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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Please complete to help teacher’s plan.

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

Hope all of our Onthank families and friends are all safe and well.

We will be keeping the main blog page free for important information, however, we wanted to share a couple of ideas which might benefit all of our pupils.

Each morning, Joe Wicks will be providing online PE lessons at 9am. We have all enjoyed taking part in his sessions before.

When it gets closer to bedtime, why not log onto Facebook or YouTube  each night at 7pm and listen to Chris Duke, the author of ‘Lucy’s Blue Day’ reading a chapter per night of his new book ‘Archie Unplugs the Internet’. A lovely routine to end the day. ?

Thinking of everyone at this difficult time.

We said Goodbye to Mr Boyd who is leaving Onthank to take up a new PT post in Glasgow. All classes had a fun last day( for the time being) in school  as luckily the weather was in our favour.

Good luck to our P7s. We will have you back at some point to give you an Onthank Send Off. You are a credit to Onthank ?. 

Please read the letter and follow the attached link.

Letter to all parents and carers – 20.3.20

We gathered together for class photographs this afternoon before saying our goodbyes.   We are all hoping to all be back together soon.

As we say farewell to seeing many of our children the P7 class of 2020 picked the following song ….

Our leadership team and staff are so very proud of our children.  An Onthank assembly favourite!

Congratulations to Holly in P5 who won East Ayrshire’s internet safety competition by designing an avatar.  Holly has won a DASH robot for the school, well done! ?

We have put together a learning pack for your child. As we don’t know the duration of the closure, we have attempted to provide a range of activities which we would encourage your child to complete throughout the day, please use your own judgement as every child and situation is different.

With such short notice we have not been able to differentiate for all levels of ability and would advise that your child completes what they can from the tasks provided.

Please regularly check Teams, the P7 Blog, and Bug Club as we will keep this updated with daily tasks and activities for your child to complete.

The jotter provided can be used to complete any written activities or assignments that cannot be done within the class Teams page or through another online format.

We would ask that, where possible, you try to keep to a routine of learning to support our young people, academically, during these challenging times.

P7 teachers will be available to answer emails from you and your children during the usual school hours and will try to respond as soon as possible.

Miss McKelvey     P7McK          eagillian.mckelvey@glow.sch.uk

Mr McNichol        P7McN          easteven.mcnichol@glow.sch.uk

Mrs Mills                P7M                 eacaroline.mills@glow.sch.uk

Onthank Young People & Families,

Our staff have been busy creating exciting and engaging home learning packs and digital learning activities for our young people.  

Activities, as always, will be active, fun and inclusive for all learners, regardless of ability.

Here is a summary for each stage –

Primary 1 – Pack with parent letter,  logins and passwords, jotter,  pencil, worksheets,  materials and ideas for cross- curricular activities, Information on P1 class blog

Primary 2– Pack with parent letter,  logins and passwords,  worksheets,  materials and ideas for cross- curricular activities, Information on P2 class blog

Primary 3  – Pack with parent letter ( logins and passwords sent with report),  jotter and P 3 class blog with a page for each teacher.

Primary 4 – Pack with a parental letter giving instructions on P4 blog,  range of worksheets, literacy, numeracy, jotter with Glow log ins.  

Primary 5– Teams page for communication, lessons, folders with maths and numeracy, literacy and french. 

Primary 6 – Teams page for communication, lessons, packs made up for individual children

Primary 7– Teams page for communication, ON-LINE lessons  posted daily,  folder with assessments, jotters etc

At Onthank we are very proud of the level of digital learning and ownership our young people have already achieved. All learners in Primary 5, 6 & 7 have been using Teams and communication between teacher and learner has already begun!

Click here for – Microsoft Teams Guidance for Parents

We will issue guidance on the amount of communication you can expect from teaching staff in the coming week. This will vary between stages due to the different activities planned by staff.

Learning Packs will be available today and tomorrow and will be given to pupils to bring home if they are attending school. Other resources such as sanitary items, toothbrushes and toothpaste are free to anyone who needs them. 

We are aware that some families are already self-isolating, therefore the school will get Learning Packs to you.  Please fill in the form below to let us know how you wish to receive yours. This form only needs to be filled in if your child has been absent from school in the last week.

You might be inclined to create  a minute by minute schedule for your child, however, like many of us,  they have never experienced anything like this before and will share the same worries and fears.

It is equally important at this time to comfort, care for each other and consider transferable life skills which can be learned at home. Why not take a break from Learning Packs and play board games, bake cookies, or to do a science experiment together?

Please also remember it will take time for all of us to adjust to this ‘new normality’.

Sincere thanks from Onthank Primary SLT and Staff for your understanding, cooperation and support in these unprecedented times. The offers of help and acts of kindness from our community is an outstanding display of your passion and genuine care for our young people.

We will miss our young people greatly, however remain encouraged Onthank Primary Community will reflect and learn from this and come back creating a stronger future for all.

Please continue to reach out to us during these times. We are all in this together.

Well done to Erin, Ellie and Mason.  They were the winners of the App design competition.  The ‘Make it Happen’ company were blown away by the amazing design ideas from our school. Thank you to all of our pupils for entering.

We would like to make sure we have the correct email address for all parents.  In these uncertain circumstances we will be contacting you at home via email.

Please ensure the school has an up to date email address by completing form below if you would like to give us an update:

Yesterday we distributed pupil reports. We do know that many children have not received them yet. To help us plan can all parents/carers please complete our online form.  Parents can pick up the school report if they are able to.  Reports which are not picked up will be posted.

Please click here to access the form

277 have been completed.

Answers to frequently asked questions-

• Children are being re- issued with their log ins and passwords.
• Online tutorials will be added to our School blog
• Staff will be posting on each stage’s blog
• We will make sure parents can access support
• Our school Bugclub code is kg9j

Primary 3

Nathan – talking about his Scottish project to the class

Max – working well with his peers

Mya – super instruction writing

Primary 4

Imogen – always trying to brighten up a situation

Lennon – making an effort to improve handwriting

All of P4K – getting to grips with GLOW blogs

Primary 7

Kerr – Cycling

Robert – making excellent use of our Class Teams page

Luke – an Amazing contribution to our Shape Lessons.

Deputy Headteacher’s Award

Sophie – being a kind and helpful pupil

If schools close in the coming days or weeks we would like the children to access Bug Club at home if possible. We have put together a step by step guide as to how to access it. In the meantime  can you please make sure your child is able to log on?

Thank you for your continued support.

1. Google              Bug Club

2. The top search says ActiveLearn:Login  –  click on that link.

3. That should take you to the password page.

4. Insert your personal login details.

5. The photos below show what to do. The “child”  we have used to demonstrate  this does not exist and is made up purely as an example.

6 . If you see a “bug” you click on it and your child will have a task to perform.

Remember you can access maths activities on Bug Club too.

Please click on the link below for the updated information on COVID-19 from Linda McAulay Griffiths, Head of Education.  This will also be sent to all parents/careers centrally via the school app.

Coronovirus symptoms letter – updated guidance – 17.3.20

Could  parents\carers please report child absences to the office in the usual way.

Thank you

Onthank pupils working together to share their thoughts on their class team’s page.

Primary 7 helped set up our new Glow Blogs. We told them what we liked doing in school.

We have been looking at patterns and we drew patterns with chalk on the playground. Our P7 Buddies helped us.

We had fun doing our Sport Activities with P7s  and Sports Committee leading us   –  thank you. We went to the gym hall and took part in lots of fitness stations.  Thank you for your kind donations.

For reliable information our school app will be our main source of communication with parents/carers. You should check our news and message sections. Please can any parents who have not downloaded the app, do so as soon as possible. Thanks.

To download on iPhone, please visit: CLICK

To download on Android, please visit: CLICK

P1 had fun on Friday for Sports Relief

We had our first session on Monday and it was lovely to see the children engaging with the discussion and the activities. All the children in the group were given a letter to take home to parents/ carers, explaining what we had talked about and asking if they could bring in either a photo, a toy or an item of clothing that they had when they were a baby for our second session on Tuesday 17th March (IF POSSIBLE!) so please check school bags.

I also still need permission slips returned from some of our group members.

We are keen to support parents to ensure all young people are Cyber safe, especially with the growing use of a wide range of Apps and online forms of communication (WhatsApp/TikTok/Instagram/Snapchat etc). As part of our continued commitment, we are delighted to promote our new ‘Safer Schools’ App. This App is a reliable source of advice on all things Cyber. It gives empowering, current and informative information on all current digital platforms/tools/apps in an accessible manner. We have a range of tailored user accesses (pupil, staff and parents/carers). To access your parent platform please:
-Go to your app store or Google Play and search for ‘Safer School’
-In school field type ‘East Ayrshire Council’
-The code for primary parents is: 7440
We would recommend that you discuss with your child about which apps and social media platforms they currently use/access. This will help ensure they know how to stay safe online – using the app to start these types of conversations is great.

We are taking part in Sport Relief on Friday 13 March 2020.  Pupils can come to school wearing ‘Sporty’ clothes (no football colours) and bring in a small donation.

The Sports Committee have created a timetable of activities inside and out (weather permitting) for our pupils to take part in throughout the day.

Primary 1

Noah – a super mixed up fairtytale

Macie – writing super sentences

Starla – using string to make our new phoneme – ch

George – being the best and ‘Smartest Giant in Town’

Primary 2

Alfie – Using your ‘sounding out’ skills to write words

Colin – trying extra hard to write in sentences

Cherelle – Fantastic daily writing

Primary 3

Lucy – showing super numeracy skills in Number Talks

Abbi – helping promote International Women’s Day

Zoe – linking division with multiplication

All of P3S – fantastic ‘Scotland’ projects

Primary 4

Evan – improving his writing and producing a great book blurb

Charlie – demonstrating super shooting skills in basketball

Shae – increased focus and attention

Tulisa – super progress &  motivation in writing

Primary 5

Tyler – making good progress in maths

Robbie – well presented literacy work in jotters

Lewys – being a confident performer in Literacy activities

Primary 6

Emily – showing a determined approach to new learning

Danyal – Showing maturity

Alex – consistent great effort and beautiful presentation

Lewis – participating well in the editing process during writing

Primary 7

All of 7m – being superstars at Inverclyde

Cameron – showing great sportsmanship at Inverclyde

Leon – has done some great work in Inverclyde

Deputy Headteacher’s award

Morgan – being very helpful in P1

A selection of photographs from last week’s visit have now been posted to the Primary 7 page of our blog.  Where possible we have tried to put them into different sports.

Change of menu for Friday 13 March as it is International School Meal Day.

Scotland – Scotch Broth Soup

Mexico – Chicken Fajitas & Wedges

China – Spicy Vegetarian Noodles

Italy – Pizza & French Fries

America – Chocolate Muffins

All served with Milk Shakes, Milk or Juice

P6/7 football training will resume tomorrow (Tuesday 10 March) 3-4pm. Training will take place on the AstroTurf so please ensure your child has warm clothing with them.

In preparation for Parents’ Afternoon / Evening we would like to organise time slots.  Appointments will be available on Thursday 19 March from 3.10 pm – 8.30 pm.  Please indicate below if you wish an appointment.

We are having a World Book Day menu tomorrow in our dining hall:

One Grain of Rice Soup (Chicken & Rice Soup)

Jack & The Giant BBQ (BBQ Chicken in a Yorkshire Pudding)

10 Fat Sausages (Beef Sausages, Potato & Veg)

Hooray for Fish (Tuna Sandwich Pick Miz)

James & The Giant Peach (Stick Veg & Fruit Pots)