Eco Reps met and discussed :International Food Day, Food for Thought and Waste Wardens duties. Lots of exciting ideas were given by all pupils which we will discuss with our catering staff. Looking forward to all the activities.

PC Scade came to visit some of our classes today to talk about bullying.  Pupils learned about the different forms bullying can take and talked about some of the strategies they could use if they felt they were being bullied.  We now know how the police could help us too!

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Please click on link below for P1 and P2 Wishlist from our Parent Council.  If anyone can help to supply any of the items on the list please hand in to the school office.  Thanks!

P1-P2 Wishlist

Primary 1

1A – Callie – for always trying her best in all our activities

1C – Blair & Adam – taking away with really big numbers

1K – Sophie – for helping us to celebrate the Chinese New Year with fortune cookies and lucky money envelopes

1M – Ellie – for reciting her Scots poem with excellent expressions

Primary 2

2E – Anna – Burns Poetry class winner

2K – Taylan – very good effort writing kind compliments with your buddies

2S – Oscar – being a joy in class & always being kind to others

Primary 3

3B – Cody – working hard!

3N – Joseph – for excellent column addition jotters sums

3S – Myla – excellent progress, well done!

3T – Zak – for super effort for the Burns Poem

Primary 4

4E – Amelia – being a successful learner

4M – Mason – excellent maths skills

4W – Khalil – for working well with others

Primary 5

5AK – Christina – always trying her best in class

5B – Logan – working well to complete his short multiplication

5M – Harris – for supporting peers and being kind and helpful

Primary 6

6A – Haleigh – an outstanding Scottish poetry recital

6F – Scarlett – Brilliant progress!

6IS – Leigham – being a mannerly & well behaved pupil

6N – Darcey – positive start at Onthank

Primary 7

7C – Caitlin – super writing

7M – Lyla – excellent Poetry recital and working very well in class

7Mc – Mitchell – having a positive growth mindset to Numeracy

Centre 1

Keira – for being an outstanding and responsible pupil

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award

Warrick & Jackson for showing us how to Celebrate Chinese New Year

P6N had a visit from Eilidh who works for the Anne Frank Trust.  They learned a lot about the life of Anne Frank and now know more about equality, prejudice, stereotypes and discrimination.

On Friday, they are going to develop their skills to become peer educators so that we can teach other pupils about these important topics.

Primary 1

1A – Isabella – for working hard on phonics and blending

1C – Preston – for working really hard on writing sentences

1K – Whole of 1K – super writing

1M – Thea – for loving all the class learning activities this week

Primary 2

2E – Jack – amazing take away skills

2K – Layla – for showing confidence reading out your poem to the whole class. Well done!

2S – Lleyton – for playing football with lots of friends in the playground

Primary 3

3B – Rule – for not giving up!

3N – Aliyah – super notetaking while doing research on the computer

3S – Zachary – for making positive behaviour choices

3T – Andi – for working hard on her Numeracy calculations and challenging herself

Primary 4

4E – Sophie – for helping to tidy up in class

4M – Olivia – Fantastic maths work

4W – Mia – for great effort at Rugby

Primary 5

5AK – Robbie – for having an excellent attitude to classwork

5B – Derryn – for working very well in our Scots writing lesson this week

5M – Robbie – for working really hard on his burns poem

Primary 6

6A -Willow – for super effort with her Scottish poem

6F – Mya – Fantastic reading comprehension

6IS – Erin – making P6IS extremely proud by being the overall EA logo competition winner!

6N – Evan – for being a great participant during lessons

Primary 7

7M – Zak – working hard consistently and always having a pleasant

7Mc – Lyle – Always demonstrating our school values

Centre 1

Alysha – for improving greatly with her handwriting

Centre 3

Macey

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award

Brook & Jaxson for being Responsible Citizens whilst represent Onthank Primary

Onthank P6/7 Families,

It is with great excitement we announce the welcomed return of Dance Fest 2022 for our P6 & P7 young people.

Rehearsals will take place following all COVID-19 Dance Guidance ensuring the safety of all. Should you wish to see guidance Mr Swan is happy to provide upon sign up.

Rehearsal Day: Every Friday (04.02.22 – 18.03.22)

Rehearsal Time: 2.50pm – 4pm 

Rehearsal Location: Main Hall (Distanced) 

Dance Fest Dates: TBC by event organisers. Provisionally 22/23/24 March 2022 

Please note: There are only 15 places available and will be allocated on a first come basis. Mr Swan will confirm your child’s place on Wednesday next week via email, when sign up will close.

We can’t wait to return to The Palace Theatre and showcase the talent at Onthank.

Please complete the short form to enrol.

Safe wishes always,

Mr. Swan

Following our competition in school, Erin’s design was selected by East Ayrshire to use as their Cyber Resilience/Internet Safety logo.  We think her design is fantastic and a digital version of it has now been created to share across the authority.  We are so proud of you Erin!

Primary 1

1A – Charlotte – for working hard to improve her reading skills

1C – Ameer – for being very brave in the gym with stage 2 climbing

1K – Murray – for giving his best all day every day

1M – Darren – for making a great start in P1M

Primary 2

2E – Elise – for bringing in some books in Scots & helping with out topic

2K – Connor – trying extra hard to do your work

2S – Skye – excellent progress in reading & writing

Primary 3

3B – Guy – for working so well

3N – Lucy – excellent answers during class discussions

3S – Keira – for working hard in school all day and having a positive attitude

3T – Zeryn – for trying super hard with her calculations and not giving up

Primary 4

4E – Amelia –

4M – Reem – Excellent rugby player!

4W – Lacey – super reciting of her burns poem

Primary 5

5AK – Leo – for working really hard in class this week

5B – Stan – for being very helpful in class

5M – Ben – for displaying great self-awareness and making good choices

Primary 6

6A – Ione – outstanding effort and great contribution in class

6F – Liam – amazing maths

6IS – Shae – completing his homework on time, well done!

6N – Imogen – Making great progress with division work

Primary 7

7M – Emily – for working well in all areas of the Curriculum

7Mc – Adam – for displaying good game and team skills during rugby lessons

Deputy Head Teacher 

Annabella – 1C

For being kind & thoughtful

Please click on link below for Diary Dates from January – April 2022:

DIARY DATES JAN-APR 2022

We are excited to announce that the #OurOnthank Christmas Concert is now LIVE! Our concert features all your favourite festive tunes, some staff messages and of course an Onthank favourite ‘Dominick the Donkey’!

Our concert can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/oo5FnoVX6k8

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and enjoy watching our concert over the festive season!

Merry Christmas from all at Onthank Primary School.

#VirtualChristmas #OurOnthank #ChristmasConcert

Primary 3 took part in Young Writers poetry competition on the theme of This Is Me.  We are pleased to say 5 of our youngsters have won out of the 20,000 entries from all over the country, and will be published in a book. Here are four of the winners (Holly P3T was absent):

P1, P2 & P3 Christmas Lunch is on Tuesday 7 December

P4 & P5 Christmas Lunch is on Wednesday 8 December

P6 & P7 Christmas Lunch is on Thursday 9 December

If your child would like to order a Christmas Lunch, please choose from options below:

Please click on link below for updated information on the Parent Council Online Family Fun Night:

PARENT COUNCIL FAMILY FUN NIGHT

PC Scade came to school today to teach us all about staying safe online.

We learned about age restrictions on various apps, the importance of not sharing personal details online and cyber bullying.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ is a great website to learn about staying safe online.

Can you please give permission by completing/signing form below for your child’s forename and surname to appear on the back of his/her P7 Leavers’ Hoodie.

Primary 1

1A – Mirren – for working hard to blend phonemes

1M – Blair – for all the extra effort he put into his Smart Start Goals

1K and 1C – for wonderful manners.

Primary 2

2S – Katie – working hard in all areas of the curriculum

Primary 3

3B – Rule – for persevering with challenging tasks! Well done.

3N – Rhys – for excellent detail in his Owl who was Afraid of the Dark picture.

3S – Adrian – for amazing numeracy skills

3T Oscar – for his efforts and enthusiasm in PE.

Primary 4

4E – Hudson – for being kind to his classmates.

4M – Bonnie – working her socks off during maths!

4W – Dylan – for an improvement in handwriting

Primary 5

5AK – Ollie – has been trying so hard with his writing this week.

5M – Nicole – for working hard and following every instruction.

Primary 6

6F – Tulisa – for working hard

Primary 7

7Mc – Robyn – for always working extremely hard on everything she does

We are very proud of our pupils who did a fantastic job presenting at our Parent Council Meeting.The Pupil Council Chair and Vice Chair gave lots of information about their roles in school by being involved in decision making.The RRS Chair and Vice Chair showed a presentation about all the activities we are doing in school. The Chair of the Eco group informed everyone about our Food Waste campaign and showed a video made by EA Council. Well done everyone👏

Primary 1

1A – Oscar-  for Marvellous Maths.

1C – Lucas – for working in a team, listening carefully and making words with active literacy boards.

1K – All of 1K – for creating a wonderful cafe for the Tiger to visit for his tea. Yum! Yum!

1M – Sophia – for super reading skills.

Primary 3

3B – Harper – for working hard and showing such enthusiasm for learning maths.

3N – All of 3N for being Superstars this week!

3T – Abie – for her ideas and imagination during class discussions linked to our class novel.

Primary 4

4E – Colin for being so helpful and making sure our classroom is very tidy!

4M – Kyle – for making great progress in maths

4W – Zara – for trying so hard with vertical addition

Primary 5

5AK – Sarah – for showing kindness to her classmates.

Primary 6

6A – Alistair – for fantastic slow writing

6F – Chloe – Fantastic Addition

Primary 7

7Mc – Tyler – for continual hard on fractions

Class 3

Tehya – for using super subtraction strategies during numeracy.

Deputy Head Teachers Award

To all of our Onthank families,

Exciting news – our Autumn Assembly is now LIVE and ready for you to watch!

Sit back, relax and enjoy our highlights from Term 1, a preview of our new classroom environments and some special ann

ouncements!

We also have a spooky surprise in store for #OurOnthank families at the end of our assembly so keep your eyes peeled!

#OurOnthank #AutumnAssembly #TimeWarp #Hallowe’en 

In the next week or two, your child will be shown a PowerPoint in class and will discuss with their teacher the good examples of Outdoor Learning.

Please complete the relevant Form for your child by Friday 12th March. 

Many thanks!

P1 Form – https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKeMwLqGnu9lBmaeMCPbLiFhUNDBTNU5LUTNEWVRBNUtSMEFHNTFNVkRZNy4u

P2 Form -https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKeMwLqGnu9lBmaeMCPbLiFhUN1BSRzIxQTdENlFWNFlJTVFKVExFNVU1Qi4u

P3 Form – https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKeMwLqGnu9lBmaeMCPbLiFhUOTU1NVpCUEJENldaUlMwVlpSRkNMSlJQRy4u

Centre Form – https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKeMwLqGnu9lBmaeMCPbLiFhUNkY3TFdKNFFYQjcxQ0hVNjFSUkdaS1ZTVi4u

Good Afternoon Families,

As we come to end of another brilliant week at Onthank we would like to share information with you regarding the importance of attendance and ask for you help.

If your young person is absent from school we kindly remind you to contact our school office 01563 525477 in order for us to accurately record the reason for this absence.

If we do not hear from you, this is marked as an ‘Unauthorised Absence’ in line with Government and Council policy and will negatively impact your child’s attendance percentage.

Next week our clerical team and Home Link Worker will be contacting families who have any ‘Unauthorised Absences’ highlighted in order for us to find out the reason for the absence and hopefully update our system to increase percentages.

If we are unable to reach you, a letter will be send home for you to complete and return.

Finally, it is crucial for the safety of your young person that the school have your most up to date emergency contact details and we thank you in advance for informing us of any changes.

Thank you for your continued support in all aspects of school life, on this occasion, specifically supporting our absence protocols.

Have a lovely weekend!

Primary 1

1A – Whole Class – settling in well to P1

1C – Whole Class – Settling in well to P1

1F – Whole Class – Settling in well to P1

1M – Whole Class – Settling in well to P1

Primary 2

2A – Mia – following instructions and having lovely manners

2B  – Rule – for being polite, helpful and trying hard in class all week

2C – Holly – Excellent reading & writing skills

2D – George – always working hard in all areas of the curriculum

Primary 3

3A – Whole Class – fantastic  start to Primary 3

3B – Ashley – for super writing & fabulous work in the first week

3C – Sofia – for an amazing illustration

Primary 4

4A – Christina – wonderful neat artwork

4B – Rory – for regularly offering ideas during tasks

4C – Zoe – a super confident start to Primary 4

Primary 5

5A – Whole Class – great start to a new year

5B – Whole Class – for having a great week and fantastic start to P5

5C – Haleigh – giving 100% effort at all times

5D – Noa – lovely topic artwork

Primary 6

6A – Keir – fantastic contributing to Number Talk sessions

6B – Mason – superb spelling

6C – Whole Class – for settling in very well to P6

Primary 7

7B – Aiden – for Making an excellent start to P7

7C – Mia – work in numeracy

7D – Aimee – for being really helpful in class and hardworking

Special Award from Mrs Findlay  – Hannah Johnson 4A for having her hair cut and donating to it to The Little Princes Trust & raising £400!

Well done, we are all proud of you!

Primary 1

1A – Whole Class – settling in well to P1

1C – Whole Class – Settling in well to P1

1F – Whole Class – Settling in well to P1

1M – Whole Class – Settling in well to P1

Primary 2

2A – Mia – following instructions and having lovely manners

2B  – Rule – for being polite, helpful and trying hard in class all week

2C – Holly – Excellent reading & writing skills

2D – George – always working hard in all areas of the curriculum

Primary 3

3A – Whole Class – fantastic  start to Primary 3

3B – Ashley – for super writing & fabulous work in the first week

3C – Sofia – for an amazing illustration

Primary 4

4A – Christina – wonderful neat artwork

4B – Rory – for regularly offering ideas during tasks

4C – Zoe – a super confident start to Primary 4

Primary 5

5A – Whole Class – great start to a new year

5B – Whole Class – for having a great week and fantastic start to P5

5C – Haleigh – giving 100% effort at all times

5D – Noa – lovely topic artwork

Primary 6

6A – Keir – fantastic contributing to Number Talk sessions

6B – Mason – superb spelling

6C – Whole Class – for settling in very well to P6

Primary 7

7B – Aiden – for Making an excellent start to P7

7C – Mia – work in numeracy

7D – Aimee – for being really helpful in class and hardworking

Special Award from Mrs Findlay  – Hannah Johnson 4A for having her hair cut and donating to it to The Little Princes Trust & raising £400!

Well done, we are all proud of you!

P4 pupils were set a task to create a shadow message, perhaps for a loved one who they can’t visit just now or for their friends to see online.

We have been so impressed by the examples that we thought it would be a lovely idea for all pupils to be involved in.

Some teachers have been getting creative and sharing their messages too.

Here are some lovely examples…

We would love if you would join in the fun and create a positive message to keep us smiling although we can’t see each other just now.

You can email photos to eadavid.mcilwraith1@glow.sch.uk

Can you please send them by Friday 24th April 2020, 5pm. There are a few really sunny days ahead to test out your messages.

Got a special message for your friends or for your school community?

In addition to our shadow messages, you can also email Mr McIlwraith a special message that you may have for a best friend or a group of friends! What are you most looking forward to when you get back to school? Who are you missing and why? Drop Mr McIlwraith a message and we will share it with our Onthank Community for your friends to see online! Please note that your name will appear on the video if you send us a message so make sure you get permission from an adult.

Looking forward to seeing them!

Mrs Williams 😉

A very warm welcome back to all our pupils, parents and carers of Onthank Primary School.  We hope you have had a relaxing and safe Easter holiday.  We are so lucky that the weather has been good and the sunshine is set to continue this week.  Bailey certainly enjoys the sun and going for a walk!

Staff have be online again and it has been great to see so many of you logging on.  We will be online to chat to children and set them some tasks and activities for the week.  Along with keeping in touch digitally we have also made some phone calls to families.  We are unable to call everyone and will prioritise families who have been unable to connect online,  however if you wish to nominate someone for a call feel free to do so.

We are all missing the children and can’t wait to have them back in school.  But for now – stay home, stay safe and keep in touch.

We can do this together!!

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Miss Anderson and  Miss Ellis tricked us all today at the James Hamilton hub.  Miss Anderson offered me a sweet but when I ate it, it turned out to be a grape!

Did you trick anyone today?  Leave a comment if you did or were tricked by someone else!

Click on the picture to go to a new page which gives RESOURCES FOR RIGHTS LEARNING AWAY FROM SCHOOL

The following letter was sent to parents on our school app

Letter to parents and carers – 23.3.20

If you wish to access any of this provision you will require to fill in our e-form here:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id

As you will read in the letter Onthank PS pupils register for James Hamilton Primary hub.

EAC are continuing to provide meals to Free School Meals entitled families – register at http://eastayrshi.re/familymeals