Kirkcolm Primary School

Earlier in the week Stranraer Police officers visited the school to share the good news that Frankie’s dog fouling poster has been chosen as the second place winner from all of the entries from all of the boys and girls in Stranraer schools! As a reward for creating his very colourful poster Frankie was awarded with a good bag of things for him to enjoy! 🐕‍🦺🐶🥈

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Communicating Cate
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Article 24 – Health and the environment

After a temperamental weather day Friday which forced us to make the call to cancel Sports Day – we are BACK today and ready to go! 😎☀️🌞

Pupils were primed and ready to go, especially after witnessing the Sports day success of nursery earlier this morning. Thankfully, we picked the perfect June day with plenty of sunshine and comfortable temperatures, allowing everyone to enjoy the event without struggling in the heat! 😊

The day ran smoothly from start to finish, and every pupil gave their all. It was wonderful to see both the competitive nature of the pupils peak out and the fun, laughter, and teamwork throughout the day. Everyone had a fantastic Sports Day experience, and we couldn’t be prouder of them all. ♥️🥇🥈🥉

We’re excited to see how today’s results will impact our incredibly close House Points, and who will be crowned this year’s Sports Champion Boy and Girl! 👀🏆 The winners will be revealed at the Closing Ceremony. 🤔🤐

Results coming soon… For now, enjoy some brilliant action shots from the day! 📸✨

Results:

1 SPRINT P 1 all 1st Blake 2nd Aila 3rd Tom

2 SPRINT P 2 all 1st Kendall 2nd Frankie 3rd Jamie

3 SPRINT P 3/P4 all 1st Ewan 2nd Sally 3rd Henry

5 SPRINT P 5 all 1st Freddie 2nd Ian 3rd Joey

6 SPRINT P 6 all 1st Paige 2nd Cameron 3rd Callum

7 SPRINT P 7 all 1st Lyle 2nd Ruby 3rd Allyssa

1 SKIPPING P 1 all 1st Blake 2nd Isla 3rd Aila

2 SKIPPING P 2 all 1st Frankie 2nd Jamie 3rd Arryn/ Kendall

3 SKIPPING P 3/P4 all 1st Sally 2nd Henry 3rd Parker

5 SKIPPING P 5 all 1st Joey 2nd Freddie 3rd Rory

6 SKIPPING P 6 all 1st Paige 2nd Cameron 3rd Callum

7 SKIPPING P 7 all 1st Lyle 2nd Arran 3rd Ruby

1 SACK P 1 all 1st Tom 2nd Finn 3rd Andrew

2 SACK P 2 all 1st Kendall 2nd Jamie 3rd Frankie

3 SACK P 3/P4 all 1st Ewan 2nd Scott 3rd Parker

5 SACK P 5 all 1st Ian 2nd Joey 3rd Freddie

6 SACK P 6 all 1st Paige 2nd Rebecca 3rd Callum

7 SACK P 7 all 1st Ruby 2nd Arran 3rd Allyssa

1 EGG & SPOON P 1 all 1st Aila 2nd Andrew 3rd Tom

2 EGG & SPOON P 2 all 1st Frankie 2nd Kendall 3rd Jamie

3 EGG & SPOON P 3/P4 all 1st Ewan 2nd Sally 3rd Scott

5 EGG & SPOON P 5 all 1st Ross 2nd Harrison 3rd Rory

6 EGG & SPOON P 6 all 1st Rebecca 2nd Bryleigh 3rd Emilie

7 EGG & SPOON P 7 all 1st Allyssa 2nd Arran 3rd Ruby/ Lyle

1 THROWING P 1 all 1st Andrew 2nd Aila 3rd Thomas

2 THROWING P 2 all 1st Jamie 2nd Frankie/ Arryn 3rd Kendall

3 THROWING P 3/P4 all 1st Scott 2nd Harlow 3rd Sally

5 THROWING P 5 all 1st Ian 2nd Kaylyn 3rd Joey

6 THROWING P 6 all 1st Bryleigh/Paige 2nd Emilie 3rd Rebecca

7 THROWING P 7 all 1st Arran 2nd Lyle 3rd Ruby

1 OBSTACLE P 1 all 1st Blake 2nd Thomas 3rd Isla/ Andrew

2 OBSTACLE P 2 all 1st Kendall 2nd Frankie 3rd Jamie

3 OBSTACLE P 3/P4 all 1st Henry 2nd Sally 3rd Ewan

5 OBSTACLE P 5 all 1st Joey 2nd Freddie 3rd Ian

6 OBSTACLE P 6 all 1st Emilie 2nd Paige 3rd Cameron

7 OBSTACLE P 7 all 1st Lyle/ Arran 2nd Allyssa/ Ruby

1 DISTANCE P 1 all 1st Blake 2nd Tom 3rd Aila

2 DISTANCE P 2 all 1st Frankie 2nd Kendall 3rd Jamie

3 DISTANCE P 3/P4 all 1st Henry 2nd Ewan 3rd Sally

5 DISTANCE P 5 all 1st Freddie 2nd Joey/ Ian 3rd Rory

6 DISTANCE P 6 all 1st Cameron 2nd Paige 3rd Callum

7 DISTANCE P 7 all 1st Lyle 2nd Ruby/ Arran 3rd Allyssa

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Focusing Fergus

Leading Li

Initiative Ivy

Collaborating Cora

Articles

Article 31 – Rest, Leisure & Play 

As part of their Castles topic P1-4 took the bus into town with their friends from Leswalt to look at our very own ‘toon’ castle! The Castle of St Johns sits squarely in the middle of Stranraer town centre so they got the grand tour of the castle today! 

They learned all about the different uses for the castle over the many many years it has stood standing and what life was like for the prisoners who were kept there. After that they walked up the centre of the town to the museum where they engaged in a scavenger hunt which let them look at all the wonders of the towns history located in the museum! 

A fab and informative morning for all! 

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Curiosity Carlos 

Focusing Fergus 

Critical Thinking Chris 

Sense-Making Samira 

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Article 31 – Rest, Play, Arts & Culture 

Article 28 – Access to Education 

This Thursday marks the start of a bowling input for the upper school from Kirkcolm Bowling Club. As you may recall – last year the men from the bowling club volunteered their own time to work with P1-4 class for a bowling input, now this year they have invited the older pupils down! It could not have been a more perfect day for bowling – the sun was shining and green was looking very green indeed! 

Most of the pupils had never turned their hands to bowls before and they were quick to realise that it was not as easy as it appeared! Definitely a lot of skill required to make the bowls behave the way you want them too! Many of the pupils came away really enjoying their session and hopefully this inspires some future bowling champs of the area!? 

Looking forward to more weeks refining these skills and a huge thank you to the men of the bowling club for volunteering their time for us! 

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Communicating Cate 

Adapting Aleksander 

Collaborating Cora 

Articles

Article 31 – Rest, Play, Arts & Culture 

Thursday was sadly the final input this year from Matthew Robsinson from Youth Work D&G. We have welcomed Matthew into our school the past couple of years to help deliver Health and Wellbeing inputs with pupils and transition in Term 4 for the P7 pupils heading to the Academy! 

With his work done for this year – we are sure to be seeing him in class again the following school year!

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Leading Li 

Collaborating Cora 

Communicating Cate 

Feeling Felix 

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Article 31 – Rest, Play, Arts & Culture 

A huge well done to all the footballers who represented the school at the Rephad Fun Day on Friday afternoon. Once again, they came out and gave it their all and were 1 of only 3 teams present at the competition! A massive thank you to pupils for their efforts, Miss Agnew for training sessions and supporting them and, finally, to the parents for dropping them off/collecting them either side! Fabulous effort guys! 

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Leading Li 

Collaborating Cora 

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Article 31 – Rest, Play, Arts & Culture 

Done for another year! Thank you to all the parent helpers, pupils and staff alike to cobbled together to ensure another successful year of the Mini Walk over with for 2026! 💨

We are so proud of the hard effort the boys and girls put into running this year, the sportsmanship was as prevalent as the competitiveness! Excellent qualities to see in our young people! They all smashed it whether it be a walk or a run and the weather held up and rain held OFF! Despite some last minute course changes a solid 5km was completed by all 💪 Then we got to enjoy some yummy ice lollies as a reward for their efforts. 🍭

A huge thank you to Sheila McGrory and all the Parent Councils hard work in pulling together this active fundraiser event for the pupils. Hopefully all the money raised can go towards lots of goodies for the boys and girls! 💰

The results for our top finishers are as follows…

Boys:

1^st – Freddie Adams 🥇

2^nd – Ian Buzasi 🥈

3^rd – Ewan Clarke 🥉

Girls:

1^st – Paige Neill 🥇

2^nd – Kendall Alexander 🥈

3^rd – Fallon Farquhar

This morning we had a lovely morning spent with the P1-3 from Leswalt as the fabulously knowledgeable Kathryn Purchase from History Alive told them every they needed to know about Castles! Over the course of this term, the lower classes in both schools have been studying Castles and learning about all things Medieval as part of their social studies topic and today was the perfect day to bring the topic alive for them and let them get to grips with the props! ⛓️🗡️🏹

Pupils learned all about the different types of Castles and where we could fine them, with some castles on cliffs, islands, up mountains or down in valleys! They learned about the different people who lived in these castles, like the lords and ladies and their servants – even the blacksmith lived there too with his forgery on hand! ⚔️

As part of it they also looked at knights and all their armour – blowing their minds when they found out that a knight, completely suited up, would have an extra 5 pounds of weight added on to them in just armour alone! 😯

The boys and girls at beautifully for this and a huge thank you to Kathryn for always making the trip down the A77 to see us and for another superb input. As you can see in the photos – the boys and girls loved it! 📸

Meta Skills 

Focusing Fergus

Curiosity Carlos 

Sense-Making Samira 

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Article 17 – Access to Information 

Article 29 – Right to Education 

Article 28 – Access to Education