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April 2020 Newsletter
Our April 2022 Newsletter is available by clicking here
Sports Day 2021
We still managed to hold our Sports Day this year by keeping all the classes apart. Castlehill were the overall winners on the day but we think all of our pupils are superstars! Thanks to Emma, our Active Sports Co-ordinator for helping out too.
Trim Trail
We now have our new trim trail in the playground and we hope it will support all our pupils’ physical and mental health as they return to school. It is certainly a hit with our P1 -P3 pupils!
March 2021 Newsletter
The March copy of the Newsletter is available here. This contains the information about the return of the P4 – P7s, including the staggered start and finish times.
February 2021 Newsletter
February Newsletter 2021. Click on the link for the latest updates.
Burns Night 2021
Unfortunately we cannot host our usual competition and technology is making it very difficult to upload. So we will be having a Burns celebration this week with poetry recitals on Friday. In the meantime for your entertainment, please click the links to experience a collection of Scot’s poetry and songs performed by the amazing Ken O’Hara.
January 2021 Newsletter 1
Click the link for the December Newsletter 2020.
Primary 5 Christmas Fun!
Primary 5 have been finding out all about Christmas customs and traditions in countries all around the world. They worked hard as a group to research and present their information. That confident presenters – well done everyone!
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P6 and P7 Bikeability
Primary 6 and Primary 7 have been taking part in Bikeability training over the past few weeks at Level 1 and Level 2. Even the rain hasn’t stopped them developing their skills in cycling – building up to cycling safely on the roads! Many thanks go to the volunteers and parents that have supported us in this.
Remembrance Day 2020
Here are some of the activities the different class carried out as part of our Remembrance Day reflections. Lest we forget. We will remember them.
November Newsletter
A copy of our November newsletter is available here. Remember to follow us on Twitter for all our up-to-date news.
Maths Inside Competition Winner!
During Maths Week Scotland, we let you know about a national photographic maths competition, ‘Oot an’ Aboot’, organised by the University of Glasgow. One of our pupils took part in the competition and was a runner-up and had another entry highly commended – well done to Lillyanna for her excellent mathematical thinking and questioning. She received an Amazon voucher and certificates during an online award ceremony last week.
Keep Walking to School
Walk to School Week 05.10.20
Next week is the national Walk to School Week. We would like to encourage as many pupils as possible to walk to school next week. We are hopeful that this will be a BIG celebration and a whole lot of FUN! To make the week special, we would love for our pupils to dress up each day. The themes are as follows:
| Day | Walk to school wearing… |
| Monday | silly socks or odd shoes! |
| Tuesday | crazy hair! |
| Wednesday | a hat and/or sunglasses! |
| Thursday | bright colours! |
| Friday | something purple for Ayrshire Hospice. |
Walking to school helps children feel happier and healthier and they arrive refreshed, fit and ready to learn. More families walking means fewer cars on the road during the school run, helping to reduce congestion and pollution at the school gates. If you live too far away or don’t have time to walk the whole way to school, you can ‘Park and Stride’.
If you would like to make a small monetary donation towards the Ayrshire Hospice on Friday, this would be gratefully received, although there is no obligation to do so.
Remember to take a selfie and tag us on Twitter! @HolmstonPS #WalktoSchoolWeek
Holmston Primary’s Lockdown Cookbook
During lockdown, one of your home learning challenges was to send in recipes you had made. These have now been compiled and published and are available for £5.00 from the school. We can wait to try some of these dishes out!
The New Session
We have had a great start to the new year. The pupils have settled quickly into the new routines. We are keeping in our class bubbles and will continue with our staggered starts, breaks and finish times. Regular hand washing and sanitising have become a regular part of the school day. We have additional cleaning going on throughout the school during the day as well as after school. Unfortunately we are unable to have visitors in the school at the moment but we can be contacted by phone or email. Members of staff are also available in the playground before and after school. Please remember to socially distance when you are in the playground and try not to linger after you have picked up child up or have dropped them off.
Please check our Twitter account for regular updates. Stay safe.
New P1 Transition Activities
If you managed to come along to our P1 transition visits, you will have received your copy of the Bear Hunt. There is an electronic copy of our Bear Hunt activities for you to try out over the summer in the New P1s section of the website – you just need to scroll down to the bottom of the page. Have fun!
