It may have been an odd year, but nonetheless 2020 was a rather successful one for the North Rhins Primary Schools – we are delighted to announce that we have achieved our Bronze Award for Rights Respecting Schools! This is … Continue reading →

It’s been 9 long weeks since we last saw their little faces at school, and we were delighted to see so many happy smiling faces at the door of Kirkcolm Primary this morning, on P1-3’s first day back since the … Continue reading →

Lockdown 2021 meant that we could not have our usual in school Scots poetry focus as all learning was taking part at home.  But, this did not stop us!  Our in inaugural  North Rhins inter school Scots poetry competition took … Continue reading →

Not even a lockdown can stop Kirkcolm Primary from getting into the Scottish spirit! We were determined to still celebrate our Scottish hero the way we do every other year and this involved the same challenges set for the pupils!  … Continue reading →

As part of his STAR awards, Calder decided to show initiative and create his own Christmas quiz to raise funds for Kirkcolm Primary school.  Priced at 20p a go, Calder sold his quiz sheets during the last week of term.  … Continue reading →

As some of you may have noticed if you have been so lucky as to have them pop through your letterbox, the pupils at Kirkcolm were hard at work making Christmas cards through the week to spread some Christmas cheer … Continue reading →

Finally, it’s the moooost wonderful time of the yeeeear! (and what a year it has been!) Due to this year being the strangest one any of us has ever experienced, we were determined to still press on with our traditional … Continue reading →

Today the boys and girls of P4-7 had their final input from Laura McClymont and have now certified themselves as fully capable Playmakers! They spent the past week preparing their games and designing their posters. Today they got to demonstrate … Continue reading →

In keeping with the festive spirit, Morrisons recently donated Christmas selection boxes to the Kirkcolm Community Council – who have in turn, kindly donated them to the school and nursery pupils. Mrs Downie did her elf duties yesterday and delivered … Continue reading →

As part of our Eco Schools work learning about food and being responsible citizens, this Christmas we decided to run a ‘Reverse advent calendar’ – rather than the boys and girls getting a chocolate each day (they weren’t too impressed … Continue reading →