Kirkcolm Primary School

As a follow up from their Nutritionist Visit last week, P3,4 and 5 got left a big ole box of veggies to get stuck into some soup making with Mrs McPherson this afternoon! 🍵 They had some lovely fresh turnips, onions, leeks, potatoes and carrots to fling into their soup. Pupils really enjoyed this session and some of the older (more trusted ones!) got to get involved in some of the veg chopping! 🥕🥔🧅🥬

Here are some photos of the fruits of the labours! A tasty job well done! ✅

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Wow – what a special day we have had here at Kirkcolm Primary School promoting and raising money for Comic Relief! The House Captains, Ivan and Phoebe, have been hard at work organising today’s events!

Boys and girls came dressed in non-uniform and flashing their little pops of red to show their support for Comic Relief. We started the day off trying on our noses and learning about some of the fantastic work the people of Comic Relief do with their raised money to help children all over the world.💰🔴🌎

We ended the day with a talent show and my, oh my – what a talented bunch we have here! We were so proud of all the boys and girls who went up on the stage and blown away with all the hard work they had clearly put into each of their acts! We had singing, acting, instruments, jokes and miming?! 🎤

Our judges, Mary Buchanan and Ann Adams had a tough old decision ahead of them but they ultimately decided that every pupil deserved a prize for all their hard work! 🏆

Hayden, Emilie, Bryleigh, Ross, Alistair, Arran and Callum secured a joint third place.

Orla and Rory gained joint second place.

Finally, Henry Wilson stole the show with first place! 

And, every single member of Kirkcolm Primary school showed what talent the school had by giving the audience a sneaky peak of the school show by singing 2 songs from it.  We are all looking forward to seeing everyone perform next week!

Well done boys and girls – we are all so proud of you all!

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Today P3,4 and 5 got a visit this afternoon from a nutritionist who came to speak to the children about different types of fruit and vegetables! They started the afternoon with flashcards to see how many obscure and common veggies and fruits that the pupils knew already! These ranged from courgettes to okras! 🍉🍓🍊🥝🥥🥭

After this pupils got dressed up in their chef gear and prepped to chop and try a wide variety of fruit! For example, there was dragon fruit, pineapples and papayas! They learned about how to clean up properly and prep before handling food – it was a great afternoon! 👨🏻‍🍳

-Co-written by Fallon (P5) 

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P5-7 pupils visited Kirkcolm Church on Tuesday afternoon as part of their RME topic, learning about Christian artefacts, worship and rites of passage. Rev. Marlane Cash kindly met us at the church and was on hand to explain to everyone about the significance of various artefacts, including the font, pulpit, lecturn, chalice, communion wafer, organ, Bible and cross. Pupils even got the opportunity to try a bit of the communion wafer – but emphasised that this hadn’t been blessed! Pupils were all of a sudden keen to attend church for Communion after learning that even children get offered the red wine!!

Marlane then explained how Sunday worship usually looks and spoke about hymns, Bible readings, the sermon that she leads, the Lord’s Prayer and the benediction. Pupils asked lots of questions to further their learning.

We had a great afternoon learning about Christianity in an interactive way – thanks to Marlane for giving up her time to speak to us.

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On Monday the 10th of March, our own little Rory headed down to the Galloway Music Festival to compete in the competition following his fantastic results in Kirkcolm’s own Burns competition in January. Those who know Rory will know that he is no stranger to the stage and although feeling a little nervous to be competing against so many other boys and girls from across the region he certainly didn’t let this stop him! 🤩🎤

Although many of us by now have probably forgotten some of the poems that we worked so hard to recite by memory in January, Rory has been working hard to keep the words to his poem “The Magic Pizza” fresh in his mind. His actions, clear voice and expression won him first place in the recital competition – an absolutely “magic” achievement; and he came home with a glass trophy for his efforts, a muckle, cheesy grin of his own and earned himself a take-away dinner.  (sadly this was not a pizza haha!) 👏🍕

Rory has also been working hard out with school to learn the piano and also went on to compete in the in another competition where he placed 2nd – what a successful day for Rory!! He also enjoyed listening to the other boys and girls recite their poems and listen to their songs and is already looking forward to finding out what Scots poem Mrs Baillie has instore for him next year! 🎹🎤⭐

For Rory’s superfans his next gig will be on Friday at the Comic Relief Talent Show, along with lots of other talented superstars –  please come along and be entertained! 🔴

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Today P5-7 were very lucky to be invited along with the other schools in the area to attend the Music for All input at the Ryan Centre! The workshop was led by Andrea and Georgie of ‘Ad Libitum’ – an accordion and violin duo who delighted the pupils with live music for the entire afternoon. 

Pupils enjoyed hearing some professionals serenade them with works from Vivaldi and Bach over the course of the afternoon before getting to ask them lots of question at the end! 

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With this week being Science Week – we decided to hold an open afternoon to invite in parents and friends of the pupils to celebrate all the wonders of science with us! 🧪🔎🔬

We had 4 stations for everyone to work around. These included; 

• Our Rapid Freeze Ice Cream Experiment – a look into how with a little science and a LOT of shaking, we could make our very own ice cream in school in just 15 minutes! 
• Home Made Lava lamps – a fun little experiment that allowed us to explore the wonders of chemical reactions! 
• Spheros – We had our Spheros charged up ready to go and our assault course made up to challenge everyone! (with some added K’Nex and Kapla construction challenges) 
• Egg Drop Challenge – can they design something to cushion and save an egg from a 2 metre drop!?

We had a wonderful afternoon altogether, getting stuck in and working together. We are very grateful for everyone who took the time out of their busy afternoons to come spend some time with us and we hope to welcome you all back in soon! 😊

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Here are some photos of todays fun: 

As part of their RME topic learning about the Hindu festival of Holi, P5-7 pupils donned some very old clothing and headed outside on Tuesday afternoon to take part in paint throwing! Pupils learned all about the origins of the festival and how Hindus celebrate this by lighting bonfires and throwing colourful paint powder at each other, so we thought we’d have a go ourselves! Have a keek below at the fun in action! Apologies if any children still have bright red or blue faces and hands today!!

Today we sent away a few of our math’y brained individuals to represent the school at the ‘Enterprising Maths Challenge’ held at Stranraer Academy. Ivan, Arran and Alistair went away to represent the school (and a huge shout out to Arran who stepped up to the challenge last minute this morning!) and take part in a day centred around all things maths.

Pupils had to create a posted themed around Codes & Ciphers, partake in problem solving challenges and play Head-to-Head – a game based around math logic and strategy. Our pupils worked hard to try and do the preparation beforehand with a tough task for the poster ahead of them! 

The boys gave it their best shot and had a smashing time putting their brains to the test! 🧠

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Today we welcomed PC McGregor into the school to have a chat with the boy and girls about issues surrounding road safety. It has come to light that there have been some reports of speeding in the village of Kirkcolm! 🚗🚓

In a bid to ensure everyone’s safety, she introduced some pop up ‘Road Bairns’ to help to deter speeding and remind people that this is a wee village with a school right on it’s edge! The boys and girls would be in charge of putting these out everyday to help keep our our roads nice and safe!🚸

We were very grateful for PC McGregor for coming out to speak to us and giving us this chat! 👮‍♀️