Jack Howie, along with mum and dad, won a trophy for Jersey Champion last week at the South West Dairy Show in Castle Douglas.  Jack also won a rosette for showing ‘Sambuca’ too.  Well done Jack… what a confident individual … Continue reading →

What a day of frightening fun we’ve had today to celebrate Halloween at Kirkcolm Primary School! This morning, all classes including the Nursery took part in a parade of their Halloween costumes and the pupil council had the difficult decision … Continue reading →

P6-7 have had a super busy term learning all about the Scottish Government and Elections. In the last week of term, our Social Studies topic culminated in our very own whole school election for House Captains. Pupils have worked hard … Continue reading →

Margaret Baillie (Mental Health Support Worker) joined P6-7 over the last 2 weeks to help deliver sessions about Mental Health. Pupils participated in discussions about different types of mental health disorders, how they aren’t always visible to others, and why … Continue reading →

Retired MSP and Presiding Officer Alex Fergusson popped into Kirkcolm this afternoon to share his experiences with P6-7 as part of their Government topic. Although some of the boys were disappointed to learn that it wasn’t ex-football player and manager Alex Ferguson … Continue reading →

Tuesday saw P1-3’s turn to venture to Wigtown Book Festival! The pupils were entertained by 2 authors: Danny Scott and Renita Boyle. Danny Scott introduced his series of books ‘Scotland Starts FC’ and the children enjoyed joining in with the … Continue reading →

P4-7 had a wonderful morning at Wigtown Book Festival where 2 authors entertained the children. The first author, Lari Don, introduced her trilogy of books ‘Spellchasers’ and treated pupils to an extract from her new book which was only released … Continue reading →

P6-7 were treated to a Scottish Parliament Outreach workshop yesterday from an Education Officer from the parliament. Pupils got to explore and learn about replica artefacts from the Parliament, such as the parliamentary mace, voting slips and an Act of … Continue reading →

As part of our Maths Week Scotland celebrations, families were challenged to complete a set of maths and number puzzles together as a team.  The creativity in the working out and the solutions has been fantastic!  And the photos to … Continue reading →

To continue our Maths week celebration, Wednesday saw us have a Maths board games afternoon! Pupils brought in different games that involve Maths and Numeracy and moved around the classroom in their assembly groups to play them. Some parents/grandparents came … Continue reading →