All upper school children from Kirkcolm, Portpatrick and Leswalt had a thoroughly enjoyable morning as history was brought to life in front of their eyes.  Children were led on a historical Scots journey through medieval times, learning about William Wallace … Continue reading →

The P6/7 children have been coding this morning using a programme called Scratch.  We have made a ghost busters game using sprites and commands to change size, movements, time and sound. Jack and Findlay said “It was the best thing … Continue reading →

Kirkcolm Primary School Scots competition winners celebrate by proudly showing their certificates for recitation, beautiful handwriting and creative artwork from primary 1 -7. Huge well done to everyone for taking part – you all did a fab job!! Mr McCracken … Continue reading →

Our Trip To The Rotary Lunch On Monday the 15th January, Sophie and I went to the North West Castle for the rotary lunch. There was an Olympic curling champion  called Greg Drummond, and lots of other important people, including my … Continue reading →

Pupils got dressed up in their festive finery on Tuesday for our school Christmas party! The afternoon kicked off with a delicious buffet lunch provided by our cook, Ann-Marie – there were plenty of savoury snacks and sweet treats on … Continue reading →

Well done to the four pupils from Kirkcolm school who went to the Academy last week to represent their school at a fun Maths Transition challenge. The team consisted of Iona, Ivy, Robin and Finlay. The challenge began with an … Continue reading →

Pupils came to school on Friday wearing their very festive Christmas jumpers in aid of the charity Save the Children. Ellie Miller had also been extremely busy baking and decorating 100 cupcakes which she sold at break and lunch time! … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, the Nursery and P1 pupils performed ‘Our First Nativity’ to all the pupils, parents and friends of Kirkcolm School. They worked really hard to learn their lines and the songs, and all looked adorable!! P1-7 then entertained everyone … Continue reading →

This morning, all the p5/6/7’s took part in a Christmas Numeracy and Maths Challenge based on the 12 Days of Christmas.  They had to work out how many gifts were received altogether in the song and try to look for … Continue reading →

P1-3 were very lucky and received fantastic gift bags full of literacy and numeracy activities and resources to take home and explore.  This included a selection of books, pencils, activity book and maths games included tropical trumps, snakes and ladders … Continue reading →