Saturday saw a very busy day of Christmas cheer and fun in the Christmas Fayre held in the school as well as carol singing and the big light switch on in the village at night. Lots of the community turned … Continue reading →

What a successful night the Trio schools had at the girls’ badminton competition yesterday!! Girls single results: 1st – Rhian Palmer (Portpatrick) 2nd – Kayleigh Williams (Leswalt) 3rd – Ellie Miller (Kirkcolm) Girls double results: 1st – Katie Butler & … Continue reading →

A huge well done to Iona, Katie, Robin, Ellie and Sophie who were placed 2nd out of all the schools in Dumfries and Galloway in the Maths Week Scotland competition with their song ‘Born with Maths.’ They have won £50 … Continue reading →

P6-7 have had the pleasure of working with the traditional music company Feis Rois for the past 12 weeks. Anne from Feis Rois has been delivering Group Music Making sessions to the class, which has involved learning new songs and … Continue reading →

Kirkcolm School recently donated lots of spare books to a school in Africa. Our Art teacher, Mrs Copeland and her family are currently building a Nursery in Zambia and plan to then build a school. They will be raising funds … Continue reading →

P1-3 went on a trip to the local post office today as part of their ‘People who Help Us’ topic. The children asked lots of questions and enjoyed finding out how letters get from the post-box to the person they … Continue reading →

PC Pellett popped in to Kirkcolm on Thursday to speak to the P3-5 and P6-7 classes about online safety. We chatted about the different types of social media (Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram to name a few) and how to stay … Continue reading →

Report by Katie and Sophie (P7): On the 21st of November 2017 the whole of Kirkcolm Primary travelled to the Stranraer Cinema to watch the film ‘Revolting Rhymes’ by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. When we gathered in … Continue reading →

As part of their topic “People who help us”, on Wednesday 22nd November P1-3 went to visit Stranraer Police station. PC Pellet showed the children different parts of the police uniform and the children loved trying on the different outfits. … Continue reading →

The whole school recently participated in the Ervie-Kirkcolm Church Christmas card competition. The winners, selected by Mrs Lesley Allen (church elder) are: Cody McCrae, Alba White, Ivy Richardson and Ruth Turtle. Their pictures will be used on the Christmas cards … Continue reading →