Kirkcolm Primary School

Our team of  Jack, Alfie, Sally and Lydia recently took back to the ice to take part in the annual inter-school curling bonspiel at the Ice rink in Stranraer.  Every year a trophy is awarded in the memory of Mrs Baillie’s grandfather.

Kirkcolm were skipped by Jack.   Glenluce Primary were the eventual winners of the competition.  Our team thoroughly enjoyed their day at the North West Castle and mixing with all their friends from other schools.

UNCRC Rights of the Child- Article 15: Setting up and Joining Groups

Kirkcolm Primary pupils Jack and Ivan both qualified and subsequently competed in the Wigtownshire badminton championship last night – and both were victorious!

Jack Howie is now P7 boy badminton champion for Wigtownshire.

Ivan Turtle is now P6 boy badminton champion for Wigtownshire

Well done boys for doing the double!  This is a huge achievement and we are all very proud of you.

WOW!  What fun p6 and 7 had in Glasgow!

Together with Kirkcolm and Portpatrick our children had a wonderful residential trip – 39 pupils, four members of staff  and a lifetime of memories.

It was an adventure just getting there with cars, buses and trains transporting us all up to the big city.

The children walked across the city before  before setting off to the Kings Theatre to enjoy a fabulous performance of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory- the musical”.  The special effects were amazing, and it really brought alive the book by Roald Dahl

It was then time to get some more steps in again by walking to   Ten Pin Bowling – which was  a lot of fun and brought out the competitive streak in the teachers too! 

Evening meal was an all you can eat buffet, which proved a real highlight for many.  Pupils filled up on rice, noodles, ribs, roast, pasta , pizza and even sushi! The ice cream machine and chocolate fountain proved a great hit with many a visit for dessert!

On the way back to our accommodation the group travelled by the Subway – a first time experience for the majority of children.  The children enjoyed the wind tunnel effect created by “the Clockwork orange”

The next day, the group visited Kelvingrove Park and Musuem. The children enjoyed some fresh air fun in the park before exploring the ancient artefacts – with the natural world section being a particular favourite. 

 After that it was back to the youth hostel to collect our luggage and try our second Subway trip. There was a lunch treat at McDonalds – with Happy meals all round,  before we all travelled home having had wonderful experiences.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this great experience possible – all the staff who gave up their personal time, and the children who were praised by members of the public for their excellent behaviour and manners as responsible citizens.

Have a look at all the happy faces for yourself , the smiles say it all!

UNCRC Rights of the Child – Article 31: Rest, Play, Culture and Arts

This afternoon Jack and Alfie from Kirkcolm and Hamish and Faye from Leswalt were chosen to represent our partnership and attend the traditional Rotary Club lunch at the North West Castle. 

After their jaunt into town on the bus they arrived at the NWC and took their seats. They were lucky enough to be seated  with the lovely and very funny Tom Mitchell, the former bank manager of Clydesdale Bank. The theme of this year’s meeting was ‘The Life and Word of Robert Burns’ so  thankfully our troops arrived armed with plenty of knowledge already after last week’s celebrations. They listened to the presentation before finishing off with some Burns poetry. 

Afterwards they enjoyed some soup followed by fish and chips and had an intergenerational discussion, aka a good old natter with Mr Mitchell who was telling the boys tales of when he was at school and class sizes being as big as 40/50 pupils and punishments for spilling ink on your paper was the belt – the boys thought this made even Mrs Morrison seem like a big softie in comparison haha! 

A huge thankyou to the Rotary club for such a wonderful experience , the North West Castle staff for their hospitality and Tom Mitchell for his top class banter and interesting stories 🙂

Article 13. Sharing thoughts freely
Children have the right to share freely with others what they learn, think and feel, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms other people.