After taking part in a verification assessment yesterday, we are delighted to announce we have been awarded the new Digital Schools Scotland Accreditation. Portpatrick, Kirkcolm and Leswalt are the first schools in Dumfries and Galloway to achieve this recognition for … Continue reading →

The parent council have very kindly bought our P7 leavers a new personalised hoodie, complete with their names on the back in our signature burgundy colour! The boys and girls have been given their cosy hoodies early so they can see out … Continue reading →

This morning we had a lovely visit from two of the community wardens who came to share some really exciting news! A few months back now the boys and girls were tasked with the job of creating posters for our … Continue reading →

Our Primary 6 pupils headed off to Stair Park today to participate in Operation Safety – a whole day session involving different workshops provided by various agencies, including the emergency services. Pupils had inputs from – Police Scotland, learning about … Continue reading →

A huge welcome to the lovely Marlene Cash who will be both Kirkcolm and Leswalt’s minister! She popped in this afternoon to meet all of the boys and girls and explain her job. She told a very interesting story which … Continue reading →

After the luck we had with the weather for our Mini Walk last week, we didn’t expect to be as fortunate this week for our trip to Logan Gardens but thankfully we were so, very wrong!! 🌞 We hopped on … Continue reading →

Its that time of the year again… the annual Kirkcolm Primary Mini Walk – and what a cracking afternoon of weather we had too, the sun was shining, the kids were smiling and most importantly the vibes were good! 🌞 … Continue reading →

Our wonderful gardening club, headed up by the fantastic Mrs Richardson, introduced chickens to the school garden yesterday. Don’t worry, our feathered friends are not running around the playground freely – Mrs Richardson received some funding to purchase a chick … Continue reading →

This afternoon we all had a lovely visit from the very lovely Janet Jones from Creative Stranraer. She came to pick the brains of our fantastically creative little bunch on what they would like to see/do at the Cycling Festival … Continue reading →

Here is a run down of what our wonderful garden volunteers have been up to after school and at weekends. Thank you to Mrs Richardson for leading them all and her hard work in this. 18 April  – What a … Continue reading →