Just a wee reminder for all those in P5B, tomorrow – Tuesday 9th October is our class trip to Dundonald Castle. As discussed in class today, pupils should bring a packed lunch with them, a waterproof jacket and wrap up warm as according to the weather forecast it doesn’t look like the sun will be shining for us! Children can also bring up to £5 maximum with them to spend at the gift shop although this is at parents discrepancy what you wish to give your child.
Parents’ Day Uniform Stall
Come along and see the range of uniforms we have available for you to take away on Parents’ Day.
No charge – come and have a look and see what is on offer!
World Porridge Day?
We celebrated World Porridge Day by offering everyone a taste of porridge. We watched a film from Mary’s Meals about children in Malawi who don’t have a choice of menu at meal times. Thank you to everyone who brought in “ loose change” to Mary’s Meals.?
PRIMARY 4F BUILD AMERICA
Primary 4F did a fantastic job building sky-scrapers for our America Topic. We really have built a city for our classroom.
This Week’s Assembly⭐️
Primary 1
Spencer Reed, Lucy Carten, Aiden Russell, Alfie McLauchlan, Elise O’Donnell
Primary 2
Connie McIlvanney, Robert Campbell, Lola James, Zoe McCracken
Primary 3
Lauren Stewart, Kaylah Boyd, Reece Hamilton, Jaxon Hopkins
Primary 4
Brooke Morgan, Keir Parsons, Mitchell Birtles
Primary 5
Logan Wallace, Emma Gillies, Dylan Torrance, Sammie Miller, Lewis Morren
Primary 6
Carly Inglis, Emily Tosh, Zara Lochhead
Primary 7
Alix Hartley, Jack Murphy, Kenzy Murphy, Lewis Mitchell
Special Award
Tegan McMurray P4E
Harvest Assembly reminder
Another reminder of our Harvest Assembly tomorrow.
See the link below for details:
P6K Head To Dumfries House
P6K had a fabulous time at Pierburg, Dumfries House.
We spent the day learning about plants and vegetables with Michelle and Trudy. We were lucky enough to harvest our own vegetables from the garden, make some delicious soup and plant some Chard.
STV Children’s Appeal Onthank ?♀️??
Thank you to everyone who took part in today’s Danceathon. Thank you for your donations( we haven’t counted them yet). We will let you know how much we raised. ??
Congratulations Mrs Jones⭐️
Congratulations to Mrs Jones who attended the Cream of Ayrshire Awards Ceremony. She was runner up in her section. Well done Mrs Jones – you are a winner to us. Thank you Emma for nominating this wonderful lady.??
P6A to Valentin Farm at Dumfries House
Today P6A headed to Dumfries House to visit Valentin Farm. The children had a great day and learned lots along away. Highlights from today were ‘milking’ a cow, feeding the animals and holding chicks.
Thanks to our parent helpers for their fantastic assistance today!
Daring Deeds @ Dundonald Castle with P5i
My Lord, Ladies and Gentlemen, we the courtiers of P5i beseech your attention for the squires and ladies of P5i who, with your consent, attended a gathering of Royalty and aristocracy at Dundonald Castle. Your perusal of the evidence herewith would be much appreciated as it highlights the enjoyment, co-operation and participation of your own loyal subjects.
An honourable mention goes to Emily Walker’s mum and Mrs Irving’s husband for their allegiance to the cause.
Palaeontology in P3!
P3 have been enjoying being palaeontologists! We made some exciting discoveries.
We had to be very patient when we were removing fossils from a “chocolate chip” rock!
STV Children’s Appeal Danceathon
Don’t forget to come to school dressed in
sporty clothes (no football colours) on Friday to take part in the ‘Onthank Danceathon’ and help to raise lots of money for the STV Children’s Appeal.
We would love if parents and carers could join us too. Please see times below:
P1-P2 9.30am – 9.50am
P3- P4 10am – 10.20am
P5,P6 and P7 11am – 11.20am
No Pens Day Wednesday
Today as part of our Dyslexia Friendly Schools journey, the whole school was involved in NO PENS DAY WEDNESDAY. This is a national speaking and listening event which encourages exciting classroom discussion. Check out the blog for class photos.
P5i No Pens Day – and other news
How did we cope without pens today? Well going by the enthusiastic response of the pupils, very well actually.
With the help of snap cards, jigsaws, dominoes, division cards, general knowledge quiz, literacy criterion, problem solving, critical thinking, and teamwork, learning for pleasure was the order of the day. And not a pencil to be seen. All children participated fully in all aspects of their learning today – and had fun. We even had a visit from the SSPCA to round off our day.
PARENT’S EVENING appointments have been allocated and children should have a note of times in their school bags. Thanks to those who have responded and I look forward to meeting you all next Tuesday. There are still a few slots available between 4:30 and 5:50 if you haven’t been in touch yet.
DUNDONALD CASTLE. A super day is in store for all tomorrow. It is a fun packed day where children will dress up, act out and discover what life was like in medieval times. As we will be outdoors, children should wear rain jackets and school uniforms. Trainers are ideal for walking around the castle and grounds.
I hope you like the photos that helped capture how busy we all were today.
P4F No Pens Day
P4F enjoyed locking the pens and pencils away today and attacking some spelling with our active resources.
No Pens Day in P6A
Primary 6A have had a very productive day during their No Pens Wednesday. The class worked hard and participated fully in talking and listening activities, maths using laptops, drama work portraying John Muir’s life and nature art work where the children studied the leaves, colours, textures to create a new picture.
Joe commented, ‘ Today I liked the fact that we could just put our pencils down and get up instead and be more active in our learning. My favourite bit was using my imagination to create my leaf ladybug.’
Phoebe explained, ‘Sometimes today I wanted to write things down but instead I had to talk and explain myself.’
Active Maths in P7 as part of ‘No Pens Day Wednesday’
Active Maths in P4M – No Pens Day Wednesday!
We are happy doing active maths in P4M for No Pens Day Wednesday !
Parents’ Afternoon / Evening
It is time to offer you the opportunity to meet class teachers to discuss your child’s progress with learning. We are keen to provide more choice to ensure this is a worthwhile meeting for all, as we recognise the importance working together has on children and their attitude to learning. Appointments will be available on Tuesday 9 October from 3.10 pm. Please indicate below if you wish an appointment.
We’re collecting Scottish Sun Book Tokens – start collecting yours from Sept 24th
After helping the Scottish Sun to launch their new Free Books for Schools campaign, we will be collecting book tokens from the paper.
Between September 24th and November 18th, the Scottish Sun and Scottish Sun on Sunday will be printing book tokens each day. Pupils can hand these tokens into the school office or to their class teacher. The more tokens we get, the more books we receive!
P3 Growth Mindset Challenges
All P3 pupils have been participating in ‘Growth Mindset’ challenges. Pupils showed great determination as they tackled five different challenges which can often be difficult or frustrating.
P5 pupils assisted at the ‘tying shoelaces’ challenge and many P3 pupils were successful.
Some groups managed to build very tall towers with plastic cups! We needed to have steady hands!
‘Beat the Buzzer’ was really tricky but we had lots of fun and plenty of laughs.
We tried drawing pictures and writing with our opposite hand. Some people discovered that they can do this very well and others decided that they would need to keep trying to get better at it.
We had fun playing ‘Jenga’. Again, we had to concentrate and take our time so that we were successful.
We now know that having a ‘Growth Mindset’ makes learning more fun!
When we learn something new we are happy, motivated and determined.
Katie and Erin were so happy to now be able to tie their shoe laces. They made a new ‘pathway’ and they can now help others!
SSPCA Visits???
We received a visit from SSPCA Officer who showed us a film and gave us lots of information about what SSPCA do to help some animals. We were told what to do if we found an animal or a bird needing help.
P5 Book Club and Active Maths games
Some pupils have said they are unable to play Active Maths games on their tablets or phones because of Flash Player. To overcome this, simply download the Puffin Browser onto your tablet or ‘phone and use it to access Active Maths and Bug Club.
Have fun!
Team P5
P5 E Trip to Dundonald Castle
P5E visited Dundonald Castle today to further their knowledge of medieval times.
We got to see and try different types of armour, experience the skill of falconry and tour the castle. Our day ended with a pretend battle involving foam swords.
It was great.
Thank you to all the staff at Dundonald Castle for giving us a wonderful day.
More pictures will be on display at parents afternoon /evening.
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This Week’s Star Pupils
Primary 1
Sophie Henderson, Mason Paterson, Hazel Paterson.
Primary 2
Ella O’Neil, Lucy McLean, Rachel McTaggart, Leo Massantini.
Primary 3
Dylan Graham, Mya Stebbings, Elle Barclay.
Primary 4
Calum Cairns, Kal McGonigale, Ryan Ritchie.
Primary 5
Faye Armstrong, Callum Milligan, Emily Thomson.
Primary 6
Shannon MacLeod, Stuart Anderson, Jamie Salisbury.
Primary 7
Rebecca Forrest, Liam Armstrong.
Special Award
P7 Athletics Team.
Kindness Award?
Congratulations to John for achieving this fabulous Kindness Award.
Family Workshop Reminder- Managing Children’s Behaviour
Tuesday 2nd October is our final family workshop on
Managing Children’s Behaviour
The letter was sent out to P1 and P2 parents in August however even if you did not return the slip please do come along.
Please click on the link below
P5 Homework
P5 Homework this week will consist of Magic e words. Children should complete Task A – writing out their words 3 times and this week complete Task D – Silly sentences. Each class will have their own Maths homework.
Can we also remind pupils of their topic homework (free choice topic grid) which is due next Wednesday 10th October.
Thanks, Team P5
Onthank Champions?
Congratulations to P7 Athletics Team on winning East Ayrshire Sportshall Athletics Trophy. They all took part in many different events and worked well as a team. Thanks to all the parents and friends who came along to cheer the team. Thanks also to Miss Anderson & Mrs Klein for their super coaching skills?.Go Team Onthank⭐
