Onthank Primary School

East Ayrshire Council site

March 25, 2019
by eakirsty.mccall@glow
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Funky 1970s Items Needed

Dear Parents and people from the 1970s,

Primary 4 are on the look out for some items for the 1970s show. If you have any of these items we can borrow you will be rewarded by a sherbert filled flying saucer or a dib dab!

  • Spacehoppers
  • Walkman
  • Roller Skates / roller boots ( not blades)
  • Star Wars Costumes
  • Old jeans that can be customised
  • Old dial telephone
  • Any 1970s costumes

Thank you all so much for your help!

#teamprimary4

March 25, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary 1

Zoe Mair – using her sounds to write independently

Lucy Carten – showing a big improvement in her handwriting

Casey Allen – determination and ‘grit’!  Well done for sticking with a challenge

Liam Rankin – being a super worker in numeracy

Ashley McIlvanney – working hard in class

 Primary 2

Liam Brogan – super reading

Noah McLellan – super effort completing classwork well

Ellemaie McLean – trying to ‘have a go’ writing

Tj White – going to assembly and a school show

 Primary 3

Noah Richmond – always kind and helpful

John Reed – sharing interest and knowledge about our 90s topic

Saskia Markac – super effort and application in class

Lennon Brown – trying to make better choices

Rachel Paterson – trying so hard during Maths

 Primary 4

Ellie Nicol – working hard on SNSA assessments

Lily Taylor – retaining information

Christopher Lynch – being wonderfully creative!  The things you make are amazing!

 Primary 5

Alex Dunlop – being a mature and responsible pupil who always does her best

Jennifer Angus – her acts of kindness

Cameron Love – caring for another pupil during Health & Wellbeing

Aaron Johnstone – contributing to class discussion

Lewis Kirk – consistent effort and engagement in learning

 Primary 6

Matthew O’Hare – growing in confidence over the year

Ben McLean – stepping up pace and productivity in class

Eyve Ward – creating detailed illustrations

 Primary 7

Kenzie McGonigale – for a much improved attitude towards the curriculum

Elliot Popplewell – fantastic narrative writing

Ellie Lewis – organising the ‘Divided City’ wall display in class

 Special Award

Daisy Milloy P7S – being very responsible during Fire Alarm

Head Teacher’s Award

Mr Stewart (Janitor) – all his hard work keeping our school tidy

March 20, 2019
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Ayrshire Music Festival

Congratulations and well done to P6 pupils Emily Tosh,  Stuart Anderson, Thomas Urqhart and P7 pupils Alix Hartley and Abbie Stevenson who recently took part in the Ayrshire Music Festival, Double Bass Solo Class.

A special well done goes to Stuart and Alix who both won their class.

Thank you Emily for providing the photo!

March 19, 2019
by EArhona.easter@glow
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The Big Pedal

Onthank Primary are participating in this UK wide event.

25th – 29th March 2019

Try and walk, cycle or scoot to school every day next week.

If all week is too much try and aim for just WEDNESDAY 27th MARCH. We would love to have maximum participation.

Parents/Carers and siblings all count too.

Ensure your child travels safely and they can secure their bikes/scooters to the inside of their playground fence for next week only.

P3K pupils will collect the data from your child’s class each day.

Thank you for your support.

March 19, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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Helpers for Parents’ Afternoon/Evening

We are looking for P4-P7 helpers for Parents’ Afternoon / Evening on Thursday 21 March at the following times:

3.00 pm – 4.00 pm, 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm, 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm and            7.00 pm – 8.30 pm

Please complete form below if your child can help also stating which time would be suitable – you can choose more than 1 time.

Suitable Time:

March 18, 2019
by Mrs WRIGHT
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Pupil Equity Fund

Information about our Pupil Equity Fund will be available at our Parents’ afternoon/evening. 

Pupil Equity Funding is additional funding allocated directly to school and targeted at closing the poverty-related attainment gap.

Parents and carers, children and young people and other key stakeholders will be given the opportunity to be involved in  planning what we use this money for.    We will be asking for Parents and carers opinions over the next few weeks and this is an agenda item at our next Parent Council meeting  which takes place on

Monday 25th March at 7pm.

 

How much money Onthank Primary receives depends on how many children are registered for free school meals. For every child that is registered, the school receives £1,200 in addition to their normal budget.

The link below gives more information but please feel free to speak to a member of the Senior Leadership Team on Thursday.

Information leaflet for Parents and Carers

March 18, 2019
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Assembly 18 March

Today’s assembly was filled with lots of different speakers and visitors.

Mrs Kilpatrick started off by launching our ‘Big Pedal Week’

This was followed by Mrs Bell and P6K delivering our World Day of Prayer Assembly:

Lastly, a team of software engineers from JP Morgan returned to announce the winners of the recent app design competition (see Mr Macleod’s blog post for more details). A huge congratulations to Gemma in P5M on winning the competition. Thank you to Chris and his team of engineers for this exciting opportunity.

March 18, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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Book Fair

Scholastics Book Fair will be here on Parents’ Afternoon / Evening (Thursday 21 March) from 3.00 pm – 8.00 pm.  Please follow instructions below:

  1. Choose a book for your child.
  2. A Book Fayre helper will put child’s name and class on the book then leave in the office.
  3. You then have to pay for the book through ParentPay (taking 99p off the price – World Book Day Token) stating the name of the book in the comments box.
  4. Once paid your child will be given the book home with them.

Any questions regarding the Book Fayre please call the office on 525477.

March 18, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary 1

Llyle Cunningham – working hard to identify key

Harry Muir – being a very responsible helper

Baylee Cassells – being an amazing illustrator – keep putting in the effort!

Elise O’Donnell – being a Super Star in number

Abigail Skinner – super story writing

Layton Cunningham – trying hard with his writing

 Primary 2

Tyler Phillips – great work in class

Josh Boax – accurate answers at Maths Time

Blaine Prentice – super non-fiction writing

 Primary 3

Lily Gilbert – excellent attitude towards Literacy and Numeracy in the classroom

Tyler Mason – good effort in writing

Tulisa Webb – beautiful Maths jotter work

 Primary 4

Isla Brown – producing detailed Egyptian God information

Cillian Heaney – amazing Rugby skills

Oskar Wylde – being a kind and helpful pupil who always has a smile on his face!  Well done Oskar!

 Primary 5

Kelsie Dorans – excellent progress in Maths

Derryl Brown – excellent progress in Maths

Emma Gillies – trying hard and making an improvement in Maths

Ellie Gan – consistently doing her best

Nathan McGinney – effective contribution during class discussion

 Primary 6

Phoebe Black – always having a super attitude to her learning

Alexis Davidson – super number work!

Zara Lochhead – having a mature manner in all she does

 Primary 7

Alix Hartley – fantastic effort with Writing

Lewis McIntosh – completing various tasks for Mrs Jones

 Special Award

Luke Fairbairn, Alex Chudleigh, Robert Campbell, Campbell Neal – representing Onthank Primary in Euro Quiz.  Well done!

 

March 13, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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Red Nose Day – Friday 15 March 2019

We are taking part in Red Nose Day on Friday 15 March.  We are asking pupils to “make your laugh matter” (wear something funny that they can be in all day and do Zumba).

The money we raise will help people living really tough lives in the UK and across Africa.  Just to give you an indication of how the money helps the children in third world countries, £1 will buy one child a year’s supply of school books.  All donations this year to be paid through ParentPay.

Zumba with Steven Swan

Parents and friends are invited to take part in a Zumba session with your child(ren).  Please feel free to dress to “make your laugh matter”.  Timetable: P7 9.15 am, P6 10.00 am, P5 11.05 am, P4 11.30 am, P3 1.20 pm, P2 1.50 pm and P1 2.20 pm.

Red Nose Day School Dinner Menu

Tomato Soup

Chicken Tikka with Rice OR Cheese Panini with Salad OR        Tomato and Pasta Salad

Red Nose Cup Cake

 

March 13, 2019
by ealesley.williams@glow
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Sharing the Online Safety Message

P3W were excited to take ownership of counting and distributing leaflets to all stages today.

All pupils have been given a ‘Digital Parenting’ leaflet to take home. This leaflet contains some very valuable information about keeping up to speed with the latest digital technology and wellbeing issues so that families can get the most out of the online world.

March 12, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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P6 Euro Quiz Heat

This morning our P6 Euro Quiz Team went to Kilmaurs Primary to participate in the Euro Quiz competition.  They competed against other East Ayrshire schools. This year, the winners were Annanhill and the runners up were Nether Robertland.

Our P6 team worked exceptionally hard on the run up to the competition and answered some very challenging questions! Super effort boys, you should be very proud of yourselves!

March 11, 2019
by Mr Simpson
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32nd SSAA PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019

The form below is only to be completed by the parents of the P6/7 Cross Country team.

I give permission for my child to attend the SSAA Primary Schools’ Cross Country Championships at Kirkcaldy High School on Saturday 27th April 2019.

I give permission for the school to provide Eddie Tonner (parent coach) with my contact details to organise the event.

March 8, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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Onthank’s 60th Birthday Celebrations

Onthank Primary 60th Birthday Concerts Blog Post

Save the date!

To celebrate the school’s 60th Birthday in style, our young people have taken ownership for designing and creating 3 special concerts with performances based on their favourite highlights from across the decades.

Taking responsibility for concept to choreography and costumes, Onthank Primary pupils are excited to entertain our families and warmly invite all members of the community to celebrate 60 wonderful years with us.

Our Birthday Concerts will take place on WEDNESDAY 1 MAY in our school hall and in the following format:

P2 & P3 Concert at 9.30 am

P4 & P5 Concert at 11.15 am

P6 & P7 Concert at 2.00 pm

P1 pupils are making a video which will be shown at each concert therefore we invite P1 families to attend a performance of their choice. Alternatively, the P1 video will also beshown to families at parent’s night.

Each concert will last no longer than 1 hour.

Each pupil will be allocated a maximum of 2 tickets which can be bought through ParentPay, where we will kindly accept a donation of your choice. Donations will range from £1 – £5 per ticket.

Tickets will go on sale on Monday 15 April 2019.

More information will be posted closer to the time however we hope you can save the date and join us for Onthank’s 60th Birthday Party!

March 7, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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P6 Euro Quiz Team

The form below is only to be completed by the parents of the P6 children who are involved in the Euro Quiz Team.

Image result for euro quiz

March 6, 2019
by Mrs Findlay
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Primary 5 pupils visited Brownings the Bakers?.

Five Primary 5 pupils were invited to Brownings the Bakers to take part in a Bake Off with pupils from Galston Primary . They decorated empire biscuits, made cream donuts, filled strawberry tarts, decorated and filled yum yums. They were shown how to decorate cup cakes by a very famous cake Queen: Mich Turner MBE. Everyone had a great time and got to take their cakes home. They also received a goody bag. Thank you to John Gall of Brownings the Bakers for inviting us.

March 5, 2019
by eajulie.klein@glow
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Dyslexia Friendly Pupil Group

Hello,

We are the DFS pupil group for Onthank Primary School. We organise events like the DFS workshop and whole school assembly. We invited  all pupils and parents/carers to come to the DFS workshop. There were lots of fun activities for everyone to do.

We have already achieved  our Bronze Award and are currently working towards our Silver accreditation.

Our DFS school mascot is Dom the DFS Diamond. Keep an eye out for him around the school!

Four of our good friends have made a movie called DFS A Wider World using  IMovie trailer. You will be able to check it out at a later date by scanning a QR code.

Written by Lucy, Emily, Thomas and Stuart P6K

March 4, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary 1

Aidan Sarwar – being a great team member and friend

Bonnie Wason – writing a wonderful sentence about the Gingerbread Man

Euan Hunter – working well in number work

Hazel Paterson – being a Superstar in number work

 Primary 2

Maddison Neill – excellent work all week

Nathan Power – making great o’clock times quickly on the class clocks

Bradley Black – good performances in gym

Logan Williams – super effort in all subjects

 Primary 3

Airen Townsley – showing great enthusiasm towards his new topic about the 90s

Pyper Allen – trying hard in reading tasks

Layla Duffy – super ‘Time’ work

Erin Thomas – always trying her best in class

 Primary 4

Emma McTaggart – being a responsible classmate

Lyla Mathieson – great movement in Rugby

Emily MacMillan – being kind and helpful at all times – a lovely girl

 Primary 5

Aimee Smith – being conscientious and always giving 100% in class

Alfie Campbell – being a responsible citizen and creating a poster that highlighted a social media issue

Reuben Devlin – marvellous Maths

Layla Markac – helping to keep class tidy

 Primary 6

Leon Milne – fantastic contributions to discussions

Gregor McMillan – a positive work ethic

Luke McCall – working well in class, great sportsmanship in PE

 Primary 7

Matthew Wallace – being a fantastic help in P1

 Special Award

Primary 2K – being super Onthank Citizens

February 27, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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SHOUT Card

There’s a new quicker and easier way to apply for a SHOUT Card

Complete this short form and your card will be posted to you the same day

Benefits include: Free and discounted access to leisure activities, discounts at local retail outlets and events AND discounted swimming during school holidays

What you waiting for?  Complete the form today:

 

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/SHOUTapplication/

 

February 26, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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“Pop Up” on YouTube

We have been made aware of a “pop up” on many sites such as You Tube which is called Momo. It targets children and asks them to provide a contact  number for Whatsapp where users are then targeted with violent images and dares.  The link below has information for parents.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47359623

Here is advice from 2 of our P6 pupils Rhiannon Smith and Thomas Urquhart from our Health and Safety Team:

“There has been rumours going around that a being called ‘Momo’ will give you ridiculous dangerous challenges.  Please do not attempt any of these challenges.  If anything comes up on any device please tell an adult or family member as soon as possible and they will block them.  Also, security on YouTube is trying to delete and block ‘Momo'”.

February 25, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary 1

Orla Baillie – writing a super letter to the wolf!

Ava Gorrie – working really hard on her number formation

Kye Atchinson – marvellous measuring skills

Maisy Morren – working very well in class

 Primary 2

Lilly Hilton – super effort at Reading Time

Hannah Johnson – excellent work in Numeracy

Roan Ferguson – working extremely hard

Katie King – always trying her best

 Primary 3

Saskia Markac – super effort and application in class

Devlin Robertson – spending more time in class – well done!

Asmaa Altamr – trying hard to discuss her reading book

 Primary 4

Caitlin Clugston – super skip counting when building the 4 + 8 times tables

Emily Brodie – fantastic improvement in maths

Ellie Archibald – being a positive role model for her peers

 Primary 5

Callum Hamilton-Booth – extra effort at jotter work and great behaviour

All of P5E – improving their subtraction skills in maths

Kyle Brown – greater effort in story writing

Ellie Moir – being an amazing classmate

 Primary 6

Marcus Hettrick – always having a great attitude to his learning

Charlie James – increased focus and concentration

Aqeel Akhtar – working consistently well in all areas

 Primary 7

Emily Ramsay – for being an effective contributor during maths group challenge

Ava McConnell – being an excellent Onthank citizen

February 22, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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P6As Favourite Singer/Band Survey

Please fill out this survey of what is your favourite singer/band.

Thank you from Neve , Jack, Shannon and Rhys.

February 22, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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P6A Favourite Electronics Survey

P6A have a survey to do with data handling on your favourite electronic devices. We would love it if you could contribute.

From Miller,Tom and Luke.

February 22, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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P6A favourite holiday destination

Please complete our survey about your favourite holiday destination by Morgan, Phoebe, Orlaith and Shelby

February 22, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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P6A Data Handling

Can you please fill out the survey below. Thank you by Erin, Ellie,Victoria.

February 22, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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P6A Sport Survey

We are doing a survey and we would like you to take part and fill out the form. Thanks from James, Ruairidh and Tyler

February 22, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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P6A Cookie Survey

P6A are collecting data for our classwork. Please complete our survey about cookies. Thanks from Adam and Christopher.

February 21, 2019
by Mr McNichol
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Famous Mathematicians

All  of Primary 7 have been researching the life and work of famous mathematicians.  Working collaboratively they have spent time today creating pages that will go towards creating a large book on the subject.  Today has been spent researching and planning their pages  which they will they will then present to their classmates.  judging by today’s efforts we are going to have some great presentations.           

February 21, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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P6A Celebrities Survey

Please complete our survey about celebrities. Thank you for completing our survey, Joe, Matthew and Alex.

February 21, 2019
by Mr Simpson
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P6 Netball Festival

The Netball Festival organised by Active Schools will take place on Monday (25th February) at Kilmarnock Academy. The bus will leave at 10.30am and will return for lunch. Pupils should bring a healthy snack and drink.

 

February 21, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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P6A Dinosaurs Survey

Please complete our dinosaur survey. Thank you from Kerr, Kyle, Marcus and Dylan.

February 21, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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P6A Game Show survey

P6A are learning about Data Handling and have created surveys. Please fill out our survey . We plan to create various graphs from the information collected. Thank you from Olivia, Lucy, Carly and Kirsten!

 

 

February 19, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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FAMILY FITNESS @ ONTHANK PRIMARY

‘Ditch the workout – Join the party’!

Starting Tuesday 19 February 2019!

Calling all P4 – P7 pupils and parents – Come along to Onthank Primary School together as we launch our family fitness class with Zumba Instructor Steven Swan!

Let’s party the night away to a variety of styles including salsa, hip hop, merengue and cumbia!

Steven looks forward to sharing the fun and seeing you there! Donations welcome.

Please complete the form below if you would like to join the party!

#familyfitness #zumbafitness #teamonthank

 

 

February 18, 2019
by Mr Simpson
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Super Killie!

Kilmarnock Football Club visited our school today. They brought along the famous Scottish Cup which is the oldest trophy in world football. The players held a Q&A session with our pupils and posed for pictures with the whole school, P6/7 football team and Sport Committee.

 

February 18, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary 1

Connor Walton – being a confident learner

Zak Black – showing super skipping skills in the gym hall

Amelia Fulton – explaining how we use ‘qr’ codes in our classrooms – a digital star!

Amelia Wallace – being a Successful Learner

 Primary 2

Alex Ferguson – performing his Scottish poem well

Robbie McKie – an excellent rendition of Twa-Leggit Mice for the Assembly

Megan Wilson – progress in writing and listening

 Primary 3

Lily Brown – super effort in spelling tests

Erin Bush – lovely handwriting in her jotters

All of P3S – learning their poems and reciting them well to the whole class

All of P3W – working so hard to learn and present a Scottish poem

 Primary 4

Erin McCormack – doing very well in her Maths assessment

Lewys Cairns – fantastic reading skills

Lyle Bolland – fantastic results in both maths and literacy!  On target!

 Primary 5

Faye Armstrong – outstanding writing skills!  We loved reading your work

Sophie Ritchie – working quietly during individual class tasks

Frankie Brown – perfect Quanswers

 Primary 6

Rhys Krupp – participating more regularly in class discussions

Euan McAvoy – always trying his best

Finley Fraser – a super Scottish poem recital

 Primary 7

Dylan Fulton – excellent organisational skills

Sean McGhee – having a great work ethic

Isla Tonner – carrying out a variety of duties for the Sport Committee

 Special Award

Holly Fleming – for being a Responsible Citizen

February 14, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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Performing Arts After School Clubs

Onthank Primary invite you to ‘take to the stage’ and join Steven Swan for our after school Performing Arts activities! Come along to sing, dance and act as our pupils enjoy working towards performing at various community and local events while having a fantastic time!

Our Performing Arts activities will run in the school Main Hall every Monday from Monday 18th February at the following times:

P1/2/3 Performing Arts: 3pm – 4pm

P4/5/6/7 Performing Arts: 4pm – 5.30pm

If your child would like to join the fun at Onthank please complete the permission form below by Friday 15th February.

#musicaltheatre #dance #acting #teamonthank

 

 

Pick up arrangements (required)

February 14, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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ADULT ZUMBA FITNESS @ ONTHANK PRIMARY

‘Ditch the workout – Join the party’!

Every Monday 5.45pm – 6.30pm

Starting Monday 18 February 2019!

Calling all Onthank Community Adults – come along and join the fun at Onthank Primary School with Zumba Instructor Steven Swan for an hour of fitness to your favourite tunes!

Let’s party the night away to a variety of styles including salsa, hip hop, merengue and cumbia!

Spread the word – all parents and adults within our community and beyond invited! Donations welcome.

#zumbafitness #jointheparty #teamonthank

 

February 7, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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Class Scottish Poem Winners?

Congratulations to everyone- you did yourselves proud?

Primary 1

Emily Gardiner, Max McCluskey, Rebecca Stirrat, Rowan Milligan

Primary 2

Cameron Lindsay, Robbie McKie, Christina McNaughton,      Zoe McCracken

Primary 3

Molly McMahon, Alfie James, Macie O’Donnell, Shaw Saxelby

Primary 4

Oliver Smith, Emily Skinner, Molly Muirhead

Primary 5

Leah Henderson, Daniel Harvey, Cerys Elder, Jessica Anderson

Primary 6

Matthew O’Hare, Emily Tosh, Finley Fraser

Primary 7

Dawn Robertson, Emma Morrison, Rhys Maitland

 

 

February 6, 2019
by A. ONTHANKPS
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Homework club

A reminder that our homework club is open every day from 3pm to 4pm. Promoting parental partnership, this club is open to children and an adult.  Computers, laptops and iPads are available.  Mrs Lobhan is available to help with logging on to Bugclub and give support.

February 6, 2019
by A. EAyrshire
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Rotary Quiz

Congratulations to our P7 quiz team representing Onthank in the New Laigh Church tonight. After 6 rounds of  difficult questions they came joint second with Gargieston – just 1 point behind the eventual winners, Nether Robertland.

Well done Nether Roberland. All the children were superb getting more points than many of the adult spectators who were playing along. We look forward to welcoming the Rotarians who are in school tomorrow reading with our Primary 3 children.

 

February 6, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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World Book Day – Thursday 7 March 2019

This year we are celebrating 22 years of World Book Day.  We are inviting people into some classes to read a story to the children.

We are asking staff and pupils to dress up as a “book character” and bring in the book to read/discuss.  Pupils are asked to bring in a book which they would like to swap with someone else.

There is a book themed lunch menu on the day:

Very Hungry Caterpillars’ Menu

Perfect Soup by Maurice Sendale

Cloudy with a Choice of Meatballs by Judi Barrett served on Mr Twit’s Bear by Roald Dahl

Pizza at Sally’s by Monica Wellington

A Fish out of Water by Helen Palmer

Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake by Laura Numeroff

The Ice Cream King by Steve Metzger

 

February 6, 2019
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P6 Parental Engagement Numeracy Workshop

You are invited to a Numeracy workshop with Jane Miller (Our Numeracy Attainment Teacher) on Thursday 7 February from 2-3pm. This is an opportunity for you to gain an insight into our Numeracy curriculum. Children of parents attending will be involved in the presentation. A parental numeracy pack will be handed out for those attending.

If you would like to attend this parental workshop please complete the form below:

February 4, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

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 Primary 1

Amber Kerr – writing a super speech bubble for Sleeping Beauty

Elise Hyslop – always having fab ideas for Fairyland!

Logan Jeffers – helping a friend with a challenge!

Rowan Milligan – being the Scottish Poem Class Winner

 Primary 2

Annalise Bruce – saying her Scottish Poem to the class

Mylie McClung – a super effort in presenting her Scots poem independently in front of the class

Christina McNaughton – reciting a Scots poem

Jessica Dickie – learning her poem so well

 Primary 3

James Logue – excellent written answers in reading

Charlie Higgins – Super Number Talks!

Lexi McCloskey – always trying hard

Eden Longmuir – super effort made to learn her Burns poem

 Primary 4

Danny Hughes – working hard on his Tutankamun report

Keir Parsons – being a Maths Wizard

Kye Peploe – working hard to link multiplication facts with division facts – 4 x table.  Well done Kye!

 Primary 5

Oliver Mayes – excellence in Maths

Amie-Leigh Tait – being a kind and considerate friend

Kayla McDonald – integrating so well in P5I

Tom Reid & Niamh Lochrie – helping keep the class tidy

 Primary 6

Ruairidh Templeton – working hard and becoming more involved in class activities

Ethan Simpson – being mannerly and helpful

Kieron Queay – a fantastic attitude in school

 Primary 7

Taylor Cree – an excellent improvement in attitude and behaviour

Eve Shirkie – demonstrating a dive at swimming

Lewis McIntosh – being recognised by the swimming coach for his excellent progress

 Special Award

John Reed P3K – being very kind and positive

February 1, 2019
by Mr Simpson
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Skip Fit Friday

Well done to all the skippers this morning. Congratulations to Theo Mathieson on winning Skipping Champion 3 weeks in a row. He is looking for new contenders to challenge him. P4-7, staff, parents and carers are always welcome to kickstart their Friday the active way.

February 1, 2019
by Ms Merrick
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ONTHANK@DANCEFEST 2019 Permission Required

ONTHANK @ DANCE FEST 2019!

Onthank Primary are delighted to be invited back to East Ayrshire’s DANCE FEST 2019 event in March at The Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock.
We are calling on as many P6 & P7 pupils to join #teamonthank and perform alongside schools from across Ayrshire in a true celebration of dance.
Dance Fest rehearsals will take the form of an after-school club delivered by Steven Swan every Friday 3pm – 4.30pm in the main hall, commencing Friday 1st February.
P6 & P7 pupils wishing to participate should complete the permission form below with a parent/guardian by Friday 1st February.
Onthank are excited to showcase our talent at Dance Fest 2019! #teamonthank #dancefest2019
 

January 30, 2019
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P6/7 Football Team Rearranged Tournament

Please give permission for your child to attend the tournament at Grange Academy on Thursday 7 Februaury 2019.

We will be leaving school at 3pm.

Squad as follows:

Adam Paterson, Roddy Hewitt, Luke Edgar, Lewis Hope, Clayton Marshall, Brian Cree, Joe Dudgeon, Miller Davidson, Tom Sneddon

Tournament will start at 3.45pm and run to 5.30pm approx.

January 28, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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Parent Council Meeting – Monday 28 January 2019

Our next meeting will be on Monday 28 January at 7.00 pm in the staff room.

If anyone wishes to see a copy of the minutes from the last meeting, these can be requested through the school office.

Onthank Primary School Parent Council Meeting Agenda

Monday 28 January 2019

1. Apologies
2. Approve minutes from previous meeting
3. Chairs Update
4. Head Teacher Update
5. Constitution Amendments
6. Councillor Update
7. Working Group- School Upgrade
8. Respect Me- Pilot Programme
9. Working Group – Fundraising
10. .AOB

January 28, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary 1

Hudson Horner – working hard to make 3 Little Pigs House of Sticks

Kyle Cree – sounding out tricky words in his play diary

Ava McCourt – being a phonics fanatic!

All of P1W

 Primary 2

Sonny Robertson – working hard at his Maths

Jessica Aitken – super answers from memory in Maths

Elina Bruce – joining in learning

Archie Muir – fantastic effort and ideas in class – well done!

 Primary 3

Adam McAvoy – super writing

Nathan Nicol – super Maths completed independently

Macie O’Donnell – always working hard

Lewis Anderson – improvement in jotter presentation

 Primary 4

Olly Robertson – being a Math-a-lete

Callum Walton – being a multiplication master

Megan Hamilton – excellent reading comprehension

 Primary 5

Ethan Craigen – hard work and perseverance in Maths

Mila Vandal – completing her tasks independently and showing great improvement

Danyal Akhtar – Marvellous Maths

Jaiden Muir – being successful at time in Maths

 Primary 6

Tyler Qua – great ‘Oor Wullie’ art work

Owen Black – great improvements in writing

Blair Ferguson – working consistently hard in literacy and having high expectations

 Primary 7

Glen Miller – an increased positive attitude towards the Curriculum

Brooke Dewhurst – her effort in class at all times

Ruby James – a fantastic portrait of Madonna

 Special Award

Adam Thomson (P7B) – being a Responsible Citizen

January 24, 2019
by Mr Simpson
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Skip Fit Friday

Parents, carers and staff are now invited to come along to participate alongside our skipping champions.

 

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

January 23, 2019
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Creative artistry using mindful techniques

Parents and children alike enjoyed another Mindfulness session this week.  As well as participating in a shared yoga session, they created works of art using sand and paint.

Using sand as a medium to express their thoughts was not only different, but quite relaxing as everyone took their hands and fingers for a walk through the sand, feeling the texture and softness of the grain to create different patterns.  Staff enjoyed it too!

January 21, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary 1

Olivia Halcrow – super blending and writing

Kaleb Orr-Richmond – trying really hard with his letter formation during outdoor play

Sofia Chisholm – drawing very detailed illustrations

Abigal Skinner – being a super sentence builder

 Primary 2

Aidynn Davidson – super story telling

Abbie Moir – good answers at reading time

Sarah Gibson – super phonics work

Hannah McAvoy – excellent maths work – numbers to 100

 Primary 3

Jack Colligan – super effort during 3D shape work

Ione Vlachos – super literacy work

David James Kiltie – super effort during 3D shape work

Brook Hannah – using speech marks in her writing

 Primary 4

James Callaghan – coping well at school with his injury

Callum Walton – fast maths

Ethan Lewis – a big effort with his presentation of work!  Well done and keep trying

 Primary 5

Logan Wallace – very hard work

Maya Drury – showing improved behaviour in class and supporting other pupils in lessons

Hannah Phillips – marvellous maths

Darren Ferguson – ready to offer answers without being prompted

 Primary 6

Neve Robertson – having a positive and enthusiastic approach to her learning

Evie Daly – enthusiastic approach to topic work

Alicia Scott – settling in very well to P6

Lotte I’Anson & Brooke Holland – a fantastic, imaginative adapted rainforest animal

 Primary 7

Erin Duffy – excellent effort at swimming

Emma Morrison – being kind and helpful

Fraser Boyd – writing a superb biography of Alex Ferguson

 Special Award

Mitchell Birtles (P4M) – being very helpful

January 18, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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Primary 6 and PACE Theatre

Our Primary 6 classes worked with PACE Theatre yesterday morning to produce a short anti bullying play which was performed to the P5 year group and our P6 parents.

The children worked extremely hard in the morning to learn actions, lines and stage directions.  The show delivered a strong anti bullying message and encouraged to reach their full potential.

Thank you to all the adults who were able to join us for the performance. It was great to see so many people there. We’d love to hear your comments about the show below.

Thank you to Mrs Williams for organising this excellent experience. ?

Click below to see a short video from the performance.

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January 17, 2019
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Can you help?

Mrs Easter was wondering if anyone in our Onthank family has and is able to donate plain cotton material? The P.4’s are studying the era of the 1970’s and would love to try designing and making some flares and other clothing. She is dusting off her sewing machine and reminding herself how to sew as we speak. If anyone can help that would be GROOVEY BABY!

January 17, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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P6 to Amazonia

P6 is visiting ‘Amazonia’ at M&D’s in Glasgow on Wednesday 30 January. 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 £12 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.

January 17, 2019
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FOOD UPDATE

In line with other educational establishments in East Ayrshire, we have an update regarding food items:

FOOD STUFFS

We have been issued strict temporary guidance from East Ayrshire Council Head of Schools regarding food stuffs provided in schools and Early Childhood Centres. Due to a recent issue with a severe peanut allergy in another school there has been a suspension with the guidance regarding consumption of any item not purchased directly from the Council and shared with groups of pupils. This means that for the time being we will be unable to accept and share birthday cakes or treats in the classes and we will not be able to provide other snacks teachers have bought themselves for their classes. While we hope this precise embargo will not last – the policy is currently being reviewed at senior level within the council I’m sure you will understand the need for us to follow its direction. I will speak with all the children about this matter at assembly. It does NOT affect what children bring in for snack.

We would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that we are nut free school and any food items with nuts should not be brought in for snacks or packed lunches. This is includes items such as Snickers or peanut butter spread. We have several children in the school with nut allergies who should not be exposed to nuts in any way.

Thank you for your understanding with this matter and we will keep you updated.

January 16, 2019
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A balancing act in P4M !

P4 M have been busy in the gym developing gymnastics skills! Look how fantastic and bendy  the budding  gymnasts are ! Well done everyone!

Lucie and Jodie demonstrate the bunk beds balance .

 

Adam and Calum working hard to
balance with Lyle giving good advice.

Greg and Ethan managed to balance for 10 seconds. Well done boys!

Aaron and Luke were a fantastic pair and kept trying until they mastered the bunk bed balance!

Bailey showed us how to balance steadily on one leg !

Robyn and Megan are very bendy ! Fantastic skills girls !

Rowan balances in a crab.

 

Molly is a fantastic gymnast with fabulous skills !

Adam and Lucas are concentrating hard so
they can hold the balance.

January 16, 2019
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P5i Step Back In Time

Pupils enjoyed a visit  from Darvel Telephone Museum this afternoon. P5i are a lot more knowledgeable about the invention of and improvements to the telephone thanks to Mr Flemmich,

 who runs the museum. Children enjoyed the hands-on experience of touching and using the phones and seeing for themselves how  heavy they used to be. Hannah and Rueben can vouch for how heavy the first mobile phones were. They could hardly lift them!

 

January 14, 2019
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 Primary 1

Colin Walker – working imaginatively with bricks

Max McCluskey – having amazing ideas for rebuilding Fairyland

Charlie Houston – excellent engineering – finding a problem, fixing a problem

 Primary 2

Kerr McMillan – excellent effort all week

Charlotte Stirrat – super sentences

Leo Dalley – having a good attitude in class and talking to Mrs Kidd if he has a problem/worry

Lucas McAvoy – improving literacy skills

 Primary 3

Amelia Gregoreck – excellent reading

Olivia McCallion – being kind and caring towards classmates

Scarlett Robertson – being extremely helpful and kind to others

Shaw Saxelby – being a hardworking and polite boy in class at all times

 Primary 4

Baillie McFarlane – welcoming a new pupil to our class

Rory Hunter – working harder in class

Alex Nelson – excellent balancing at gymnastics

 Primary 5

Lucie Deery – contributing excellent answers during discussion

Kyle Campbell – displaying great behaviour

Matthew McDonald – marvellous maths

Ava Richmond – producing excellent work with direct speech

 Primary 6

Tom Sneddon – showing a mature attitude to his learning

Brandon McGaw – being kind and helpful

 Primary 7

All of P7B – being excellent school ambassadors at Galleon Centre for swimming lessons

Derek Drummond – supporting his peers in ICT

Alex Lindsay – writing a detailed account of his holiday to Finland

January 10, 2019
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Primary 6 Maths

P6 Parents / Carers

As a continuation of a whole school initiative of raising attainment, it has been decided that maths setting in P6 will cease as of Friday 11th January 2019.  Following this date maths will be taught by the class teacher taking differentiation into account to meet all learners’ needs. Thank you.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the school.

The Senior Leadership Team

January 8, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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Primary 6 and PACE Theatre

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.

 

January 1, 2019
by Mrs Findlay
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Recycle your Christmas Cards?

 

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 ⭐

December 20, 2018
by Mr McIlwraith
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Onthank was On Form in 2018!

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.

December 19, 2018
by Miss Cook
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Onthank Nativity

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.

 

 

December 17, 2018
by Mrs Andrew
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This Week’s Star Pupils

 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

 

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