Please click here for a copy of the December Newsletter update.
Winter Wonderland 2017
Our Winter Wonderland has been a highlight of December. All the pupils were involved in planning and organising this event. The focus was on developing creativity skills including: asking good questions; researching information; listening to others; thinking differently about ideas: inventing; solving problems; persistence and co-operation. All the classes visited the event and tried out all the games and experiences. They also had the opportunity of purchasing Christmas ornaments that had been designed and made from re-cycled items.
Glee Club Community Christmas
Our Glee Club visited Belleview Nursing Home today to perform a variety of Christmas songs to the residents. They sang beautifully and enjoyed a snack and a chat with the ladies after the performance. They were excellent ambassadors for the school.
P1 – P3 Nativity and Winter Wonderland
It certainly feels like Christmas now that the P1 – P3 Nativity has been staged. All of the pupils enjoyed performing ‘A Midwife Crisis’ to parents and families today and yesterday. They sang and acted with great confidence – it was an absolute pleasure to watch.
At the shows, Primary 6 sold Christmas ornaments that had been made by pupils. The decorations were made from recycled materials and will also be sold next week during our ‘Winter Wonderland’ – an event organised by the pupils as part of their work on developing creativity skills. Excess stock will be sold to parents on Wednesday 20th December in the Infant Playground.
Dance Competition Winners!
Well done to our P3 and P4 Dance Club. They achieved second place in the South Ayrshire Dance Competition. We would like to thank the Belmont Dance Leaders – Rachel and Sarah – for choreographing and leading the Dance Club. All the pupils thoroughly enjoyed themselves – and half of the pupils had already performed a Nativity before this event too! Congratulations to all the boys and girls.
If any parents would like to help out and support at any of our existing clubs or start a club, please contact the school.
Scottish Showcase
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.
Burns Alicht Ticket Giveaway
To celebrate Scotland’s Year of Young People 2018 we have a limited number of FREE Burns Alicht tickets (Sat 27 Jan 2018) to give away to young people aged 8-26!
This unique sparkling tour of the birthplace of Robert Burns in Alloway features special illuminated landmarks, the burning of John Barleycorn plus new attractions and entertainment!
To apply for tickets contact nicole.drummond@south-ayrshire.gov.uk stating the name, date of birth and postcode of each applicant. Winners will be notified by email.
P1 Registration 9.15am – 3.30pm TUESDAY, 16 JANUARY 2018
Parents of children, who have attained the age of five years between 1st March 2018 and the last day of February 2019, should come to the Holmston School Office between the hours of 9.15am and 3.30pm on the date indicated above. THE CHILD’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND PROOF OF ADDRESS MUST BE PRODUCED ON THE DAY OF REGISTRATION (e.g. a copy of your Utility Bill or Council Tax Notice etc.)
Each Primary School has a designated “Catchment Area”. If you live in one of the streets listed below you are in the Holmston “Catchment Area” and should register at Holmston Primary School.
If you live in the Holmston “Catchment Area” but would like to send your child to a different Primary School you should still register at Holmston where you will be given the appropriate form (placing request form) and advice concerning the school of your choice.
If you do not live in the Holmston “Catchment Area” but would like to apply to send your child to Holmston you should register at the primary school in your own Catchment Area. The Head Teacher will take your particulars and supply you with the appropriate form (placing request form) and advice concerning your request.
STREET |
NUMBERS |
STREET |
NUMBERS |
| AFTON COURT | ALL | KIRKPORT | 10 – 14 |
| ALBERT TERRACE | ALL | KYLE STREET | ALL |
| ALLOWAY STREET | 1 – 69 | LESLIE CRESCENT | ALL |
| ASHGROVE STREET | ALL | LOTHIAN ROAD | ALL |
| BEECH GROVE | ALL | LYMBURN PLACE | ALL |
| BELMONT AVENUE | 1 – 19 & 2 – 32 | MILL BRAE COURT | ALL |
| BELMONT PL EAST /WEST | ALL | MILL STREET | ALL |
| BLACKFRIARS COURT | ALL | MILL WYND | ALL |
| BLACKFRIARS WALK | ALL | MORRISON GARDENS | ALL |
| BLACKHOUSE PLACE | ALL | MOSSGIEL PLACE | ALL |
| BOURTREE PARK | ALL | MOSSGIEL ROAD | ALL |
| BURNS STATUE ARCADE | ALL | MOUNT OLIPHANT CRES | 1 – 45 & 2 – 24 |
| BURNS STATUE SQUARE | 1 – 47 | MOUNT OLIPHANT PLAC | ALL |
| CAMPBELL COURT | ALL | ORCHARD AVENUE | ALL |
| CASTLEHILL CRESCENT | ALL | ORCHARD PLACE | ALL |
| CASTLEHILL ROAD | ALL | RIVERSIDE PLACE | ALL |
| CONTENT AVENUE | ALL | SMITH STREET | ALL |
| CRAIGIE AVENUE/LEA | ALL | ST ANDREWS STREET | ALL |
| CRAIGIE ROAD | 1 – 31 & 2 – 42 | ST PHILLANS AVENUE | ALL |
| CRAIGIE WAY | ALL | STATION ROAD | ALL |
| DAVIDSON PLACE | 1 – 24 | ||
| DONGOLA ROAD | ALL |
*** OTHERS *** |
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| FOTHERINGHAM ROAD | ALL | ||
| GORDON TERRACE | ALL | BROOKHOLM GUEST HOUSE | |
| HAMILTON CRESCENT | ALL | COILA GUEST HOUSE | |
| HIGH STREET | 116 – 266 | CRAIGIE HOUSE | |
| HILARY CRESCENT | ALL | JANEVANS GUEST HOUSE | |
| HOLMSTON GARDENS | ALL | KIRK HOUSE | |
| HOLMSTON ROAD | 1 – 11 & 2 – 56 | KYLE COURT | |
| INVERKAR ROAD | ALL | NORTH GATE HOUSE | CRAIGIE EST |
| JAMES CAMPBELL ROAD | ALL | THE LODGE HOUSE | CRAIGIE EST |
Change of Date for Winter Service
Please note that we have to change the date of our Winter Service to Thursday 21st December 9.45am at the Auld Kirk instead of Friday 22nd as previously mentioned. The service will be led by our Primary 4 class and all parents and family members are invited.
December 2017 Newsletter
You can acces a copy of the December Newsletter by clicking on the snowman or from the Newsletters page under the School Information tab from the top menu.
School Handbook 2017 – 2018
A revised version of the school handbook is now available by clicking on the picture or the link at the left hand side of the screen under School Information.
Halloween Discos
Our Parent Voice are busy orgainsing the Halloween Discos. Please remember these are on Friday 27th October – the first Friday back after the October Break. The times are as follows:
6.00pm – 7.15pm P1 – P4
7.30pm – 8.45pm P5 – P7
The cost is £2.00 per child and this can be paid on the door. We look forward ot seeing all the fantastic costumes.
Harvest Service and October Holiday
We were all very proud of our P2 class this morning. Their Harvest Service was enchanting. We wish all our families an enjoyable October Holiday and we look forward to seeing you all back on Wednesday 25th October.
October Newsletter
A copy of the October newsletter can be found in the ‘Newsletters’ section of the website or by clicking here.
Ayr Academy Primary Open Evening
There is an open evening for the new Ayr Academy for parents of pupils in Primary 5, 6 and 7 on Thursday 26th October. There will be a short presentation at 4.00pm followed by the opportunity to look around the school and meet with staff, parents and pupils.
Although Belmont is our cluster academy, if you live in any of the following steets you have the option of choosing either Belmont or Ayr Academy.
| ALBERT TERRACE | ALL | |
| BEECH GROVE | ALL | |
| BLACKHOUSE PLACE | ALL | |
| CAMPBELL COURT | ALL | |
| CRAIGIE AVENUE | ALL | |
| CRAIGIE LEA | ALL | |
| CRAIGIE ROAD | Nos 1-31 & 2-42 | |
| CRAIGIE WAY | ALL | |
| CONTENT AVENUE | ALL | |
| DAVIDSON PLACE | Nos 1-24 | |
| FOTHERINGHAM ROAD | ALL | |
| GORDON TERRACE | ALL | |
| JAMES CAMPBELL ROAD | ALL | |
| LYMBURN PLACE | ALL | |
| MORRISON GARDENS | ALL | |
| RIVERSIDE PLACE | ALL | |
For further information click on the link below:
Rights Respecting School Celebration
The whole school enjoyed a day of celebrating children’s rights this week. We invited ambassadors from Alloway Primary to come and share their work with us and then each class moved around the school experiencing a range of activities including developing playground and dining hall charters. We finished the day by inviting parents and family members in to share our learing. More information can be found on our Rights Respecting School Blog page or on Twitter.
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.
P7 Dolphin House Residential
The P7s, Miss Gunning and Mr Hardy are busy at Dolphin House this week – you can follow their adventures on the blog. The link is on the Class and School Blog page or click here.
P6 Trip to Culzean
expert rangers
classifying
tree climbing
pond dipping
creatures of the deep
P6 had a fantastic day today finding out about biodiversity at Culzean Country Park. Highlights of the day included pond dipping, Daniel enjoyed examining the skulls of the animals and Hattie caught one of the predators in the pond – a beetle with sharp pincers. I look forward to reading about the day in their school blog soon.
Snapchat Snap Maps
As you know Snapchat is an extremely popular app with young people and they have recently launched a new, optional feature called Snap Maps. This feature allows users to see where in the country their Snapchat contacts are, as well as seeing location based photos and videos. Users can then zoom into the map to see the exact location of their friends.
When first using the Snap Map feature, users need to choose who can see their location on the map. They can choose from: My friends, Only me (‘Ghost Mode’), or Selected friends. A user’s precise location will only be visible to their selected audience. Many young people will have ‘friends’ on Snapchat that they have never met in person, consequently, this could mean that those people are able to see the young person’s location on Snap Map.
Privacy settings for Snap Maps can be changed at any time within the Snapchat Settings screen. Users should regularly review their privacy settings.
Sharing location on any social media app can be a risky thing to do. All users should consider the following:
- Only share your location with people you know in person. Never share your location with strangers.
- Don’t add contacts to Snapchat if you don’t know them in person.
- Regularly review your privacy settings. Remember these can be changed at any time. Think about where you’re sharing your location and what times you’re on the app – do you want to share these locations?
The following websites provide useful information on Snap Maps for teachers, parents, carers and young people:
https://new.thinkuknow.co.uk/professionals/our-views/snap-maps/
http://www.childnet.com/blog/introducing-snap-maps-the-new-location- sharing-feature-in-snapchat
