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  • HMIE Inspection Report

    We are pleased to let you know that the results and findings from our HMIE inspection in January have now been released on the HMIE website. Please see the links below for the Parental Letter, Summarised Inspection Findings and additional evidence. We are very proud of all the hard work and commitment of staff, pupils and parents and this is demonstrated through our report, and we look forward to building on these strengths. HMIE Holmston PS Report Letter to Parents Holmston Primary School | Inspection Report | His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education in Scotland  

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  • Euroquiz 2026

    Well done to our Euroquiz team. They had a great time today at the town hall taking part in the South Ayrshire Euroquiz Competition. They demonstrated their knowledge of the languages and cultures of different European Countries and had a lot of fun. Well done to you all.

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  • STEM Open Afternoon

    We had a lot of fun this afternoon at our STEM open event. With the help of family members, each class tried out different STEM activities. There was a great buzz around the school and lots of smiling faces. What a fantastic way to end British Science Week.

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  • P5 Term 3 Update!

    P5 have had a fantastic Term Three, packed with hands‑on learning, creative activities and lots of new discoveries across the curriculum! Maths In Maths, we have been continuing our work on money, and the class has also enjoyed exploring fractions, decimals and percentages. Using pancakes helped us visualise and compare these concepts in a fun and memorable way! Pupils have been working on identifying equivalences and applying their learning through practical tasks. Literacy In Literacy, we have been diving into poetry, learning how to use strong descriptive vocabulary to paint pictures in the reader’s mind. We explored poetic techniques such

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  • P7/6 Term 3

    Welcome back to our P7/6 blog! Term 3 has been packed with exciting learning, new experiences, and lots of opportunities to challenge ourselves. Our Weekly Routine P.E. takes place on a Thursday and Friday. Committees are every Wednesday afternoon. Outdoor Learning happens every second Friday. Literacy – Adventure Writing This term, our focus in literacy is adventure writing. We’ve been learning how to: Build exciting settings Create brave, interesting characters Develop tension and action Use powerful vocabulary to make our stories vivid Our writing focus includes adjectives, similes, metaphors, expanded noun phrases, fronted adverbials, and varied sentence openers to help

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  • Dihaoine

    Dihaoine Day 5: Our phrase of the day is from Laura and Cole from North Carolina in USA

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Glow Blogs – Essential Maintenance

We will be carrying out essential maintenance on Glow Blogs Thursday 5th March 04:00PM GMT - 06/03/2026 08:00AM GMT

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

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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.