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December 2000 Update
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Merry Christmas from Holmston, and a Happy New Year 		Twinkling badge

2000/175 News

A committee of parents, teachers and former pupils is still working on the 175th anniversary school year, which started in August 99 and goes through to December 2000. There are representatives from the School Board and PTA, and two joint treasurers.

Fund-raising has gone on since last year for major events such as the whole-school trip to Edinburgh in June, and the commemorative gift for each child and each of the school staff. The gifts, commmemorative paperweights, were given out at Easter, and in August for the new Primary 1s.

As you can still see elsewhere in this issue, the whole-school trip to Edinburgh last term went off very successfully. Now all we have to do is finish paying for the last bits of it! We're continuing this term with other self-financing events such as an Open Evening and Social Event for Former Pupils.

There'll be another Social Event for all pupils and parents too, a free "Holmston Bash" at the end of the 175th Anniversary year.
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At the start of the anniversary year, we did Bag-Packing in Safeways twice, though the date planned for April wasn't available. Thanks again to Safeways for all their help, though.

Some activities will leave resources which can be developed by the school in future years. Most money has gone or will go to three projects:

  • a gift, a Paperweight with the School crest, for each child and member of staff, as a permanent souvenir of the Anniversary/Millennium Year
  • a special educational trip for all pupils, to "Dynamic Earth" and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, at no cost to pupils
  • a social event involving parents, teachers and children, again with some or all of the cost met from funds raised

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Other Millennium/175 activities -

  • Special items of school uniform have been produced with a Millennium/175 badge
  • The Holmston School tartan has been designed and produced, based on winning entries in a pupils' competition
  • A Scottish country dance, the Millennium Jig, has been developed by a Scottish dance teacher, an FP, working with senior pupils


  • As mentioned above, a Holmston "Bash" is planned at the end of the year, to involve pupils as well as adults
  • A Former Pupils' Association is planned to contact former pupils around Scotland and around the world
  • A Former Pupils' Social Event is planned on a night near Saint Andrew's Day in November - see on. Twinkling badge
  • To publicise the events and perhaps help in fund-raising, some computers in the school have been temporarily upgraded and connected to the Internet, and these Web pages are being produced. We hope to make this Web site a permanent feature for pupils, parents and former pupils.

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