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achievement, community, event

Auld Kirk Easter Service

We finished the term with our Easter Service – this year led by our Primary 3s and Southcraig Campus. Southcraig pupils shared their achievements that they felt proud about and sang wonderfully. The Primary 3s performed a play to explain what happens at Easter and the whole school sang Easter hymns. Our Glee Club and P1s also showcased their entries from the South Ayrshire Music festival. We would like to thank Mr. Gemmel for letting us come to the church. We wish you all a very happy Easter and we look forward to seeing you back on Monday 16th April 2018.

Southcraig
Primary 3

Article 14
You have the right to choose your own religion and beliefs. Your parents should help you decide what is right and wrong, and what is best for you.

 

event, global citizens

Holmston’s Earth Hour

SWITCH OFF for Earth Hour 24th March 2018, 8.30pm – 9.30pm! To raise awareness, our RRS ambassadors have organised a ‘Holmston Hour’ – no technology or lights on Friday afternoon!

Article 3
All adults should do what is best for you. When adults make decisions, they should think about how their decisions will affect children.

 

achievement, event, Modern Languages, Social Studies

Euroquiz

Well done to our Euroquiz team for being excellent ambassadors for the school at the recent Euroquiz competition. They have all been working very hard remembering lots of facts and figures about Europe. Congratulations goes to Ayr Grammar for coming first.

Article 30
You have the right to practice your own culture, language and religion – or any you choose. Minority and indigenous groups need special protection of this right.

 

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FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT HAMPER

During the Fairtrade Fortnight, Holmston Primary School, led by Primary 4, will be raffling off a hamper full of Fairtrade goods. Raffle tickets will be on sale in the school and in the playground from Tuesday 27th February until Friday 9th March.  Raffle tickets are 50p a ticket.  During the Fairtrade Fortnight there will also be the chance for the children to buy biscuits made in the school by some of our pupils.  All money raised will be donated to Fairtrade.

Article 32
You have the right to protection from work that harms you, and is bad for your health and education. If you work, you have the right to be safe and paid fairly.

 

achievement, creativity, event, expressive arts, Literacy and English

‘Flying High With Reading’ – WBD 2018

Our display for World Book Day is now complete! Thank-you to all the staff, parents, grandparents and clubs that were involved in bringing this work together – it has been a real team effort. Please have a look at the World Book Day 2018 page under the ‘Creativity’ tab at the top of the page or click here to find out more.
Please leave us a comment and tell us about your favourite book on that page too.

Article 29
Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities. It should also help you learn to live peacefully, protect the environment and respect other people.

 

creativity, event, expressive arts

Celtic Connections 25th Anniversary Concert

Our P4 – P7s enjoyed a trip to the Glasgow Concert Hall today. This was the opening  concert and was a celebration of 25 years of the Celtic Connections Festival. Now well ingrained into Glasgow’s cultural life, the festival has gone from strength to strength. This morning’s concert  featured performers that have helped make the Festival what is, including Orkney’s Saltfishforty and the Highland quintet, The Elephant Sessions. The pupils enjoyed dancing to the music.

Article 31
All children and young people have a right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of activities.

achievement, creativity, event, expressive arts

Scottish Showcase

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We really enjoyed sharing our learning and performing to our friends and families during our Scottish Showcase. To celebrate St. Andrew’s Day each class studied an aspect of Scottish Culture and learned a Scottish song. P6 and P5 also shared the social dances they had learned for the Day of Dance in Troon. We found out all about the diversity of Scotland, the food, famous Scots, artists, Viking attacks, the Wars of Independence and the History of Ayr. The show was a complete sell-out. If you saw the show, please leave us a comment.

 

creativity, event, Modern Languages

European Day of Languages

Tuesday 26th of September was the European Day of Languages and Ms Slider had planned a surprise for the children at Holmston. When the children arrived in the playground in the morning, it was decorated with lots of words in many different languages. There was a quiz question asking how many different ways they could find the word “hello” written around the playground. Ms Slider knows what the answer is but wants to find out if anyone else can solve the puzzle! Do you recognise any of these languages? Ms Slider is going to carry out a survey in the school to find out how many different languages are spoken by the children at Holmston. Primary One have been practising their numbers up to 10 so these were also on the playground along with the matching French and German number names.

achievement, DYW, event, Trips

The Big Splash! 2017

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Thank-you to all parents who came along on Monday to see the pupils work and learning from ‘The Big Splash!‘ fortnight. All the pupils thoroughly enjoyed the learning experiences and had insights into the different careers and jobs available in the local area connected with the sea. Pupils were given the opportunity to consider the skills they would need for the many different jobs. A selection of photos from the different experiences is in the gallery below and please look at the class blogs for further information about the event. Please leave any comments by clicking on the link above.

achievement, creativity, DYW, event, STEM

I’m an Engineer 2017 P7

Well done to our two P7 teams that made it through to the final challenge at the town hall earlier this week. They showed off their drone-inspired aircraft and then had a live challenge to design a winch to transport people to and from the aircraft. The pupils had to utilise a range of creativity and employability skills to identify a workable solution to this problem. Both teams were presented with certificates by Mr Hutchinson, the Head of the Education Service.

Well done also goes to Arnar. His design for the ‘I’m an Engineer’ logo was chosen to go on the certificates.

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CBBC Fantasy Game Show

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:

CBBC Fantasy Game Show_Poster
CBBC Fantasy Game Show_Flyer

event, Literacy and English

Boswell Book Festival

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
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achievement, event

Parent and Pupil Dyslexia Workshops

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.

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achievement, community, event

The Big Pedal 2017

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.