Holmston’s ‘Big Splash’ launched today with the P6 visiting Millport and the P1 and 2s going to Culzean. We also had visitors from Ayr Port to teach us all about the jobs that are needed to ensure that the ships dock and can be loaded or unloaded. We also had representatives from BAE systems to show us how naval ships are designed and built. They told us about the many different jobs from designers and builders to bakers and doctors that all contribute to getting a ship to sail.
Click on the following links for information from Education Scotland on supporting your child at home with Numercay and Mathematics.
Numeracy and Mathematics Glossary
The April edition of the school newsletteer is available by clicking on the link and on the ‘newsletters’ section of the website.
It’s the final week to collect Active Kids vouchers from Sainsbury’s. If you have any in you wallet or purse, please send them into school so we can start counting!
The BBC are currently looking for applicants of all abilities, aged between 9-13 years to take part in a new fantasy gameshow that will be filmed in Scotland over the summer months. The successful candidates will get a chance to test their skill, determination and bravery against a series of physical and mental challenges. The application deadline is midnight Friday 19th May 2017.
Please note this is NOT a school event or linked to the school.
This link will take you directly to the application.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/be-on-a-cbbc-fantasy-game-show?collection=be-on-a-show
Please click on the links below for further information:
Boswell Book Festival is the world’s only festival dedicated to the art of biography, and this 7th edition has an even wider selection of talks from family history and stories of World war II to the life stories of bakers, planters, lovers, adventurers, judges, poets, painters, financiers and Tsars, to the sheer glamour of the worlds of theatre and fashion.
Click below for a copy of the leaflet or the leaflet for the children’s festival which takes place over the same weekend and where talks are either free or cost just £1.
BoswellBookFestival-2017-Programme
Boswell Book Festival 2017 Flyer Online
Boswell Book Festival 2017 Childrens Leaflet Online 001
Well done to our football team. They were great ambassadors for the school during a recent match against Symington Primary earlier in the week. They demonstrated our school values and were excellent sports people.
Congratulations to our ‘design a book cover’ competition winners. All the entries were of a very high standard and difficult to judge but eventually a winner was chosen from each stage. The parents running the book fayre chose the books for the winners.
Please click on the links below for information regarding two workshops to be hosted by Neil MacKay. Neil is is a freelance consultant and trainer who created the concept of Dyslexia Friendly Schools. He is an experienced teacher who has taught for 26 years, working with children with a wide range of ages, needs and ability. He is known for his ability to bring the classroom into his training and for providing lively, entertaining and thought provoking opportunities for teachers, parents and pupils.
Earlier in the year we had a visit from ScotlandTranServ. Mr Stewart visited the school with a gritter and taught the pupils about winter services and how the gritters keep motorists on the move during the winter months as well as learning about the affect of salt on the ice. He set a competition to name two of the new gritters – well done to Megan and Piper for their winning ideas!
Please note that the school closes for the Easter Holiday on Friday 31st March at 2.30pm. We re-open on Tuesday 18th April. We hope you all have a relaxing and enjoyable break.
Thank-you to everyone who made donations today or purchased a red nose earlier in the week. In our assembly today we found out about how our money is used both abroad and at home. We also learned the School Red Nose song “Put a Nose on It!”. Here are some pictures from our assembly.
Get set… we’re taking part in The Big Pedal 2017, the UK’s largest inter-school cycling and scooting challenge that inspires pupils, staff and parents to choose two wheels for their journey to school. The challenge runs from 27th to 31st March. It’s free to enter and we would love everyone to be involved.
On each day of the challenge schools compete to see who can record the greatest number of pupils, staff and parents cycling or scooting to school. Our five days will determine our final position in the challenge. We’ll be competing against other schools right across the UK, and if we clock up the most bike and scooter journeys we’ll win!
All you need to do is encourage your child(ren) to cycle or scoot to school every day during the event, and join them on their way – parent and sibling journeys count too!
Please remember to bring a lock for you bike or scooter.
The pupils had a fantastic time showing off their STEM skills and knowldege at our STEM Fayre last Friday. There was a great turn-out of parents and family members to support the event and try their hand at some of the experiments and puzzles. Visitors commmented on the enthusiasm of our scientists, engineers, technicians and mathematicians of the future!
Congratulations to our P1 class for coming second in their heat at the Ayrshire Music Festival. They performed two action songs and the judges commented on how well they sang. We will look forward to seeing their winning performance during our Easter Service.
Congratulations to our P4/5 Glee Club for performing at the Ayrshire Music Festival. The group sang two Easter songs and achieved a merit for their entry. The adjudicator commented that they had a sweet tone, their words were very clear and they sang with feeling. They also paid great attention to the conductor, Mrs Slider, who has led the club this year.
As part of our work within Health and Wellbeing, pupils across the school took part in the ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ competition. The theme of the creative competition was ‘Scotland for All’. We are pleased to announce that one of our Primary 1 pupils is a finalist. All the P1s will enjoy a trip up to Hampden to the award ceremony and get a tour of the stadium too.
This week we are the ‘School of the Week’ on West FM. You can hear our pupils in the morning around 8.35am and after school just after 3.30pm
This year we will be raising money for Comic Relief. We will be having a Non-Uniform Day, which will take place on Friday, the 24th of March 2017. Pupils who wish to take part are asked to pay a donation of £1 (voluntary) and dress up in red.
Red noses will go on sale at Holmston from Wednesday, 15th March 2017 for £1.00.
Well done to our JRSOs – their campaign to help keep us safe by photgraphing cars parking on the zigzag lines is featured in the Ayrshire Post this week (page 15). Please see the post below if you are unsure about parking near the school.
During February, our ‘Getting It Right For Every Child‘ (GIRFEC) focus is SAFE. Our JRSOs have been very busy in the mornings and at the end of the school day taking photos of the drivers that have not followed our repeated requests to park safely and choose to ignore the very large yellow banner attached to the school railings. If you are driving your child to school, please DO NOT park like the cars in the photo gallery for the safety of all the children. We have informed our campus cop of the campaign and he is also spot-checking the area for us.
Parking will be even more difficult over the coming weeks due to the Virgin Media cable laying, so we recommend leaving five minutes earlier to find a suitable parking space.
Examples of how you should not park:
