Everyone had a great afternoon competing in a range of events on our sports day. The rain stayed away and the sun  came out.  The winning houses and sports champions will be announced at the end of term closing ceremony, next week.

Primary 6 and 7 undertook a STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Maths) challenge in class last week.  Provided only with marshmallows and spaghetti the children had to plan, design and later construct the tallest tower they could in 30 minutes.  … Continue reading →

Harriet and Ellie were very enterprising and set up their own stall at the Gala day to help raise fund for the school.  They sold a variety of home made goodies and helped raise over £100 for school funds.  Well … Continue reading →

Primary 7 enjoyed a special last lunch – one which they had picked as their favourite school dinner.  They then go to be the centre of attention and sat in the middle to enjoy it with all the rest of … Continue reading →

Kirkcolm Primary school football team had a fabulous weekend of football.  Yesterday, they played at Kirkcolm Gala day and made it through to the final.  Sadly, they were beaten by Belmont Primary in the final to finish runners up at … Continue reading →

Over the course of the term Primary 1 and 2  have been learning about Earth Science and chemical reactions. Our young learners decided we should trial our experiment before we conduct the BIG EXPLOSION of our own paper mache volcanos later this term. We listed the … Continue reading →

Today was the very last day of teaching for Miss Parrott at Kirkcolm Primary.  And, as one final surprise a  former pupil of hers, Heather Nicol came into school to play her out on the bagpipes.  Amongst the selection Heather played, was … Continue reading →

Davey headed off to New Galloway Golf Club last Thursday, accompanied by his dad, to represent Kirkcolm Primary at the Regional Primary Schools’ Golf Competition. He enjoyed a day of glorious sunshine on a stunning golf course.  He played to 5 under … Continue reading →

Primary 6 and 7 have been busy combining their learning and teaching in Health and wellbeing with French.  The children were preparing some healthy snacks in school, before serving them using their conversational French skills.

Mrs Maxwell took Primary 6 to Stair Park where they participated in a range of activities organised by the emergency services, as part of “Operation Safety”.  They had input from the Fire Brigade, Police, Ambulance service, Coastguard and Scottish Power, … Continue reading →