As always, this time of year is very busy. Last week, our P7s enjoyed their Christmas Party with all the P7 classes from across the cluster at Belmont.
Our P1, 2 and 3 Nativity, ‘Prickly Hay’ was thoroughly enjoyed by parents and families and the pupils enjoyed themselves too!
Meanwhile, members of P5 and P6 went to Bellevue Nursing Home to perform a selection of songs for the residents.
We would like to wish our our families and friends a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. School will re-open on Monday 8th January 2018.
Please click here for a copy of the December Newsletter update.
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.
Today the Glee Club entertained the shoppers at Ayr Central on the last stop of their Christmas Tour. A big thank you goes to Mrs Hunter for organising the club again this year.
Holmston Primary School’s Winter Service will take place on Thursday 22nd December 2016 at 9.45am in the Auld Kirk. All are welcome to join us.
As we are walking to the Auld Kirk, please ensure that your child is dressed appropriately in their school uniform and a warm waterproof jacket (dependant on the weather) and sensible footwear.
We would also like to remind all parents/carers that the school closes at 2.30pm on Friday 23rd December 2016 and reopens at 9am on Monday 9th January 2017.
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
P1, P2 and P3 had a fantastic time at their Christmas party. They even had a special visitor from the North Pole.
Our Nativity show has been a complete success. All the pupils performed fantastically in this re-telling of the Christams Story. We hope you were able to come along an watch one of the shows – please leave us a comment. Here are some photos taken by our P3 photographer, Olly.
Our Glee Club continued to spread festive cheer as they continued with their tour around Ayr. This time they delighted the residents of Bellevue Nursing Home with traditional and modern Christmas songs. The final stop on our Glee Tour will be at Central Shopping Centre on Wednesday 21st December 2016 between 11.15am and 12 noon.
Today, our Glee Club performed several Christmas songs for the residents at Creggan Bahn Nursing Home. The staff and residents enjoyed all the festive favourites.
Mrs Claus made four of the workshop elves new suits for Christmas.
Each suit had matching trousers, waistcoat, jacket and hat.
One suit was all red, one was all green, one was all yellow and one was all blue. The elves were delighted with their presents, but decided it would be fun to wear a different outfit every day for as many days as possible. So they agreed to swap around parts of their suits until they ran out of new combinations.
How many days did their fun last?
Well done to the Parent Voice for organising yet another fantastic Christmas Fair. The total raised is still being calculated. Thank you to everyone for coming along and supporting the event. As always, the homebaking was amazing and the bacon and egg rolls certainly hit the spot!
Thursday 24th November is a Dress Down Day for donations for the class Christmas hampers. The hampers will be raffled at the Christmas Fayre on Saturday 3rd December 10.00am – 1.30pm. Donations should be something festive – chocolates, festive drinks, decorations, shortbread, crackers,small christmas gifts, advent calendars, mince pies – no perishable goods please.
Our Glee Club have been very busy out and about in the community. As well as performing at the school fayre, they have also been to Tesco, Hansel Village and various nursing homes. They will be going to perform at Ayr Hospital later on in the week. Thank-you to Mrs Hunter and Ms Slider for organising this.
Christmas has finally arrived with the staging of our Nativity “Prickly Hay”. The children really enjoyed learning their lines, songs and fantastic dance moves! Well done to all involved and thank you to the staff for organising this. Thanks also go our our parent helpers, Mrs Lambie and Mrs Henry for helping with the art work.
Thank you to the Parent Voice for organising yet another hugely successful event and to the parents, pupils and staff who supported the event. The total raised was £1200 which will be put back into enriching the pupils’ experiences at Holmston.
