As part of World Children’s Day yesterday, the school was lucky enough to receive a visit from PC Shannon Walker. She came in to talk to everyone about the rights they have as a child living in Scotland including their … Continue reading →

Recently Kirkcolm eco committee have been very busy. Last week we made a compost bin made from recycled plastic so we could put are food waste from the kitchen in it. Uncooked vegetables can go in there and then can … Continue reading →

While it looked like the bears had assembled for their annual picnic, instead the boys and girls arrived at school today wearing blue to support the Children in Need charity 🐻🍯 Throughout the week Alfie and Alistair have been going … Continue reading →

The boys and girls from the North Rhins Partnership had a visit to Skills Development Scotland today. As part of Developing the Young Workforce, Lucy, Kathryn & Connor gave the pupils an overview of the careers services available at Stranraer … Continue reading →

As part of our Book Week Scotland celebrations, P1-3 pupils all received a Bookbug (P1) or a Read, Write, Count (P2-3) bag this afternoon, as part of the Scottish Government and Scottish Book Trust initiative. Parents/carers popped into school to … Continue reading →

Primary 7 from Portpatrick, Leswalt and Kirkcolm were treated to a fabulous curling experience at the North West Castle today. The children were split into teams of 5 with each member allocated a role as either sweepers, throwers or a … Continue reading →

This morning Danny, Robert and Mr MacGregor, armed with willow, a hot glue gun and string banded together to create a wreath for Kirkcolm’s memorial. Despite their lack of prior experience I personally think they did a very impressive job! … Continue reading →

This week our Eco committee took delivery of a new compost bin for the school.  Together, with Mrs Richardson, Steven, Ivan and Ruby built this and put it in the play ground for the school to use.  This compost bin … Continue reading →

Our Wonderful Mrs Richardson and the Kirkcolm Primary Gardening Crew have received just recognition from Connect for all their sterling work in our school community. Read all about it below! Connect – Supporting Partnerships in Education To mark our 75th … Continue reading →

Connecting with our community partners, DG STEM and DG College, our  boys and girls along with P5-7 from Portpatrick and Leswalt primaries went along to our local college to participate in a carousel of workshops to develop their skills and … Continue reading →