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Safer Internet Day
On Tuesday 10th February the Young Digital Leaders visited every class in the school to share the message about how to remain safe when using AI. They carried out a variety of activities with children sharing their understanding of what AI is and how to use it responsibly.A Big Thanks to the Rotary Club
This afternoon we were delighted to welcome three lovely gentlemen from Stranraer Rotary Club in to speak to us about litter and the importance of keeping our wee community clean!🚮 Ben and Murray were pleased to see Donald McColm that they’d met at the Rotary Lunch again and were excited to see that he had brought along some of the hi-vis vests they had modelled at the lunch along with some bags and litter pickers. We were wowed with some litter- related facts about how long it takes certain foods and materials to break down in the environment from aGetting Creative with Jane from Creative Stranraer 👨🎨👩🎨
This afternoon we had a lovely visit from a lovely lady, Jane from Creative Stranraer. Jane is involved in a project which adds some fun to the Southern Upland Way. Along the walking trail, they are hoping to add some kists filled with colourful ‘treasure’ stones for walkers to collect along the way. 🚶♂️ Jane brought along lots of stones and pens and tasked us with drawing a colourful picture on the stone. We had lots of minions, trees, patterns and animals, which Jane seemed super impressed with.🌳🐱🐶 Afterwards, in our groups, we were given a long sheet ofContinue reading Getting Creative with Jane from Creative Stranraer 👨🎨👩🎨
Syrup, Sprinkles and Sticky Fingers🥞🧑🍳👩🍳
Hot plate✅ , Ingredients ✅Nutella, Biscoff, syrup and sprinkles ✅ We were all set to celebrate Shrove Tuesday with some obligatory pancake flipping! With Mrs Kyle, each group had a go at pouring their mixture onto the hot plate and flipping their pancakes 🥞! Afterwards, it was time for toppings! Pupils could choose to add some Biscoff, sprinkle, Nutella and syrup (or all 4😅) to add to their pancakes. Meta-skills Collaborating Cora Communicating Chris UNCRC Rights Article 12 – the right to express their views and be heard. Article 28 – the right to education Article 24 – the right to nutritious foodLatest updatesFitness day at holy wood school.
Today is fitness day at Holywood school and I am going to talk about gymnastics and yoga. first in gymnastics we were doing a thing where you start on one thing and then you will have to move on in a ovel shape and we were doing cartwheels and handstands and more. Second in yoga we had to read a book called we’re going on a bear hunt and we did Cosmic kids about the book it was so fun!Badminton Success for Our P6 – Paige! 🏸
Huge congratulations and well done to our very own Paige Neill who took part in the local Wigtownshire Badminton Competition and managed to secure a silver medal in the P6 girls tournament! Well done Paige – you have done a fantastic job representing the school with your sporty skills! Meta Skills Focusing Fergus Articles Article 24 – Health, Food, Water and EnvironmentLatest News
Recent Help & Information Updates
Some recently added and updated pages across our help and information sites this year: Glow Blogs Tips: Add to Your Phone’s Home Screen; Glowing Posts: Digital Influencer Award – Callum Croughan; Tip: Selecting Blocks; A guide to the top toolbar;Advent in Glow Blogs
A couple of example sites both have a different primary age activities published every day. 25 examples of the H5p plugin. Example of using the Draw Attention plugin.Canva Embeds in Glow Blogs
Canva embeds are now supported in Glow Blogs.Fixed: PDF Issue
The PDF Issue that recently developed on Glow Blogs has now been fixed. PDFs can now be uploaded as expected without any workarounds.Glow Blogs Update 30 Sep 2025
Glow Blogs has been updated to WordPress 6.8.2. This update is mostly a behind the scenes one, you might not notice much difference.