Wow – what an emotional day for the pupils and parents at Kirkcolm with the Leaving ceremony taking place this afternoon.
Such a great opportunity to gather pupils, parents and staff alike to celebrate the hard work of the year – this year especially this year as it has been one of true success for this little school with its glowing HMIE Report.
We are all very proud of our team and we have found a way to celebrate all the pupils wide range of achievements across the year!
Well done to those of us who exemplified good health with Excellent Attendance;
- Archie Ashton
- Cameron & Ewan Clarke
- Calum & Danny Dougan
- Steven Gillon
- Olivia Johnstone
- Noah McGrory
- Marley & Blaze Redmond
- Ivan & James Turtle
- Henry Wilson
Our accelerated readers in each year group which smashed their goals!
P2 – Rory Calvert – 120 books this year !
P3 – Emilie Brown
P4 – Sophie Mc Colm
P5 – Archie Ashton
P6 – Alfie Caldwell ( Points ) Sally Drummond ( Books)
P7 – Noah Mc Grory
The Responsible Citizens!
P1 – Henry Wilson
P2 – Freddie Adams
P3 – Callum Dougan
P4 – Marley Redmond
P5 – Hayden Davidson
P6 – Danny Dougan
P7 – Olivia Johnstone
The Mini Walk Certificates and Shields to the winners and runner-ups for our Mini Walk fundraiser earlier in the year!
The Sports Champions from Sports Day!
P1 – James Johnstone
P2 – Freddie Adams
P3 – Paige Neill
P4 – Lyle McCulloch & Ruby McMillan
P5 – Ivan Turtle
P6 – Danny Dougan
P7 – Noah McGrory
Overall Sports Champions
Boys – Ivan Turtle
Girls – Phoebe Manson
The Most Merits in P1-4 – Rory Calvert
The Most Merits in P5-7 – Ivan Turtle
Special Qualities
Ian – Polite and well mannered
Kaylyn – Most helpful pupil in the class
Harrison – Developing great confidence over the year
Alistair – Displaying an excellent kind and caring nature
Our Gold Star Award Winners were…
- Archie Ashton
- Paige Neill
- Ross Warwick
- Rory Calvert
- Rebecca Manson
- Phoebe Manson
- Callum Dougan
- Joey Neill
- Sally Warwick
Platinum Rainbow Tables Winners this year were…
- Phoebe Manson
- Lydia Adams
- Alfie Caldwell
- Steven Gillon
- Olivia Johnstone
- Noah McGrory
Platinum Rainbow Spelling Winner is…
- Phoebe Manson
Mrs MacPherson’s Award for excellent effort and progress working with her was awarded to Marley Redmond for his progress and hard work over the year!
The Academic Awards
Literacy:
P1-4 – Sally Warwick
P4-7 – Havana Diyani
Numeracy:
P1-4 – Gregor McColm
P4-7 – Blaze Redmond
Health and Wellbeing:
P1-4 – Jessica Johnstone
P4-7 – Steven Gillon
REACH Award:
P1-4 – Rebecca Manson
P4-7 – Alfie Caldwell
This year we also had the addition of a new award to the school which was kindly donated by a member of the Kirkcolm Community in honour of his late wife for conservation work in the community called ‘The Sandra Heron Salver for Conservation Champion’ and this went to James Turtle with honorary medals in this field awarded to Henry Wilson, Marley Redmond & Jack Howie.
Finally we bid goodbye to our P7’s AND Havana this year as they move onto pastures new after the end of summer. We left Havana with a card from us all and the P7’s with their classic Photostory and leaver hoodies in an effort to elicit tears from parents and pupils alike and give them something to remember us by- Kirkcolm P7 Leavers 2023 – YouTube
We hope those who came enjoyed this years ceremony and seeing how bright this team can shine! For those that were not able to attend, here are some photos of the pupils with their achievements…
