Glow Blogs – Dumfries and Galloway

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• Hello new school year!

  What fun we had today welcoming back all our children to Duncow Primary! Our 2026-2027 school year has begun and we are so happy! We welcomed  9 new P1 children and they settled superbly! This is going to be a great year!! (Super images to follow once all our data permissions are complete . . Watch this space! )

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  Duncow Diaries

• A Good Vibe for our Kirkcolm Tribe on our First 2 Days!

  With no new primary ones joining us this year, we kick started our “new year, same pupils” 2026-27 year! 🙂 We have however got the lovely, cheery new face of Mrs Arnott who will be teaching the P5-7 class and has enjoyed getting settled into Kirkcolm life!  The P2-4 class have had a jam packed first two days, being dino detectives, learning all about prehistoric life. 🕵️We used our ICT skills to design our very own dinosaurs before heading outside on a dinosaur footprint scavenger hunt – it was like a scene from Jurassic Park (including the running and screaming(but …

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  Kirkcolm Primary School

• First 2 Days of Fun!💓

  Uniforms ironed☑️ School bags packed☑️ Smiles on☑️ All ready for our first day back after our summer holidays! ☀️ This year, we are joined by 8 new primary ones; Brynley, Scott, Florrie, Nara, Maeva, Pru, Calia and Johnny 🙂. On Thursday, they spent the day getting used to their new classroom, school and teacher. By 3 o’clock it felt right at home.  On Friday afternoon we buddied up for a trip to the park  to celebrate a successful start to the year. 🛝

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  Leswalt Primary School

• Hello from P1 / 2

  Hello! We are back in school and working hard. We have played outside on the go-carts. We played a hiding game and football. We got messy in the playground. We played a parachute game. We practised listening using the whistle game… some of us were great.. some of us where…not listening. Our story was about a big, tremendous, gigantic, giant, immense fish!! We were cutting along the lines to put stripes on a fish, bee or bear. We had a great day! From Daniel, Bobby, Orla, Eden, Riley, Sage, Arlo, Leo, Chester, Theo, Max, Ella, Ted, Ivo, Bonnie, Lilly. Jack,

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  Holywood Hullabaloo

• 🏎️🎬 Rallying into the New School Year! 🎬🏎️

  Our P5–7 pupils got their new school year off to an exciting start today with an outdoor learning and digital technology challenge inspired by Scottish rally legend Colin McRae! We began by hearing the incredible story of Colin McRae and the determination, quick thinking and problem-solving he showed when things didn’t quite go to plan during a rally. We talked about how sometimes the best solution isn’t immediately obvious – and how perseverance, creativity and a willingness to try something different can help us overcome a challenge. Then it was time to head outdoors! 🏁 Working in groups, pupils were<br><br><a class="more-link" href="https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dg/stjosephsprimary/?p=6312">Read More</a>

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  St Joseph's Primary Website

• Ava’s Making Waves

  Congratulations to Ava on being selected for the SASA West District Junior Academy. Ava is one of just 67 swimmers from across the West of Scotland chosen for this year’s academy, where she’ll take part in three full days of specialist coaching, learning and swimming. It’s also fantastic to see that three swimmers from Stranraer Stingrays have been selected this year. A brilliant achievement and a well deserved opportunity. Everyone at the school is very proud of you, Ava. We wish you every success and hope you enjoy the experience! 

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  St Joseph's Primary Website