Many thanks to the Community re-use shop in Stranraer who have donated numerous plant pots to the school to help them with their on-going gardening work. Pictured below are some of the Eco committee with the plant pots!

It was the Return of the Curling at long last! With Covid a thing of the past, we were able to get our P7 pupils in for their taster session at the North West Castle! Pupils were taught the curling … Continue reading →

The ever amazing STEM guru Miss Whorlow managed to secure us another fun, interactive Lego We Do Session for the pupil in class. Mrs Hall came in in to take the pupils through some hands on coding using the We … Continue reading →

Phew! Just like that we have once again celebrated all things math and reminded pupils why it is so important and essential skill to have and a topic to learn! Math permeates all aspects of our life and the aim … Continue reading →

Today we were very lucky to be invited down to the Stranraer Campus of the Dumfries and Galloway College to engage in some taster sessions for the courses they offer while also tying into Math Week Scotland.  What an amazing … Continue reading →

This morning P1-4 set off on our bus journey of a whole 5 minutes to the fabulous Glenside Farm. We were met by the owners, Andrew, Joss and trusty helper Sally Drummond as well as RHET representative Tracy Martin. First … Continue reading →

Elspeth Hall from the D&G STEM team visited school today to provide the pupils with a fun, hands-on maths workshops – and they certainly weren’t disappointed! The infant class has their session this morning and the upper class went this … Continue reading →

Today P5-7 took part in a live Coding Session and got their first experience using the Microbit! A Microbit is a small pocket sized computer developed by the BBC, it has a number of amazing tiny outputs all over it … Continue reading →

Love a bit of alliteration..! What an amazing day we have had today at Kirkcolm, we have been lucky enough to partake in an afternoon of farming innovation and fun on a glorious sunny autumn day! This is all thanks … Continue reading →

We were visited today by Frances Wallace from ‘Make It Happen’ who came to explain to the pupils about a competition that her company is running to design an app. The pupils had a think about what they use apps … Continue reading →