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Hello Again From Holmston
Glittery Holmston

Now that we've produced twenty-five issues, new readers might like to take a look at some of our back pages.

If you're just reading the new pages, go on to the next one now. Come back here later using the "Introduction" button and "Back Numbers" link to see if there's anything interesting for you in earlier weeks. Then click on any underlined link for each issue, and use the "Back" button at the top of the screen to come back here.

EduNET Listed

Issue 1, 3-16 September. Introductions, Holidays, in Fife, on the beach, bike-racing in Camperdown Park, Dundee.

Issue 2, 17-30 September. New staff, Ayr Gold Cup, pets, poetry, sunflowers. The Football Team begin their winning streak...

The Teacher's Corner

Issue 3, 1-14 October. Girls' football, ballet, October Week's holiday, a trip to "Dynamic Earth" in Edinburgh, Primary 1 start full-time, Mr McRobbie writes from Australia.

Issue 4, 15-28 October. Parents' Night demos of Web Pages, Judo, SFA Football Coaching, Sea Monkeys.


Issue 5, 29 October-12 November. Hallowe'en Lunch, Millennium Jig, first list of Former Pupils who've written to us. (There's more every issue).

Issue 6, 12-26 November. Fireworks Display, that Winning Football Team again, a trip to an Ice Cream Factory (no ice in the pictures).

Issue 7, 26 November-10 December. PTA Christmas Fayre, Daleks, Egyptians, Swimming. It's all going on...

Issue 9, 24 December-21 January. The Christmas and New Year issue,
with more news of trips at the end of term.

Issue 10, 21 January-4 February. Our first issue in the New Year, and more cats...

Issue 12, 18 February-3 March. It snows, and a bit of the roof blows away. Well, just a little bit. There's a report on the Burns Supper, and the full words to "Auld Lang Syne" as sung by P7 and their guests. Sing along.

Issue 13, 3-17 March. P7 take the digital camera on a"Walk Round Auld Ayr",
P3 visit the Supermarket.

Jean Harrison, formerly Hamilton, sent us her class photo from 1915, and there's a hint of romance about her teacher, Miss Ramsay. David McRobbie, an FP in Australia, has a grandson at Primary School there, they've got an extensive website.

Twinkling badge

Issue 14, 17-31 March. We get over 1000 visits to the Web site, there's news on Joel in Uganda, P3 do some painting, Susanne in Canada sends us pictures of snow, and there's local news of the historic by-election held in the school.

Issue 15, 31 March - 14 April. P3 go to the Glasgow Art Galleries and Transport Museum. Craig Brown, the Scotland Football Team manager, comes for a visit. P1 meet Penguin Pete, children's friend and ace crime-fighter!

Issue 16, 14 - 28 April. Easter holidays, presentation of commemorative paperweights at the Easter Service, P7 visit Culzean Country Park, with not 1 but 2 pages of pictures. In our History section, FP Jimmy Fairlie remembers the soldiers, and the fish.

Issue 17, 28 April - 12 May. A report on that P7 trip to Culzean, Fred MacAulay and other BBC stars help our fund-raising, there's a trip to the Big Idea, and there are swans on the Swan Pond.

Issue 18, 12 - 26 May. Ayr Primaries' Swimming Gala, the coming Summer Fayre and trip to Dynamic Earth, and another Web Award. And our FPs write about games they used to play.

Issue 19, 26 May - 9 June. The Summer Fayre, an FP writes from Tokyo and there's more snake-handling.

Issue 20, 9 - 23 June. The whole-school trip to Edinburgh, the whole-school photograph, the Football Team in the Mackie Cup.

Issue 21, 23 June - 1 September. Our Summer Holiday issue with an update during August.

 EduNET Choice Award

Issue 22, September 2000 Update. Welcome back, news of pupils' discos, parents' Race Night; FP features on 2 former teachers, Miss Sumner, Mr Tyson; PTA buy the school lots of equipment.

Issue 23, October 2000. Surprise baby Llama at Kirkcudbright, plus Parents' Nights, PTA Sponsored Bounce, and 2000/175 Parents' Race Night.

Issue 24, November 2000 issue, with updates on the Former Pupils' Reunion for Saint Andrew's Night, and all the FPs who came along.

From here you can also go to the start of our current issue, Issue 25.

 

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