Pupils in P1-4 were off on another adventure last week, this time to West Galdenoch to visit dairy farmer Mr Gary Mitchell, who was assisted by Isabel Milroy from RHET. Pupils learned all about how a dairy farm works, from … Continue reading →

It’s not every day that you see tractors, sheep, a mini Auction Mart, ducks being herded by dogs and sheep shearing and it certainly isn’t normal to see it all in a school playground either! However, we’re no ordinary trio … Continue reading →

Primary 1-4 were fortune enough to have a lovely visit from Judith Armstrong of The Fresh Milk Company to do a Dairy class talk. Judith was accompanied by Anna Christie, a DEHS pupil on work experience at the creamery. Together … Continue reading →

The sun was shining for the annual Nursery Grand Prix on Tuesday morning. The pupils came to Nursery with their bikes and scooters, ready to race round the track to help raise some funds for the Nursery. The whole school … Continue reading →

On Thursday, pupils at Kirkcolm Primary participated in the nation wide – Outdoor Classroom Day. Both classes spent the day learning outdoors in our wonderful school grounds. We even had a picnic and a walk down to the beach with … Continue reading →

Our long standing tradition has reached a very important milestone- 50 years. However, the Kirkcolm annual “mini” walk is anything but mini! The 7 mile trek across the beautiful hilly countryside would be a difficult task for most adults. Nonetheless, … Continue reading →

This week is walk to school week. Throughout the week we have been conducting an annual survey on how the pupils get to school. Each morning pupils are asked if the walked, cycled, scoot/skate, park & stride, were driven, took … Continue reading →

PC Wilson visited P4-7 last week as part of their current Health and Wellbeing topic to raise awareness of drugs. Most pupils thought of drugs as all being bad for you, so she explained the different types of drugs that … Continue reading →

As part of our Digital Learning Week celebrations, P4-7 participated in a collaborative story. The class were given the opening, which told the story of Doctor Xenon who discovered a mysterious object and hoped to use it to prove the … Continue reading →

On Thursday the boys and girls at Kirkcolm Primary from p5, 6 and 7 went to Green Valley to compete in the Schools annual Cross Country Competition. All pupils were given the choice to run either the mile or Half … Continue reading →