Kirkcolm Primary School

After taking part in a verification assessment yesterday, we are delighted to announce we have been awarded the new Digital Schools Scotland Accreditation.

Portpatrick, Kirkcolm and Leswalt are the first schools in Dumfries and Galloway to achieve this recognition for our ongoing commitment to digital technology learning and teaching.

Have a read of the report to see for yourself all the excellent work which has been recognised –

Dumfries & Galloway – Kirkcolm, Leswalt and Portpatrick Schools Validation Report 11.06.24 (1).pdf

UNCRC Rights of the Child – 28 Access to Education, 29 – Aims of Education

This morning we had a lovely visit from two of the community wardens who came to share some really exciting news! A few months back now the boys and girls were tasked with the job of creating posters for our local community by Andrew Hay. Today we got to see some of posters which had been professionally made, complete with cable ties to display in our lovely, wee village to help to keep it that way and litter free! 🚮 🚯

We were taken out into the playground and shown some of the lucky ones’ posters and then together we tied up the first of many right outside the school. The two wardens suggested we give out some extra homework (don’t worry its fun) to get our steps in and see who can find all of the posters in the community.. no prizes for finding Paige’s one though!! 📌 🚶‍♀️

Well done to all of the boys and girls of Kirkcolm Primary for being responsible citizens and effective contributors to our wee village and a huge thank you to Andrew Hay and the community wardens for bringing our fabulous deigns to life and displaying them for the world (or at least Kirkcolm’s visitors) to see!🌎

Article 13 – The right o have a voice and share our thoughts freely!

Our Primary 6 pupils headed off to Stair Park today to participate in Operation Safety – a whole day session involving different workshops provided by various agencies, including the emergency services.

Pupils had inputs from –

• Police Scotland, learning about drug and alcohol awareness and vandalism
• Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, learning about home safety
• Youth Work on internet safety
• Coastguard on water safety
• Scottish Ambulance Service on First Aid
• Community Safety Team, learning about anti-social behaviour
• and SP Energy Networks, learning about electrical safety

They learned a range of life skills to help keep them safe and healthy and had a brilliant time! Thank-you to everyone who helped to organise this very worthwhile day!

UNCRC Article 2 – Survival; Article 16 – Protection of Privacy; Article 17 – Access to Information; and Article 33 – Harmful Drugs

Its that time of the year again… the annual Kirkcolm Primary Mini Walk – and what a cracking afternoon of weather we had too, the sun was shining, the kids were smiling and most importantly the vibes were good! 🌞

The little class set off first, getting a slight head start (not that they needed it) followed closely behind by the older class. They tore up through the village, tackling the dreaded hill before making their way around the Corsewall route, finishing with a jaunt up Fishers Lane and along the Scar. Some ran, some jogged and some took it easy with a lovely walk, taking in the fabulous views – but everyone took part and that what counts! 🙂 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 

Many parents and friends of the school came to join in and help with this event, walking with their little person, marshalling the route and cheering everyone on! We had some four-legged friends and even had our youngest ever competitor join the race – little James Morrison 👶

As the boys and girls made it around the course they were met with smiles from the marshals and a rewarding ice-lolly from Sara (these went down a treat) followed by a certificate and medal organised by the parent council at the finishing line! 🏅

At the finishing line Miss McMorran and Sheila McGrory had the very difficult job of keeping note of the times and this year there were some great ones!! But with an absolutely outstanding time, this year’s winner was no other than… Mr Ivan Turtle!! 👏The results are as follows:

Boys
1st – Ivan (P6) – 41:21

2^nd Freddie (P3)- 47:05

3^rd Ian (P3)- 47:49

Girls

1^st – Phoebe (P6) – 53:47

2^nd – Lydia (P7) + Sally D(P7) -57:45

3^rd – Sally W (P2) – 61:01

A huge thank you to our Parent Council for all of the time and effort that went into organising the school fundraiser event; all our fabulous marshals for their words of encouragement; the parents and friends of the school who took parent and anyone who kindly donated to the event, we can’t thank you enough for your support 🙂

A massive well done to all of the boys and girls for taking part in the walk/jog/run – you can take 2 days off now as a reward for your efforts! 😂 Same again next year? 

Our wonderful gardening club, headed up by the fantastic Mrs Richardson, introduced chickens to the school garden yesterday. Don’t worry, our feathered friends are not running around the playground freely – Mrs Richardson received some funding to purchase a chick coop, and some kind community volunteers (Mark & Dave) offered to build it for us.

We now have a total of 4 chickens in the school garden and, only 1 day in, we have already collected 3 eggs! We plan to setup a rota to ensure that the chickens are looked after, including an egg collection rota. The eggs will be sold as a little enterprise project, with the money going towards the cost of feeding and caring for the chickens.

We are running a competition to name our new chickens – watch this space! Also, if you have any spare egg boxes at home, please send them into the school. Thank-you!