Elspeth Hall from the D&G STEM team visited both classes this afternoon to provide a sun, hands on maths workshop based on problem solving skills! Both classes enjoyed separate workshops in the hall to celebrate Maths Week Scotland .  We … Continue reading →

Our fabulous gardening club has kicked off with gusto for this year  with lots of ‘doing good to be green’! Mrs Richardson is blogging the children’s activities on our Kirkcolm Primary School Parents Facebook group.  It’s great to read her … Continue reading →

We’re all back to school looking that little bit taller, with our fresh hair cuts and new school clothes – teachers included! Staff were happy to welcome back old, familiar faces and some new P1 faces – Orla, Parker and … Continue reading →

Thanks very much to Sheila McGrory for all her hard work in making a little photobooth session come together so we could grab some memories before P7 leave us! As well as just having a bit of fun! Big thanks … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

At our most recent Pupil Council meeting, it was highlighted that we don’t have many non-fiction books in the school library. So our responsible pupils wrote to the Community Reuse Shop to enquire about donations of books. They very kindly … Continue reading →

Rev Clare popped into school this afternoon as part of our career’s assemblies, to explain all about her life as a Minister. This was her final visit to the school in her capacity as our Minister, as Rev Clare is … Continue reading →

As you know, this year we decided to do our school trip closer to home than we usually go.. Why not make the most of the area we live in and what it has to offer!  So, we hopped on … Continue reading →

This week we have been lucky to welcome our New P1’s to the school and get a sense for what the classes are going to look like next year! Orla, Harlow and Parker joined us for 3 whole days (!!!) … Continue reading →

On Wednesday morning the boys and girls from P1-4 enjoyed a little trip to Kirkcolm Hub to visit the new Fed-Up cafe to help us learn a little more about Kirkcolm as part of our current topic ‘Our Local Community’. 🙂 … Continue reading →