Comfies at the ready! This year Pudsy bear was back and the wee yellow ears were out in full force once again at Kirkcolm Primary as the pupils dawned these to show their support and to help raise money for … Continue reading →

As part of our Book Week Scotland celebrations, parents were invited into school today to see P1-3 pupils being presented with their Bookbug (P1) and Read, Write, Count (P2-3) bags. This initiative, ran by the Scottish Book Trust and Scottish … Continue reading →

To kick start Book Week Scotland we were joined Friday morning by author David McPhail who has recently released his new book ‘Velda the Awesomest Viking and the Ginormous Frost Giants’. 📚 I think it’s safe to say everyone (me … Continue reading →

Over half of the school gathered at 3pm today to participate in the first of 4 Christmas lantern-making workshops, kindly organised by the Parent Council and Kirkcolm Community Council. Pupils started to create their own lanterns using willow, in preparation … Continue reading →

P1-4 were joined with Leswalt and Portpatrick Infants class on Thursday morning for a trip to Kitchen Coos and Ewes owned by the lovely Neale and Janet McQuistin. All 50+ of us bundled onto the trailer and headed to the … Continue reading →

Today we bid farewell to Leswalt! In what has been a chaotic week for poor Mrs Baillie and the Leswalt staff, trying to transport a whole school from one place to another, but the superstars have managed it(!!!) and today … Continue reading →

We are delighted to announce that the North Rhins Partnership primary schools in the Rhins has achieved a Silver Rights Respecting School Award by UNICEF UK. Leswalt, Kirkcolm and Portpatrick primaries have worked collaboratively to meet the standards for this … Continue reading →

We are lucky this term to have Sound Trap sessions return to this region so today we welcomed back to class Mr John Dinnings with all his equipment to give pupils an insight into how to use this amazing music … Continue reading →

What a day to come back – Halloween!  As you can imagine, today was all go at Kirkcolm Primary with the start of Term 2 ahead of us and Halloween festivities taking place this afternoon. Pupils came with scary costumes … Continue reading →

Primary 7 have recently completed a block of swimming at the Ryan Centre, over 3 weeks. Many thanks to Mrs Agnew and staff at school for supervising them at this. They all enjoyed learning new skills and splashing about!