Kirkcolm Primary School

Last night saw the return of the eagerly awaited annual Burns recitation competition at the Ryan Centre organised by the Stranraer and District Burns Club.  Children, families and friends from all over the Stranraer area came together to watch the winners from each school recite their Scots poetry.

It was a very entertaining evening with so much talent and confidence on show.  There were two categories; P3 – 5 and P6 – 7.  Our North Rhins was well represented by the following pupils:

P3 – 5

• Jack Howie: Kirkcolm Primary – The Auld Broon Troot
• Ewan Clark: Leswalt Primary – Beasties
• Cameron McNeill: Portpatrick Primary – The Auld Broon Troot

P6 – 7

• Alexander Clark: Leswalt Primary – The Moosie’s Prayer
• Luke Butler: Kirkcolm Primary – Address Tae A Haggis
• Maya McNeill: Portpatrick Primary – Address Tae a Haggis

2022 Competitors

We are delighted to announce that Cameron McNeill won second place in the younger category and Maya McNeill also won second place in the older category.  Congratulations to both!  They each received a book of the complete works of Robert Burns.

Every child that recited had already been judged as winners in their respective schools.  They all gave a sterling performance and they well deserved the certificate they achieved for their participation this challenging event.

The Free Press will be publishing an article with photographs of all the participants.  More photos will be posted on here hopefully later today.

Well done Everyone!

#Confident Individuals

Wednesday the 3rd of March was finally World Book Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the joy of reading and getting stuck in and lost in a good book! 

Here at Kirkcolm, both classes had their own wee way of celebrating this day and promoting the joy of reading with the pupils! 

P1-4 read ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ with Miss Douglas and Miss Irving and then, just to make it even more magical, they went on a bar scavenger hunt outside trying to find all the hiding bears in the playground! After this burst of energy, it seemed only fitting that they went on to have a teddy’s bears picnic in the class with lots of treats! 

P4-7 went for a more cosy celebration! Pupils were told to bring in something they could snuggle up with, be it a blanket or a pillow and then the hot chocolate, biscuits, cookies and (decaffeinated!) tea was brought to them. Their only goal was to sit down and really enjoy whatever book they were reading at home or at school. We also read a lovely story called The Dam together and this gave everyone an opportunity to meet their accelerated reading test goal if they hadn’t already! 

Finally, last thing in the day the 2 classes joined forces for some paired reading and enjoying a good story together.

Overall a very successful day as they all toddled home with their tokens for £1 off a book! We are excited to see what they choose!

Our trio partnership football  team had their first outing in over 2 years , and despite nicer having trained in school or playing together as a team they came together extremely well.

The team of pupils from Kirkcolm, Leswalt and Portpatrick schools had 3 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws. What a result!

Well done to all for their enthusiasm and team spirit. The next games are on the 25th March .

Today the Kirkcolm staff banded together (Miss McNicoll was talked into it by Miss Douglas…) to join the forces of the classrooms into a pancake making extravaganza in the hall! Both classes came together in the afternoon and split into groups of 4, mixing the big with the wee, and following the careful guidance of Miss Irving (the pancake making expert amount us… Thank goodness there was one!). Miss Irving made the recipe nice and simple for everyone to follow.

Our groups mixed up all their wet and dry’s and the staff set to work to cook and flip these as fast as they could! Another shout out to Anne Marie for being the back bone of our pancake flipping adventures and really helping to speed the process along – what a star she is and how very blessed we are to have her!

Photos are a little on the lighter side when they follow as most of the adults were running about with batter or flipping away at a hot plate but I hope this gives you a snippet of how our afternoon went. Happy Pancake smiles all round! 🙂

As part of our journey towards Rights Respecting Schools Silver status, the children have been discussing all of the rights within the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). They have discussed what rights they feel are most important and have explained their views. Here is just a sample for you to see what responsible citizens we have!

RRS-Silver-Our-Views-On-Rights-video

If you would like to find out more about Rights Respecting Schools, here is a link to their website.

Whilst the older pupils were spending time outdoors at Lockerbie Manor, the younger pupils got their ‘eco’ hats on to support our local bird population.

Everyone pitched in to help make apple bird feeders using foraged sticks and string.  It was then time to get outside to hang up the tasty treats for our feathered friends.

The final day has dawned crisp and bright for another rotation of exciting activities.

There were a few sleepy heads this morning, but everyone soon shook of the zzzz’s and were raring to go.

Blaze treated everyone to a beautiful song to start the day – A Million Dreams from the Greatest Showman – so lovely!

The last day was crammed packed with more adventures.  A very weary, but happy bunch piled on the bus for the journey home.  A few zzz’s could soon be heard from the back of the bus. 😉

What a fantastic time was had by all!

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Wow!  It’s been another super active day for our adventure heroes.  Have a look at everything they got up to outdoors. More to follow…

• Water sports
• Fencing
• Rifles
• Orienteering
• Climbing/Abseiling

What a fabulous start to our long awaited Lockerbie Manor residential trip!

The children arrived at school excited and eager for it all to begin. Everyone has settled in together so quickly and are having an absolute ball.

Day 1’s itinerary was:

• Rifle shooting
• Archery
• Climbing
• Obstacle
• Abseiling

Check out the photographs to see the super active, fun-packed time your wee toots are having:

Setting off:

Abseiling:

Rifle Shooting:

Archery:

Having fun:

Settling down for the night:

Even more photos from yesterday:

And all that in just one day!

A huge congratulations to Luke Butler who won the RHET challenge ran over Christmas. Pupils had to design a tractor to help Santa who’s sleigh was stuck in the mud! Luke’s entry into the P5-7 category contained a number of very Christmas and Santa Themed features to help the big guy out!

As part of his winnings he got a RHET goody bag!

Here he is showing off his haul – well done Luke!